Greenpeace today moved 58 barrels of toxic dioxin waste to stop it from being incinerated. With support from local residents Greenpeace moved the waste from the Meriton site at Homebush Bay to the neighbouring former Union Carbide site where equally toxic waste will be treated with a safer, cleaner, closed loop technology.
The Government’s recently launched energy and climate change policy will send Australia’s energy future in completely the wrong direction. Greenpeace believes that the climate challenge requires true leadership and with the Howard government's policies set to increase Australia’s dependence on fossil fuels, an opportunity is presented to the ALP.
Greenpeace calls on Australians to use World Environment Day on Saturday 5 June, 2004, to lobby political parties on climate change and also take individual action for the environment.
