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NZ’s dirtiest industry – dairy – gets the biggest free pass in draft climate plan
Greenpeace has welcomed key parts of the Climate Change Commission’s report, but says the ambition falls short of what could be called “transformational” and continues a long tradition of giving…
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Overpopulation and Environmentalism
The flawed, dangerous idea of population control redirects the blame for societal problems to those with the least power to address them. Like any racist narrative, ‘population control’ has real-life consequences.
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Tropical Cyclone Yasa’s climate-charged 345 km/h winds cut a path of destruction through Fiji’s two major islands
Tropical Cyclone Yasa struck with wind gusts up to 345 km/h overnight as it tore through Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, destroying homes and schools and forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents.
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It is a climate emergency, now let’s act like it
Greenpeace is claiming the Government’s symbolic declaration of climate emergency as a “win for people power”, but is challenging Jacinda Ardern and her Government to follow through quickly with policy and action to cut New Zealand’s climate pollution.
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Fonterra hands over PKE importing to destructive company
Fonterra’s sale of its half share in a palm kernel expeller business to its partner, palm giant Wilmar International, highlights a concerning relationship, says Greenpeace.
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Even ScoMo’s asking where our climate action on farming is
Australian PM Scott Morrison has highlighted NZ’s failure to commit to reducing farm methane emissions. The perfect riposte is to demand our Government fix that huge methane and nitrous hole in our climate policy...
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Greenpeace calls Ministerial appointments a boon for the oceans
Greenpeace says today’s Ministerial announcements holds some fantastic news for the sea and everything that lives in it.
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Five ways NZ will be much better if Jacinda makes good on her promise to Build Back Better
Jacinda Ardern pledged, on election night, to build back better. With her landslide election win, there really is no excuse not to. So, what could Aotearoa New Zealand look like in ten years’ time, if the Labour-led Government makes good on this promise?
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Labour could out-green the Greens
With Covid we've taken the approach, go hard or go home. We need to go hard on transformative environmental change too – or there’ll be no home to go to.
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Greenpeace to Jacinda – expect the expected
Greenpeace says the acid test of Jacinda Ardern’s second term will be her Government’s ability to deal with global crises.
