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What is Straterra?
Straterra is a group that represents the mining industry in New Zealand. Its members include mining companies and well-known organisations such as Deloitte and Beca. Straterra runs campaigns to persuade the public about mining and tries to influence the government to help miners. Straterra lobbies on behalf of wannabe seabed miners Trans-Tasman Resources.
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Guardians of the Ocean: the Pacific Islanders fighting Deep Sea Mining
Luckily for the world, there are people who’ve long known what deep sea mining puts at stake and have been fighting against it from all over the Pacific. To chart…
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How Greenpeace got SLAPPed by Big Oil for over $300,000,000
Are you a climate activist? A citizen concerned for the environment? If so, this guide to SLAPP cases might be just for you!
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Trans-Tasman Resources’ seabed mining project is a bad idea that refuses to go away
Seabed mining is a terrible idea for ocean ecosystems. Trans-Tasman Resources’ proposal to carry out seabed mining in the South Taranaki Bight has been presented, debated and then rejected every…
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Extreme weather has already cost vulnerable island nations $141 billion
That’s about $2,000 per person. Two years ago, when the curtain fell on the COP27 summit in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, developing nations on the frontline of climate change had something meaningful to celebrate.
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Deep sea mining not the key to Epeli Hau’ofa’s dream of Pacific excellence
There’s a fight for the future happening in the Pacific Ocean. It’s a critical battle over deep sea mining. The fate of my parents’ homeland, Samoa, and the broader Pacific…
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Here’s why Greenpeace will join the Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti
We all have a responsibility to defend Te Tiriti and protecting Te Tiriti is also entwined with the Greenpeace mission to protect nature and peace. That’s why we’ll be attending and supporting the nationwide hīkoi next week to protest the Treaty Principles Bill.
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Resist and persist
The following message was sent to all Greenpeace staff around the world in response to Donald Trump being named president-elect of the United States. In this trying moment, we also…
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Weakening or collapse of a major Atlantic current called AMOC has disrupted NZ’s climate in the past – and could do so again
New research shows past changes in AMOC have had significant impact on temperatures in New Zealand and across the southern hemisphere. These results imply that future collapse of AMOC may accelerate ongoing warming trends.
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NZ must step up to protect its own oceans to match international commitments
New Zealand and other Commonwealth nations wrapped up their global meeting in Samoa last week with a declaration to protect the ocean in the face of severe climate change, pollution…