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Ashburton nitrate contamination puts local communities at risk
Unacceptably high levels of nitrate contamination in drinking water in Ashburton and the surrounding area are putting residents’ health at risk, says Greenpeace Aotearoa.
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Hundreds turn out to oppose Hauraki Gulf bottom trawling
A flotilla of crafts surrounding a massive ‘ban bottom trawling’ banner has gathered just off Mission Bay in Auckland this morning in a show of mass opposition to bottom trawling…
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Deep sea mining and neocolonialism in the Pacific
The recent milestone of the Global Oceans Treaty, which aims to protect marine biodiversity and regulate human activities in the high seas, was a hard-won victory for the international community.…
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Testing finds Gore and Lumsden drinking water near nitrate reproductive risk levels
Free nitrate water testing undertaken by Greenpeace Aotearoa in Southland has found high contamination levels in the water supplies of Gore, Lumsden, and surrounding rural areas.
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National’s farm policy will make drinking water contamination and climate change worse
Greenpeace condemns the National Party’s new agriculture policy, saying that it will fail to address the climate crisis and health impacts caused by intensive dairying.
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A gentle reminder to ‘invest in our planet’
Every April, the world celebrates Earth Day with great enthusiasm. It has become such a huge event that even companies have latched on to promote and flex their sustainability efforts.…
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Tschüss, Atomkraft: the end of nuclear power in Germany
After decades of protests, the era of nuclear power in Germany has ended. Roland Hipp, Managing Director of Greenpeace Germany, looks back – and with joy into the future.
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Numbers building for event opposing bottom trawling in the Hauraki Gulf
A public event calling for an end to bottom trawling in the Hauraki Gulf will be held at 10am this Saturday 22nd, April at Auckland’s Mission Bay
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3 reasons the Willow Project Arctic oil drilling project was approved
The Willow Project lies within a vast, 23 million-acre area known as the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. A global movement to Stop Willow has sprung up involving TikTok campaigns, stop willow petitions and much more.
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Inside the fight against illegal mining in the Amazon
Deforestation and degraded forests. Polluted and poisoned rivers. Invasion of Indigenous Lands. Violence against Indigenous Peoples. Exposure to illness. Lost lives and endangered traditional ways of life.