Greenpeace is an independent organisation campaigning to ensure a peaceful and sustainable world for future generations. Established in 1971, we now have a presence in more than 40 countries and around 2.8 million supporters. Greenpeace Australia was founded in 1977 and joined with the Pacific region in 1998. Today, Greenpeace Australia Pacific has over 100,000 supporters.
Greenpeace has taken action against Australia’s single largest source of greenhouse pollution, Eraring coal-fired power station in the Hunter region of NSW, by blocking the coal supply to the plant. Why did Greenpeace do it? We have to stop fuelling climate change when creating electricity. The Rudd government needs to create an energy revolution and make our power comes from clean, safe renewables.
