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Trouble in the Kimberley underscores risk for institutional investors
Press release – 15 May, 2012Sydney 14th May 2012 As tensions escalate around James Price Point, the proposed site of the Woodside gas hub in the Kimberley, Greenpeace Australia Pacific is calling on the industry super funds to reconsider their exposure to such a high risk project through their investment in the joint venture partners.This…
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Exposed: KFC’s secret recipe for rainforest destruction
Press release – 23 May, 2012Sydney, May 24th 2012 – Greenpeace International today released evidence that KFC has been using product packaging sourced from rainforests, supplied by Asia Pulp and Paper (APP). Forensic testing in three markets – UK, China and Indonesia – repeatedly confirmed the presence of rainforest fibre in numerous packaging products, including…
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Police remove Greenpeace blockage of super trawler
Press release – 3 July, 2012Wednesday 4 July 2012: Last night at around 7pm EST, Dutch police ended the Greenpeace blockage of the Margiris, one of Europe’s largest fishing vessels. For five and a half days Greenpeace activists prevented the vessel from departing to Tasmania, Australia. Alongside Greenpeace, local fishermen and environment organisations in Australia…
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Groups want action not closed-door negotiations on Super Trawler
Press release – 23 July, 2012Environment groups have today rejected an offer from Federal Fisheries Minister Joe Ludwig to enter into negotiations with Tasmanian company Seafish as the closed-door negotiations are an attempt to avoid rather than promote public debate on an issue of state and national importance.The rejection of this process by conservation groups,…
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Greenpeace delight at cancelled coal funding
Press release – 26 July, 2012Friday, 27 July 2012: Greenpeace has reacted with delight at the cancellation of $100 million in public funds to a proposed HRL dirty coal-fired power station and is calling on the owners of the project to withdraw their proposal altogether.“This result is a great reward for the years of hard…