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Fast track bill remains fundamentally anti-environment – nineteen new mining projects in the pipeline
Greenpeace says changes to the Fast Track Bill announced today are a wolf in sheep’s clothing, but show that the Government is feeling the heat and public pressure is working.
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Fonterra ‘regenerative agriculture’ claims blatant greenwash
Greenpeace Aotearoa says the latest exposé of Fonterra’s dishonest marketing strategies indicates that the co-operative’s license to pollute is coming to an end.
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GE not the solution to NZ’s dairy pollution
Greenpeace Aotearoa says that while it’s good to see the Government acknowledging that New Zealand’s dairy industry has a climate pollution problem, genetically engineered technofixes are not the solution.
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Fishing industry conference reeks of greenwash
The theme of this year’s Seafood New Zealand Conference, which started in Auckland this morning, is “Champions of Sustainability”, a title that Greenpeace Aotearoa says is ironic at best, and…
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International Seabed Authority wraps with election of new Secretary-General and growing movement of countries against deep sea mining
The International Seabed Authority’s Assembly has elected Brazilian oceanographer Leticia Carvalho to be the new Secretary General, replacing Michael Lodge.
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Momentum has never been stronger for protecting the oceans against deep sea mining
More than 30 nations, including New Zealand, are now calling for a halt to the start of deep sea mining, with five new announcements…
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Highest ever methane emissions requires action on dairy by NZ
Global emissions of methane are the highest they’ve ever been and are rising faster than ever before, a new study has found. Published this week in Frontiers In Science, the…
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Tuvalu joins growing Pacific tide of opposition to deep sea mining
Tuvalu has added its voice to the growing tide in the Pacific against deep sea mining, highlighting the momentum against this destructive industry, says Greenpeace.
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Greenpeace launches Arctic expedition to study vulnerable marine mammals in targeted deep sea mining area
Bergen, Norway – As the Norwegian government is moving forward with the opening of Arctic waters to deep sea mining exploration, Greenpeace Nordic and Greenpeace Germany set sail with a…
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Calls for a moratorium on deep sea mining intensify following discovery of dark oxygen production at 5000m depths
Negotiations on whether to allow deep sea mining to go ahead at the International Seabed Authority (ISA), have been rocked by the publication of a groundbreaking study that reveals that the polymetallic…
