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Climate fires burning from the Amazon and Turkey to California
From Turkey to Brazil, and Russia to the US, we’re seeing fires consuming our forests, killing wildlife and threatening our woodlands’ ability to trap and store carbon, a defense against…
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Milk & Money: intensive dairying in New Zealand
We’re always on the lookout for good documentaries and Milk & Money is exactly that. It’s an in-depth look at intensive dairying in New Zealand and how the dairy.
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Environmental, fishing groups renew call to ban bottom trawling on seamounts
Wednesday, August 4, Wellington: A coalition of environmental and fishing groups will this morning renew their call for bottom trawling to be banned on seamounts, as they present to the…
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From Pacific nuclear testing to Pacific seabed mining
Greenpeace has a long history in the Pacific and with the struggle to end nuclear testing there, and then to get justice for the people impacted by nuclear fallout. Today I work on a campaign to stop deep sea mining in the Pacific and see many parallels.
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Environmental report highlights deep-sea species at risk from bottom trawling
Thousands of ancient sea corals are destroyed each year according to a new environmental report, released today, highlighting what could be lost if we fail to stop bottom trawling on…
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Pua Lay Peng, a frontline defender against plastic pollution in Malaysia
A chemist, Pua had moved back to Jenjarom where she witnessed the devastating impact that the plastic recycling industry was having on her community. With over 40 illegal plastic factories emitting toxic gases into the air and polluting the local rivers and waterways, they were making people very sick.
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Greenpeace calls foul on INEOS rugby sponsorship deal
Greenpeace is calling foul on NZ Rugby’s decision to sign a sponsorship deal with the oil and plastic polluting petrochemical giant INEOS.
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ECan must front up about health risks of nitrate contamination
Greenpeace is calling on Environment Canterbury to be upfront about health risks of nitrate contamination, following ECan’s release of new data that shows nitrate contamination in drinking water is rising.
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Aggressive marketing has driven the rise of the double-cab ute on New Zealand streets — time to hit the brakes?
Super-sized light trucks have landed in Aotearoa New Zealand. Eight out of the ten top-selling passenger vehicles are now utes or SUVs, with two-thirds registered for personal use.
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Quiz: can you spot the fake nature facts hidden in a bunch of real ones?
Can you tell fantasy animals and made-up facts from real ones? Test your nature knowledge with this quiz.
