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Seabed miners lose attempt to limit Greenpeace protest at sea
An appeal court in the Netherlands has rejected attempts by seabed miners in the Pacific to limit the right to protest at sea. The Amsterdam Court of Appeal dismissed a…
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Trans-Tasman Resources’ seabed mining project is a bad idea that refuses to go away
Seabed mining is a terrible idea for ocean ecosystems. Trans-Tasman Resources’ proposal to carry out seabed mining in the South Taranaki Bight has been presented, debated and then rejected every…
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Deep sea mining not the key to Epeli Hau’ofa’s dream of Pacific excellence
There’s a fight for the future happening in the Pacific Ocean. It’s a critical battle over deep sea mining. The fate of my parents’ homeland, Samoa, and the broader Pacific…
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Seabed mining sinks offshore wind industry
Greenpeace says the decision by an offshore wind developer to cancel its plans for wind farms in New Zealand due to conflict with a seabed mining project included in the…
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Gambling with the deep sea: Those betting on mining the Arctic
The Norwegian government has announced a decision to open up a vast area of its continental shelf in the Norwegian and Greenland Seas to deep sea mining.
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Fast track ministers effort to avoid conflict of interest like a sordid game of Twister
Fast track ministers’ effort to avoid conflict of interest like a sordid game of Twister
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Luxon escalates War on Nature with mining-heavy Fast Track list
Christopher Luxon’s bleak vision of New Zealand as a giant open-cast mine comes one step closer as the Government announces eleven mining projects it will push through under the controversial…
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Greenpeace Live: Why we occupied the Straterra building
In this episode we’ll talk about why we occupied the Straterra building, the recent deep sea mining protest in Rarotonga and the wider international campaign with two special guests: from…
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Action against seabed mining at the Straterra HQ
On 24 September, five Greenpeace activists occupied the Wellington offices of mining lobby group Straterra to protest seabed mining by its client Trans Tasman Resources and two more scaled a…
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Seabed mining protest extends to a second site
After five Greenpeace activists occupied the Wellington offices of mining lobby group Straterra to protest seabed mining by its client Trans Tasman Resources today, two more have scaled a tower…
