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A personal account from Greenpeace in Beirut: “I wished it was just a nightmare”
It was the end of the day and I was on my final email. I was working from home in my apartment in a suburban area east of Beirut –…
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Fires are raging in the Amazon—again
One year has passed since the world was shocked by the images of the fires blazing across the Amazon in Brazil. But since then, the forest hasn’t stopped burning —and 2020 could…
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Greenpeace condemns Japanese government panel’s draft proposal to discharge radioactive water
Tokyo, Japan – A Japanese governmental subcommittee today submitted its three-part, calamitously drafted proposal for managing more than one million tonnes of radioactive water resulting from the TEPCO (Tokyo Electric…
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Climate explained: what the world was like the last time carbon dioxide levels were at 400ppm
Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change.
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Why New Zealand needs cameras on commercial fishing boats
Last week, leaked audio revealed the Minister of Fisheries, Stuart Nash, blaming NZ First for delays to cameras on commercial fishing boats.
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Tree of Life, Circle of Life or whatever the Lion King said
Before the COVID-19 lockdown began in March, one of the things I had been interested in reconciling was self-care and the reality of the structures and containers that we exist…
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The Greenpeace Lockdown activism Zoom sessions
- UPDATED - Thinking back to the beginning of March this year, I don’t think any of us could have imagined that we would be living in the midst of a global pandemic…
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The 10 most beautiful images of the oceans
From April 2019 till March 2020, Greenpeace undertook one of our most ambitious voyages yet. For almost a year, our ships travelled from the Arctic to the Antarctic, stopping off in key locations to document the threats facing our oceans, and what must be done to protect them.
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Chernobyl still burns
Early in the morning of April 26, 1986, the fourth reactor exploded at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. 34 years later, Chernobyl radioactivity is still circulating.
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Why we need to talk about Debt Cancellation for Global South Countries
Unconditionally cancelling international debt payments is the fastest way to keep money in countries that need it the most and free up resources to tackle the urgent economic crises resulting from the COVID-19 global pandemic and the climate crisis.