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Jef’s Blog: Toward Whangaparāoa
Jef Ikenn is a crew member of the Stop Deep Sea Oil flotilla crew, which represents a coalition of groups that are opposed to the plans to drill for deep…
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Wake up call on NZ land use
Today sees another damning report on the deteriorating health of NZ’s environment. The Ministry for the Environment has released Our Land 2018 which reveals that the large scale conversion and intensification of dairying is a key driver of environmental degradation.
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Taiwan’s fisheries plagued by human rights abuses and shark finning – Greenpeace investigation
A year-long Greenpeace East Asia investigation into Taiwan’s distant water tuna fisheries has exposed Illegal shark finning, labour and human rights abuses, as well as Taiwan’s failure to adequately address issues such as murder and drug smuggling at sea.
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Greenpeace gears up to fight NZ’s first-ever “solar tax” with launch of hot desk
Greenpeace NZ has pooled together its renewable energy and legal experts to create a solar hot desk service that will assist people stung by New Zealand’s first-ever charge for using solar.
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Telling the oil companies the truth
Today, the Greenland Bureau of Mineral and Petroleum invited the world’s biggest oil companies to a meeting that can have extreme importance for the future of the Arctic. Greenland wants…
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Greenpeace NZ crowdfunding boat to confront seismic blaster ‘The Beast’
Greenpeace is crowdfunding to buy a boat to confront the world’s biggest seismic blasting ship, the Amazon Warrior, as it searches for oil off the East Coast of the North Island.
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Janet the 17m blue whale makes oil conference debut
Wednesday, March 28: After a whirlwind trip around the country to raise awareness about the dangers of oil and gas exploration, a 17 metre blue whale called Janet has made a special appearance at the annual oil industry conference in Wellington.
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Turn The Tide: Human Rights Abuses and Illegal Fishing in Thailand’s Overseas Fishing Industry
Greenpeace’s 12-month long investigation exposes the activities of Thailand’s rogue overseas fishing fleets, the companies behind them and their supply chain connections to export markets.
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NZ climate groups form coalition and announce plans to disrupt major oil summit
Groups campaigning on climate change, fracking, oil and gas drilling and social justice from across Aotearoa have announced plans to disrupt the New Zealand Petroleum Conference in March next year.
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When Big Oil comes to town
Today was the first time in about a week I woke up feeling anything like human. I’ve been laid low for the past few days with some gruesome combo of…