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Protecting Aotearoa’s water: The fight against nitrogen pollution
Everyone should be able to trust that the water from their tap is safe to drink. But synthetic nitrogen fertiliser - and the intensive dairying it enables - is causing alarmingly high levels of nitrate contamination in our drinking water, endangering people’s health.
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Neocolonialism in the Pacific: Fukushima radiation and deep sea mining
The Fukushima radioactive water discharge and the emergence of deep sea mining have raised new concerns about neocolonialism in the Pacific.
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Government bid to criminalise sea protests slammed
A range of well-known New Zealand groups and individuals have today slammed the government’s controversial move to criminalise aspects of peaceful protests at sea.
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Why Greenpeace is calling on governments to cut plastic production by at least 75% by 2040
The data is clear. Global plastic production doubled from 2000 to 2019, reaching 460 million tonnes (Mt) per year, and without action is anticipated to nearly triple by 2050.
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New IEA report a warning that National must abandon offshore oil drilling policy
Following release of the International Energy Agency ‘Net Zero Roadmap Update' yesterday, Greenpeace says the National Party is out of touch with its promise to reverse the oil and gas ban
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Unbottling the truth: Coca Cola’s role in plastic pollution
Coca-Cola’s signature red bottles are becoming representative of environmental harm. The polluter sells more than 100 billion single-use plastic bottles each year with many ending up in landfill and the ocean.
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Orange roughy catch limit cut a good start, but seamount trawling ban necessary, say environmentalists
Environmentalists have welcomed news that the orange roughy catch will be cut by 40%, but say the need for a bottom trawling ban on seamounts is more urgent than ever.
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BREAKING: Oil floods stadium ahead of Men’s Rugby World Cup tournament kick off
Horrifying footage of oil flooding the Stade De France stadium was captured in a powerful new animated video released today by Greenpeace France.
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Protecting the deep: the imperative to ban deep sea mining
In the depths of our oceans lies a mysterious realm, a vast expanse known as the deep sea. This remote and relatively unexplored environment holds secrets of marine life, geological wonders, and delicate ecosystems that have evolved over millions of years. However, a new threat has revealed itself: deep sea mining.
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Fonterra on-farm emissions target futile without enforcement – Greenpeace
As corporate dairy giant Fonterra signals it will soon announce a target to reduce on-farm emissions, Greenpeace warns that without Government regulation and enforcement, this is likely to be industry greenwash.
