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Activists fined for peaceful protest

Eight Greenpeace activists were fined $440 each today for their actions surrounding the departure of the HMAS Sydney earlier this month.

Disarm all nuclear weapons now

A peaceful future depends on all countries getting rid of nuclear weapons stockpiles.

Clean energy: Now it's your call

With plenty of open spaces and sunshine, Australia could harness more renewable energy than almost any country in the world. Now you can tell the government that you want clean energy to power Australia into the future.

Is might really right?

With the fall of Baghdad this week, there has been a great rush to condemn anti war activists as being naïve, misguided, or simply wrong.

Solar on the streets

Solar power is the perfect energy source for Australia - it's clean and green, it's reliable and we never have a shortage of sun. What's more, Australia has the best solar researchers in the world.

Incineration – a step back for Australia

TEST Energy plans to build a waste incinerator in Tasmania. If this goes ahead it will pollute people and the environment with deadly chemicals. It will also be a step backwards for Australia because the last waste incinerator was closed in 1996.

An environmental hero

A Greenpeace campaigner has won one of the world’s most prestigious international awards for grassroots environmentalism.

Good wood news

Some companies can see the forest for the trees - and the future of ancient forests is looking brighter for it.

War is not the solution

To voice opposition to the war, two Greenpeace activists attached themselves to the HMAS Sydney as it departed for Iraq.

GE food crops set to contaminate fields

Australia’s first genetically engineered (GE) food crop could soon be polluting our fields and food if agrochemical companies, Monsanto and Bayer, get their way.

Fossil fool’s day

April Fool’s Day is traditionally a day where we poke a bit of harmless fun at each other.

Nuke Us Heights wins reactor name

It’s official, Nuke Us Heights wins our online naming competition for Sydney’s second nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights.