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Giant petition demanding strong Global Plastics Treaty delivered to global plastics meeting
Busan, South Korea – A petition signed by almost three million people[1] from over 182 countries calling for a historic, legally binding, Global Plastics Treaty to drastically reduce production and…
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New Zealand drops in global ranking on climate action
Greenpeace accuses the government of 'quiet quitting' on climate change as a new report reveals NZ has dropped in international climate action rankings.
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Rural school drinking water threatened by fast-track
A Government report revealed many rural schools have elevated levels of nitrate, e.coli, and arsenic in drinking water. Greenpeace says the fast-track will make that worse.
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Greenpeace calls on Fonterra investors to consider big picture with giant puzzle
As Fonterra’s external investors meet at the corporation’s Auckland HQ, Greenpeace supporters have pieced together a giant puzzle revealing the cost of Fonterra’s use of palm kernel as cow feed - rainforest destruction and loss of rare wildlife in Southeast Asia.
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Thousands call on government to drop Hauraki Gulf Bill changes
Alongside our allies, Greenpeace has today handed in a petition to parliament calling for the government to drop amendments that would allow commercial fishing in highly protected areas of the…
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Drinking water at 100 rural schools contaminated with cancer-causing nitrate
Greenpeace says it is deeply concerned about levels of nitrate in rural school drinking water, as a shocking new report has revealed that rural children are twice as likely as…
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Greenpeace confronts Fonterra AGM attendees with rainforest destruction, dying orangutans
Greenpeace has greeted Fonterra with images of deforestation and dying orangutans as shareholders arrive for their annual general meeting at the Devon Hotel in New Plymouth. The organisation is calling…
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Seabed miners lose attempt to limit Greenpeace protest at sea
An appeal court in the Netherlands has rejected attempts by seabed miners in the Pacific to limit the right to protest at sea. The Amsterdam Court of Appeal dismissed a…
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Time to address the cow in the room at COP29
As COP29, the UN climate conference, kicks off in Azerbaijan, Greenpeace says world leaders must hold agri-business to account for its climate pollution.
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The cost of trawling: 3,000kg dead coral in one year
In the wake of news that a New Zealand bottom trawler destroyed coral in the international waters of the South Pacific, Greenpeace and the DSCC are today revealing the cost…
