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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…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

June 22, 2016

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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…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

June 11, 2016

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Climate Impacts Great Barrier Reef

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…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

June 5, 2016

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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…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

May 31, 2016

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Great Barrier Reef Climate Solutions

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…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

May 28, 2016

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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…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

May 25, 2016

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Climate Impacts Great Barrier Reef

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…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

April 18, 2016

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Great Barrier Reef Nature

Australia’s contribution to climate change worsening overall

Press release – 19 April, 2016Sydney, 21 April 2016 – Australia, the world’s largest coal exporter, will export a billion tonnes of carbon dioxide in its coal this year, erasing the few benefits of meeting its weak Paris target and worsening its contribution to global climate change, Greenpeace Australia Pacific analysis shows.Greenpeace’s ‘ Exporting climate…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

April 18, 2016

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Palm Oil Nature

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…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

April 17, 2016

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Greenpeace reaction to likely Australian federal election

Press release – 18 April, 2016Sydney, 19 April 2016 – Reacting to the double dissolution trigger and the likely announcement of the federal election on July 2, 2016, Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s climate and energy campaigner, Nikola Casule, said:“Right now, the Great Barrier Reef, is undergoing the worst bleaching on record due to climate change, and…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

April 17, 2016

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