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National’s farm policy will make drinking water contamination and climate change worse
Greenpeace condemns the National Party’s new agriculture policy, saying that it will fail to address the climate crisis and health impacts caused by intensive dairying.
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Groups protest against dioxin at parliament
The groups here today represent Dioxin Investigation Action Group, SWAP – Sawmill Workers Against Poisons, Vietnam Vets. Te Waka Kai Ora and by proxy all peoples of Aotearoa/NZ.
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Numbers building for event opposing bottom trawling in the Hauraki Gulf
A public event calling for an end to bottom trawling in the Hauraki Gulf will be held at 10am this Saturday 22nd, April at Auckland’s Mission Bay
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Deep sea mining industry stalks, while government talks
The world is waking up to the significance of the threat from deep sea mining,. but governments have squandered a major opportunity to take action at the 28th Session of…
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Greenpeace welcomes National’s renewable energy policy, but fossil fuel exploration and agriculture remain key concerns
Greenpeace is welcoming the National Party’s new renewable energy policy - ‘Electrify NZ’ - with its focus on increasing renewable electricity generation to replace coal, gas and petrol-fuelled transport.
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NZ support for climate justice at UN must translate to action at home
An international pathway has been established to connect human rights to climate change action, thanks to a Vanuatu-led resolution passed overnight with unanimous support at the United Nations General Assembly. For NZ, this support must translate to urgent climate action at home.
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With Nash gone, vital Ocean and Fisheries decisions must not fall between cracks
At a crucial moment for ocean protection, Greenpeace is urging the Government to ensure the Oceans and Fisheries portfolio is left in capable hands, to avoid any further delays in protecting the struggling marine environment.
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Greenpeace activists interrupt investors conference to say: Stop deep sea mining!
Zurich – Greenpeace Switzerland activists interrupted The Metals Company CEO’s speech at an international meeting for investors in Zurich to highlight the risks of deep sea mining. Activists held banners that read…
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IPCC report: the world must cut emissions and urgently adapt to the new climate realities
This decade is the critical moment for making deep, rapid cuts to emissions, and acting to protect people from dangerous climate impacts we can no longer avoid.
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Industry lobbying influence a major brake on Government action
In the wake of revelations that Chris Hipkins' chief of staff, Andrew Kirton, lobbied against the Container Return Scheme on behalf of the liquor industry shortly before the scheme was scrapped by the Prime Minister, Greenpeace is calling for the scheme to be reintroduced immediately, and also warning that the problem goes much deeper.