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US/China Paris Agreement ratification leaves Australia in the dust on climate change action
Press release – 3 September, 2016Sydney, 3 September 2016 – Responding to the joint announcement that China and the United States have formally joined the Paris Agreement on climate, Greenpeace Australia Pacific Program Director, Dominique Rowe, said:"This is yet another example of Australia being left in the dust when it comes to climate change action.…
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Hundreds of coral sculptures erected at Parliament House as Australians urge politicians to save the Great Barrier Reef
Press release – 30 August, 2016Canberra, 31 August 2016 – Politicians returning to work at Parliament House this morning were greeted by hundreds of coral sculptures erected on the Parliament House lawn – as a new poll revealed that more than two-thirds of Australians want the government to prioritise the Australian environment over the coal…
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Greenpeace boats protest at PM Turnbull’s Pt Piper home over climate change
Press release – 25 June, 2016Sydney, 26 June 2016 – Greenpeace protesters on boats in Sydney Harbour this afternoon unfurled a banner outside Malcolm Turnbull’s Point Piper mansion urging the prime minister to “Choose the reef, not coal”.Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s chief executive David Ritter said: “Malcolm Turnbull got into power with a promise to take…
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Greenpeace targets Malcolm Turnbull at electorate office to urge action on climate change and coal
Press release – 23 June, 2016Sydney, 24 June 2016 – Greenpeace climbers have scaled streetlights in front of Malcolm Turnbull’s electorate office and hung a banner warning the prime minister his legacy will be the devastating bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef.Climbing streetlights 15m above the ground at Mr Turnbull’s Edgecliff office in Sydney, two…
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Turnbull’s $1bn fund not enough to protect the reef, says Greenpeace Australia Pacific
Press release – 12 June, 2016Brisbane, 13 June 2016 – Responding to Malcolm Turnbull’s announcement for a $1bn fund to protect the Great Barrier Reef, Greenpeace Australia Pacific reef campaigner Shani Tager said:“Prime Minister Turnbull’s announcement fails to include any new money for the Great Barrier Reef. It doesn’t address climate change and the mining…
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Greenpeace urges Australia to take responsibility for its coal exports ahead of Alpha mine appeal
Press release – 6 June, 2016Brisbane, 7 June 2016 – As the Queensland Court of Appeal considers an appeal over the proposed Alpha/GVK mine in the Galilee Basin, Greenpeace urges Australia to take responsibility for its coal exports.“While the Great Barrier Reef is suffering from the impacts of mining and burning coal, now is the…
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Glencore’s Tahmoor coal mine closure a searing reality check for Australian government
Press release – 1 June, 2016Sydney, 2 June 2016 – Glencore’s decision to close the Tahmoor coal mine in NSW is a searing reality check for the Coalition and Labor parties, who are risking Australia’s economic future by supporting the sunset coal industry, Greenpeace Australia Pacific said today.Nikola Casule, Greenpeace’s Climate campaigner said: “Tahmoor’s closure…
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Coral carnage: take your anger to the polling booth, says Greenpeace
Press release – 29 May, 2016Brisbane, May 30 2016 – Voters should remember how upset they feel about the Great Barrier Reef bleaching and significant amounts of coral dying this year when they cast their ballots at the federal election, and vote to protect the Reef, Greenpeace Australia Pacific said today.Scientists from the ARC Centre…
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Greenpeace calls for explanation after Great Barrier Reef removed from UN climate change report
Press release – 26 May, 2016Brisbane, May 27 2016 – Reacting to the news the Australian government intervened in the UNESCO climate change report, Shani Tager, Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s Reef Campaigner, said:“This is jaw-dropping news, especially while the Great Barrier Reef is suffering from its worst-ever coral bleaching. We want an explanation from Malcolm Turnbull…
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93% of the Great Barrier Reef hit by bleaching
Press release – 19 April, 2016Brisbane, 20 April 2016 – The Great Barrier Reef is suffering from an unprecedented level of bleaching, with only 7 percent of the Reef free from the impacts of climate change, driving home the need for the Australia to go coal-free, Greenpeace Australia Pacific said today.The ARC Centre of Excellence…
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Glencore’s Tahmoor coal mine closure a searing reality check for Australian government
Press release – 1 June, 2016Sydney, 2 June 2016 – Glencore’s decision to close the Tahmoor coal mine in NSW is a searing reality check for the Coalition and Labor parties, who are risking Australia’s economic future by supporting the sunset coal industry, Greenpeace Australia Pacific said today.Nikola Casule, Greenpeace’s Climate campaigner said: “Tahmoor’s closure…