All articles by Amanda Larsson
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Covid and hope: Is this the turning point we’ve been waiting for?
“Have you lost hope?” That's what a journalist asked me recently. It gave me pause. You know - they said - the whole idea of Covid creating an opportunity for humanity to reinvent itself. Fixing the problems besetting us - the ones that we've been ignoring. Climate change, ecological collapse. All that stuff.
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Covid taught us that to protect nature, is to protect ourselves
The New Zealand Government’s health-first approach to collective wellbeing in the face of Covid-19 is commendable. They need to follow that logic through to the coming economic rebuild and beyond.
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Bringing the lessons of Covid-19 to bear on New Zealand’s 2020 Election
The Covid-19 pandemic taught us many lessons. Perhaps the most important was how connected everything is. When an impulsive choice to go out to see friends during lockdown might mean…
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Greenpeace welcomes Green Party plan to boost solar and end coal/gas
Greenpeace is applauding the Green Party on their energy policy announcement today but seeks assurances that the Greens will make phasing out fossil fuels and investing in distributed renewable energy…
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Why the Meridian Energy hydro dam spilling scandal shows it’s time to democratise our energy
Meridian Energy has been caught red-handed ripping off New Zealanders, for its own gain.
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What’s up with that Umuroa oil ship off Taranaki?
What’s going on here? Who owns the Umuroa? And, if it’s an oil spill risk, how has this been allowed to happen?
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OMV shafts itself: Drill pipe accident exposes oil exploration risks
OMV shafts itself: Drill pipe accident exposes oil exploration risks Wednesday, February 5: Reports that Austrian oil giant OMV has accidentally cut through its own drill shaft while exploring for oil…
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Imagine a world free from our unhealthy addiction to oil
What if, instead of dishing out billions to overseas oil companies while polluting the atmosphere we depend on to survive, we could run our cars on clean, homegrown energy made right here in New Zealand from our boundless supply of sunshine, wind and water?
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Wind could be the key to Taranaki’s just transition
A bright yellow colossus is floating idly off the coast of Taranaki. It’s 12 storeys tall and weighs 40,000 tonnes. And, for now, it’s just an eyesore. Malaysian oil company,…
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Making Oil History: Solar for Everyone
I’m writing to you from on board The Rainbow Warrior. Yesterday, we sailed into Auckland, crossing the beautiful Hauraki Gulf and past Rangitoto, before being welcomed with a pōwhiri from Ngāti Whātua on Princes Wharf.