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EU-Mercosur: the European Union’s dirty plastic secret
While world leaders are negotiating a Global Plastics Treaty to end the age of plastic, the European Union is trying to push through a free trade agreement with the Mercosur…
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Greenpeace ship crew saves Humpback Whale entangled in fishing gear
On October 21, the crew of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise rescued a humpback whale entangled in fishing gear. The rescue emphasizes the precarious situation that marine mammals face as…
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Why we should care about the Antarctic Ocean Commission CCAMLR
Do you know that at present less than 5% of the Southern Ocean is fully protected? It’s puzzling, especially when there exists a Commission that was established with the specific intent to protect Antarctic marine life.
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Climate lessons from six years of the New Zealand Government 2017-23
After six years we can definitively say that the Government’s failure to cut agribusiness climate pollution shows that seeking consensus with polluters does not work, but campaigning from the outside…
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Seven Antarctic facts that will fill you with fear
There’s something inherently eerie about the Antarctic. The hostile landscape harbours many oddities that highlight otherworldliness and deserve protection.
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Protecting Aotearoa’s water: The fight against nitrogen pollution
Everyone should be able to trust that the water from their tap is safe to drink. But synthetic nitrogen fertiliser - and the intensive dairying it enables - is causing alarmingly high levels of nitrate contamination in our drinking water, endangering people’s health.
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Neocolonialism in the Pacific: Fukushima radiation and deep sea mining
The Fukushima radioactive water discharge and the emergence of deep sea mining have raised new concerns about neocolonialism in the Pacific.
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Why Greenpeace is calling on governments to cut plastic production by at least 75% by 2040
The data is clear. Global plastic production doubled from 2000 to 2019, reaching 460 million tonnes (Mt) per year, and without action is anticipated to nearly triple by 2050.
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A new International Executive Director takes the Greenpeace helm
I first volunteered for Greenpeace in 1992. A young, frustrated and impatient activist, I was inspired by Greenpeace’s ability to speak truth to power. 1992 was also the year that…
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Airlines are being hit by anti-greenwashing litigation – here’s what makes them perfect targets
A wave of anti-“greenwashing” litigation is seeking to hold major players in the aviation industry to account for sensational claims of being sustainable, low-carbon or contributing to net zero.