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10 Reasons to ditch coal at Huntly
New Zealand’s last remaining coal fired power station, Huntly, was due to be shut in 2018. But after colluding with other power companies in closed-door meetings, Huntly’s owner, Genesis Energy, is reconsidering those plans. We say that’s a well bad idea: Genesis must get rid of this coal-belching dinosaur and #ShutHuntlyCoal. Update: Genesis has announced…
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Palm oil: who’s still trashing forests?
How ‘clean’ is the palm oil used by major brands around the world? Today, we’re releasing the results of our investigation into which companies are keeping promises to stop deforestation in Indonesia for palm oil. Take a look now to see who’s keeping up - and who’s lagging way behind.
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Peaceful civil disobedience for #RealClimateAction
Join us on Monday 21 March for a non-violent peaceful act of civil disobedience at SkyCity Convention Centre, co-ordinated by Greenpeace in the tradition of Te Whiti and Tohu, and Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr.
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New Zealand, not John Keyland
The fact that TPPA protestors managed to bring Auckland’s entire CBD to a standstill yesterday is a testament to just how powerful a tool people power is.
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Key gets ready to give away our ocean to oil drillers…again
In a breathtaking display of hypocrisy, John Key is preparing to dish out new oil exploration permits - mere days after returning from the Paris climate change conference.
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Why I chained myself to a Government oil exploration boat
This morning along with four others I boarded a Government oil exploration ship in Wellington, climbed a mast and locked myself on. I've never done anything like this before and to be honest, I was terrified. But as our climate is being pushed to its limits, we must all push our own limits to protect it.
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Is Fonterra’s industrial dairying fuelling Indonesia’s forest fires?
Thanks to Fonterra, New Zealand is implicated in the catastrophic forest fires currently raging across Indonesia. Fonterra currently imports a third of the world’s palm kernel expeller (PKE) to feed its industrial dairying herds, with figures reaching record highs this year.
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Greenpeace and the Sisiutl: Cultural Appropriation and Reconciliation
How the Sisiutl symbol came to be part of Greenpeace’s identity is both an important part of our origins and a troubling story of cultural appropriation. Now, we're taking a closer look at our history.
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5 reasons not to drill for deep sea oil in NZ
Our ocean is too precious to destroy. The tragic Rena spill off the coast of Tauranga was just a drop in a bucket of what could happen to our coastlines.With our Maui’s dolphins at the brink of extinction and the thousands of marine animals that call New Zealand home, our pristine ocean is too beautiful…
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Living on the brink: What happens if all the sharks die?
Paul Hilton has watched countless sharks have the fins sliced from their bodies, some of them still alive and left to suffer an excruciating death.