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Calls for sweeping new climate policy on first oil banniversary
On the first anniversary of New Zealand’s internationally acclaimed ban on new oil and gas permits, Greenpeace has called for sweeping new climate policy. The environmental organisation has launched a…
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Surging emissions show NZ needs stronger action on climate
New data released today showing that New Zealand’s emissions have continued to grow rapidly in 2017 have been called “disturbing” by Greenpeace. Executive Director, Russel Norman, says the just-released Greenhouse…
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West Coast dump disaster prompts calls for new bottle deposit scheme
The West Coast dump disaster and newly released information about dozens of landfills nationwide being susceptible to failure from sea level rise has prompted further calls from environment and zero…
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OMV’s drill plan reveal on NZ’s oil ban anniversary disgraceful
Oil giant OMV has today announced plans to drill for oil and gas in the Great South Basin off the Otago coast as soon as this year. This comes on…
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Groundbreaking study shows how to protect a third of our oceans by 2030
A scientific report released today has mapped out how to protect over a third of the world’s oceans in the next ten years.
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Latest ETS changes impotent without inclusion of agriculture
The Government has announced another range of changes to one of the country’s core policies to combat climate change, the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).Agricultural emissions remain completely excluded from the ETS.
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Dairy and fertiliser lobbies will pop champagne over PCE report
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s (PCE) just-released report, Farms, Forests and Fossil Fuels, looks to have been influenced by the agricultural lobby, says Greenpeace. Senior Campaign and Political Advisor,…
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Greenpeace disturbed by directive to stop criticising companies
Tuesday, 12 March: Greenpeace has been told to take down “provocative” billboards about synthetic nitrogen fertiliser. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled against a series of Greenpeace billboards…
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Why care about Nitrogen? Ask the United Nations
The United Nations has placed Nitrogen pollution on a hit list of the top five new environmental crises facing the globe. A move which has huge implications for New Zealand…
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National turns new leaf on green attitude but still lost on agriculture and climate
Greenpeace has welcomed some of the National Party’s new environment policy proposals announced at the annual Bluegreens Forum today, but is critical of the party’s failure to address climate change…
