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Australia’s Polluter-In-Chief Woodside loses ‘climate’ vote in a landslide
PERTH – 24 April 2024 – Following the overwhelming shareholder vote against Woodside’s ‘climate’ plan, see comments below attributable to Greenpeace Australia Pacific Acting CEO Kate Smolski:
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Life in plastic, not fantastic: Australian govt must champion strong plastics treaty
SYDNEY, TUESDAY 23 APRIL 2024 – As negotiators from 176 nations meet this week to develop an international treaty on plastic pollution, Greenpeace is urging the Australian government to back…
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‘Like a pub without beer’: Govt’s new enviro protection agency must be backed by nature law overhaul
Greenpeace Australia Pacific has called on the federal government to urgently back up the establishment of the new environmental protection agency, Environment Protection Australia (EPA), with the promised overhaul of Australia’s broken national nature law.
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‘A deadly blow’: Confirmation of global mass coral bleaching event a direct result of fossil fuel decisions
The International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) and US-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have today confirmed the world is experiencing its fourth global coral bleaching event — the second in the last 10 years.
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‘Don’t bow to mining lobby’: Leading environment orgs urge swift action on national nature law reform
Australia’s largest environmental organisations have urged the federal government to drive forward ambitious reforms to the national nature law this term amidst reports of backlash from the mining industry.
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Greenpeace v Woodside Concise Statement
Please find a link below to the PDF of the concise statement made to the Federal Court of Australia where Greenpeace Australia Pacific Limited claims that Woodside Energy Group Ltd has made and continues to make misleading or deceptive representations about its plans to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in response to climate change.
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Offshore gas amendments a massive step backwards for nature protection, climate action: Greenpeace
“The offshore gas amendments are fundamentally flawed and should be withdrawn. They are a massive step backwards, undermining Labor’s commitments to nature protection and leaving our endangered species at risk to the gas industry.
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New Vehicle Emissions Standards legislation to drive real climate action
Greenpeace Australia Pacific has welcomed the Federal Government’s New Vehicle Emissions Standards (NVES) legislation as a win for climate action while warning that any emissions reduction traded away now must be made up for later.
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Media Briefing: Australia’s New Fuel Efficiency Standard
Transport currently makes up 20% and the fastest-growing source of emissions in Australia. By 2030 is it anticipated to be our largest source of emissions, as the electricity grid decarbonises.
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Joint deforestation investigation exposes broken national environment law
A joint investigation by three of Australia’s leading environmental organisations has uncovered multiple instances of large-scale deforestation which were not referred to the federal government for approval.