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REPORT: Safety incidents surge since Equinor’s bid to drill the Great Australian Bight
Download report: Download a detailed summary and excerpts from the incident reports. — Just weeks before the Australian offshore oil safety regulator NOPSEMA is due to make a decision on Norwegian oil company Equinor’s bid to drill in the Great Australian Bight, new research from Greenpeace has revealed that over the past twelve months the…
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Federal Parliament votes on climate emergency
Following a wave of climate action, a Federal climate emergency motion was tabled and voted on by the Greens on Tuesday 15th October. It was narrowly defeated, blocked by the coal-loving Coalition. That it is even being debated at the national level shows how far we’ve come. The defeat is not the end. Just three…
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“Equinor, you are not welcome in our whale country”: Bunna Lawrie, Mirning Elder
Oil company Equinor is pushing for approval to drill in the Great Australian Bight. We need as many people as possible to stand with me in this fight for our country. |||| My name is Bunna Lawrie – I’m a Mirning Elder, Whaledreamer, Medicine Man & Songman Musician, Singer Songwriter & Visual Artist. I was born…
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Fijian PM hits back at Morrison’s UN speech, saying there is ‘no alternative’ to a coal phaseout
NEW YORK, Sept 26, 2019 – The only credible way to address the climate crisis is to end the use of coal, Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama tweeted moments after Scott Morrison defended Australia’s climate inaction at the UN General Assembly. “Unless we stop burning coal, we have no hope of achieving net-zero emissions in 31…
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New UN report confirms the climate crisis is a cultural crisis for the Pacific
SYDNEY, September 25 2019 – Climate change is driving potentially rapid and irreversible loss of culture for climate-vulnerable communities such as those in the Pacific, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released today.The report finds that the impacts of climate change are already affecting low-lying islands and coasts, with disproportionately…
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South Australia to vote on climate emergency
With the South Australian State Parliament set to vote today on whether to declare a climate emergency, there is a short window to call on Members to vote for climate action. Give one of the following South Australian Labor MPs a call (better) or an email and urge them to vote the climate emergency through.…
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Equinor must make environment plan public
SYDNEY, Sept 19 2019 – Equinor must publicly release the latest version of its environment plan after the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) rejected the original version due to ”gaps”.Earlier today NOPSEMA revealed that the Norwegian oil giant had submitted its revised plan after being given an additional 90 days to…
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Seismic blasting inquiry should lead to permanent ban on offshore oil drilling
SYDNEY, Sept 17 2019 – Greenpeace welcomes the Senate’s decision to examine the impact of seismic blasting on Australia’s fisheries and the marine environment in response to demands from scientists, conservationists, and the fishing and tourism sectors.Yesterday every party in the Senate, except the Coalition and Cory Bernardi, voted to put jobs in the seafood…
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Greenpeace delivers 30-metre climate emergency message to PM during Binna Burra visit
SYDNEY, 13 Sept 2019 – Greenpeace activists have deployed a 30-metre ‘climate emergency’ banner at the site of the iconic former Binna Burra Lodge, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison arrived to survey the damage caused by bushfires this week.Tony and Lisa Groom, son and granddaughter of the founder of the destroyed heritage-listed building are onsite…
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Call it what it is: climate emergency motion to be pushed in Parliament
SYDNEY, 11 Sept 2019. Former Liberal Party leader John Hewson will join members of the Federal crossbench and call on the Australian Parliament to declare a climate emergency, in a motion to be released today.If successful, Australia will join over 990 jurisdictions in 18 countries representing 212 million citizens who have formally acknowledged the climate…
