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Taking a stand against Australia’s biggest climate polluter in the Federal Court
By Olivia Nankivell Glenn Walker, Katrina Bullock, Rebecca Gilsenan and David Ritter with Greenpeace Australia activists.|AGL Energy’s Loy Yang A coal-burning power station It was a big day for climate action, folks! Yesterday, on the 2nd of June, the AGL v Greenpeace court case commenced in the Federal Court in Sydney. AGL alleged intellectual property…
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AGL alleges intellectual property infringement against Greenpeace
It was a big day for climate action, folks! Yesterday, on the 2nd of June, the AGL v Greenpeace court case commenced in the Federal Court in Sydney.
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Greenpeace defends AGL lawsuit by relying on freedom of speech safeguards
Greenpeace Australia Pacific faced down coal company AGL Energy in the Federal Court yesterday in a landmark intellectual property case which saw Greenpeace rely on the freedom of speech safeguard in the Copyright Act known as “fair dealing”.AGL alleges that Greenpeace breached its intellectual property rights by using versions of the AGL logo in a…
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Big Weather (and how to survive it)
The devastation that extreme weather brings, and who should foot the bill? The summer is approaching and it has been nearly 12 months since last season’s devastating bushfires. ABC’s new three-part series explores what communities have faced and how they’re preparing for the next season. How can we all adapt, survive and thrive with less…
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5 Times Businesses Kinda Missed The Point When It Came To Reducing Plastic
We love it when businesses, especially big ones, decide to change their policies to reduce their impact on the planet. In fact, encouraging them to do so is part of why we exist! But sometimes, businesses seem to forget that when they make these promises, they have to actually follow through with genuine, sustained action.…
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Walmart Defends Its Destructive Canned Tuna As Tesco Takes Action
Walmart defends its destructive canned tuna while Tesco, the largest UK retailer, takes action to clean up its canned tuna aisle.
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Tackling deforestation – it’s a dirty job but someone’s gotta do it
Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) had a history of greenwashing – remember its former Rainforest Realities website? | To address concerns of its stakeholders and customers, APP asked independent auditors Rainforest Alliance to spend several months in the field to see how it was really doing against its Forest Conservation Policy – warts and…
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Eyes of the Forest see through greenwash
A new investigative report reveals how Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) – the notorious Indonesian rainforest destroyer – is continuing its destruction of natural tropical forest and drainage of peat soils to make its pulp and paper products. Original blogpost by Nathan Argent – December 14, 2011 APP is the parent company of Australian-based Solaris which…
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‘Tigers’ expose Asia Pulp and Paper greenwash
Last week we launched the ‘eye of the tiger’ tour in Indonesia, during which five activists will journey around Sumatra bearing witness to the forest destruction caused by companies like Asia Pulp and Paper (APP). However, a few days ago we discovered we weren’t the only ones planning a tour around Sumatra. Blogpost by Bustar…