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Delay to dolphin rescue plan “irresponsible” during extinction crisis
Greenpeace says further delays to the Māui and Hector’s dolphin Threat Management Plan (TMP) is an irresponsible move that could push the vulnerable species closer to extinction. The Government announced…
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Adaptive ideas in the era of the Anthropocene
To survive the twin climate and ecological crisis, our ideas must evolve - we need to embrace ideas that allow us to adapt to the world as we collectively have made it, and we desperately need to jettison some maladaptive ideas that are locking us into a climate and biodiversity disaster.
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Climate protesters shut down New Plymouth oil giant
Around a hundred climate protesters led by Greenpeace have formed a human barricade around the offices of OMV
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Police move in to end Greenpeace oil ship occupation
After 50 hours occupying OMV’s oil and gas exploration ‘henchboat’ in Timaru to prevent it leaving port, the last 10 protestors are now being forcibly removed by police. The occupation…
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Dangerous nitrous oxide emissions rising fast – New study
An international team of scientists have just found that nitrous oxide emissions are rising much faster than had been previously thought. Nitrous oxide is a long-lived and potent greenhouse gas,…
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Bottom trawled coral ‘ stolen by Talley’s ’ dumped at Parliament
Greenpeace protesters have covered Parliament lawn with replica coral this morning, calling on the Government to take urgent action on bottom trawling.
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Taking Norway’s government back to court for climate lawsuit
Oslo, Norway – Greenpeace Nordic and Nature and Youth in Norway are today again taking the Norwegian government to Oslo’s Court of Appeal for opening up new oil drilling in the Arctic.…
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Ghost fishing gear is suffocating ocean life
What is ghost fishing gear? And why is it such a big problem for our oceans?
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‘Cattenom Nine’: Activists face jail for sounding the alarm bell on nuclear safety
In the early hours of 12 October 2017, eight people sneaked inside the grounds of the Cattenom nuclear plant in northern France. Without much difficulty, they reached the foot of a spent fuel…
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Austrian protests break out over OMV’s NZ drilling plans
Climate activists have staged an oil spill with giant whale sculptures outside the Vienna headquarters of Austrian oil giant OMV, in protest of its plans to drill for oil in…
