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What can we do?
At the University of Minnesota Dr. Nate Hagens teaches an honours course called “Reality 101: A Survey of the Human Predicament.” Hagens operated his own hedge fund on Wall Street until he…
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5 reasons why a floating nuclear power plant in the Arctic is a terrible idea
This enormous monstrosity is the world’s first purpose-built floating nuclear power plant. It’s now bound for the Arctic. The “Akademik Lomonosov” – the world’s first purpose-built floating nuclear power plant…
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Greenpeace oil campaign: seven years in the wilderness
A photograph popped up on my Facebook feed recently, saying - “seven years ago today”. It was a shot of the crew from the Oil Free Seas flotilla being welcomed onto Kauaetangohia Marae at the isolated tip of the East Cape, where the rising sun first strikes our islands through the pure sea air. The…
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Busting the oil industry’s alternative facts about NZ’s offshore oil and gas exploration ban
After Jacinda’s historic announcement that brought an end to new offshore oil and gas exploration, we’ve been hearing a lot from the industry about how the sky is about to fall in. Fun fact: it isn’t. But just in case you find yourself having a heated debate with someone around the dinner table, we’ve put…
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Great news for the Arctic AND the Antarctic!
Today is a great day for oceans at both ends of the earth. Last night, governments from around the world agreed to protect a huge part of the Arctic Ocean against all commercial fishing. Thanks to the millions of you who supported our Save the Arctic campaign.
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7 Things You Need to Know About ETP’s Lawsuit Against Greenpeace
Learn how an abusive lawsuit is part of a dangerous trend of companies trying to silence dissent. Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) – the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline –…
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Can we create healthy oceans and tackle climate change at the same time?
“We woke up to the fact that there’s ocean change just like climate change. We need ocean action like there’s climate action.” These words rang out at international climate talks last week, spoken by Peter Thompson, the UN’s special envoy for the ocean. This is just one sign that protecting the ocean is fast becoming…
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Plastic is Everyone’s Problem, So Why Are We Focusing on Coke?
Coke is one of the most recognizable brands in the world and says it is committed to environmental sustainability. As the world’s largest soft drink company, Coca-Cola has a special responsibility to drastically reduce its plastic footprint and stop its bottles from choking our oceans.
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Big oil is destructive in more ways than one
This September I took my first trip to Russia
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Antarctic krill – not just whale food
Krill is whale food. In fact, it’s a commonly held misbelief that ‘krill’ in Norwegian literally means ‘whale food’. It doesn’t, but it’s still true. Massive swarms of krill, a tiny micro-shrimp in the Antarctic Ocean, provide the principal food for blue whales – the largest animal that ever lived.
