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Budget 2021: Found billion dollars a second chance to build back better
Greenpeace is calling on Finance Minister, Grant Robertson to use the recently uncovered $926 million of unspent Covid Recovery funds to make good on Labour’s election promise to ‘Build Back…
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The 1.5℃ global warming limit is not impossible – but without political action it soon will be
Limiting global warming to 1.5℃ this century is a central goal of the Paris Agreement. In recent months, climate experts and others, including in Australia, have suggested the target is…
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Seabed mining a disturbing new threat to the Pacific
Bearing witness to the deep sea mining industry out in the Pacific, Victor Pickering is a Fijian activist onboard Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior ship.
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Climate scientists: concept of net zero is a dangerous trap
Sometimes realisation comes in a blinding flash. Blurred outlines snap into shape and suddenly it all makes sense. Underneath such revelations is typically a much slower-dawning process. Doubts at the…
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NZ dairy industry’s use of palm kernel expeller undermining Indonesia’s climate action
Thursday, 29 April 2021: The use of palm kernel expeller (PKE) by New Zealand’s intensive dairying industry is linked to the destruction of peatland and rainforests, which is driving the…
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25-tonne deep sea mining robot lost on Pacific Ocean seabed during trial
One of the world’s first deep sea mining pilot tests has resulted in a huge machine being stuck on the seafloor of the Pacific Ocean.
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New Zealand’s COVID-19 stimulus is a ‘lost opportunity’ to move towards a low-emissions economy
In every crisis there is opportunity. Even during New Zealand’s strictest COVID-19 lockdown last year, many people felt the pandemic offered a chance to tackle other global crises, especially climate…
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Climate explained: methane is short-lived in the atmosphere but leaves long-term damage
Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change.
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Climate Summit: Following NZ’s lead on climate action would be a disaster
Greenpeace is calling out Jacinda Ardern’s lack of action on emissions from agriculture as the Prime Minister speaks at the Leaders Summit on Climate convened by US President Biden.
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Deep sea mining tests indicate significant disturbance, Greenpeace reveals
Greenpeace has documented signs of "significant disturbance" from deep sea mining tests in the Pacific Ocean. New images reveal a large patch of sediment rising to the surface of the water after equipment tests carried out by mining company Global Sea Mineral Resources (GSR ), which is aiming to commercially extract minerals from the seabed…
