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Gambling with the deep sea: Those betting on mining the Arctic
The Norwegian government has announced a decision to open up a vast area of its continental shelf in the Norwegian and Greenland Seas to deep sea mining.
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Oceans cannot keep pace with changes caused by climate crisis, warns new report
A new Greenpeace International report released today, “In Hotter Water: How the Global Ocean Treaty can boost climate action“, presents compelling evidence of the climate crisis' disastrous impacts on the ocean and coastal communities
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Waste incineration fast tracked by Shane Jones for Waimate controlled by overseas company
Among the deluge of 149 proposals on the government’s fast track list, more than a few stand out with a long and controversial history that have failed to gain Resource…
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Greenpeace Live: Why methane matters
In this episode, we talk about the recent action at Fonterra’s milk processing factory in Te Rapa, dive deeper into why methane emissions are such a big problem and such…
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Federated Farmers “throwing their toys out of the cot” over freshwater protections
Greenpeace Aotearoa is wading in on the beef between Fish & Game Southland and Federated Farmers.
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Public meeting organised to protect Canterbury water from fast-track pollution
Greenpeace Aotearoa is hosting a public meeting in Rangiora this Saturday to mobilise efforts to protect water quality in the region.
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International Energy Agency report damning for Luxon’s plan to repeal oil and gas exploration ban
As floods, fires and storms ravage the world, and climate scientists run out of adjectives to describe how urgent the situation is, we have Christopher Luxon’s Government forging ahead with reckless plans to search for new oil and gas, dig up more coal and shelve every initiative to reduce emissions that they can.
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Greenpeace condemns rapid removal of freshwater protections by Government
Greenpeace is slamming the Government for proceeding with a controversial bill to strip back freshwater protections, which passed its second reading late last night.
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Greenpeace Submission to the Methane Review Panel on the Review of Methane Science and Target
Given that nearly half of New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture, the main source of which is methane from the livestock sector, it is imperative for methane emission reduction to occur in this sector in order for New Zealand to achieve its climate commitments under the Paris Agreement.
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What is methane? All about the invisible gas that cooks the climate
Methane you ask? A large chunk of methane emissions come from agriculture, particularly the dairy industry. But what is methane, and why is it so important?