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The Oil Free Seas Flotilla and Greenpeace
A lot has changed in the more than 40 years since Greenpeace started out in Vancouver. From a small group of people with a driving passion for the environment, we've grown into a worldwide movement.
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New Zealand at risk of becoming the next oil exploration frontier
Deep sea drilling will soon commence in the rough waters off the NZ coast. This could mark the beginning of an oil rush in which democratic process, public concern, environmental protection and safety considerations are all swept aside.
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Seabirds and Oil Spills
Across the centuries and across cultures, the albatross has captured human imagination. They are just one of the iconic seabirds found in the rich waters surrounding New Zealand. Together…
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Government too cosy for the truth on oil risk
Gulf: learn from Alaska’s lesson w/foreign oil co’s: don’t naively trust- VERIFY. Livelihood affected by spill?Don’t sign away remedy rights— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) May 06, 2010 I never thought…
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Deep-sea drilling does not add up to a win
Oil companies and the Government need to be more open about the potential effects of an oil spill, writes Greenpeace's Simon Boxer.
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Oil on the Sea of our Souls: The Delusion of Deep-Sea Drilling.
“There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action” – Goethe
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Deep sea oil drilling in New Zealand’s waters is simply not worth the risk.
(Photo: Jereme Aubertin) My name is Mischa Davis. I am the 2013 New Zealand Women’s National Surfing Champion, a title I won in my home of Piha this past summer. I…
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New Zealand Oil Spill Report: Trajectory Analysis Of Deep Sea Oil Spill Scenarios In New Zealand Waters
In April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico highlighted the wide-scale impacts that can be caused by a catastrophic deep sea well failure.
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A letter of thanks from David Haussmann detained in Russia for a peaceful protest
David ‘Haussy’ Haussmann is one of the ‘Arctic 30’ detained in Russia and charged with piracy for a peaceful protest against Arctic oil drilling. Below is a letter from David…
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Deep sea oil and gas drilling: not in New Zealand, not anywhere
Like the Arctic, the deep waters off the coast of New Zealand are under threat as oil and gas companies feverishly line up to start exploratory drilling operations in search of climate-destroying carbon fuel deposits.
