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BREAKING: Greenpeace activists arrested by police helicopter after seven-hour protest on coal ship

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NEWCASTLE, Sunday 30 November 2025 — Two Greenpeace Australia Pacific activists have been arrested by specialist police on a coal ship outside the Port of Newcastle, following a more than seven-hour-long peaceful protest during Rising Tide’s People’s Blockade today. Photos and footage here   Three activists safely climbed and suspended from coal ship Yangze 16 … Continued

Greenpeace activists block coal ship from entering world’s largest coal port at Rising Tide blockade

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Key Facts: Joe Rafalowicz from Greenpeace Australia Pacific will attend Rising Tide’s press conference at Horseshoe Beach, Newcastle, at 11:30am AEDT. NEWCASTLE, Sunday 30 November 2025 – Greenpeace Australia Pacific activists have scaled and blocked a coal ship, bound for the Port of Newcastle today, during the Rising Tide People’s Blockade, deploying a banner with … Continued

EcoPHA Biotech & Terra Sol win Energy & Renewables at the InnovationAus Awards signalling a new era for commercial PHA innovation

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Key Facts: EcoPHA Biotech and Terra Sol Studio won the Energy & Renewables Award at the 2025 InnovationAus Awards for their development of marine biodegradable PHA biomaterials The partnership combines EcoPHA’s scientific innovation in PHA biopolymers with Terra Sol’s design expertise to create commercially viable products Their PHA materials can be used across multiple applications … Continued

Parliament delivers historic environment reforms that unlock economic prosperity

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 The passage of new laws to protect and repair nature demonstrates the Australian parliament is up to the task of serious economic reform that promotes prosperity, the Australian Climate and Biodiversity Foundation said today.   The reformed Act will deliver national environmental standards, establish an independent national EPA and provide much needed protection of carbon … Continued

New laws give forests and wildlife a fighting chance

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For the first time, Australia’s forests will be covered by national nature protection laws, with legislation going to the Senate today. “This new law means genuine progress for nature protection in Australia,” said Australian Conservation Foundation CEO Kelly O’Shanassy. “This will give our forests, which are home to unique Australian wildlife like the koala and … Continued

Nature protected in law, but climate liability for ALP remains

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETHURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER, 2025 THE CLIMATE COUNCIL congratulates Labor and the Greens for passing laws that strengthen protection for native forests and accelerate environmentally responsible renewable power. But the Council warns the Albanese Government is failing the climate test by giving new coal and gas projects a free pass on climate pollution. Climate … Continued