SYDNEY, April 8 2020 - Marginal increases in air pollution are linked to a significant increase in the Covid-19 death rate, according to new analysis from Harvard University released today. [1]
SYDNEY, April 7, 2020 - Coal-fired climate change has caused the Great Barrier Reef to bleach for the third time in five years, with the latest attack devastating already struggling corals from far North Queensland to the southern Reef.
SYDNEY, April 7, 2020 - Alarming new data confirming that the Vales Point Power Station has reported an almost three-fold increase in PM 2.5 pollution represents a significant risk to the respiratory health of Central Coast communities and the entire Greater Sydney region.
SYDNEY, April 6, 2020 - As the world scrambles to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, Tropical Cyclone Harold has struck Vanuatu, with the devastation providing an unwelcome reminder that climate change remains the biggest threat facing the Pacific.
SYDNEY, Saturday 4 April 2020 - The Federal Government has walked away from its responsibility to protect nationally listed threatened species like the koala, in a new bilateral agreement between the Commonwealth and the State of NSW today.
SYDNEY, March 27, 2020 - Greenpeace Australia Pacific condemns Energy Minister Angus Taylor's threat to hold states under siege from the Covid-19 crisis to ransom over climate-wrecking fossil fuels.
SYDNEY, 26 March 2020 - In response to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority confirming a mass bleach event on the Great Barrier Reef, Kate Smolski, Acting Program Director of Greenpeace Australia Pacific said:
SYDNEY, 25 March 2020 - In response to renowned Professor Terry Hughes reporting a mass bleaching event in the Great Barrier Reef, Kate Smolski, Acting Program Director of Greenpeace Australia Pacific said:
Greenpeace recognises the measures outlined by NSW Environment Minister Matt Kean to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 35 percent by 2030 as a step in the right direction, although far steeper cuts are needed in the wake of the recent bushfire crisis.
SYDNEY, March 5 2020 - Climate change is driving longer, hotter, more severe bushfire seasons in Australia, groundbreaking international research from World Weather Attribution published today shows.