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Seabed mining a disturbing new threat to the Pacific
Bearing witness to the deep sea mining industry out in the Pacific, Victor Pickering is a Fijian activist onboard Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior ship.
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25-tonne deep sea mining robot lost on Pacific Ocean seabed during trial
One of the world’s first deep sea mining pilot tests has resulted in a huge machine being stuck on the seafloor of the Pacific Ocean.
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Greenpeace issues ‘please explain’ to Austrian Govt over new OMV spying allegations
They danced the macarena, they marched in the streets and they peacefully occupied the OMV site in New Plymouth with sleeping bags and banners, they didn’t deserve to be spied on in this way.
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Cautious applause from Greenpeace on Government’s coal boiler ban
Greenpeace is welcoming today’s announcement from the Government banning new coal boilers for industrial processing, but remains concerned that New Zealand’s biggest climate polluter – industrial agriculture – has yet…
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Managing retreat: why New Zealand is drafting a new law to enable communities to move away from climate risks
The government’s recently announced overhaul of major environmental legislation will result in a new law focused solely on climate change adaptation.
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Greenpeace confronts Deep Sea Mining industry in Pacific Ocean
Activists onboard the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior are today taking action miles out to sea, against deep sea mining company DeepGreen.
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Greenpeace supports call for drawing ‘Pacific Blue Line’ against Deep Sea Mining
Greenpeace is standing in support of a Pacific-led push to draw a Blue Line against the emerging Deep Sea Mining industry, the organisation said today.
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Bottom trawling releases more carbon than air travel, groups urge Government action
New science released overnight shows bottom trawling releases more carbon dioxide than global aviation, coinciding with a renewed call from environmental groups for the Government to tackle the impacts of…
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Aotearoa one step closer to a safer, more resilient future with surrender of last South Island oil permit
Greenpeace is celebrating the announcement that New Zealand Oil & Gas will relinquish their deep sea exploration permit off the south coast of the South Island as “another win for the climate, for wildlife and for people power”.
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Meet the women fighting to save our oceans
Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a day to highlight the gender inequality in the scientific sphere and to call for initiatives in which the…
