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NZ’s rising climate emissions and Jacinda Ardern’s big chance to cut them
When it signed onto the Paris Climate Agreement, New Zealand pledged to increase its net greenhouse gas emissions by 10% by 2030, compared to 2005. The latest NZ Government report…
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OMV’s deep sea oil drill fails
South Islanders will be bidding ‘Auf Wiedersehen’ to Austrian oil and gas giant OMV, which has come up empty handed following a controversial deep sea drill in the Great South…
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Never Buy Gift Paper Again: the Ultimate Guide to Zero Waste Wrapping
At this time of year, New Zealanders generate a lot of extra waste, from Gift wrapping and shopping bags. Most gift wrapping is made out of hard-to-recycle mixed materials and…
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5 reasons modern slavery at sea is still possible in 2019
It is a sad truth that even now, on the cusp of 2020, slavery is very much alive in the modern context. This is particularly true in the fishing industry…
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Protestors chase OMV henchboat north
A group of people who have been occupying Austrian oil giant OMV’s support vessel in the Port of Timaru are now racing north to New Plymouth – the destination of…
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The Climate Uprising
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The Life and Death of the Guajajara
It is not news that the Brazilian government has been failing to protect Indigenous lands and Indigenous rights. But due to ever-increasing invasion of their territories by land grabbers, loggers…
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Shoddy NZ oil strategy released as 11,000 scientists issue global alert
On the same day as over 11,000 scientists from around the world have declared a climate emergency, the Government has quietly released a strategy that assumes decades more oil and…
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Greenpeace activists board Shell oil rigs in protest against plans to leave behind oil in the North Sea
Scotland, UK – Greenpeace activists from the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark boarded two oil platforms in Shell’s Brent field today in a peaceful protest against plans by the company to leave...
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Ardern falls short on climate following Greta Thunberg’s UN address
Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg has delivered a fiery speech to world leaders at the UN Climate Summit in New York City. Greenpeace says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern must take…