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Response to Minister of Energy and Resources July 2013
Energy minster Simon Bridges has refused to confirm or deny the existence of official government documents linked to accusations that he misled Parliament.
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Transforming Tuna Fisheries in Pacific Island Countries
Greenpeace’s vision for a transformed tuna fishery in Pacific Island countries includes the following key aspects. Methods of fishing used would be pole and line, troll, handline, free-school purse seine and best-practice longline. Tuna species would be harvested at sustainable levels, with minimal bycatch.
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Deep Seabed Mining
The deep sea is a place of myth and mystery, filled with weird and wonderful life forms, and vital to the survival of our planet. But now, this mostly unknown…
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Greenpeace submission on the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (environmental effects – permitted activities) regulations 2013
The Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act it is contrary to New Zealand’s international obligations to protect the marine environment under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, contrary to the precautionary principle which has been accepted by the International Court of Justice and International Tribunal for the Law…
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Legal opinion on the proposed Crown Minerals Act amendments
The Government has proposed amendments to the Crown Minerals (Permitting and Crown Land)Bill, including proposed new offences applicable in the exclusive economic zone. This opinion finds that the proposed amendments to the Crown Minerals (Permitting and Crown Land) Bill would breach international law in a number of respects.
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Joint Statement on Crown Minerals Bill Amendment 2013
In defence of the right to peaceful protest at sea. This proposed new law is an assault on the honourable Kiwi values of having a say and being able to stand up for our country.
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The Future is Here: New Jobs, New Prosperity and a New Clean Economy
The World is witnessing a historic, global shift in the way we power our homes our businesses and our economies. Climate change is here. How we respond is the only question that remains.
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Changing Tuna
The global tuna industry is undergoing a period of rapid transformation.
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Out of our depth: deep-sea oil exploration in New Zealand
The inability of the authorities to cope with the effects of the recent oil spill from the Rena cargo ship, despite the best efforts of Maritime New Zealand, has brought into sharp focus the environmental risks involved in the Government’s decision to open up vast swathes of the country’s coastal waters for deep-sea oil drilling.
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Save our beaches from oil disaster
Many of us watched dumbfounded as the oil-spill disaster in the US Gulf of Mexico unfolded in 2010. Amazingly, as the oil was gushing from BP’s well, Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee was issuing permits for deepwater exploration to be carried out here. Mr Brownlee never questioned Petrobras’ environmental record – which happens to…