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Greenpeace slams Ardern Govt over new oil exploration ahead of latest IPCC report
We’re seeing more oil exploration, more free passes for the dairy industry, and the climate minister denying New Zealand needs fewer cows - as the world burns and Jacinda Ardern’s nuclear free moment looks ever more like an empty promise.
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Taumata Arowai water proposals “wolf in sheep’s clothing”
A stoush is brewing between Greenpeace and the Government’s new drinking water regulator Taumata Arowai, who is increasing the permissible amounts of 17 toxins.
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Government proposing increase of highly toxic substances in drinking water
Greenpeace and the Pesticide Action Network today expressed “outrage” that Taumata Arowai is proposing to increase the permissible amount of 17 toxic chemicals, substances and radioactive materials in New Zealand's drinking water.
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Climate floods a stark reminder that intensive dairying must end
The latest storms and “climate floods” devastating Tairāwhiti / Gisborne and surrounding areas, are another stark reminder for the Ardern Government that intensive dairying must end
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Greenpeace calls on Government to halve the dairy herd
Greenpeace Aotearoa has launched a petition calling on the Government to halve the dairy herd, saying that cow numbers are too high for rivers, the climate and people’s health to sustain.
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Russia Sanctions by New Zealand off to a limp start
The New Zealand Government has announced its first set of sanctions in response to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine but Greenpeace says they have missed the most obvious target.
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Two thirds of tested rural bore water above cancer risk limit for nitrate
68% of bore water samples received were over the 0.87 mg/L limit linked to bowel cancer in a 2018 Danish study.
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Ukraine Peace Flotilla reaches oligarch retreat in Helena Bay
Following an early morning karakia conducted by locals in Whangaruru Harbour, the Ukraine Peace Flotilla has reached Helena Bay in Northland where Russian oligarch Alexander Abramov has his luxury retreat.
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Case for freezing Abramov’s assets grows stronger as Ukraine peace flotilla nears Helena Bay
The justification for sanctioning New Zealand’s wealthiest Russian investor, Alexander Abramov is growing stronger by the day according to Greenpeace Aotearoa which has today released a list of points to…
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Ukraine Peace Flotilla on its way with call to freeze oligarch assets
The Ukraine Peace Flotilla set sail from Auckland this morning with “No War” banners flying.