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Black Friday: Breathe, take a break – the planet can’t handle it anymore
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are expected to generate billions of dollars in sales for clothing and other products this year. But this shopping bonanza also generates greater volumes of…
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Vanuatu warns fossil fuel companies could be sued over climate change
Port Vila, Vanuatu, 22 November 2018 – Vanuatu is considering suing fossil fuel companies that continue to contribute to climate change, the nation’s foreign minister has warned, in what could…
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The world’s first online climate summit kicks off today. Here’s why you should care
1 – With the end of the year almost in sight, it’s probably safe to declare that 2018 was the climate year Fires raged, temperatures soared and hurricanes hit. The…
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Public demand more ambition than bag ban
The Ministry for Environment (MfE) has reported today that of 9,300 submissions received, 92 per cent support the Government’s proposed mandatory phase out of single-use plastic shopping bags. MfE has…
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My tears aren’t enough to protect the rainforest. That’s why I’m taking action
Our precious rainforests are being destroyed to make way for palm oil plantations, endangering species and exploiting our people. That’s why I’m here. Right now, me and five other activists are on board a massive shipment of dirty palm oil in the Atlantic Ocean, which is likely headed for products on European supermarket shelves. Wilmar,…
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Six Greenpeace activists arrested on board a ship loaded with palm oil heading to Europe
Amsterdam, Netherlands – Six Greenpeace activists have been arrested by the captain of a giant tanker, while peacefully boarding the 185-metre long cargo loaded with palm oil products from Wilmar…
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What do Oreo, Mondelez, Wilmar have to do with orangutans?
My name is Annisa Rahmawaiti, and I am a forest campaigner at Greenpeace Indonesia. I’ve dedicated my whole life to protecting our rainforests, yet many companies are complicit in razing them…
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Greenpeace calls for ban on chemical nitrogen fertiliser
Greenpeace is opening up a new front in the struggle to save New Zealand’s rivers and reduce agricultural emissions. The environmental heavyweight is calling for a ban on chemical nitrogen…
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Oil and gas exploration ban passes into law
Greenpeace today welcomes the passing of legislation that puts the ban on new oil and gas permits into law.
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Greenpeace fury at Mackenzie Dairy decision
Greenpeace is furious at a council decision to let the controversial mega dairy farm in the Mackenzie turn on it’s irrigators before all the conditions of the resource consent are…
