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Greenpeace Responds to Harvard Study Revealing That Exxon Misled on Climate Change
Press release – 23 August, 2017August 23, 2017, Washington, DC: In response to the peer-reviewed study from Harvard University that compares what Exxon privately knew about climate change with what the company said publicly, Greenpeace USA Climate Liability Campaigner Naomi Ages said.“Exxon has officially run out of excuses. This peer-reviewed study from Harvard is just…
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The world mourns Marshallese climate leader Tony de Brum
Press release – 22 August, 201722 August 2017: Today the world mourns a fearless voice in the battle for global climate safety, Climate Ambassador and former Foreign Minister of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Tony de Brum.“On behalf of Greenpeace, our staff, our volunteers, supporters and friends, we extend the deepest condolences to the…
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Toxic water pollution demonstrates that even dead coal mines are dangerous
Press release – 20 August, 2017August 21, 2017: The contamination of Sydney’s drinking water catchment by millions of litres of highly toxic water from a decommissioned mine is yet another reason for the government to distance itself from the polluting coal mining industry.One of Australia’s leading water scientists, Dr Ian Wright, today described the waste…
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Fraud investigation yet another reason to keep Australian taxpayers’ money out of Adani mine
Press release – 17 August, 2017August 16, 2017: The Australian government must immediately rule out a taxpayer-funded loan to coal miner Adani after revelations the company is accused of fraudulently siphoning hundreds of millions of dollars of borrowed money into overseas tax havens.The Guardian [1] today published details around the allegations that the company inflated…
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Greenpeace activists confront Norwegian government’s Arctic oil drilling site
Press release – 17 August, 2017Korpfjell, Barents Sea, Norway 17 August 2017: Peaceful activists from the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise have entered the exclusion zone of Statoil’s oil rig, Songa Enabler in the Barents Sea with kayaks and inflatable boats, while swimmers are in the waters protesting with hand banners.The activists are there to deliver…
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Government doing nothing to protect communities from toxic power plants
Press release – 14 August, 2017August 15, 2017: A report has found that levels of toxic air pollution emitted by Australian coal fired power plants are so high that many of them would be illegal in the US and Europe.Released today Environmental Justice Australia’s report Toxic and terminal: How the regulation of coal-fired power stations…
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Commonwealth Bank flunks climate test
Press release – 13 August, 2017August 14, 2017: The climate policy released today by the Commonwealth Bank is significantly worse than expected and will do nothing to restore the bank’s tattered reputation.CommBank today released a one-page “Climate Policy Position Statement” which now makes them the only of the “big four” to not restrict lending around…
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More secret deals at NAIF show ‘slush fund’ must be dissolved
Press release – 10 August, 2017August 11, 2017: The secret departure of a board director of the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) one week before a senate inquiry is yet another clear sign it is operating as a “slush fund” without accountability and must be disbanded.A submission made to the inquiry by the NAIF itself…
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Prominent Australians’ open letter warns NAIF board against giving $1 billion of taxpayers’ money to Adani rail line
Press release – 9 August, 2017August 10, 2017: Leaders from Australian business, industry, and academia have published an open letter in The Australian Financial Review calling for the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) to provide more transparency around their policies one day before a senate inquiry into the board’s composition.The letter also calls for members…
