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Pick tigers over coal
Few countries can boast a national animal with the status as India. The tiger, as a symbol of India, is as recognisable as the Taj Mahal and as loved as Mahatma Gandhi. Blogpost by Vinuta Gopal – October 12, 2012 Yet this iconic emblem of India is under threat and perhaps most shockingly, that threat…
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$1000 paid, $100 million to dirty coal saved
Last November, twelve Greenpeace activists were arrested after taking action at the site of the proposed HRL power station at Morwell in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley. The action was part of a long-running campaign to have a $100 million grant to the proposed HRL brown coal power station cancelled. Today, they had their day in court.…
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Mega mine, mega catastrophe
When Minister Burke described the environmental assessment of Gina Rinehart’s controversial Alpha Coal Project as “shambolic”, he wasn’t joking. But now he has given his own rubber stamp to the project, revealing the profound failure of the regulatory system in Australia. Blogpost by John Hepburn The project is big by global standards, with a 30…
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Macken Sense: When Communities Say No To Miners
Big mining projects need community approval as well as government licences. It’s a sign of a healthy democracy when politicians respect a community’s social licence, writes Julie Macken Blogpost by Julie Macken, originally posted on newmatilda.com For the last decade the mining industry has successfully argued that the damage done to the environment, to farmland…
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Super trawler threatens coastal communities from Perth to Brisbane
Press release – 6 August, 2012Call for super trawlers to be banned across AustraliaSYDNEY, 6 August 2012: As the Magiris super trawler steams toward Australian waters, Greenpeace has today escalated the issue, calling on the Gillard Government to ban all super trawlers from Australian waters. “This is an opportunity for the Gillard Government to say,…
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Macken Sense: Walking To Slow The Boom
The mining industry may run slick advertising campaigns but when activists get together the real stories come out. Julie Macken spoke with June Norman, a 72 year-old woman with a unique method. Originally posted on newMatilda.com Last weekend I had the privilege of spending a couple days at Louisa Creek — a little village that…
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Munmorah made me the criminal I am today
This week saw a small step taken towards the energy revolution in Australia as Munmorah, one of the oldest and dirtiest coal power stations in the country, announced its closure. Munmorah is near the New South Wales central coast and has been burning black coal since 1967, before Greenpeace was even founded. It had already…
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Macken Sense: How change happens…..
Everyone from the fossil fuel industry to Greenpeace’s own Executive Director, Kumi Naidoo, has conceded Rio + 20 was a total waste of space. Naidoo’s take on it was pretty simple: ”Rio has turned into an epic failure. It has failed on equity, failed on ecology and failed on economy.” Apart from that it was…
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David vs Goliath
Last week Greenpeace launched a vital new campaign for Australia. We’re taking on the massive coal mining and coal export expansion plans particularly in Queensland. These mega coal mines, coal port infrastructure and increases in coal shipping traffic not only spell disaster for our climate but for Australia’s national treasure – the Great Barrier Reef.…
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Top 10 reasons why Arctic oil drilling is a dumb idea
Here are 10 key reasons why oil drilling in the Arctic is a dumb idea. 1. It’s extremely dangerous. The Arctic environment is one of the harshest in the world, and everything you do there is more complicated than anywhere else. 2. Our climate can’t afford it. As the impacts of climate change become more…