All articles by Will Appelbe
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ECAN study confirms Canterbury nitrate issue escalating – Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa is calling on Environment Canterbury (ECan) to put an end to dairy expansion on the plains to protect drinking water.
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RMA rollback lets agribusiness dump pollution into rivers without consent
A last-minute change to the Resource Management Amendment Bill would make it easier for companies to dump pollution into rivers and lakes.
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Gore ‘not out of the woods yet’ – nitrate level linked to increased risk of preterm birth
Greenpeace Aotearoa has tested a sample collected from the Gore town supply, which returned a result above 5 mg/L nitrate (NO3-N), a level associated with an increased risk of preterm…
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Luxon’s freshwater regulation changes are bad news – here’s why.
The Luxon Government is introducing a raft of freshwater regulation changes to make it easier for intensive dairy to pollute lakes, rivers and drinking water.
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Stop Bishop’s freshwater pollution plan – submit before 27 July!
Chris Bishop and the Luxon Govt are removing rules that protect water from polluting companies. Submit against Bishop's freshwater pollution plan.
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Damning new groundwater figures reveal growing drinking water crisis
Damning new groundwater data reveals that New Zealand is experiencing a drinking water crisis, with many monitoring sites contaminated.
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Luxon Government to favour dairy pollution at the expense of drinking water
Luxon’s Government is once again putting corporate profits ahead of people’s health by proposing freshwater policies that will drive more dairy pollution at the expense of safe drinking water and…
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Luxon’s war on nature opens gate for more dairy conversion
Greenpeace Aotearoa is calling out the Luxon Government for “leaving the gate wide open” to more dairy conversion with no plan to protect fresh water from pollution.
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Greenpeace renews call on Ministry of Health to act on nitrate contamination in drinking water
Greenpeace Aotearoa has written to Manatū Hauora – Ministry of Health again following testing that revealed high levels of nitrate contamination in Ashburton District drinking water.
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Milking it: how the intensive dairy industry rewrote freshwater rules in their favour
Shocking new evidence exposes how the intensive dairy industry lobbied MPs to rewrite freshwater rules in their favour.