Greenpeace launches Pacific ship tour

Two Torres Strait Islander Elders are travelling to the Pacific on board the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior to highlight the need for stronger action on climate change. It comes as Greenpeace Australia Pacific launches its Pacific ship tour to help bring climate justice to the region.

Indigenous traditional owners across 20,000 square kilometres of the Northern Territory are joining together to create a massive map of the Roper River region to raise their concerns it could be threatened by cotton and gas developments.

A performance report from the NSW auditor-general has found failings on multiple levels in the state-owned Forestry Corporation and the government agency tasked with environmental compliance.

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Two Torres Strait Elders are sailing to Vanuatu on a rainbow boat to highlight this issue
Two Torres Strait Islander Elders are travelling to the Pacific on board the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior to highlight the need for stronger action on climate change.

Indigenous water map petition will bring NT cotton and gas concerns to Canberra
Indigenous traditional are accusing the NT government of planning to give out too much water to develop these new industries.

NSW EPA staff lack basic equipment for forestry inspections, report finds
In the report released last week, NSW auditor-general Margaret Crawford found some Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officers lacked the necessary equipment to undertake basic forestry inspections.

Younger Australians reject idea humans have right to use nature for own benefit, survey shows
Australians are confused and cynical about the environmental claims made by companies and greenwashing is making people ever more sceptical, a latest survey of people’s attitudes to nature and climate change has found.

Finkel: Australia can still reach its 82 pct renewables target by 2030
Dr Alan Finkel, the former chief scientist and head of Australia’s National Hydrogen Strategy, says Australia still has a chance to get to the 82 per cent renewables energy target by 2030, but it needs to get everything right.

World-beating Australian recycling tech debuts in UK, Japan
An Australian developer of world-leading plastic recycling technology that could sharply lift the industry’s poor reuse rate will commission its first commercial plants in Britain and Japan later this year because policy support is lacking in Australia.