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The dairy farmer’s daughter who locked herself inside an irrigation pipe to protest dairy intensification
I'm inside a pipe on the Canterbury Plains with Olga from Greenpeace. We each have an arm secured into a tube inside a two and a half metre irrigation pipe. We're in a ditch between the Rakaia and Waimakariri Rivers. Our pipe is one of many being laid right now across the Canterbury Plains for…
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9 ways to reduce your plastic use
We’ve all seen the headlines about the huge environmental problems caused by single-use plastics. Governments and corporations have a responsibility to take action – but what can we do to cut down our personal plastic footprints? Here’s our 9 top tips: 1. Carry a reusable bottle Carrying a reusable bottle is a great way to…
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How does plastic get into the ocean?
We know our oceans and coastlines are choking on plastic. We’ve all seen plastic bottles, food wrappers and plastic bags polluting beaches, and been horrified by the stories of marine creatures like seabirds and whales starving when their stomachs become packed full of plastic.
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Cabbages and kings
Frogs will rain from the sky, a blight will cross the land, and white walkers will travel south of the wall. All this will come to pass. Oh and cabbages might cost more.
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Greenpeace tells farming leadership- show us the substance
Greenpeace is welcoming the farming leadership’s acknowledgement that the problem with our waterways is greater than previously admitted.
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With love from the Arctic
Greenpeace kayakers have stopped an oil rig drilling in the Norwegian Arctic. I know, because I’m there right now. My name is Lizzie. I’m a web developer from New Zealand, and I’m here on the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise with people from all over the world to take action against new arctic oil drilling.
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Greenpeace activists stop Statoil rig drilling in the Arctic
A New Zealander is among a group of activists who have halted a Statoil rig drilling in the Arctic.
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Microbead policy a “good start” – Greenpeace urges Government to ban the bags.
Greenpeace is welcoming the Government’s latest announcement on microbeads as a good start.
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Super Fund’s $950m fossil fuel divestment an “aha” moment for NZ economy
Greenpeace is calling the New Zealand Superannuation Fund’s just-announced $950 million divestment from big polluters an “aha” moment for the country’s economy.
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Big Irrigation’s “death-grip” costs farmers more than water charge would: Greenpeace
“Farming leadership and politicians are scaremongering by using false facts on water pricing proposals in their latest effort to keep the dairy industry free of accountability for polluted rivers,” says Greenpeace’s Senior Campaign Advisor Steve Abel.