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Too Many Cows Could Make Us Sick – New Greenpeace NZ Report
Greenpeace activists are taking over Parliament lawn this lunchtime with a herd of dairy cows. They’re launching a new report which links the intensification of livestock farming with the safety of our drinking water.
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New Zealand’s rivers need more than empty headlines from Fonterra
Fonterra has launched a “plan” to clean up New Zealand’s waterways but Greenpeace says the dairy giant has failed to address the cow in the room.
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Environmental ‘supergroup’ puts future government on notice
A ‘supergroup’ of New Zealand environmental organisations has sent an open letter to the leaders of key political party leaders as they prepare to negotiate a coalition for the next Government.
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Fighting spirit at Flotilla send off
Copyright Greenpeace/Malcolm Pullman In speech and in song their rejection of Government approvals to allow oil exploration in their traditional water off East Cape was clear. It sent goosebumps. “This…
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Irrigation industry gift is bad news for rivers
The Irrigation Industry’s opening up an early Christmas present. A $180,000 gift which was never meant for them, according to Greenpeace.
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US environmental kingpin Bill McKibben throws his weight behind civil disobedience in NZ
World-leading environmentalist Bill McKibben is today urging New Zealanders to take part in peaceful civil disobedience to overthrow “radicalism”.
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Greenpeace launches civil disobedience campaign against NZ’s largest oil event
Greenpeace is calling for members of the public to take part in a co-ordinated demonstration of peaceful civil disobedience at the annual petroleum conference at SkyCity in Auckland.
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School bullying – woeful opportunism by dairy leadership
When farming organisations start using children as human shields you know they’ve reached a new level of desperation. I think we might have arrived at despo-con3. Achieved when DairyNZ decided to employ school kids as a new line of defence against public criticism over the freshwater crisis. “Dairy hate campaign hits farmer’s kids” trumpeted the headline…
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Snake Oil
The banners that welcomed the new Rainbow Warrior into Auckland read “Haere Mai” – Welcome home. The state of the art ship is here in her spiritual home to bring attention to the fact that John Key and his cronies have reckless plans for the seas that surround our beautiful country.
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Why we are taking Arctic oil to court
With this historic court case a new generation is now taking action to stop oil companies from kidnapping our future. Nature & Youth and Greenpeace Nordic, alongside a broad coalition, have filed an unprecedented people-powered legal case against the Norwegian government.