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What happened at COP26? A global perspective, and what it means for New Zealand
If you want to know if something has succeeded, you should start by asking the people with the most to lose. In this case, that’s those who are already being…
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Motorway expansion Covid fast-track consenting approval slammed by climate campaigners
The Covid fast track consenting panel, set up by the Ardern Government under the Covid 19 Fast-Track Consenting Act, has approved the expansion of State Highway 1, which will see…
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COP26: Greenpeace challenges Ardern Govt to get real on climate
The New Zealand Government is under pressure to come up with a real climate emission reduction plan to present next year, after the COP26 climate summit agreed that Governments must…
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Milked the movie: How industrial dairy milks us all, and what you can do about it
Milked the movie, takes a look at industrial dairy farming in New Zealand and shows how it systematically ‘milks’ animals, consumers, farmers, rivers, the land and the climate.
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Dairy and fertiliser industries responsible for NZ’s declining climate performance
The international Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) released today, downgrades New Zealand efforts toward climate change reduction seven points from last year’s ranking, to 35th place. New Zealand is now…
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Offsets taskforce hit by protest at COP26
An event to promote carbon offsetting at COP26 was today hit by multiple protests. The Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets, backed by fossil fuel companies like Shell and BP, held a promotional event in the conference centre in Glasgow, attended by former Bank of England governor Mark Carney. The taskforce is seeking to radically…
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COP methane pledge is more talk and no action for Ardern Government
The New Zealand Government has signed up to a new international methane pledge at the COP26 climate talks currently underway in Glasgow, but Greenpeace is unimpressed.
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Submission on the Kapuni Green Hydrogen Fast-Track Application
This is the joint submission of Greenpeace Aotearoa, the Environmental Defence Society and Forest & Bird (the organisations) on the application by Hiringa Energy Limited and Ballance Agri-Nutrients Limited for…
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Youth activists sailing to COP26 onboard the Rainbow Warrior ignore warnings from port authorities
Youth strikers from impacted communities onboard the iconic ship demand world leaders ‘stop failing’.
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New Zealand’s Government wimps out on climate action again with dodgy NDC
Greenpeace is giving the Government’s new Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) climate targets announced today a frosty reception.
