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New HSBC ‘no deforestation’ policy first step towards sustainable palm oil finance
HSBC today published a new ‘No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation’ policy covering its financing of palm oil companies. [1]
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Blooming dangerous in Canterbury
Tired of being told your dogs might die if you take them down to the river? Greenpeace is warning there’ll be lots more toxic algal blooms afflicting South Canterbury rivers if a controversial irrigation scheme to expand dairying goes ahead.
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Battle over solar tax heats up as full hearing announced
An extra charge for solar users, deemed a “tax on solar”, will soon be challenged in a full hearing after an independent authority agreed it needed to be “fully tested”.
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Greenpeace on Auckland sewage overflows
Greenpeace shares people's concerns about human sewage on Auckland's beaches, just as we care about cow sewage in New Zealand's rivers.
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New oil exploration for NZ as 2016 officially declared hottest on record
As 2016 is officially declared the hottest year ever recorded, the world’s largest seismic ship is searching for deep sea oil off New Zealand’s East Coast.
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Irrigation attack – Greenpeace says public frustration about dirty rivers spilling over
Greenpeace says a $40,000 attack on a farmer’s irrigation machinery could be a sign of overwhelming public frustration about polluted rivers.
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HSBC exposed as the banker behind Indonesia’s deforestation crisis
Greenpeace International exposed in a new report today how HSBC, Europe’s largest bank, loaned hundreds of millions of US dollars to some of the most destructive palm oil companies in Indonesia. [1]
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Greenpeace inflatables intercept world’s biggest seismic oil ship, 50 miles out to sea
Greenpeace crew have made contact with the world’s biggest seismic oil ship after travelling 50 nautical miles on two rigid-hulled inflatables off the coast of Wairarapa.
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Greenpeace NZ boats tailing world’s biggest seismic blasting ship
Greenpeace New Zealand is on the tail of the biggest seismic surveying ship in the world as it blasts the sea floor in a search for deep sea oil, about 20 nautical miles off the coast of Wairarapa.
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Greenpeace warns more algal blooms to come with planned Hurunui irrigation dams
Greenpeace warns that the toxic algal bloom and public health warning currently present on the Hurunui River will only become more frequent if the Hurunui Irrigation dams go ahead.
