All articles by Nick Young
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New Zealand needs to lift its game in UN Ocean Treaty negotiations
The first meeting at the United Nations’ headquarters focused on a treaty to protect all the oceans beyond national borders has just come to an end. Greenpeace says the New…
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Seize the Sun – A discussion paper on New Zealand’s clean energy future
This discussion paper explores New Zealand’s current energy climate, the problems with our power sector, and the steps the Labour-led coalition needs to take over the next two years to…
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Greenpeace launches plan to solarise half a million NZ homes
Greenpeace has unveiled a plan that would see half a million New Zealand homes solarised over the next 10 years with money currently being used to subsidise the oil and…
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Don McGlashan to welcome Rainbow Warrior with Anchor Me
The Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior will be welcomed into Auckland tomorrow by musician Don McGlashan singing his Kiwi classic, Anchor Me. The ship has just arrived in the country for…
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Rainbow Warrior tour of NZ begins at site of bombed predecessor
The New Zealand tour of the Greenpeace flagship, Rainbow Warrior, will begin with a tribute at the spot its predecessor was sunk after the 1985 bombing that shocked the world.…
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Massive court decision overturns Canadian Trans Mountain pipeline project approval
(Vancouver) – In response to today’s Federal Court of Appeal ruling related to the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline, Greenpeace Canada spokesperson Mike Hudema said: “This is a massive victory for…
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Time to face climate cow in the room
Greenpeace says it’s time to face the cow in the room, following the release of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s (PCE) report on methane emissions from livestock. Greenpeace sustainable…
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Celebrations as High Court upholds seabed mining appeal
Kiwis Against Seabed Mining and Greenpeace today heralded the High Court’s decision to uphold their appeal against the Environmental Protection Agency’s granting of a consent to Trans Tasman Resources to…
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Dame Emma Thompson leads celebs to give global brands 500-day warning: “Stop forest destruction for palm oil and save orangutans”
Dame Emma Thompson, backed by a host of other famous names, has taken aim at big brands including Unilever, Nestle and Mondelez today, as Greenpeace releases a powerful new 90-second…
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