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Protest march against fast-track Bill announced for Auckland, June 8
A coalition of environmental groups has announced a ‘March for Nature’ on June 8 down Queen Street in Auckland to protest the Fast-Track Approvals Bill and the coalition government’s War on Nature.
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There is some-fin special about the oceans
Alex Hearn is a professor of Marine Biology and joined the Greenpeace Galápagos expedition onboard the Arctic Sunrise.
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How the fast-track law could expose future NZ governments to expensive trade disputes
Resources Minister Shane Jones has reportedly asked officials for advice on whether oil and gas companies could be offered “bonds” as compensation if drilling rights offered by the present government…
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EXPERT BRIEFING: Govt undoing protections for drinking water safety
After the world’s largest recorded campylobacteriosis outbreak occurred in Havelock North in 2016, the National-led Government established a formal inquiry into what went wrong and lessons for the future. This…
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Greenpeace oral submission on the fast-track approvals bill
Oral submission for Greenpeace opposes the Fast Track Approvals Bill in its entirety because it is anti-democratic, anti-transparency and creates vulnerability to corruption. It lacks any semblance of environmental protection and in fact, removes existing protections.
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Why we need cameras on boats
Why we need cameras on boats in New Zealand to protect the oceans. Mandy Kupenga explains.
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Ottawa plastic treaty talks end in weak compromise
The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC4) for a Global Plastics Treaty ended on a disappointing note as the negotiation caved-in to the fossil fuel and petrochemical industry
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Polar bear encounter
In 2011, I joined the crew abaord the Arctic Sunrise to venture into the the freezing waters of the Arctic where we intercepted the the world’s most controversial oil rig…
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4 false solutions that won’t solve the plastic pollution crisis
Plastic pollution has managed to invade even the most remote areas of our environment and has also been reported in several tissues of the human body.
