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Greenpeace confronts deep sea mining ship in at-risk Pacific region
Eastern Pacific Ocean – Greenpeace International activists yesterday began an ongoing peaceful action against a ship doing deep sea mining exploration for The Metals Company (TMC), to denounce the imminent…
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My Pacific odyssey through cyclones, loss and damage, and the urgent need to make polluters pay
For ten gruelling hours in Efate island, Vanuatu, I desperately clung to the door of the guesthouse room I was staying in as unrelenting winds threatened to rip it off…
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UN INC3 ends in frustration as governments allow low ambition countries to derail Global Plastics Treaty
Nairobi, Kenya – The third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC3) for a Global Plastics Treaty ends on a disappointing note for the fight against the plastic and climate…
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How you’re taking action and creating impact
2023 has been a big year – and supporters like you have continued to
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On World Fisheries Day, NZ Chatham Rise orange roughy loses sustainability label
New Zealand orange roughy caught off the east and south Chatham Rise – amounting to around 80% of the New Zealand catch – has lost its sustainability certification from the…
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5 reasons why we need global ocean sanctuaries
The world’s oceans face extreme and growing threats from human activity, from pollution to overfishing and climate change.
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How corporate SLAPP lawsuits endanger our rights and the planet
Hope creates the conditions for climate action. And climate action nurtures hope. Just as hope and action have a reinforcing relationship, so do fear and silence.
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Offshore oil and gas exploration in NZ? Here’s all you need to know
Offshore oil and gas exploration could return to New Zealand, thanks to Chris Luxon's new Government. If you’re wondering what that means or what the problem with fossil fuels is, we have the answers!
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Too much fossil fuel are being burned to be fixed by planting trees
The idea that we can mitigate current carbon emissions by “offsetting” them with carbon reduction initiatives elsewhere has become central to government and business responses to climate change. But it’s…
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New bottom trawling report ‘wake-up call for deluded fishing industry’, say environmentalists
An authoritative new report reveals the considerable carbon cost of bottom trawling, with environmentalists calling it a “damning wake-up call” for the commercial fishing industry.
