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NZ dairy industry’s use of palm kernel expeller undermining Indonesia’s climate action
Thursday, 29 April 2021: The use of palm kernel expeller (PKE) by New Zealand’s intensive dairying industry is linked to the destruction of peatland and rainforests, which is driving the…
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New Zealand’s COVID-19 stimulus is a ‘lost opportunity’ to move towards a low-emissions economy
In every crisis there is opportunity. Even during New Zealand’s strictest COVID-19 lockdown last year, many people felt the pandemic offered a chance to tackle other global crises, especially climate…
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Deep sea mining tests indicate significant disturbance, Greenpeace reveals
Greenpeace has documented signs of "significant disturbance" from deep sea mining tests in the Pacific Ocean. New images reveal a large patch of sediment rising to the surface of the water after equipment tests carried out by mining company Global Sea Mineral Resources (GSR ), which is aiming to commercially extract minerals from the seabed…
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Greenpeace launches petition to slam door in face of seabed miners
Greenpeace has today launched a new petition calling on the New Zealand Government to ban seabed mining from the waters of Aotearoa.
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Plastic pollution is a climate, health and social justice issue
Achieving systems change requires confronting the entire system.
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Ocean can’t wait, urgent action needed, says Greenpeace following Chief sci report
A long-awaited science report into New Zealand’s commercial fisheries has highlighted a lack of data on the ocean is one of the key problems with managing it, admitting we still know “frighteningly little” about a space we take so much from.
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Social Inertia: Why is change so hard?
I saw the danger / yet I walked / along the enchanted way.
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Community, environmental groups support Te Pāti Māori proposal to ban seabed mining
Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM), Greenpeace and the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) today voiced their support for Te Pāti Māori’s call for a ban on seabed mining in Aotearoa.
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International Women’s Day – Celebrating Greenpeace changemakers
The fight against the climate crisis is also a fight for global equality.The strong engagement of women around the world is powerful and key in advancing climate and environmental protection.
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How can we restore Earth’s nutrient cycles?
Humanity has already breached four of the nine ecological boundaries outlined in 2009 by Johan Rockström: climate change, loss of biodiversity, land-system change, and nutrient cycles.