All articles by Amanda Larsson
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Election 2020: What have political parties committed to do about climate change and the environment?
UPDATED 21 Sept - With just five weeks to go until Election Day, we take a look at what New Zealand’s political parties have committed to so far, when it comes to addressing climate change. This is not intended to tell you which party to vote for. We need all political parties to do better,…
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National Party would throw fuel on the fire as the world burns
Greenpeace is calling the National Party’s newly announced energy policy blatant climate denial and an affront to all the people and communities already suffering the impacts of climate change.
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Greenpeace underwhelmed by National Party electric vehicles policy in face of climate crisis
National’s electric vehicles policy is a very cautious step in the right direction, but really underwhelming in the context of the climate crisis. Just as we saw with Labour’s energy policy announcement yesterday, National are slowly tip-toeing forward when they should be taking the big, bold strides that we need to address the climate crisis.
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Ten perspectives on the Economic Recovery from Covid-19
In response to the Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic, Jacinda Ardern’s Government is injecting billions of dollars into the economy to ease the impacts of a recession.
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Covid and hope: Is this the turning point we’ve been waiting for?
“Have you lost hope?” That's what a journalist asked me recently. It gave me pause. You know - they said - the whole idea of Covid creating an opportunity for humanity to reinvent itself. Fixing the problems besetting us - the ones that we've been ignoring. Climate change, ecological collapse. All that stuff.
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Covid taught us that to protect nature, is to protect ourselves
The New Zealand Government’s health-first approach to collective wellbeing in the face of Covid-19 is commendable. They need to follow that logic through to the coming economic rebuild and beyond.
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Bringing the lessons of Covid-19 to bear on New Zealand’s 2020 Election
The Covid-19 pandemic taught us many lessons. Perhaps the most important was how connected everything is. When an impulsive choice to go out to see friends during lockdown might mean…
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Greenpeace welcomes Green Party plan to boost solar and end coal/gas
Greenpeace is applauding the Green Party on their energy policy announcement today but seeks assurances that the Greens will make phasing out fossil fuels and investing in distributed renewable energy…
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Why the Meridian Energy hydro dam spilling scandal shows it’s time to democratise our energy
Meridian Energy has been caught red-handed ripping off New Zealanders, for its own gain.
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What’s up with that Umuroa oil ship off Taranaki?
What’s going on here? Who owns the Umuroa? And, if it’s an oil spill risk, how has this been allowed to happen?