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Albo close the deforestation loopholes!
Last year, Greenpeace visited the RSPCA wildlife hospital in Queensland, where injured koalas, possums, kookaburras, and flying foxes were being treated. The hospital was overwhelmed, caring for three times the…
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‘Devastation Bill’ puts Amazon and Brazil’s climate goals at risk before COP30
Brazilian National Congress has approved the ‘Devastation Bill’, which significantly weakens environmental licensing and could lead to a deforestation explosion
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Kimberley Faces Unlivable Future as WA Experiences a Summer of Heatwaves
Western Australia is sweating through another unusually hot summer this year1 with parts of the state almost reaching a blistering 50°C.2 The upward trending heat in the state is not just unusual—it is predicted to become life-threatening, pushing communities, ecosystems, and infrastructure to the brink.
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11 Earth-loving documentaries to watch this Summer
Need something to binge watch over the holiday season? Settle in and get inspired by stories of Pasifika climate activists, fire up and learn more about climate action, or just revel in the beauty of Mother Nature.
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Koalas demand McDonald’s Take Deforestation off the Menu
What do a homeless koala, a Big Mac and a banner drop have in common?
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Report: Deforestation Crisis on Their Watch
Australia is a global deforestation hotspot, driven primarily by the beef industry. About every two minutes, a large football field-sized area of forest and bushland is bulldozed, putting Australia alongside places like the Amazon, Congo and Borneo on the scale of destruction.
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Report: People vs Plastic – Global support for a strong Plastics Treaty
Plastic pollution has flooded our planet. Pollution from plastics touches every corner of the globe reaching the deepest parts of our oceans, the highest mountain peaks and even contaminating our rainwater. Plastics harm multiple ecosystems at every stage of their life cycle, damaging people’s health, accelerating social injustice, destroying biodiversity and fuelling the climate crisis.
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New Greenpeace research reveals shocking scale of deforestation crisis in Australia
SYDNEY, Wednesday 6 March 2024 — New independent research commissioned by Greenpeace has revealed the shocking impact of the deforestation crisis in Australia, with huge swathes of federally-mapped koala and threatened species habitat bulldozed in Queensland.
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Eight steps to turn climate-anxiety into a superpower for positive change for our planet
Yep! Climate anxiety is a real thing! And yep! There are many Australians feeling this way.