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Why I’m campaigning to save the Great Australian Bight
Grazia from Melbourne explains why she is getting more involved with Greenpeace to save the Great Australian Bight || I didn’t know that The Great Australian Bight even existed (pardon my ignorance) until Greenpeace brought it to my attention with the campaign against oil drilling in this incredibly diverse and rich marine region. The Bight…
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Another one Bights the dust: Port Lincoln the thirteenth council to move to oppose oil drilling in Southern Ocean
September 4, 2018: Councils representing one third of all voters in South Australia have now moved voted to ban oil drilling in the Great Australian Bight.Last night Port Lincoln council successfully moved a motion to oppose any drilling in the Bight, becoming the thirteenth council to do so. Their decision is yet another blow to…
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No Deal: National Energy Guarantee
State governments reject Turnbull’s dirty plan If you only read the newspaper headlines you could be forgiven for thinking that Malcolm Turnbull and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg are on the cusp of a big win with their do-nothing National Energy Guarantee (NEG). A group of renewable energy lovers mobilised by Greenpeace Australia Pacific, GetUp!, the…
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Greenpeace Australia Pacific activists install giant pipeline in Citibank’s Australian headquarters
SYDNEY, July 10, 2018 – Greenpeace Australia Pacific activists have installed a life-sized pipeline in the Sydney headquarters of multinational lender Citigroup to protest the organisation’s funding of controversial tar sands pipelines. Citi is among 12 global banks identified by Greenpeace which continue to have ties to toxic tar sands pipeline projects and pipeline companies like…
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Greenpeace Australia Pacific activists deliver pipe to Citibank branch and call on lender to cut ties with deadly oil pipelines
SYDNEY, July 6, 2018 – Dozens of Greenpeace activists have staged a peaceful protest at a Citibank branch in Sydney’s CBD, calling on the global lender to cut its ties with Canadian tar sands pipeline projects that threaten Indigenous rights, water and marine life.Citi is among 12 global banks identified by Greenpeace which continue to…
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Bight Mayor Nightmare for Equinor as ninth council moves to oppose drilling
June 14, 2018: Plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight have beens struck another blow with yet another council moving to declare against oil exploration in the region.Last night Port Adelaide council successfully moved a motion to oppose any drilling in the Bight, currently proposed by Norwegian oil giant Equinor, which poses…
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Underwater love: Why I’m in the fight for the Great Australian Bight
These images capture why I care so much about our wild, uncompromising, underwater backyard I first moved to Australia from a landlocked country when I was 13. All of a sudden, I was surrounded by what felt like endless oceans. The ocean was intimidating, powerful and incredibly beautiful. It completely enchanted me. Now, I’m a…