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Earth may temporarily pass dangerous 1.5℃ warming limit by 2024, major new report says
The Paris climate agreement seeks to limit global warming to 1.5℃ this century. A new report by the World Meteorological Organisation warns this limit may be exceeded by 2024 –…
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Intensive winter grazing restrictions must stay, say environmental organisations
The Federated Farmers’ recent backlash to new freshwater regulations is unhelpful to the sector and to society, say New Zealand’s environmental organisations.
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11 years for 20% camera coverage on boats, where are the rest of them?
Greenpeace is calling the Government’s cameras on boats announcement too little, too late, after Minister Stuart Nash revealed commitments to put cameras on approximately 20 per cent of the fleet…
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Activists swim to oil rig to show that Denmark is not as green as people think
Four activists have swum from the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior across the Dan oil field in the Danish North Sea and are occupying an oil rig
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Covid taught us that to protect nature, is to protect ourselves
The New Zealand Government’s health-first approach to collective wellbeing in the face of Covid-19 is commendable. They need to follow that logic through to the coming economic rebuild and beyond.
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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.