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Luxon’s methane target gamble risks farmers’ future
Luxon’s methane target decision is looming. But backtracking on climate commitments would risk the New Zealand farming industry’s future.
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Environment Canterbury freshwater scorecard – what do your candidates think?
Curious what Environment Canterbury’s regional council election candidates really think about freshwater protections? We’ve got you covered.
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How the NZ Food Safety agency downplays pesticide residue results, and then does nothing to enforce the law
No prosecutions for illegal pesticide residues in food
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The Cost of the Climate Crisis – Insurance
Government Increases Insurance Costs to Pay for Climate Disasters.
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Why are our power bills so high in NZ?
TLDR: the big four power companies are cooking the books and the climate.
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Four things you can do in the local elections to protect Canterbury’s fresh water
Canterbury’s local elections are a critical moment to defend fresh water! Here are four easy things you can do to protect lakes, rivers, and drinking water.
Breaking news, updates, and commentary from Greenpeace campaigners and issue experts.
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Greenpeace applauds ECan for declaring nitrate emergency, calls for candidates to pledge real action
Greenpeace is welcoming Environment Canterbury’s decision to declare a nitrate emergency, calling it a long-overdue acknowledgement of a worsening health crisis. But the organisation warns that real action must follow,…
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Cantabrians say “enough”: Nitrate-polluted tap water returned to ECan
Fed-up locals are rallying outside Environment Canterbury this morning, handing back nitrate-contaminated drinking water in protest.
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“Tough on crime” Government lets repeat pesticide offenders off the hook
Greenpeace is calling the Government’s “tough on crime” rhetoric a complete sham after official documents reveal companies repeatedly breaking food safety laws are escaping prosecution
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Damning MBIE report: Coal imports skyrocket, power prices remain high
MBIE’s latest quarterly energy report, released today, shows electricity prices remain stubbornly high. The report comes amidst a string of manufacturing and mill closures where high energy costs were cited…
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“Will they protect freshwater?” – Greenpeace reveals Environment Canterbury candidate scorecard
Greenpeace has asked candidates standing for the Environment Canterbury regional council whether they’ll protect fresh water. Here are their responses.
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“Bottom trawling kills” message projected onto downtown Wellington building as fisheries meeting starts
Greenpeace has projected images of destroyed coral onto a downtown Wellington building, highlighting the destruction caused by New Zealand bottom trawlers, as an international fisheries meeting starts in the capital…
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Rainbow Warrior bombing: Call to continue fight against nuclear weapons
Samantha Hayes visited the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland this week.
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40 Years on: The Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior & Indigenous Resistance
Forty years after the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior, the spirit of resistance sails on. From anti-nuclear activism to climate justice, the push for transformation is inextricably tied to tino…
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Oral submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill
Greenpeace campaigner Gen Toop delivers the Greenpeace submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill.
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VIDEO Taking action to stop bottom trawling
Over the past two weeks the Rainbow Warrior has been at sea off the coast Aotearoa, documenting bottom trawlers and standing up for ocean protection.Greenpeace activists confronted two bottom trawlers…
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What’s at stake: The beauty of the Tasman Sea
Marine scientist Kat Goddard visited the Lord Howe Rise area, along with a Greenpeace team, to document the abundant marine life around Lord Howe Island, a small exposed portion of…
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The true story behind the bottom trawling photo that shocked the world
20 years ago today, Greenpeace captured an image of bottom trawlers hauling up a giant piece of ancient coral in the Tasman Sea. The image sent shockwaves around the world – but how did we get it? And 20 years later, where are we at with the campaign to ban bottom trawling?