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Petrochemical Giants Are Derailing the Global Plastics Treaty – Just Days Before Final INC5.2 Negotiations
With just days to go before governments gather in Geneva for the final negotiations of the Global Plastics Treaty at INC5.2, a new Greenpeace report has exposed how some of the world’s biggest petrochemical companies are working behind closed doors to derail the process.
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World’s highest court delivers historic protections for climate-impacted communities
SYDNEY, Thursday, 24 July 2025 – The historic Pacific-led campaign to hold countries accountable for the climate damage they have caused has been backed by the world’s highest court overnight,…
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“I’m the problem, it’s me”: Australian Energy Producers and its members called out for greenwashing gas and fuelling climate change
At the end of May, the leaders of Australia’s fossil fuel extraction industry and their enablers in business and government descended on the Brisbane Convention Centre for the annual Australian…
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A License to Pollute: Woodside’s Dirty Deal Just Got a Federal Tick
The new Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt just made a decision that has left climate and ocean defenders across the country stunned and outraged.
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UN Ocean Conference draft declaration fails to address the ocean crisis
Paris, France, 22 May 2025 – Greenpeace International is alarmed by the state of the UN Ocean Conference draft declaration which falls far short of expectations, with less than three…
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Tracing radiation through the Marshall Islands – Reflections from a Greenpeace nuclear specialist
We’ve visited ground zero. Not once, but three times. But for generations, before these locations were designated as such, they were the ancestral home to the people of the Marshall…
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Meet 6 Marshallese women activists who are changing the world
Across cultures and religions, there are various stories of creation and beginnings. In the Marshall Islands, creation began with three sisters: Liwatuonmour, Lidepdepju, and Lijileijet. Traveling on a canoe from the…
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Election Update: Where do the political parties stand on nature protection?
Protecting our environment is an issue of major concern to many Australians. Yet the major political parties have so far avoided making any major positive nature protection announcement this election.…
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Hosting COP31: A critical opportunity for Australia and the Pacific
Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton has called the prospect of co-hosting COP31 “madness,” Labor Energy Minister Chris Bowen has called it “a great opportunity.” But what even is COP31, and…
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Why Woodside’s North West Shelf risks Scott Reef
In a significant development, the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) has announced that they need more time to consider the potential impacts of Woodside's North West Shelf Extension gas project, pushing out their decision by two months from the 31st of March to the 31st of May this year.