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Mura Kalmel Sipa – ‘All Together We Stand’: Torres Strait And Pacific Communities On Board For Climate Justice
Greenpeace’s iconic Rainbow Warrior has arrived in Cairns this week to join with First Nations leaders from the Guda Maluyligal in the Torres Strait, Uncle Paul and Uncle Pabai, plaintiffs in the Australian Climate Case who have taken the Australian government to court for failing to protect their island homes from climate change.Uncle Paul and…
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Greenpeace Leaves Gift For Woodside In Busy Perth Street
Greenpeace Australia Pacific has unveiled a large-scale, custom painted mural in Perth, a gift from the community for fossil fuel giant Woodside. Greenpeace commissioned the 200m2 mural on Saint Georges Terrace, Perth, just 1.5 kilometres from Woodside’s headquarters.
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James Price Point and the fight to protect the Kimberley from new gas
With birthing grounds of the largest Humpback Whale population, corals and fish to match the Great Barrier Reef, the Kimberley is like nowhere else on Earth. Despite its international significance it’s still not safe from the fossil fuel industry. ||Oil and gas exploration well pad encroaching on the King Sound mangrove system © Damian Kelly|‘Protect…
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Environmentalists Send Kimberley Message To Gas Giants On Rainbow Warrior
Greenpeace’s flagship the Rainbow Warrior has carried a giant message to gas companies Woodside Energy and Buru Energy along the Kimberley coastline: “Don’t Frack the Kimberley”. Greenpeace Australia Pacific, in partnership with leading environmental organisation Environs Kimberley, sailed along the coast of the Kimberley to display the giant banners calling for no new gas and…
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Kimberley Communities, Greenpeace Band Together Against New Gas
Communities from across the Kimberley will gather in Broome against new gas projects planned for the region, including Woodside’s Burrup Hub, new fracking proposals, and Buru Energy’s proposed floating liquefied gas facility off the Kimberley coast. Environs Kimberley, Traditional Owners, scientists, musicians, elders and Greenpeace crew will meet to discuss the threats and solutions to…
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Ningaloo Reef is a World Heritage treasure
The whale shark, the world’s biggest fish, is what draws people to UNESCO World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Marine Park. These gentle giants congregate at Ningaloo, nestled on the Western Australian coastline near Exmouth, between March and August each year, thrilling thousands of visitors and fuelling the area’s booming tourism industry. A Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) swims…
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“Woodside, Don’t Be A Tosser”: Greenpeace Activists Occupy Woodside’s Toxic Oil Tower
Greenpeace Australia Pacific activists have climbed and documented a toxic, discarded oil tower owned by fossil fuel company Woodside Energy. The activists, who are calling on Woodside to stop polluting Western Australia’s oceans, dropped a banner reading: “Woodside, Don’t Be a Tosser.” Two climbers scaled Woodside’s Nganhurra Riser Turret Mooring, an 83 metre long, 2452…
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Welcome to Shark Bay
Shark Bay, located at the most westerly point of Australia, is one of a handful of marine World Heritage sites across the globe. It’s home to some of the planet’s most extraordinary creatures, including the oldest lifeforms on Earth, as well as dugongs, turtles and, of course, sharks.
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Meet Emma from School Strike 4 Climate
We spoke with Emma from School Strike 4 Climate on Thursday when she visited the Rainbow Warrior in Fremantle during its Whales Not Woodside Ship Tour to learn more about how she became involved in climate activism, what motivates her, and get her thoughts on Meg O’Neil and Woodside’s Burrup Hub gas expansion. Emma from…
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Whale Spotting in Perth Canyon with Dr Olaf Meynecke
Most tourists who visit Perth make it out to Rottnest Island to visit the cute quokkas and marvel at the island’s lonely wind turbine, which once attracted the wrath of former Prime Minister Tony Abbott. But just beyond Rottnest lies a much less-explored region - Perth Canyon, one of the best places in the world to…