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The Rainbow Warrior II retires
It’s a day of mixed emotions for Greenpeace. For 22 years our ship the Rainbow Warrior II and her crew have confronted environmental destruction around the world, bearing witness and taking action to protect our planet. And today we say farewell to her. After the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior I by French government agents…
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Activists stop BHP Billiton coal train
Press release – 7 June, 2011Time for BHP Billiton to stand and deliver its tax debtMt Arthur, Hunter Valley, NSW, Wednesday 8th June 2011 This morning at 11.25am, Greenpeace activists locked a steel box on the rail track servicing Mt Arthur coal mine, BHP Billiton’s largest mine in the Hunter Valley, NSW. Once the box…
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Greenpeace stops deep water drilling in Arctic
The Australian captain of the Greenpeace ship Esperanza – Madeleine Habib – sent us this blog from the freezing waters of the Arctic where activists are taking action right now, preventing deep water drilling from the world’s most controversial oil rig – the 53,000 tonne Leiv Eiriksson – operated by the Cairn Energy. We’ve got…
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NGOs united in opposition to uranium mining and nuclear power
Press release – 18 April, 2011Sydney, Australia — A coalition of 27 Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) is today releasing a joint statement reaffirming our united opposition to the nuclear industry. The statement has been endorsed by leading national environmental and public health NGOs, all state conservation councils, and key climate change action groups and networks.Dr Jim…
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3 billion reasons to be hopeful
We’re getting into the meaty end of Professor Ross Garnaut’s papers and presentations on carbon pricing. Today he released the seventh of eight papers, after which he will report to Prime Minister Gillard with recommendations about how to structure a carbon price policy. Today’s presentation was all about low-carbon technology innovation: basically, how we should…
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Fossil fuel subsidies: a waste of taxpayer’s money
Is the Australian Government subsidising the fossil fuel industry? That’s the question posed in a recent ABC Unleashed article from the Institute of Public Affairs. At a time when Australians are rightly concerned about rising energy costs as well as the need to shift to an economy powered by clean energy, where our taxes get…
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Landmark forest protection deal at risk from industry
Press release – 24 November, 2010A landmark US$1 billion deal between Indonesia and Norway – intended to halt deforestation and reduce carbon emissions – is in danger of being squandered.zoom Oil Palm Plantation in Borneo © Daniel Beltrá / Greenpeace Expansion plans show how palm oil, paper and pulp sectors intend to utilise the Indonesian…
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Continued inaction is not an option at the CBD
Our Pacific Political Advisor Seni Nabou reports back from the first few days of meetings at the UN’s Convention for Biological Diversity (CBD), in Nagoya, Japan. As a Pacific Islander, attending these big world conferences can be overwhelming. The sheer size, grandeur, pomp, ceremony and alien language (diplo-speak) are enough to cower any sane individual…
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Rapid Response: Your First Mission
I just got off the phone from Copenhagen. Our team on the ground have asked for some help from Greenpeace supporters back home, so please read on. Deep inside the Copenhagen conference centre, there’s a closed room of huddled negotiators from a handful of countries, one of which is Australia. They’re cooking up a plan…
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How To Talk To Kids About Climate Change
I’ve been thinking a lot about kids and climate change lately. I’m not just wondering, as I often do, what they’ll think of our response to the crisis and what they’ll do when they are adults. I’ve actually been trying to work out how to explain climate change to them without scaring their little socks…