Tag: Greenpeace

Greenpeace claims Australia is among a small group of nations trying to water-down calls to phase out coal and other fossil fuels.

Trade agreement was to contain references to the Paris goals of limiting global heating, but these were dropped after lobbying, Greenpeace says.

Loss of livelihoods and irreversible damage to land and marine ecosystems is on the cards for some Pacific nations due to climate change and Covid.

Environmental group claims politics trumped the truth, as move to list the Reef as ‘In Danger’ is defeated at Friday night meeting.

Environmentalists hail announcement that joint venture has abandoned plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight.

Conservation group outraged over resources minister Keith Pitt’s remarks that big producers should ‘fight back’ against activists.

Greenpeace hits out at spending on the environment in the latest National Budget, saying the root cause of the problem is not being tackled.

Australian Greenpeace campaigner Colin Russell is expected to return home in a few days after Russia granted him an exit visa.

With demand for consular services rising and government budgets under pressure, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is encouraging people who get into trouble overseas to be more self-reliant.

There is mounting pressure for Prime Minister Tony Abbott to call Vladimir Putin and obtain the release of an Australian Greenpeace activist being detained in a Russian prison.

The Australian government is yet to seek the release of activists who have been detained in a Russian prison in relation to protests over Arctic drilling, despite calls for Foreign Minister Julie Bishop to personally intervene.