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Greenpeace submission on renewable energy consultation
To the Energy Markets team at MBIE,
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2019 Greenpeace NZ Annual Impact Report
For Greenpeace New Zealand, 2019 was the year to deal with some unfinished business with the oil industry. We had achieved a historic win in 2018 with the government ban on issuing new oil and gas exploration permits (except onshore Taranaki). It was a long hard-fought campaign but, all of us together, we did it.
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Reusable Beverage Packaging and Refillable Beverage Delivery Systems in New Zealand: Discussion Document
Executive Summary The New Zealand Government is considering ways to reduce the waste associated with beverages, including designing a container return scheme for beverage containers and contemplating mandatory product stewardship…
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Ghost Gear: The Abandoned Fishing Nets Haunting Our Oceans
An estimated 640,000 tonnes of abandoned or lost fishing equipment, or ‘ghost gear’, enter the ocean every year, equivalent in weight to more than 50 thousand double-decker buses.
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The Wild West Atlantic
In the south-west Atlantic, along the Patagonian shelf, an area of international waters known as the Blue Hole is home to unique ecosystems and iconic species, such as the southern right whale and the elephant seal many of which have a fragile conservation status.
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False Solutions Report: Throwing Away The Future
How companies still have it wrong on plastic pollution 'solutions'.
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Greenpeace Submission on the Hector’s and Māui Dolphin Threat Management Plan 2019
Our native dolphins can flourish in our waters once again. We have an opportunity to turn the tide on the global biodiversity crisis and show what true guardianship and protection…
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Greenpeace submission on the Action on Agriculture proposal
Agriculture, in particular intensive dairying, is one of New Zealand‟s largest environmental problems causing freshwater pollution, biodiversity loss, soil degradation and of course, climate change. However, if done differently, agriculture…
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Deep water: the emerging threat of deep sea mining
Our new report, In Deep Water: The Emerging Threat Of Deep Sea Mining, takes a look at a new direction in ocean exploitation. The oceans are facing more threats now…
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2018 Greenpeace NZ Annual Impact Report
The year 2018 was a stand-out year for Greenpeace in Aotearoa and all those who dream of a world full of life in all its diversity. After seven years of…