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Activists confront krill fishing vessels in Antarctic to protect penguins and whales
Their call to protect the Antarctic is backed by more than 1 million people.
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Global Coal Plant Development Drops for a Second Consecutive Year
New construction down by 73 percent from 2015 to 2017 as China tightens restrictions and private finance leaves 17 construction sites abandoned in India.WASHINGTON, D.C: For the second year in a row, the number of coal-fired power plants under development worldwide dropped steeply in 2017, led by major declines in China and India, according to a…
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Seismic blasting threatens one of South Australia’s natural treasures
March 16, 2018: New plans to conduct seismic testing within 90 kilometres of South Australia’s world-renowned Kangaroo Island is madness and endangers this unique marine environment.Media reports yesterday revealed that two Norwegian companies have lodged applications to the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) to conduct seismic testing 51 kilometres from land…
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Adelaide statues don dusk masks to urge Jay Weatherill to commit to cleaning up coal’s dirty legacy in Port Augusta
ADELAIDE, March 14, 2018 – Port Augusta residents who have been choking on harmful coal dust for more than a year have taken their frustrations to Jay Weatherill in Adelaide and affixed dust masks throughout the city’s CBD along with messages demanding that the Premier commit to cleaning up the problem.Early this morning Greenpeace activists…
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Krill fishing industry stealing food from the mouths of Antarctic penguins and whales
SYDNEY, 13 March 2018 – With virtually no public scrutiny the krill fishing industry has edged its intensive fishing efforts to the borders of protected areas and feeding grounds, competing directly with whales and penguins for the krill that underpin the Antarctic food chain, a Greenpeace report reveals.The Greenpeace investigation has tracked the activities of…
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Procession of Port Augusta residents demand Jay Weatherill clean up power plant site after another dust event
Port Augusta, March 6, 2018 – Residents slowed traffic to a crawl on one of the Port Augusta’s busiest thoroughfares this afternoon, to demand full and proper remediation of the town’s defunct coal power plant, a day after yet another harmful dust event.The level of particulate matter 10 micrometers or less in diameter (PM10) in…
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Cayman Islands scheme ‘could leave Port Augusta residents in the lurch and South Australia with massive coal clean-up bill’
PORT AUGUSTA, March 2, 2018 – A corporate structure including the creation of a Cayman Islands shell company could allow the former operator of Port Augusta’s power plants to avoid footing the bill to clean up coal’s dirty legacy, making it vital that the next premier of South Australia intervene.A Greenpeace Australia Pacific report, published…
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Aurizon pull NAIF loan request, striking another blow to Adani’s planned mega-mine
Press release – 8 February, 2018SYDNEY, February 9 , 2018 – Rail operator Aurizon’s withdrawal of a request for federal funding of its proposed rail line to the Galilee Basin is yet another demonstration of the economic unviability of the Adani Group’s Carmichael coal mine.The rail operator said today that it had withdrawn its loan…
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Stars get on board to protect the strange things and fantastic beasts of the Antarctic ocean
Press release – 8 February, 2018Sydney, 9 February 2018 – ‘Stranger Things’ star David Harbour and ‘Fantastic Beasts’ star Alison Sudol are on board a Greenpeace ship heading for Antarctic waters. They will help make the case for an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary backed by campaigners, scientists, over 40 international celebrities and 800,000 people around the…
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Huge swell of public opposition to new oil plot release in protected marine park
Press release – 6 February, 2018February 7, 2018: The Australian community are more opposed to fossil fuels at any time in history and the government must recognise concerns and cancel the release of new oil and gas exploration exploration areas, particularly that crossing into a protected marine park in the Great Australian Bight.The 21 plots…
