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Castle Bravo survivors (from left) Susan Ned, Kathy Joel and Mina Titus on a beach on Mejatto Island in the Marshall Islands. Greenpeace flagship, the Rainbow Warrior III, is in the background.

‘I saw the flash’: How US nuclear tests changed life on this Pacific idyll forever

Marshall Islands locals watched radioactive coral fall from the sky for hours after the US’s bomb tests, 71 years ago. Now they face another existential threat.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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A sea lion pokes its head into a rock lobster trap, but can’t get in because of the metal pole.

The simple fixes that have saved the lives of sea lions and turtles

By paying attention to the science, some Australian fisheries have become sustainable.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Woodside wants to extend the life of its North West Shelf gas project in WA.

Green groups fail in bid to delay federal call on Woodside proposal

The deadline for a decision on the North West Shelf extension was delayed from March 31 until May 31 as a result of a “reconsideration request” from the Conservation Council of WA and Greenpeace.

  • Hamish Hastie
Minister for the Environment and Water Tanya Plibersek.

Greenpeace bid at heart of new Woodside North West Shelf delay

Both Greenpeace and the Conservation Council WA want Plibersek to rule on Woodside’s $30 billion Browse gas field development alongside the NWS extension proposal.

  • Hamish Hastie
People rallied at WA’s Parliament House on Tuesday against the Browse development and against any move to weaken the EPA.

WA premier walks back his words on Woodside’s Browse gas mega-project

The West Australian premier has reopened the possibility his government will support the $30 billion gas export project – even if its environmental watchdog does not.

  • Peter Milne
Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior visited the Scott Reef in 2023.

‘Unacceptable’: Red flag for Woodside’s Browse gas project poses problem for federal government

Concerns about endangered whales and turtles and the risk of an oil spill near a pristine reef present a major challenge for the federal government.

  • Peter Milne
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Disrupt Burrup Hub protesters Kristen Morrissey and Joana Partyka are two of the three summonsed to appear in court on Monday.

Woodside begins quest for compensation from activists who set off smoke bomb at Perth office

Woodside wants to compel three Disrupt Burrup Hub protestors charged over a 2023 smoke bomb incident at its headquarters to reveal details of any others involved as it chases compensation for the cost of an evacuation of the building.

  • Peter Milne
Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior

Ever wondered what it’s like to sail on Greenpeace’s iconic Rainbow Warrior?

No longer on the “radical flank” of environmental activism, the storied ship still has clout.

  • Miki Perkins and Eddie Jim
Kioa island resident Lotomau Fiafia and his grandson John stand roughly where the shore line used to be when Lotomau was a child in the 1950s, he has seen the changes of the shore line in the past decade.
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Gallery: Fighting not sinking

Age photographer Eddie Jim captures a paradise under threat as the Kioan Climate Emergency Declaration is held on Kioa Island, Fiji.

Kioa island resident Lotomau Fiafia and his grandson John.

Fighting, not sinking: The Pacific plea for Australian climate action

As heat records tumble and the sea level rises, Fijians on the front lines of the Pacific climate crisis want Australia and other global emitters to do more of the heavy lifting.

  • Miki Perkins and Eddie Jim

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