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Bipartisan slapdown means over-reaching charity gag bill must go back to the drawing board
SYDNEY, April 10, 2018 – The government must redraft its foreign donations ban legislation to avoid crippling charities and silencing Australian communities, after a cross-party parliamentary committee failed to back the bill.Yesterday the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters published its long-awaited report on the proposed legislation, in which it criticised a number of elements…
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Revealed: BP’s oil spill plan in Great Australian Bight woefully inadequate, company suggested crisis could ‘boost local economies’
SYDNEY, April 6, 2018 – An oil spill at Statoil’s proposed offshore drilling site in the Great Australian Bight could spread 40 million litres of sludge along a 750km stretch of coastline, anywhere from Western Australia to Tasmania and NSW, according to documents BP reportedly attempted to suppress. Two letters from the National Offshore Petroleum…
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Landmark human rights hearings against fossil fuel companies begin in the Philippines
Quezon City, The Philippines, 27 March 2018 – Fossil fuel companies are today under the spotlight as hearings begin in the Philippines into their contribution to human rights harms resulting from climate change.Youth, scientists, and legal experts are among those to testify in what is the world’s first national human rights investigation of its kind…
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Federal plans to silence advocacy hit a snag
SYDNEY, March 28, 2018 – Laws to protect politicians from criticism and hinder life-saving medical research, charity and environmental protection work are undemocratic, un-Australian, and must be abandoned, according to 165 non-profits around the country.This morning the Hands Off Our Charities alliance, made up of 28 organisations including Greenpeace Australia Pacific, will be presenting a…
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Seismic blow up: Fatally flawed plan for testing must be stopped
March 27, 2018: Plans to conduct seismic testing in the region between Sydney and Port Stephens are fatally flawed and must be suspended pending a full review, Greenpeace says.Greenpeace Australia Pacific last week lodged a complaint with the National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority (NOPSEMA) and Asset Energy objecting to Asset Energy’s approved Baleen 2D HR…
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GrEG is back and true to form as Greenpeace/TEC release third Green Electricity Guide
March 27, 2018: Powershop and Diamond Energy have retained their crowns as Australia’s top energy retailers and AGL has been given a new “Most Improved” award in the long-awaited third installment of the Greenpeace/Total Environment Centre Green Electricity Guide (http://greenelectricityguide.org.au). The guide is the only independent ranking of the environmental performance of electricity retailers selling…
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Global Coal Plant Development Drops for a Second Consecutive Year
New construction down by 73 percent from 2015 to 2017 as China tightens restrictions and private finance leaves 17 construction sites abandoned in India.WASHINGTON, D.C: For the second year in a row, the number of coal-fired power plants under development worldwide dropped steeply in 2017, led by major declines in China and India, according to a…
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Activists confront krill fishing vessels in Antarctic to protect penguins and whales
Their call to protect the Antarctic is backed by more than 1 million people.
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Seismic blasting threatens one of South Australia’s natural treasures
March 16, 2018: New plans to conduct seismic testing within 90 kilometres of South Australia’s world-renowned Kangaroo Island is madness and endangers this unique marine environment.Media reports yesterday revealed that two Norwegian companies have lodged applications to the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) to conduct seismic testing 51 kilometres from land…
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Adelaide statues don dusk masks to urge Jay Weatherill to commit to cleaning up coal’s dirty legacy in Port Augusta
ADELAIDE, March 14, 2018 – Port Augusta residents who have been choking on harmful coal dust for more than a year have taken their frustrations to Jay Weatherill in Adelaide and affixed dust masks throughout the city’s CBD along with messages demanding that the Premier commit to cleaning up the problem.Early this morning Greenpeace activists…