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A statement of solidarity and a call for peace
Our hearts ache for all the people of the Middle East. We call on the international community to redouble its efforts to reduce humanitarian suffering and protect innocent people. Targeting…
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Seven Antarctic facts that will fill you with fear
There’s something inherently eerie about the Antarctic. The hostile landscape harbours many oddities that highlight otherworldliness and deserve protection.
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Protecting Aotearoa’s water: The fight against nitrogen pollution
Everyone should be able to trust that the water from their tap is safe to drink. But synthetic nitrogen fertiliser - and the intensive dairying it enables - is causing alarmingly high levels of nitrate contamination in our drinking water, endangering people’s health.
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Open letter to the global oil and gas industry
You are not welcome in Aotearoa and we will resist new oil and gas exploration.
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Greenpeace to Luxon: New oil and gas exploration can’t happen in a climate crisis
Greenpeace Aotearoa’s message to Prime Minister-elect Christopher Luxon is that starting new oil and gas exploration in the middle of a climate crisis is a crime against life on Earth
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Neocolonialism in the Pacific: Fukushima radiation and deep sea mining
The Fukushima radioactive water discharge and the emergence of deep sea mining have raised new concerns about neocolonialism in the Pacific.
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Why Greenpeace is calling on governments to cut plastic production by at least 75% by 2040
The data is clear. Global plastic production doubled from 2000 to 2019, reaching 460 million tonnes (Mt) per year, and without action is anticipated to nearly triple by 2050.
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A new International Executive Director takes the Greenpeace helm
I first volunteered for Greenpeace in 1992. A young, frustrated and impatient activist, I was inspired by Greenpeace’s ability to speak truth to power. 1992 was also the year that…
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ACT Party agriculture policy “out of touch with reality”
Greenpeace Aotearoa is condemning the ACT Party’s agricultural policy, which would strip back environmental regulations for the sector. Greenpeace says the policy is out of touch with reality.
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Airlines are being hit by anti-greenwashing litigation – here’s what makes them perfect targets
A wave of anti-“greenwashing” litigation is seeking to hold major players in the aviation industry to account for sensational claims of being sustainable, low-carbon or contributing to net zero.