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Shell in South Africa: fossil fuels at full blast
Just weeks after world leaders failed us at COP26 by not committing to urgent action to end the climate crisis, the controversial South African Minister of Minerals and Energy Gwede…
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Photographic memories – Part II
From 1974 to 1982, I served as photographer on Greenpeace campaigns. Here are a dozen more photographs from those years along with some memories that they evoke:
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Burning rubbish creates toxic waste and fuels climate change
Burning rubbish to make electricity sounds too good to be true because there’s a big catch.
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Dairy and fertiliser industries responsible for NZ’s declining climate performance
The international Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) released today, downgrades New Zealand efforts toward climate change reduction seven points from last year’s ranking, to 35th place. New Zealand is now…
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Report indicates NZ trawlers dragged up over seven tonnes of protected coral
Greenpeace is calling for seamounts and similar ocean features to be protected from trawling, as the latest fishing bycatch data indicates the New Zealand fleet dragged up seven tonnes of…
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How the new human right to a healthy environment could accelerate New Zealand’s action on climate change
Last week’s formal recognition by the United Nations Human Rights Council that the right to a healthy environment is an essential human right has been heralded as a historic victory for environmental protection and an important step forward for the world’s most vulnerable people.
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Microplastics are in the air we breathe and in Earth’s atmosphere, and they affect the climate
The magnitude of microplastics’ influence on climate varies in our climate model simulations, depending on assumptions we made about how the plastic fragments are distributed throughout Earth’s atmosphere.
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The story behind an Italian single-use plastic bottle
I recently had the chance to visit the Adriatic coast as part of a ship tour Greenpace Italy organises every year with our partners at the Exodus Foundation, researchers at CNR-IAS and…
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It’s time to respect the rāhui
Kia tau ngā manaakitanga a te mea ngaroki runga ki tēnā, ki tēnā o tātouKia mahea te hua mākihikihi
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What can we do?
At the University of Minnesota Dr. Nate Hagens teaches an honours course called “Reality 101: A Survey of the Human Predicament.” Hagens operated his own hedge fund on Wall Street until he…
