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Green groups unite to support landowner against Palmer mine
Press release – 21 March, 2012Australia’s largest environmental organisations have today united in support of landowner Paola Cassini in her opposition to plans by Clive Palmer’s Waratah Coal to build an open cut coal mine on the Bimblebox Nature Refuge.Paola Cassoni, owner of the Bimblebox Nature Refuge said: “As a landowner, I’ve tried everything to…
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Spotlight on Newman as Bligh saves Nature Refuge from Palmer Mine
Press release – 26 March, 201223.03.12: Greenpeace today welcomed the announcement from Anna Bligh that she would protect nature refuges from mining, including the stunning Bimblebox nature refuge in the desert uplands region of central Queensland.“This is welcome act of leadership to protect some of Queensland’s natural living treasures from the devastating impacts of open-cut…
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Destructive tuna fishing kills whales and whale sharks
Press release – 27 March, 2012Guam/Sydney, 28 March 2012: Australian supermarkets continue to stock tuna caught using fishing methods which kill whales, Greenpeace revealed as regional leaders meet to decide the future of the world’s largest tuna fishery in the Pacific.Greenpeace is demanding governments vote to ban the setting of tuna purse-seine fishing nets on…
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Green light to dirty coal plant threatens to undermine Gillard’s climate credibility
Press release – 28 March, 2012Thursday, March 29:In response to the decision by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) to approve the proposed HRL dirty coal-fired power station at full-scale, Greenpeace Climate and Energy Campaigner Julien Vincent said: “This is a bizarre decision laid down today from VCAT and flies in the face of…
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(H)appy fish
Press release – 29 March, 2012Newly released Greenpeace iPhone app puts Australian canned tuna brands under the spotlight just in time for EasterSYDNEY, 30 March 2012 : Today Greenpeace announced the release of its Canned Tuna Guide app for iPhone. The Canned Tuna Guide app sits within the popular, free of charge Sustainable Seafood Guide…
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Apple, Amazon, Microsoft choose dirty energy to power growing cloud
Press release – 17 April, 2012Greenpeace International report evaluates 14 IT companies’ energy choicesSydney/ San Francisco, USA, 18 April 2012– The current explosion in cloud computing offered by major IT companies is driving significant new demand for dirty energy like coal and nuclear power, according to a new report from Greenpeace International. The report, “…