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Greenpeace activists board Shell oil rigs in protest against plans to leave behind oil in the North Sea15 October 2019Scotland, UK – Greenpeace activists from the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark boarded two oil platforms in Shell’s Brent field today in a peaceful protest against plans by the company to leave...
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EPA faces pressure to make oil drill application public3 October 2019Pressure is mounting for the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to hold a public hearing into Austrian oil giant OMV’s application to carry out high risk oil drilling in the Great…
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Orange roughy catch increase ‘rejection of latest ocean science’27 September 2019Greenpeace is calling the Government’s announcement to increase the Total Allowable Commercial Catch (TACC) of orange roughy an "insult" to the 30,000 New Zealanders who called for a ban on…
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Climate fight ‘unwinnable’ unless we protect oceans25 September 2019The launch of a new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) today highlights the urgent need for governments to protect the world’s oceans to win the fight…
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Bottle refund scheme “breakthrough for plastic crisis”25 September 2019Greenpeace and The Kiwi Bottle Drive have today heralded the Government’s announcement to introduce a bottle refund scheme as a “breakthrough moment for plastic waste in New Zealand.”
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Controversial seabed mining case in Court of Appeal this week23 September 2019Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM) and Greenpeace are in the Court of Appeal in Wellington this week, defending last year’s High Court ruling that quashed Trans-Tasman Resources’ (TTR) consent to…
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The world is watching — leaders must come to UN Climate Summit with real plans, or be held accountable22 September 2019New York, United States — Greenpeace is calling on leaders to deliver concrete ambitious climate plans at the UN Secretary General’s Climate Action Summit in New York on Monday. It…
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200 environmental and human rights leaders pledge to tackle climate emergency together22 September 2019NEW YORK – In an unprecedented move, more than 200 representatives of Indigenous Peoples, workers, academia, environmental and human rights groups adopted a landmark declaration [1] calling on governments and…
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Major IPCC report: ‘The climate crisis is an oceans crisis’20 September 2019"Unless we accelerate efforts to curb carbon emissions and take greater steps to protect our oceans, there will be devastating human, environmental and economic consequences.”
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NZIER says no economic threat from new freshwater rules17 September 2019New Zealand’s new fresh water regulation rules will have no major impacts on the national economy, according to an independent report just out. The report by independent economic consultancy New…