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Ban Japanese ships - Brown

Rather than ban the Sea Shepherd's Steve Irwin from Australian ports as requested by Japan, Japanese woodchip ships picking up the flensed remains of Australia's old growth forests should be kept out, Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown said today.

Pope should celebrate natural diversity, says Brown

Pope Benedict's pre-Christmas tirade against homosexuals would have been
better directed against enforced celibacy, Australian Greens Leader
Senator Bob Brown said today.

"Homosexuality is a necessary niche of nature's grand diversity, and the
Pope should honour it rather than imply disdain for the Creator."

Bermagui forests deserve protection:Brown

Australian Greens Leader Senator Bob Brown will call for important koala habitat to be saved from logging, when he addresses a community meeting at Bermagui, on the New South Wales south coast tonight.

Senator Brown plans to visit Bermagui's forests today and speak at a community meeting at Bermagui Community Hall in the evening (7pm).

Forest violence harming Tasmania - Brown

The loggers' violence towards forest defenders on Tuesday is harmful to Tasmania's image as a restful, safe and beautiful place, Greens Leader Bob Brown said today.

"It damages the tourism and hospitality industries."

"As with the violence of logging to the native forests and wildlife itself, the pictures of a sledgehammer-wielding man smashing a protest vehicle with people inside, and issuing a stream of profanities, cuts right across the current T.V. advertising campaign to attract mainland people to Tasmania."

Bartlett's forest carbon ignorance costly for Tasmania: Greens

Premier Bartlett's ignorance of the global significance of forest carbon and the economic opportunities that it provides will cost Tasmania dearly in both financial and biodiversity terms, Australian Greens Senator Christine Milne, said today.

Garnaut's global analysis forgets China; Local analysis points to forest protection

Professor Garnaut has wrongly assessed China and India's perspective on a global greenhouse gas emissions deal, Australian Greens Leader, Senator Bob Brown said today. However, the Professor also points the way to fast, cheap and easy emissions reductions from protecting forests.

Garrett throws another lifeline to Gunns Pulp Mill

Environment Minister Peter Garrett has given Gunns another unnecessary lifeline for their Pulp Mill after the company's failure to meet legislative deadlines in the assessment process, Australian Greens Senator Christine Milne said today.

Garnaut's weak targets recipe for catastrophic climate change - Greens

Rudd must lead globe towards strict targets

The weak targets advocated in the supplementary report from the Garnaut review released today are based on outdated science, risk catastrophic climate change and will undermine global negotiations towards an effective climate treaty, Australian Greens Senators Bob Brown and Christine Milne said today.

Still Waiting for Garnaut

Professor Garnaut must tomorrow recommend stringent 2020 greenhouse gas reductions targets to avoid catastrophic climate change, Australian Greens climate change spokesperson, Senator Christine Milne, said today.

Senator Milne said "The globe is poised on the edge of a number of climate change tipping points any one of which could send us into runaway heating.

Turnbull illogical on forests - Brown

Garnaut's advocacy of preserving forests 'spot on'

Opposition Treasury spokesman Malcolm Turnbull is being illogical by proposing overseas forests be preserved as a hedge against climate change while supporting logging in Australia, Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown said today.