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Eight hours in: Greenpeace activists continue blocking Talley’s bottom trawler
Greenpeace activists on raft have now been blocking a Talley’s bottom trawling ship from leaving Port Nelson for eight hours, and are preparing to stay there overnight in opposition to…
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Greenpeace rafters block Talley’s bottom trawler in Nelson
Sitting on a 6-metre raft displaying a “Stop Bottom Trawling Seamounts” banner, Greenpeace activists have this morning blocked a Talley’s bottom trawling vessel to disrupt its departure from Port Nelson.
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Climate Commission misses the dairy with Emissions Trading Scheme advice
Greenpeace says that the Climate Change Commission’s advice to the Government on the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) misses the mark because it continues to exempt New Zealand’s biggest climate polluter - agriculture.
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“Don’t get trapped”: One worker’s warning about what really happens in the fishing industry
A fisher shares his story of forced labour on the high seas and how he’s taking action to help protect the rights of migrant workers in the fishing industry.
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Beyond GDP: Alternatives to capitalism already exist
Over the past two years, the world has faced ever-increasing climate and environmental catastrophes against the backdrop of the worst pandemic in a century. Movements for justice have marked this…
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That work that rekindles the sparkle in our eyes
I recently returned from a 21-day trip lived intensely in the Amazon rainforest that, even at this distressing moment in Brazil, managed to bring back a gleam in my eyes that had faded.
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International Seabed Authority rushes to open deep seas to mining
Greenpeace is this week urging the International Seabed Authority to halt plans that would allow destructive deep sea mining to begin
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Global heatwaves are industry-driven climate chaos
Unprecedented danger will be the new normal if we don’t take urgent action to stop industry-driven climate change. But we can take lessons from the global action and local empathy in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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VIDEO: The Lonely Shark, with music by Thom Yorke
A short animated film about two sharks with a sad ending.
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We have international laws to stop plastic pollution from fishing vessels, so why are they not being enforced?
Ocean plastic pollution was a focus at the recent UN oceans conference, which issued a declaration in support of an earlier decision by the UN Environment Assembly to start negotiations…