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Whales are worth watching

In terms of commercial purposes, whales are definitely worth more alive (to watch) than slaughtered (to eat).

Busting ExxonMobil

ExxonMobil is the world’s number one climate criminal, so why is Greenpeace being arrested?

US shale oil cowboy feels the heat

Jeff Sandefer, the obscure Texan equity fund manager who plans to invest in shale oil company Southern Pacific Petroleum (SPP), is already feeling the heat in his first visit to Australia since the deal was announced.

New hope for our oceans

Australia is one of 18 countries sponsoring a new initiative to improve the protection of the world’s whale, dolphin and porpoise populations.

NSW threatens Australia’s GE-free food crop status

Just as Greenpeace thought Australia was safe from genetically engineered (GE) food crops for another year, the NSW government is backing down on its commitment to a three year moratorium on the commercial release of these crops.

What happened to the green budget?

As expected, last night's budget revealed a government focused on an illegal war and defence spending rather than one prepared to make significant investments in Australia's natural environment.

Zoom on doom - finding the world's nuclear weapons

“Since the US and the UK are having such difficulty finding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, we thought we'd lend a hand by providing this easy guide to the nuclear weapons we know about with their coordinates," explained Tom Clements, Greenpeace International nuclear campaigner. "We hope it will assist with compliance to the Nuclear Non-Prolifetation Treaty: the treaty belongs to all of us as an instrument to bring about a nuclear weapon free world. IAEA inspectors and citizen weapons inspectors are welcome to use our map to check up on just where those elusive bombs have been hiding.”

Australian food crops to remain GE-free

Greenpeace is celebrating a key victory in the fight to keep Australia free from genetically engineered (GE) food crops, following the announcement today of a freeze on the commercial release of GE canola by the Victorian state government. As a result, Australia will remain free from GE food crops for at least another year.