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How the polar vortex is causing temperatures to plummet and what we can do
Record-breaking frosty temperatures, ice and heavy snowfalls have gripped huge areas of the Northern Hemisphere this winter. For example, cities in East Asia such as Beijing and Seoul shivered in…
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Remember the Norilsk oil spill? Well, the polluters will pay.
The Krasnoyarsk Arbitration Court ordered the Norilsk Nickel to pay 146 billion rubles (nearly 2 billion USD) for the oil spill in the Taimyr Peninsula. And although the amount of damage was slightly less than the one requested by Rosprirodnadzor.
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33,000 people call for Govt to cut synthetic nitrogen fertiliser
On Parliament’s first sitting day of the year, Greenpeace has today delivered a petition with the names of 33,000 New Zealanders calling for the Government to phase out synthetic nitrogen fertiliser.
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Zero waste living tips: 10 tips to help you with Zero Waste living and changing the system
In this post I’ll talk about the two sides of the zero waste lifestyle, and share a more complete list of ‘top tips’ for reducing your footprint and making a difference!
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Wairakei Pastoral: The dairy company competing with Auckland for drinking water
One big dairy corporation, owned by millionaire rich-listers, is taking more water from the Waikato River than the entire city of Auckland
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Overpopulation and Environmentalism
The flawed, dangerous idea of population control redirects the blame for societal problems to those with the least power to address them. Like any racist narrative, ‘population control’ has real-life consequences.
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Govt must not cave to primary sector pressure on intensive grazing rules
Thursday, 17 December: Greenpeace says the Government must not cave to industry pressure to weaken intensive winter grazing rules designed to protect rivers and climate for the good of all New Zealanders.
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What’s more mysterious than the deep ocean?
The depths of our oceans hide a unique living world that we have only just started to understand. Filled with ancient coral reefs, underwater mountains and sea creatures have lived for hundreds of years, the deep ocean is a place of mystery - it even gives us clues to where life began!
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Greenpeace challenges Coke with Christmas ads
Greenpeace is launching a Christmas social media campaign linking Coca Cola with the killing of seabirds in New Zealand.
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VIDEO: The story of a spoon, an epic origin story
Going back to normal is not an option. "Normal" was a crisis. The past (and present) was not only unjust and inequitable, it was unstable. Now that we have the opportunity, we must reimagine the systems our country is built on from the ground up.
