The war on Iran exposes the real cost of plastics
(and why it matters for the Global Plastics Treaty) Originally posted by Greenpeace International. The gravest consequences of the war are borne by people in Iran and across the region: lives lost,...
View ArticleIt’s time to end native forest logging
The vast majority of Australians and all mainstream nature protection groups—including Greenpeace—agree that Australia should end native forest logging, and that governments should create vast new...
View ArticleWhat if Australia’s worst offshore oil spill hasn’t happened yet?
I’m terrified by the thought. Our new report in partnership with Environs Kimberley analyses Woodside’s own oil spill modelling and it reveals a worst-case blowout at the corporation’s proposed Browse...
View ArticleAustralia’s nature is in trouble.
Australia’s new environmental standards are supposed to protect wildlife. Right now, they don’t. We have one of the worst mammal extinction rates in the world. We’ve already lost 39 species, including...
View ArticleThe 2026 budget test: Will Australia break free from fossil fuels?
In 2026, the dangers of fossil fuel dependence have been laid bare like never before. The illegal invasion of Iran has brought pain and destruction to millions across the Middle East and triggered a...
View ArticleIn Santa Marta, Australia can back Pacific leadership and turn the energy...
As leaders gather in Santa Marta, Colombia to chart a course away from fossil fuels, the world is being reminded, again, of the cost of coal, oil and gas dependence. We are in a fossil fuel crisis....
View ArticleDon’t be so reckless: Hands of Scott Reef
Today, Greenpeace activists disrupted Woodside’s Annual General Meeting, its biggest corporate event of the year, to put the dirty gas corporation’s disastrous plans to drill at Scott Reef front and...
View ArticleWATCH: ‘This is a fossil fuel crisis’, Greenpeace tells Senate gas tax Inquiry
Greenpeace Australia Pacific has slammed gas corporation war profiteering and environmental damage in a scathing Senate hearing as part of the Select Committee on the Taxation of Gas Resources, urging...
View ArticleJoin Greenpeace to save Scott Reef from Woodside’s dirty gas
Greenpeace and allies will be protesting outside Woodside’s Annual General Meeting to show the WA and federal governments strong community opposition to Woodside’s proposal to drill for gas at Scott...
View ArticleBREAKING: Greenpeace activists arrested after standing up to Big Gas in Sydney
Greenpeace activists have been arrested after taking action at a major gas conference this morning in Sydney. Earlier today, brave activists disrupted the Australian Domestic Gas Outlook conference at...
View ArticleBREAKING: Greenpeace activists disrupt major gas conference in Sydney
Right now, Greenpeace activists are standing up to Big Gas at a major gas conference in Sydney. Inside the Sheraton Grand Hotel, executives from fossil fuel companies have gathered alongside...
View ArticleRenewables can’t be weaponised
From Samoa to the Solomon Islands, the Pacific has much to teach us about the liberating power of renewable energy. While coal, oil and gas leave communities hostage to volatile fossil fuel markets,...
View ArticleGreenpeace Australia Pacific response to the Middle-East crisis
Greenpeace Hungary send a message that it’s unacceptable that the Hungarian government refuses to support an EU-wide embargo of Russian crude oil and refined products. © Zsuzsi Dorgo / Greenpeace Like...
View ArticleReheating plastic food containers: what science says about microplastics and...
How often do you eat takeaway food? What about pre-prepared ready meals? Or maybe just microwaving some leftovers you had in the fridge? In any of these cases, there’s a pretty good chance the...
View ArticleFrom Palau to Türkiye: Powering up for climate and ocean justice
Pacific Island countries have long been at the forefront of climate, ocean and biodiversity protection. Using their collective power, moral authority and skilful diplomacy, these ‘large ocean states’...
View ArticleClimate Whiplash: Understanding today’s violent weather extremes
In mid January 2026, Australians watched in disbelief as an extreme downpour and violent flash flood swept cars on Victoria’s Great Ocean Road into the sea. Just days earlier, the state was in the...
View ArticleThe Ocean We’re Still Discovering
The recent discovery of Grimpoteuthis feitiana, a new species of Dumbo octopus found deep in the Pacific, is a reminder of something both humbling and urgent: we still know so little about the ocean...
View ArticleA Pathway for WA on Emissions Reductions is Possible!
WA is falling behind on pollution limits Western Australia often likes to go its own way. Sadly, when it comes to carbon pollution WA has been stubbornly bucking the national trend – but not in a good...
View ArticleFrom Harpoons to Hope – The Return of Humpback Whales
Over the years, I’ve seen the difference Greenpeace has made in the world. Not just in the headlines, but in the living, breathing pulse of the planet itself. Every victory, every campaign, becomes...
View ArticleTelstra’s Climate Disconnect: It’s time for Telstra to walk away from the Gas...
Outside Telstra’s Annual General Meeting in October, Greenpeace activists staged a bold and creative protest – complete with a Telstra-coded phone booth – to urge both shareholders and the public to...
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