All articles by Aden Miles Morunga
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Plastic pollution’s devastating impact on wildlife
Plastic pollution has emerged as one of the most devastating environmental issues of our time and the impact on wildlife is deeply concerning.
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Neocolonialism in the Pacific: Fukushima radiation and deep sea mining
The Fukushima radioactive water discharge and the emergence of deep sea mining have raised new concerns about neocolonialism in the Pacific.
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Unbottling the truth: Coca Cola’s role in plastic pollution
Coca-Cola’s signature red bottles are becoming representative of environmental harm. The polluter sells more than 100 billion single-use plastic bottles each year with many ending up in landfill and the ocean.
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Protecting the deep: the imperative to ban deep sea mining
In the depths of our oceans lies a mysterious realm, a vast expanse known as the deep sea. This remote and relatively unexplored environment holds secrets of marine life, geological wonders, and delicate ecosystems that have evolved over millions of years. However, a new threat has revealed itself: deep sea mining.
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Why ban single use plastic bottles?
Our planet is facing an unprecedented climate and biodiversity crisis fueled in part by runaway plastic production.
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Global Day of Action: A unified response to stop deep sea mining
What will future scholars see when they look back and study us: a portrait of humans today and our impact on the environment. And what would our ancestors feel when they gaze down to observe the looming threat of deep sea mining in our oceans?
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Governments must not undermine historic Global Ocean Treaty by giving green light to deep sea mining
A delegation of Pacific activists has arrived in Jamaica ahead of this week’s International Seabed Authority (ISA) conference to ensure Pacific and indigenous participation.
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Comprehensive container return scheme needed to address plastic waste crisis
Greenpeace Aotearoa is welcoming the Government’s announcement of an overhaul of recycling systems to address New Zealand’s astronomical plastic waste issue. On Sunday, the Government announced new proposals aimed to…
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A win for people power as global plastics treaty mandate adopted at UN
Greenpeace Aotearoa is celebrating a “monumental win for people and the environment” today after the United Nations Environment Assembly adopted a mandate to open negotiations for a legally binding global…
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Govt urged to support a strong global Plastics Treaty at UN meeting this week
The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) is discussing the possibility of a global, legally-binding treaty on plastic that covers its entire life cycle including extraction, production, transport, use, disposal and…