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Why piss is the problem with industrial dairying in New Zealand
It’s pretty obvious that letting cows wander into waterways, collapsing stream banks and defecating in the water is not good for our rivers. But the most serious freshwater health issue facing NZ’s waterways still involves cows but is much less obvious and there’s no amount of fencing or streamside planting that can deal with it.
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Regenerative farming – farming for the future
Industrial dairying is failing. It’s failing people who want to swim in clean rivers, its failing our tourism industry, it’s failing our climate, and it’s failing farmers. The good news is that there are alternative ways to produce food that are not only better for our rivers, and the environment, but also good for farmers'…
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Doomed Ruataniwha Scheme Should be Ditched by Council Tomorrow
The Ruataniwha irrigation scheme looks doomed, and Hawke’s Bay Regional Council should ditch it at tomorrow’s (Wednesday) council meeting, says Greenpeace today.
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New Zealanders will soon have to compete with the dairy industry for freshwater, report reveals
Our future access to fresh water has been brought into question by a report, published this morning, which explores how New Zealand will be affected by climate change.
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New Zealand’s clean rivers damned by industrial dairying
Industrial dairying is failing. It’s failing people who want to swim in clean rivers, its failing our tourism industry, it’s failing our climate, and it’s failing farmers.
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Government Should Pull Plug on Billion Dollar Dam, Say Greenpeace
The government should pull the plug on the controversial Ruataniwha irrigation scheme in Hawke’s Bay, as costs look set to soar towards the billion dollar mark, Greenpeace says today.
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John Key Should Resign as Tourism Minister: Greenpeace
Key’s continued backing for intensive dairy irrigation schemes, which will increase pollution of New Zealand’s rivers and streams, means he is unfit for the tourism job, claims Greenpeace.
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Landcorp Ditches Industrial Dairy Plans Over Pollution Fears: Greenpeace Response
Responding to news that state-owned company Landcorp, the country’s biggest dairy farmer, is set to ditch industrial dairy plans in Waikato, Genevieve Toop, Greenpeace’s agriculture campaigner, said:
