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200 environmental and human rights leaders pledge to tackle climate emergency together
NEW YORK – In an unprecedented move, more than 200 representatives of Indigenous Peoples, workers, academia, environmental and human rights groups adopted a landmark declaration [1] calling on governments and…
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Major IPCC report: ‘The climate crisis is an oceans crisis’
"Unless we accelerate efforts to curb carbon emissions and take greater steps to protect our oceans, there will be devastating human, environmental and economic consequences.”
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NZIER says no economic threat from new freshwater rules
New Zealand’s new fresh water regulation rules will have no major impacts on the national economy, according to an independent report just out. The report by independent economic consultancy New…
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OMV oil rig falls foul of bad wind
The COSL prospector is a near new, supposedly state of the art, oil drilling platform brought here all the way from Norway to start OMV’s oil exploration in Taranaki and the Great South Basin. If it’s already struggling to cope with Taranaki’s windy conditions, people should be very worried about what may happen in the…
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Greenpeace climbers block busiest oil export channel in United States
Baytown, United States — Twenty-two Greenpeace USA climbers have formed a blockade on the Fred Hartman Bridge in Baytown, Texas, United States, shutting down the single largest fossil fuel thoroughfare…
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Govt proposes cap on synthetic fertiliser to help save rivers
Greenpeace is welcoming the release of new measures to protect waterways, but says more needs to be done. The proposals in the Government’s Action for Healthy Waterways document include restrictions on dairy conversions, further farming intensification and the amount of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser farmers can put on fields.
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Hydrogen Vision from Govt cautiously welcomed by Greenpeace with warning
Hydrogen made using clean, renewable electricity would play an important part in that transition. We’re encouraging the Government to support a large-scale roll out of more wind and solar energy across New Zealand.
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Global Ocean Treaty negotiations at the UN – Greenpeace response
New York – Over 190 countries came together at the United Nations to negotiate a historic Global Ocean Treaty that could help protect at least 30% of our seas by…
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Government releases deficient petroleum strategy
The Government has today released a draft 10-year Minerals and Petroleum Resource Strategy which will be used to inform a review of the Crown Minerals Act 1991. Greenpeace climate and…
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Greenpeace captures images of fires in the Amazon
Greenpeace Brazil has captured images of the fires that have been ravaging the Amazon forest for the past three weeks in a flyover in the states of Rondônia and Pará.…
