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Morrison “full of BS” on Kyoto credits: Greenpeace CEO
SYDNEY, Nov 20 2020 – In response to Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s address to the Business Council of Australia last night indicating that his government “hoped not to” use Kyoto carryover credits to meet Australia’s international climate obligations, Greenpeace Australia Pacific Chief Executive David Ritter said:“This isn’t the first time Morrison has paid lip service…
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Great Barrier Reef suffers most widespread bleaching ever as rampant coal use takes its toll
SYDNEY, April 7, 2020 – Coal-fired climate change has caused the Great Barrier Reef to bleach for the third time in five years, with the latest attack devastating already struggling corals from far North Queensland to the southern Reef.Head of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies, Professor Terry Hughes, said the scale…
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Greenpeace response to confirmed mass bleach event on the Great Barrier Reef
SYDNEY, 26 March 2020 – In response to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority confirming a mass bleach event on the Great Barrier Reef, Kate Smolski, Acting Program Director of Greenpeace Australia Pacific said:“Coal-driven climate change is threatening our beautiful reef, and the many communities and tourism workers who depend on a healthy reef…
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Greenpeace response to mass bleach event on the Great Barrier Reef
SYDNEY, 25 March 2020 – In response to renowned Professor Terry Hughes reporting a mass bleaching event in the Great Barrier Reef, Kate Smolski, Acting Program Director of Greenpeace Australia Pacific said:“Coal-driven climate change is threatening our beautiful reef, and the many communities and tourism workers who depend on a healthy reef for their livelihoods…
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Election result triggers massive surge in climate action
SYDNEY, May 23, 2019 – Support for Greenpeace has skyrocketed in the wake of the Federal election result. More than 40,000 Australians who want healthy oceans, clean air, and a decent future for their children have pledged to take action with Greenpeace as a result of the election of the coal-hugging Morrison Government. “It is…
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An Open Letter from the Ocean Elders
The Bight is an extraordinary marine environment: Will you protect it from dangerous oil drilling? A group of Ocean Elders including Richard Branson, Jane Goodall, Gerry Lopez, and Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, as well as three Australian Nobel Laureates have today written to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten…
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Ocean Elders call on Bill Shorten and Scott Morrison to protect Great Australian Bight from oil
SYDNEY, May 10, 2019 – A group of Ocean Elders including Richard Branson, Jane Goodall and Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, as well as three Australian Nobel Laureates have today written to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten urging them to protect the Great Australian Bight from oil drilling.The ‘Ocean…
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Greenpeace exposes murky influence network that entrenches coal’s power over Liberal and National parties
SYDNEY, May 8, 2019 – As Australians prepare to cast their votes, a new report by Greenpeace lifts the lid on a secretive cabal that has embedded itself in the highest levels of the Morrison government, benefitting the coal industry at the expense of communities, families, and the environment. You won’t find it on your…
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We are in a climate and extinction crisis. Let’s act like it: Greenpeace
SYDNEY, May 4, 2019 – While Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten lock horns over their policies, both are failing to address the climate emergency with credible plans.In response to the Australian Labor Party’s announcement of a new environment policy today, Greenpeace Australia Pacific said any party seeking to form government needs a plan to stop…
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While the planet burns, the LNP are tearing themselves apart over coal
The Liberals have doubled down on coal, again, to their own electoral peril, writes Holly Dawson. It’s just two weeks until the NSW election and the federal election is just around the corner. Yet news this week that a Hong Kong investment firm has struck a deal with an Australian company to develop two new…
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