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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…
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Greenpeace urges Minister Upton to ban the bag at Keep NSW Beautiful Congress
Press release – 1 August, 2017Ahead of Minister Upton’s speech at the Keep NSW Beautiful Congress today, Greenpeace sent a colourful message to the NSW Environment Minister to clean up the state’s act and finally ban the bag.Greenpeace parked a 5 metre high mobile billboard out the front of the Congress at the Kirribilli Club…
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The Australian people deserve better than dodgy government deals done in secret for Adani
Press release – 1 August, 2017August 2, 2017: Freedom of Information requests have revealed details of the Queensland government’s “transparent policy framework” on Adani is being kept secret with officials asking for help calculating the benefits of the a royalty holiday after its announcement earlier this year.Documents supplied to The Guardian are heavily redacted and…