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Living through Sri Lanka’s biggest marine disaster
The apocalypse is here. These were the first thoughts that ran through my mind when news about the X-Press-Pearl began filtering in. Yellow shorelines were blackened with charred debris and hazardous cargo littered Sri Lanka’s coast. A few days later, waves and waves of tiny plastic pellets called ‘nurdles’ began washing up on western and…
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Nitrate contamination in drinking water
Everyone should be able to trust that the water from their tap is safe to drink. That’s why the rising nitrate contamination in drinking water supplies across New Zealand is…
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Climate Commission final report more concerned about placating dairy industry than tackling climate crisis
Greenpeace says there is still a cow-shaped hole in both the Climate Change Commission’s advice and the Government’s approach to climate action, following the release of the Commission’s finalised climate…
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New UN climate report shows cutting methane crucial for climate and health
Greenpeace is today urging the Government to heed United Nations’ advice to rapidly cut climate pollution from methane.
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The 1.5℃ global warming limit is not impossible – but without political action it soon will be
Limiting global warming to 1.5℃ this century is a central goal of the Paris Agreement. In recent months, climate experts and others, including in Australia, have suggested the target is…
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Climate explained: methane is short-lived in the atmosphere but leaves long-term damage
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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Big irrigation consent locks in climate, water, and health damage
Greenpeace is today condemning a large-scale irrigation consent granted in Canterbury.
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No blank check for enemies of the environment in Brazil
Two hundred civil society organizations in Brazil sent an open letter to the United States government asking it not to support the destructive environmental policies of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
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Agriculture still tops emissions, so where’s the action?
The latest inventory of New Zealand's climate pollution shows, yet again, that the Government must take urgent action to make farming part of the climate solution, says Greenpeace.
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Marine life is fleeing the equator to cooler waters. History tells us this could trigger a mass extinction event
A recent study has found the ocean around the equator has already become too hot for many species to survive, and that global warming is responsible. When the same thing happened 252 million years ago, 90% of all marine species died.
