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Australia’s Oceans Just Hit Their Hottest Year on Record—Here’s Why That Matters
Australia’s oceans are heating at an alarming rate. In 2024, sea surface temperatures reached record highs, marking the hottest year on record for our surrounding waters.
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Albanese Government Stalls On Its Big Nature Promise
The Albanese government has just caved in to pressure from mining executives in a bitterly disappointing move where our wildlife, natural environment and communities stand to lose most.
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Labor governments quash nature protection at behest of miners
SYDNEY, Monday 3 February — Greenpeace Australia Pacific has slammed the Albanese government and WA Cook government for quashing promised national nature law reforms this term, a move it says…
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Māori elders, Greenpeace disrupt AGM of Sydney mining company behind ‘zombie seabed mining project’
SYDNEY, Thursday 28 November 2024 – A Māori elder alongside Greenpeace activists has disrupted the annual general meeting of the Australian mining company Manuka Resources in Sydney, which is preparing…
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403 pieces of plastic were found inside this bird’s stomach
World leaders are meeting for the final round of negotiations on the Global Plastics Treaty. A seabird fledgling found dead on Lord Howe Island reminds us what’s at stake.
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Coles urged to beef up deforestation policies at AGM
MELBOURNE, Tuesday 12 November 2024 — Dozens of people from some of Australia’s biggest environmental organisations have protested at a pop-up ‘deforestation zone’ outside the Coles annual general meeting in…
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Coral pulled up by NZ trawler “environmental vandalism”, says Greenpeace
SYDNEY, Friday 01 November 2024 – Reports that a New Zealand trawler has destroyed almost 40 kilograms of deep sea corals in a region of the Pacific Ocean earmarked for…
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Coles Must Take Deforestation Off the Shelves
Coles is the only major supermarket in Australia without a zero deforestation commitment. Coles must commit to taking deforestation off the shelves.
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Risky Business: Greenpeace report reveals Woodside’s history of environmental neglect
SYDNEY, Wednesday 23 October 2024 — A report from Greenpeace Australia Pacific released today catalogues gas corporation Woodside’s troubling history of environmental neglect, as evidence mounts that its Burrub Hub…
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What is the UN Biodiversity COP16 and why is it so important for nature and humanity
The 16th UN Biodiversity COP will take place in Cali, Colombia, from 21 October to 1 November 2024. But what exactly is COP16, and why should we care about this gathering of global leaders and civil society organisations?