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Six key problems with plastic pollution
This is your fair warning – the following information is all bad news. I, for one find it overwhelming if I’m not also keeping in mind all the ways we…
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Brazil is on Fire
Due to a dangerous combination caused by industrial activity, Brazil is witnessing a sharp increase in the number of fire outbreaks across most of its territory.
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Healthier, happier, fairer: new research shows major life benefits from decarbonising transport
With walking and cycling funding halved in the government’s recently released National Land Transport Programme, and a weaker transport emissions reduction plan, the potential health benefits of a low-carbon transport…
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‘Dolphin friendly’ fish often just greenwashing, new research shows
Many seafood products sold in New Zealand make environmental claims, but our new research shows most of them are too ambiguous and may serve as greenwashing.
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Rena ghost birds remind of oil exploration peril
That kororā was one of many - an estimated 20,000 birds were killed by the oil spill - but it and a came to symbolise the desperate plight that all faced as the oil washed ashore and through their habitat.
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Plastic pollution’s devastating impact on wildlife
Plastic pollution has emerged as one of the most devastating environmental issues of our time and the impact on wildlife is deeply concerning.
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The Luxon Government’s transport plan steers NZ back to a car-dependent past
The government’s new National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) could easily have been renamed the “highway funding project”, given its intense focus on road building.
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Without sanctions, requiring companies disclose environmental and social impacts has limited effect
As of last year, New Zealand’s largest companies and financial institutions have been required to disclose their climate-related risks and opportunities in their annual reports and regulatory filings.
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Ocean heat is changing marine food webs – with far-reaching consequences for NZ fisheries and sea life
Unless we act to cut emissions, shifts in microalgal composition are projected to get worse as ocean temperatures continue to rise, globally and regionally in the waters off Aotearoa.