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Two of the most remote and vulnerable atolls in the Pacific

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A very full Esperanza arrived at the tiny atolls of Pukapuka and Nassau this week, with much needed supplies and a team of 10 Cook Islanders from the National Environment Service, the Red Cross and local climate change groups.

Time to bury the International Whaling Commission?

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The International Whaling Commission, the peak international body for dealing with whaling and whale conservation, has failed to save any whales this year.

Pacific climate change tour

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Greenpeace is in the Pacific, helping climate activists send a message to world leaders about climate change impacts.

Whales needs more action and less conversation

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The annual International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting gets underway in Portugal on Monday. The greatest threat to the whales at the meeting is hot air.

Climate Emergency Rally, 13 June

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Do you want the Australian government to do something real about climate change? Then make your voice heard!

Jamie Durie launches the new Good Wood Guide

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:42:04 GMT

Every day, Australians buy illegal timber without even realising it. Now the Greenpeace Good Wood Guide is set to change that.

Simply Energy receives Australia's Dirtiest Energy Retailer award

Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

At 9am this morning, 14 Greenpeace activists arrived at the offices of Simply Energy in Melbourne and presented them with the award of Australia’s Dirtiest Energy Retailer.

Taking action at Hazelwood power station

Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Early this morning, 14 Greenpeace activists shut down a coal digger at Hazelwood, the developed world’s most polluting power station.
They carried a message for PM Kevin Rudd – ‘coal powering climate change’.

Greenpeace Australia Pacific Response to article in The Age, 17 May 2009

Mon, 18 May 2009 08:41:15 GMT

Over the weekend, a column appeared in The Age that made several misleading implications about Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s financial situation and use of funds for calendar year 2008.

The following is a point-by-point response to the misinterpretations and misleading statements in the column.

A greener budget, but big polluters still trump

Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

After many years of campaigning, Greenpeace had something to celebrate at this year's federal budget, with major increases in renewable energy funding.

Clarifying auto-upgrade of Greenpeace donations

Thu, 07 May 2009 09:13:49 GMT

Greenpeace Australia Pacific invited a small number of our supporters to increase their monthly donation by no more than $4. Any donor who did not wish to increase their donation was invited to contact us and halt or revert the increase at any time. More than 90% of supporters were happy to have their donations increased in this way.

Our supporters are the back-bone of our environmental work. Greenpeace exists solely due to individual donations. To preserve our independence we take no financial support from governments or corporations.

In more than 30 years of operation in Australia and the Pacific, we have enjoyed a strong relationship with our financial supporters and welcome any feedback on our methods for ensuring that Greenpeace can continue to be an independent force for environmental activism.

Billions up in smoke

Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Greenpeace beamed messages such as "Billions up in smoke" and "Time to Evolve" onto a chimney stack at Loy Yang A Power Station in Victoria's La Trobe Valley.

Climate change on the agenda in PNG highlands

Wed, 06 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The highlands of Papua New Guinea may be one of the most remote and far-flung places on the planet but even here the threat of climate change is moving people to call for action. Proof that climate change is an issue of global dimensions.

Coal's days numbered

Sat, 02 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A letter from leading scientists holds the coal industry to account for climate impacts.

Protect consumer choice by labelling all GE food

Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Concerned consumers and mothers have joined Greenpeace at a demonstration outside Sydney's Intercontinental Hotel where the Food Regulation Ministerial Council will be meeting to discuss food labelling. We want to ensure labelling of genetically engineered food is on the agenda.

Celebration! Great Bear Rainforest protected

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:43:22 GMT

Greenpeace is celebrating an enormous success — the protection of the Great Bear Rainforest in Canada.
The government of British Columbia has announced the most comprehensive rainforest conservation plan in North American history for the Great Bear Rainforest.

Climate meeting in Bonn: save the forests, but don't cheapen carbon

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

To have a hope of saving our planet from runaway climate change, we need to make it expensive for industry to emit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. And we need to make it profitable for countries like Brazil, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea to preserve their tropical rainforests. Sounds simple but we need real leadership at the Bonn climate conference to get the devil out of the details.

Climate and people first

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

We've got a message for the leaders of the richest nations in the world who are gathering in London for the G20 meeting to discuss the global economic crisis.

Shedding light on Japan's whaling scandal

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Whale supporters joined Greenpeace in a vigil outside the Japanese embassy. We called for an end to whaling and justice for the Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki. These two Japenese Greenpeace activists, also known as the Tokyo Two, were arrested after exposing a scandal within Japan’s whaling industry last year.

Scientists see opportunity in the climate crisis

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

We’ve heard it before. Climate change is happening more quickly than expected. Now 2000 climate scientists have met to update the picture and suggest solutions.