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REPORT: Turning down the heat
Pulling the climate emergency break on big meat and dairy
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Greenpeace activists scale Fonterra’s Te Rapa dairy factory in dramatic climate protest
Greenpeace activists have scaled Fonterra’s Te Rapa Dairy Factory, unfurling a 160 square metre banner reading ‘Fonterra’s methane cooks the climate.’
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Luxon escalates War on Nature with mining-heavy Fast Track list
Christopher Luxon’s bleak vision of New Zealand as a giant open-cast mine comes one step closer as the Government announces eleven mining projects it will push through under the controversial…
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More rooftop solar in NZ cities would help solve the energy crisis – and build disaster resilience
New Zealad’s current electricity supply crisis requires immediate solutions.
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Rena ghost birds remind of oil exploration peril
That kororā was one of many - an estimated 20,000 birds were killed by the oil spill - but it and a came to symbolise the desperate plight that all faced as the oil washed ashore and through their habitat.
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The Luxon Government’s transport plan steers NZ back to a car-dependent past
The government’s new National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) could easily have been renamed the “highway funding project”, given its intense focus on road building.
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Without sanctions, requiring companies disclose environmental and social impacts has limited effect
As of last year, New Zealand’s largest companies and financial institutions have been required to disclose their climate-related risks and opportunities in their annual reports and regulatory filings.
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Fertiliser pollution set to continue under Ballance’s call for more fossil gas
Greenpeace Aotearoa is denouncing Ballance Agri-nutrients’ call for more fossil gas production, maintaining that urea needs to be phased out altogether.
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Ocean heat is changing marine food webs – with far-reaching consequences for NZ fisheries and sea life
Unless we act to cut emissions, shifts in microalgal composition are projected to get worse as ocean temperatures continue to rise, globally and regionally in the waters off Aotearoa.
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Why are fur seals starving in Kaikōura?
In Kaikōura over 1,000 fur seals have been found dead from starvation. Seabirds are starving too. It's a sign that ocean is under pressure from climate change and overfishing.
