Sydney, 28 September 2016 - The latest knockback to BP’s plans to drill in the Great Australian Bight signals their project is full of holes and too dangerous to be approved, Greenpeace Australia Pacific said today.
Brisbane, 28 September 2016 – Responding to the Queensland government's Reef 2050 plan progress report, Greenpeace Australia Pacific reef campaigner Shani Tager said:
Brisbane, 19 Sep 2016 – Responding to the $39.3m settlement the Australian government has reached with the owners of the Shen Neng 1 Chinese coal carrier that ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef six years ago, Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s reef campaigner Shani Tager said:
Sydney, 12 September 2016: Australia’s oil regulator and petroleum giant BP have failed to publicly address a major drilling safety issue, another sign that exploration in the Great Australian Bight is too dangerous and should be abandoned, said Greenpeace today.
Sydney, 7 September 2016 – Environmental campaigners staged an elaborate battle between a turtle and a plastic-bag monster in Martin Square this morning to highlight the dangers of plastic pollution. The battle took place ahead of the delivery of a petition of more than 20,000 signatures asking the state’s environment minister to ban single-use plastic bags in New South Wales.
Sydney, 3 September 2016 – Responding to the joint announcement that China and the United States have formally joined the Paris Agreement on climate, Greenpeace Australia Pacific Program Director, Dominique Rowe, said:
Canberra, 31 August 2016 – Politicians returning to work at Parliament House this morning were greeted by hundreds of coral sculptures erected on the Parliament House lawn – as a new poll revealed that more than two-thirds of Australians want the government to prioritise the Australian environment over the coal mining industry.
Sydney, 26 June 2016 – Greenpeace protesters on boats in Sydney Harbour this afternoon unfurled a banner outside Malcolm Turnbull’s Point Piper mansion urging the prime minister to “Choose the reef, not coal”.
Sydney, 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.
Brisbane, 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: