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Greenpeace demands rainforest protection at the Australian headquarters of Colgate-Palmolive, Johnson & Johnson and PepsiCo
Press release – 18 April, 2016Sydney, 18 April 2016 – Greenpeace Australia Pacific activists this morning are visiting the Australian headquarters of global companies, PepsiCo, Colgate-Palmolive and Johnson & Johnson to demand urgent action to break the link between palm oil and deforestation in Indonesia.Holding a banner saying “Forests not Fires: End Deforestation!” the activists…
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World’s coal power plants consume enough freshwater to sustain 1 billion people – Greenpeace
Press release – 21 March, 2016Sydney, 22 March 2016 – The world’s rapidly dwindling freshwater resources could be further depleted if plans for hundreds of new coal power plants worldwide go ahead, threatening severe drought and conflicts over water, according to a new Greenpeace International report released on World Water Day (22 March 2016).The report…
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Sliding Chinese coal consumption hastens Australian coal industry’s decline
Press release – 29 February, 2016Sydney, 1 March 2016 – New figures showing a further fall in Chinese coal consumption indicate the market for Australian coal is continuing to decline, and that more expansion of coal mining in Australia is economically irresponsible, said Greenpeace Australia Pacific.The data, released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics this…
