All articles by Nick Young
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New images of illegal fires in the Amazon show destruction advances
Greenpeace Brazil has captured new photos of fires devastating the Amazon during a flyover carried out between 16 to 21 August 2020. The images show widespread destruction across…
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Where did 5,500 tonnes of discarded face masks end up?
It’s been over six months since COVID-19 swept across and ravaged the world, and in an effort to contain this unprecedented outbreak, face masks have become a necessity. However, an…
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Greenpeace response to Govt’s plastic plan announcement
Greenpeace is welcoming the Government’s announcement today of a plan to phase out more single-use plastics, but is calling for the ban to cover a wider range of products, including…
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The North Sea’s choice: Revolution or Destruction?
Since its beginning in the 1960s, the North Sea oil industry has earned billions of Euros profit and helped fill the coffers of a number of European governments. At the…
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Greenpeace delivers medical aid to Indigenous communities in the Amazon to fight COVID-19
Greenpeace has teamed up with health professionals and other organisations to deliver 28 tonnes of desperately needed food and medical supplies to remote Indigenous communities in the Amazon rainforest fighting the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Submission on the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Bill
We've been calling on the Government to Build Back Better in New Zealand's Covid recovery. Now there has been a development.
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Solidarity with Black Lives Matter
We are in solidarity with those demanding justice in Minneapolis and around the US.
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Waste trade woes: Plastic waste from developed countries add to Malaysia’s environmental crisis
In their latest report, The Recycling Myth 2.0, Greenpeace Malaysia found hazardous substances and chemicals that are potentially harmful to human health and the environment through a series of investigations involving water…
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Petroleum industry engaged in ‘predatory delay’ campaign
A three-year study has revealed the New Zealand petroleum industry has been carrying out a concerted lobbying and PR campaign to slow the country’s transition to a low-carbon economy and…
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5 big choices to transform New Zealand for good after Covid
As we weather the storm of Covid, we are also getting rare glimpses of a different, better world. A New Zealand where the streets are quieter, the air is cleaner