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OMV exit gives Luxon chance to abandon oil exploration policy
On the eve of the global climate strike, New Zealand’s biggest oil and gas producer - Austrian OMV - has announced that it is looking to sell its New Zealand assets.
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Where’s the agriculture emissions plan?
As the country struggles to recover from climate-fuelled weather events like Cyclone Gabrielle, the Government has yet to come up with an effective plan to cut emissions from Aotearoa’s biggest…
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UN Ocean Treaty talks in jeopardy – global north must show flexibility, says Greenpeace
As UN Ocean Treaty negotiations enter the final week, Greenpeace is calling for ministers to engage urgently to ensure an agreement is reached that would enable ocean protection in international waters
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Whale warning as clock ticks towards deep sea mining
Scientists warn deep sea mining could be a “significant risk to ocean ecosystems” with “long lasting and irreversible” impacts, including risks to globally endangered species, like blue whales.
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New Zealand blocks deep sea protection for South Pacific
The South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) has given the green light to destroying up to 30% of vulnerable deep-water corals and sponges, following repeated lobbying from New Zealand against higher levels of protection.
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Greenpeace warns politicians to get ready for a climate election
Greenpeace Aotearoa is telling politicians to prepare themselves for a climate election.
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Global ocean protection hangs in the balance as critical UN meeting begins
Negotiations for a Global Ocean Treaty kick off again in New York this week, as UN member states meet for the final time to decide the future of our blue planet.
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After 13 days and nearly 4,000km – Greenpeace occupation of Shell oil platform ends with no arrests
Haugesund, Norway – Six Greenpeace International activists have today disembarked a Shell oil platform at the port of Haugesund, southwest Norway, after a 13-day occupation and nearly 4,000km, with police making.
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Greenpeace hit with claim for $120,000 over Shell oil platform protest – ten days after Shell posts profits of nearly $40bn
Greenpeace has been hit with a legal claim demanding it pays Shell more than $120,000 for alleged damage caused by activists who have occupied its oil and gas
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Shell threatens Greenpeace protestors with jail and fines: Greenpeace sends second boat and more climbers
Shell has attempted to silence Greenpeace International’s peaceful occupation of its oil and gas platform at sea, by hitting the campaign group with an injunction late on Friday, February 3, threatening up to two years’ jail time and fines.
