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Why using more fertiliser and feed does not necessarily raise dairy farm profits but does increase harm to the climate
New Zealand is in an unusual position in the developed world when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions. About half of all emissions come from agriculture, and almost a quarter…
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Is National’s ‘Electrify NZ’ renewable energy policy any good?
After years of nothing but crickets from National on climate change, party leader Christopher Luxon finally launched a policy promising to deal with the greatest existential threat of our time - but is it any good?
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Greenpeace welcomes National’s renewable energy policy, but fossil fuel exploration and agriculture remain key concerns
Greenpeace is welcoming the National Party’s new renewable energy policy - ‘Electrify NZ’ - with its focus on increasing renewable electricity generation to replace coal, gas and petrol-fuelled transport.
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Who’s farming the farmers?
What was dairy farming like before Fonterra? Wendy Reid remembers back to what it was like growing up on a mixed dairy, pig, sheep farm.
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NZ support for climate justice at UN must translate to action at home
An international pathway has been established to connect human rights to climate change action, thanks to a Vanuatu-led resolution passed overnight with unanimous support at the United Nations General Assembly. For NZ, this support must translate to urgent climate action at home.
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Greenpeace and indigenous activists challenge deep sea mining expedition in the Pacific Ocean
With a banner reading “Don’t mine the Moana”, and flying a Tino Rangatiratanga flag, a Māori activist from Northland joined two Greenpeace activists in the Eastern Pacific to confront the…
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The Fossil Fuel Crime File: breaking the law is in fossil fuel companies’ DNA
Fossil fuel companies have lied for decades about the climate crisis, and humanity is paying the price. But lies and deception are only part of the story.
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Ecology and habitability
Russel Norman's address to the Environmental Defence Society Conference on 24 March 2023
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When climate scientists set the graphs on fire
The IPCC has developed a diagram that would illustrate, in one color-coded graph, their overall assessment on how global risks and impacts increase as temperature increases.
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IPCC report: the world must cut emissions and urgently adapt to the new climate realities
This decade is the critical moment for making deep, rapid cuts to emissions, and acting to protect people from dangerous climate impacts we can no longer avoid.
