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Fires are raging in the Amazon—again
One year has passed since the world was shocked by the images of the fires blazing across the Amazon in Brazil. But since then, the forest hasn’t stopped burning —and 2020 could…
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Greenpeace welcomes Māori Party’s bold climate policy
Greenpeace is applauding the Māori Party for its bold climate change policy, and encourages Co-Leader Debbie Ngārewa-Packer to make climate change a bottom line in any potential coalition negotiations.
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Groups vow to defend Court of Appeal seabed mining decision
Groups opposing seabed mining said today they will be “vigorously opposing” a Supreme Court appeal by seabed miners.
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Extreme heat and rain: thousands of weather stations show there’s now more of both, for longer
A major global update based on data from more than 36,000 weather stations around the world confirms that, as the planet continues to warm, extreme weather events such as heatwaves and heavy rainfall are now more frequent, more intense, and longer.
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Bringing the lessons of Covid-19 to bear on New Zealand’s 2020 Election
The Covid-19 pandemic taught us many lessons. Perhaps the most important was how connected everything is. When an impulsive choice to go out to see friends during lockdown might mean…
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Coke – face your plastic footprint
Greenpeace NZ is challenging Coca Cola to face up to its embarrassing contribution to ocean pollution for plastic free July.
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Climate explained: what the world was like the last time carbon dioxide levels were at 400ppm
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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Greenpeace welcomes Green Party plan to boost solar and end coal/gas
Greenpeace is applauding the Green Party on their energy policy announcement today but seeks assurances that the Greens will make phasing out fossil fuels and investing in distributed renewable energy…
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Greenpeace delivers medical aid to Indigenous communities in the Amazon to fight COVID-19
Greenpeace has teamed up with health professionals and other organisations to deliver 28 tonnes of desperately needed food and medical supplies to remote Indigenous communities in the Amazon rainforest fighting the Covid-19 pandemic.
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New study finds nitrogen pollution puts us at risk
A new international study warns that nitrogen pollution from the livestock sector poses risks to human health and the environment, from water and air pollution to worsening the climate crisis.
