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The parallel Climate Wars in Australia and New Zealand
We live in the era of the Climate Wars. On one side are the big polluting industries – oil, coal, gas, meat and dairy – fighting tooth and nail to…
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Historic UN Ocean Treaty agreed
A historic UN Ocean Treaty has finally been agreed at the United Nations after almost two decades of negotiations.
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How we stopped the Biofuels Obligation | Guest post
Jake Roos, from the Don’t Burn Our Future campaign, describes how they helped change Government policy with people power.
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OMV exit gives Luxon chance to abandon oil exploration policy
On the eve of the global climate strike, New Zealand’s biggest oil and gas producer - Austrian OMV - has announced that it is looking to sell its New Zealand assets.
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Pulling the rug from under citizens advice | Guest post
Auckland Council's budget review is currently threatening the survival of the Auckland Citizens Advice Bureau.
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The ten billion dollar lie at the heart of the New Zealand Government’s climate policy
The New Zealand Government has made a big promise on the international stage to cut New Zealand's emissions by a 147 million tonnes over the decade of the 2020s. But the truth is that
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Murder in the Pacific: the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior and what happened next
A new BBC documentary ‘Murder in the Pacific’ recounts the 1985 bombing of Greenpeace’s ship, the Rainbow Warrior.
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The new climate denial: adaptation over mitigation
The night Cyclone Gabrielle hit my coastal village of Piha was, frankly, terrifying, as it was for so many around the motu. I measured more than 400mm in my back…
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Where’s the agriculture emissions plan?
As the country struggles to recover from climate-fuelled weather events like Cyclone Gabrielle, the Government has yet to come up with an effective plan to cut emissions from Aotearoa’s biggest…
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Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-2) to discuss Global Plastics Treaty
The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-2) for the Global Plastics Treaty is taking place in May of this year. This is the second session of negotiations towards establishing a Global Plastics Treaty.