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40 years since evacuation due to US nuclear tests, Greenpeace and displaced Rongelap community honour commitment to nuclear and climate justice fight
Forty years since the Greenpeace ship the Rainbow Warrior evacuated the people of Rongelap Island to Mejatto due to decades of US government nuclear weapons testing, Greenpeace and the displaced…
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From Rongelap to Mejatto – Rainbow Warrior helped move nuclear refugees
Forty years ago, the Rainbow Warrior helped Rongelap islanders, long suffering from post-war US nuclear test radiation, move 250km to Mejatto Island, one of the islands currently being visited as…
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New deep sea mining study shows ecosystem recovery from mining could take centuries
A new study shows that the damage from deep sea mining would be so severe that any recovery from mining could take hundreds of years.
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Deep-sea mining would also threaten sea life by dumping debris into the thriving midwater zone
Alexus Cazares-Nuesser, University of Hawaii
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Greenpeace shocked by Govt MP’s attempt to strip New Zealanders’ democratic rights
Greenpeace Aotearoa is condemning a Government MP’s proposed Members’ Bill, which aims to prevent New Zealanders from seeking action on climate change through the legal system.
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From bombs to SLAPPS: We will not be silenced
Being SLAPPed in the face with a liability of more than US$660 million for something we so clearly did not do is not for the faint of heart. But we…
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Greenpeace launches documentary exploring freshwater pollution in Canterbury
Greenpeace Aotearoa has announced that it will soon release a new documentary that takes an ‘in-depth look into the dirty secret of Canterbury’s freshwater pollution’.
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Something in the Water – uncovering Canterbury’s dirty secret
More information and screening dates for Greenpeace's documentary Something in the Water, covering Canterbury's freshwater pollution crisis.
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Government’s RMA overhaul a hostile takeover of nature
Greenpeace is hitting out at the Government’s plan to scrap and rewrite the Resource Management Act (RMA), calling it a hostile takeover of nature.
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Seamount Expedition Day 16: Cheers and high fives
After an overnight steam to another seamount on Challenger, we’re sending down the camera again. After yesterday, I’m definitely apprehensive that we’re just going to see more of the same destruction, but there's a surprise in store.
