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Two down, OMV to go: Last oil giant isolated after majors pull out
Oil majors Chevron and Equinor have abandoned their oil and gas exploration permits off the east coast of the North Island, leaving Austrian oil company OMV as the last remaining…
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BP oil rig U-turns after failing to shake off Greenpeace ship
Scotland, UK – A Greenpeace ship has overtaken a BP rig near the drill site of a major new oil well in the North Sea. Early this afternoon a Greenpeace…
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Māui and Hector’s dolphin proposals not fit for extinction crisis
Greenpeace is calling the Government’s latest proposal to save Māui and Hector’s dolphins a “pathway to extinction for the world’s rarest dolphin species”.
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Government fails on dairy and climate again
The Government has announced changes to the national dairy industry regulations (DIRA) but has kept a controversial legal requirement on Fonterra to pick up milk from new dairy conversions, angering…
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Way more stuff like this, please – Greenpeace to Govt
Greenpeace says the announcement this morning that the Government will establish a clean energy centre in Taranaki is a small step in the right direction. From the Just Transition Summit…
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Drilling loophole undermines Ardern’s oil ban
New Zealand Oil & Gas is the latest company to leverage the Government’s apparent willingness to offer extensions to oil exploration permits, despite the ban on new oil and gas…
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Calls for sweeping new climate policy on first oil banniversary
On the first anniversary of New Zealand’s internationally acclaimed ban on new oil and gas permits, Greenpeace has called for sweeping new climate policy. The environmental organisation has launched a…
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Surging emissions show NZ needs stronger action on climate
New data released today showing that New Zealand’s emissions have continued to grow rapidly in 2017 have been called “disturbing” by Greenpeace. Executive Director, Russel Norman, says the just-released Greenhouse…
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OMV’s drill plan reveal on NZ’s oil ban anniversary disgraceful
Oil giant OMV has today announced plans to drill for oil and gas in the Great South Basin off the Otago coast as soon as this year. This comes on…
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30 x 30: A Blueprint For Ocean Protection
30x30: A Blueprint for Ocean Protection, is a groundbreaking scientific study that maps out how to protect a third of the world’s oceans by 2030.
