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New Zealand blocks deep sea protection for South Pacific
The South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) has given the green light to destroying up to 30% of vulnerable deep-water corals and sponges, following repeated lobbying from New Zealand against higher levels of protection.
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After 13 days and nearly 4,000km – Greenpeace occupation of Shell oil platform ends with no arrests
Haugesund, Norway – Six Greenpeace International activists have today disembarked a Shell oil platform at the port of Haugesund, southwest Norway, after a 13-day occupation and nearly 4,000km, with police making.
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“My new home was a dream come true – then climate disaster struck” – Virginia, activist taking on Shell at sea
I live in San Mateo in the Philippines, an area battered by typhoon Ketsana – one of the worst natural disasters ever seen in my country. The massive rains and flooding claimed…
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Shell threatens Greenpeace protestors with jail and fines: Greenpeace sends second boat and more climbers
Shell has attempted to silence Greenpeace International’s peaceful occupation of its oil and gas platform at sea, by hitting the campaign group with an injunction late on Friday, February 3, threatening up to two years’ jail time and fines.
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Greenpeace activists have boarded and occupied a Shell platform en route to major Atlantic oilfield
Greenpeace activists from Argentina, Turkey, the US and the UK have boarded a Shell contracted vessel in the Atlantic Ocean with a banner bearing the message: “Stop Drilling.
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Catastrophic deluge should be named a climate disaster
Greenpeace is today calling for the North Island’s extreme rain and flooding event to be named as a climate disaster. “As our friends, family and neighbours across Auckland and the…
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Poll shows growing support for cutting fertiliser and cows
New polling shows growing public support for calls to cut fertiliser, regulate the dairy industry to protect water and, while not yet a majority, lower dairy cow numbers.
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Indigenous participation crucial in Global Plastics Treaty negotiations – Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa is calling on the government to advocate for the interests of people and climate in negotiations for a global treaty that will end plastic pollution after the first…
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Doomed deep sea miner The Metals Company under huge pressure
In what Greenpeace Aotearoa is calling another heavy blow to deep sea mining – the Canadian miner The Metals Company has received a delisting notice from the Nasdaq stock exchange…
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Chasing future biotech solutions to climate change risks delaying action in the present – it may even make things worse
The world is under growing pressure to find sustainable options to cut emissions or lessen the impacts of climate change.
