All articles by Nick Young
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Budget 2018: Greenpeace asks why Govt is to spend $800m subsidising agricultural pollution
This Coalition Government has made a number of good decisions for the environment recently but it is set to continue to spend over $800 million a year subsidising greenhouse gas pollution from the agriculture sector by not bringing agriculture into the Emissions Trading Scheme.
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Creating the World Park Antarctica
How a few pioneers went to one of the most remote regions on Earth just to get a seat at the bargaining table of Antarctic Treaty Nations, then proceeded to…
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Pure Dairy. Pure Fiction – A Parody
How Greenpeace used satire to call out NZ Dairy Bosses on their outrageous dairy is life billboard.
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Activists scale Parliament House to expose National failure
Four Greenpeace campaigners have evaded security and climbed to the roof of Parliament House with a delivery of eight solar panels. They also plan to unfurl a large banner targeting…
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Arctic Sanctuary
Arctic coastal states are keen to lay claim on the valuable resources found beyond their national boundaries, and they have all submitted applications to extend their polar seabeds. Governments and…
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Star Lawless slams oil giant Shell outside court
Film and TV star Lucy Lawless and seven activists were today convicted and sentenced to 120 hours community service each for attempting to stop an Arctic-bound oil drilling ship last…
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Lucy Lawless and Greenpeace activists arrested for drillship occupation
The occupation of an Arctic-bound Shell drillship by six Greenpeace activists including actor Lucy Lawless ended this morning after police climbed the ship’s drilling tower and arrested the group. The…
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Lucy Lawless occupies Arctic drilling ship in Taranaki
At 7am this morning actor Lucy Lawless joined Greenpeace New Zealand activists in stopping a Shell-contracted drillship from departing the port of Taranaki for the remote Arctic, where its exploratory…
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Warships, polar bears, ice and oil are not a good mix
I have a small boat that I use for fishing and exploring where I live in the Manukau Harbour. It’s beautiful out there and it can get a bit wild…
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Flotilla calls on seismic vessel to cease operations
The first flotilla boat opposing deep sea oil drilling S/V Infinity encountered the seismic testing ship Orient Explorer in the Raukumara Basin at around 16:45 yesterday, a little over 24…