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Even Alan Jones agrees…

Even Alan Jones agrees…

Feature Story | 5 December, 2012 at 17:18

At a place called Abbot Point, on the coast of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, three coal companies want to build three new coal terminals. To do so they will have to dredge thousands of tonnes of sea floor, dump it near a National...

Greenpeace calls for action against coal company for poor environmental assessment

Press release | 18 April, 2013 at 11:55

Mackay, Queensland- 18 April 2013: Greenpeace is calling on Federal Environment Minister, Tony Burke, to suspend his approval of Hancock Coal’s T3 coal terminal at Abbot Point while a federal investigation into the environmental assessment of it...

Time to learn from our mistakes

Time to learn from our mistakes

Feature Story | 17 April, 2012 at 10:28

By year six, most Australian school children would have a pretty good idea that all elements of the natural environment are related. At its most elemental, it goes back to the old knee bone being connected to the th-igh bone.

Abbot Point - NO means YES when it comes to big coal

Abbot Point - NO means YES when it comes to big coal

Feature Story | 22 May, 2012 at 10:44

In the vast grazing country of Central Western Queensland, there are places where the coal seam literally comes out of the ground. But what is a dream to some is a nightmare for others, as battle lines are drawn over the future of Australia’s...

New report exposes Coal’s contempt for Great Barrier Reef

Press release | 24 October, 2012 at 13:28

Sydney, 24th October, 2012: A new study released today confirms what Greenpeace and local environmentalists have been saying about the impacts of new coal terminals on the Great Barrier Reef coast.

Clive Palmer the big winner from Abbot Point manoeuvres

Press release | 22 May, 2012 at 10:12

Sydney. Tuesday 22nd May 2012: Greenpeace is calling on the Newman Government in Queensland to clarify whether scrapping the Abbot Point Multi-Cargo Facility (MCF) was influenced by LNP donor Clive Palmer.

Tony Burke delays world's biggest coal port in World Heritage Area

Press release | 12 March, 2012 at 11:18

Sydney 11th March 2012. Greenpeace was relieved to see Environment Minister, Tony Burke, is beginning to listen to the broader Australian community in deciding to extend the deadline approval of the massive expansion of the coal port at Abbot...

UNESCO steps up defence of the Reef

UNESCO steps up defence of the Reef

Feature Story | 9 July, 2012 at 14:10

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has just concluded its annual meeting. Last week’s decisions on the Great Barrier Reef have profound implications for its future protection and pose some tough questions for Environment Minister Tony Burke.

Damning UNESCO Reef verdict puts spotlight on coal ports

Press release | 2 June, 2012 at 8:56

Sydney. Saturday 2nd June 2012: Greenpeace is calling on Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke to heed United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) damning verdict on the Great Barrier Reef and declare an...

A message for UNESCO is written in the sands

Press release | 12 March, 2012 at 11:10

9th March Abbot Point, Queensland. As the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) mission took a final flight over the controversial site of the proposed coal port, Abbot Point, they were reminded that the eyes of...

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