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Anglo American’s dismal earnings results signal an industry in structural decline
Press release – 16 February, 2016Sydney, 16 February 2016 – Responding to Anglo American’s full-year earnings report and the company’s credit status downgrade by ratings agency Moody’s, Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s climate and energy campaigner Nikola Casule said:“This is not the bottom of an economic cycle that Anglo American can turn around, this is a report…
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Coca-Cola lobbying risks Baird’s promised recycling system: video
Press release – 15 February, 2016Sydney, 16 February 2016 – Greenpeace Australia Pacific has warned that NSW Premier Mike Baird’s promised ‘world’s best practice’ container recycling system is at risk over opposition from Coca-Cola with the launch of a spoof ad targeting the soft-drink giant.“Last year, Mr Baird committed to a world’s best-practice container deposit…
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Stripped-down activists find little to wear at The North Face Store protests in Sydney and Melbourne
Press release – 4 February, 2016Sydney and Melbourne, 4 February 2016 – Stripped-down Greenpeace activists today targeted three flagship stores of outdoor clothing company The North Face in Sydney and Melbourne over the company’s use of polluting chemicals.Activists wearing only cardboard boxes bearing the slogan ‘Better this than PFC gear’ highlighted the company’s use of…
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Australia must heed IEA warning on slump in coal demand
Press release – 17 December, 2015Brisbane, 18 December 2015 – Responding to the release of the annual International Energy Agency coal report, Shani Tager, Greenpeace Australia Pacific climate and energy campaigner, said:“The IEA’s report confirms that coal demand has stalled and free-falling prices are unlikely to ever recover. As an economy that’s heavily dependent on…
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End the free tax ride for resources companies
Press release – 16 December, 2015Sydney, 17 December 2015 – Greenpeace Australia Pacific today called for greater transparency in business practices after the Australian Tax Office revealed that more than half of resources and energy companies – among the largest in Australia – paid no tax for the 2013-2014 financial year.The ATO’s Tax Transparency report…
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Turnbull to raise whaling with Japan after growing public pressure
Press release – 15 December, 2015Sydney, December 16 2015 – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s announcement today that he will raise whaling with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe needs to be more than just diplomatic rhetoric, and must develop into a plan of action to halt the hunt, environment groups said.More than 55,000 people have…
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Australian climate policy courage needed
Press release – 12 December, 2015Sydney, 13 December 2015 – Commenting on Australia’s negotiating position at Paris after the release of the final draft from the UN climate talks, David Ritter, Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s Chief Executive Officer, said:"Australia went into these talks with an embarrassing emissions target that came from the fossil fuel lobby and…
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Australia lacking commitment to Pacific Nations at UN climate talks
Press release – 10 December, 2015Sydney, 10 December 2015 – Australia is failing its Pacific island neighbours at the United Nations climate negotiations with its lack of concrete support for a Pacific-friendly agreement, Greenpeace Australia Pacific said today.“Australia’s support for the Pacific in Paris has been notional at best and selfish at worst,” said Matisse…
