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The most dangerous climate polluters are hiding in plain sight
These are the kinds of images you see time and time again on news specials about the climate crisis. Easy to visualise, easy to see around us, and easy to beat yourself up about. But the most dangerous climate polluters are much harder to see. And they like it that way.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa submission on the Climate Change Commission’s Draft Advice
Our vision is a world where people and nature are thriving - where our homes, schools, business and transport are powered by clean energy from the sun, wind and water; where our food is grown in ways that regenerate the land, store carbon in the soil, clean up rivers and bring back wildlife; where both…
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Brazil’s government is failing Indigenous Peoples. Here’s how Greenpeace is helping
Greenpeace is helping to deliver equipment and medical supplies – including oxygen to Indigenous communities – in an effort to save lives.
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Protecting the Oceans: why turning vegan can’t be the only answer
Seeing the destruction of the natural world, both on land and at sea, has moved more and more people to become vegan. This is a hugely positive thing: the more people that turn to a plant based diet, the better it will be for the planet. But although it might be part of the puzzle,…
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100 Million Dead Sharks – it’s not all about Shark Fin Soup
Shark fin soup is well-known. When we hear that100 million sharks are killed every year by the fishing industry, some people may assume it’s because of shark fin soup. But these…
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The women at the start of the Greenpeace journey
Almost 50 years ago, none of the people who took part in the voyage to protest nuclear testing near Amchitka Island in Alaska imagined that that act of courage would…
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Greenpeace supports call for drawing ‘Pacific Blue Line’ against Deep Sea Mining
Greenpeace is standing in support of a Pacific-led push to draw a Blue Line against the emerging Deep Sea Mining industry, the organisation said today.
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Yes, Australia is a land of flooding rains. But climate change could be making it worse
Over the past three years, I’ve been working on the forthcoming report by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. I’m a climate scientist who contributed to the chapter
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Climate and health – what’s the link?
For those who missed it - a climate newsflash from the clever people keeping us safe from Covid - if we make the improvements we need to keep the world from overheating, we also improve the health and wellbeing of our nation - big time.
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Many New Zealand species are already at risk because of predators and habitat loss. Climate change makes things worse
Islands are biodiversity hotspots. They are home to 20% of the world’s plants and animals yet cover only 5% of the global landmass. But island ecosystems are highly vulnerable, threatened…
