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Rena oil spill 2011 – An unfortunate lesson in the dangers of oil at sea
Photo by APN The Container ship Rena inexplicably crashed into the Astrolabe Reef, about seven kilometres north of Motiti Island, near Tauranga early on Wednesday. It is carrying 1700 tonnes…
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Why Petrobras has no right(s) to drill for deep sea oil off the East Cape
While the oil industry has no moral right to be opening up new, extreme frontiers in its search for the last few drops of oil; given the damage climate change will do to life on this planet - it’s also apparent that the industry may not have a legal right either.
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Are the Government’s deep water oil plans running into deep trouble?
Stop press: The breaking news from over the weekend was that the Government has had to concede that the wheels are starting to come off its petroleum wagon. Late on…
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Mattel’s controversial career choice for Barbie: rainforest destroyer
For over 50 years now Mattel has been choosing Barbie’s career for her. She’s had a lot of different professions over the years but Mattel’s latest choice for Barbie: ‘Rainforest…
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Life aboard the stop deep sea oil flotilla: April 22
Vanessa Atkinson is a Greenpeace NZ Climate Campaigner. She has been on board the Stop Deep Sea Oil Flotilla every day that it has been at sea off the East Cape. This is her account of one of her days on board – Friday April 22
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Tiama joins the flotilla to stop deep sea oil
Henk Haazen is the owner/skipper of the yacht Tiama. He gives his perspective on the work of the Flotilla to Stop Deep Sea Oil. April 22 2011 We finally arrived…
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Iwi fishing boat disrupts oil survey ship
Today in the face of navy warship HMNZS Taupo, the crew of te Whānau ā Apanui’s fishing boat San Pietro went fishing at a safe distance in front of the deep sea oil survey ship, Orient Explorer. The longline with visible buoys was deployed within te Whānau ā Apanui ‘s customary fishing grounds.
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Stopping deep sea oil: Vanessa’s blog April 12
Tuesday 12th April, 2011 In the early hours of the morning, still many hours before dawn, we picked up the location of the Orient Explorer and her support vessel the…
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Stopping deep sea oil: Vanessa’s blog
Climate Campaigner Vanessa Atkinson is on board one of the Stop Deep Sea Oil flotilla vessels. This is her account of life on board… Sunday 10 April As the sun…
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Vanessa’s blog: seismic events at sea
First Contact We headed out of Whangaparoa at Cape Runaway under a gloomy sky at sunset on Sunday. The wind was building and as were our nerves as the next…