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News & Stories - Page 129 of 243 - Greenpeace Aotearoa

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    Oceans

    10 little-known shark facts for shark week

    It's Shark Week, but every week, sharks suffer from different threats. Up to 100 million sharks disappear every year, due to destructive fishing by humans and the impact of climate breakdown. One-third of the world’s known shark species have been listed as “threatened” species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

    Nick Young
    15 July 2021
    3 min read
  • Story
    Oceans

    Aurelie’s Legacy: Generations of Ocean Protection

    Vital Ocean Voices is a series of stories from people living in coastal communities around the Indian Ocean, providing first hand accounts of the impacts of destructive fishing, pollution and climate…

    Aurelie Hector
    13 July 2021
    4 min read
  • Story
    Plastics

    Quiz: Test your knowledge with our quick plastic quiz!

    Test your knowledge with our quick plastic quiz! We’ve all seen the devastating images of pristine beaches covered with plastic waste, of turtles and other marine life killed by ingesting bags, bottles, and other debris. But how much do you know about the plastic problem?

    Nick Young
    12 July 2021
    1 min read
  • Press release
    Food&Farming Health

    Testing shows Ashburton is “loaded with nitrate contamination”

    Following a day of drinking water testing, Greenpeace and the Federation of Freshwater Anglers say the Ashburton region is showing unacceptably high rates of nitrate contamination in drinking water.

    Steve Abel
    10 July 2021
  • Press release
    Plastics

    Greenpeace renews call to ban plastic bottles following dangerous levels of microplastics discovered around BOP moana

    Following the Government’s recent announcement to phase out single-use plastics, a University of Waikato study has revealed “extremely high levels” of microplastics around Bay of Plenty moana. 

    Juressa Lee
    9 July 2021
  • Press release
    PeoplePower Biodiversity

    Greenpeace calls on police to protect peaceful Pūtiki protectors from more violence

    In the face of escalating violence upon peaceful protestors on Waiheke, Greenpeace, which supports the Protect Pūtiki campaign, is calling on the New Zealand Police to “ensure the safety of…

    Nick Young
    8 July 2021
  • Story
    Climate Change

    Lawyers challenge New Zealand’s proposed emissions budgets as inconsistent with the 1.5℃ goal

    New Zealand’s Climate Change Commission is facing its first legal hurdle, as a group of 300 climate-concerned lawyers seek judicial review of the processes it used to calculate carbon budgets…

    Robert McLachlan, Massey University
    8 July 2021
    4 min read
  • Press release
    Oceans Fishing

    Talley’s vessel targeted by Greenpeace had just dumped 3km net at sea

    Talley’s bottom trawler the Amaltal Enterprise had just dumped a giant three kilometre net at sea, days before it was the target of a Greenpeace protest.

    Ellie Hooper
    7 July 2021
  • Press release
    Oceans

    Greenpeace gives Talley’s bottom trawler a new paint job

    Port Nelson: Greenpeace activists have given Talley’s vessel the Amaltal Enterprise a new paint job this morning, calling for bottom trawling to be banned on seamounts. 

    Ellie Hooper
    6 July 2021
  • a low-water river with green hils and blue sky behind
    Press release
    Food&Farming Freshwater

    Enviro NGOs call for ‘under one’ nitrate pollution limit for water

    Four of New Zealand’s leading environmental organisations are urging the Government to defend native species and human health by setting a nitrate pollution limit of under 1mg per litre for…

    Steve Abel
    5 July 2021
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