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Local elections are a chance to vote for the environment | GUEST POST
It’s hard to know what’s ‘normal’ weather anymore, and hard to imagine what it will be like for whānau a hundred years from now.
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Eight hours in: Greenpeace activists continue blocking Talley’s bottom trawler
Greenpeace activists on raft have now been blocking a Talley’s bottom trawling ship from leaving Port Nelson for eight hours, and are preparing to stay there overnight in opposition to…
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Greenpeace rafters block Talley’s bottom trawler in Nelson
Sitting on a 6-metre raft displaying a “Stop Bottom Trawling Seamounts” banner, Greenpeace activists have this morning blocked a Talley’s bottom trawling vessel to disrupt its departure from Port Nelson.
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We have international laws to stop plastic pollution from fishing vessels, so why are they not being enforced?
Ocean plastic pollution was a focus at the recent UN oceans conference, which issued a declaration in support of an earlier decision by the UN Environment Assembly to start negotiations…
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One hundred thousand people call for a ban on single-use plastic bottles
Accompanied by a giant albatross sculpture made of reclaimed plastic bottles, Greenpeace has delivered a 100,000-strong petition to parliament calling on the Government to ban single-use plastic bottles and incentivise…
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Pressure mounts against deep sea mining as more Pacific countries take a stand
In the first governmental alliance of its kind, the Pacific nations of Palau, Fiji and Samoa have announced their opposition to deep sea mining, calling for a moratorium
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Forest Bill fails to stop import of products from deforestation or human rights abuses
Proposed new wood products legislation does not address critical issues of deforestation and human rights abuses associated with products imported into Aotearoa.
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Heartache and hope: A tour of South Island dairy farming
The Greenpeace Aotearoa agriculture campaign addresses head-on, New Zealand’s biggest climate polluter: the industrial dairy industry which poisons rivers, contaminates drinking water and blazes the climate.
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Meet the change makers
Meet some of the awesome tangata (people) changing the world right here in Aotearoa.
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Bringing back Repair Skills | GUEST POST
A huge amount of things these days could be repaired, that just aren’t. Meanwhile, many companies are designing products to become obsolete, a wasteful way of increasing their businesses profitability.