Critical minerals for what — and at what cost?
Climate Justice Taranaki challenges the Government’s push for critical minerals mining, warning of environmental damage and broken Treaty obligations.
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Palestine solidarity rally greeted by Rainbow Warrior Gaza protest
Palestinian supporters and protesters against the 21 months of Israeli genocide in Gaza marched after a rally in downtown Auckland on Saturday across the Viaduct to the Greenpeace environmental flagship Rainbow Warrior — and met a display of solidarity.
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Plastic Pollution by Manufactured Consent
Supermarkets and retail outlets have moved an inch toward addressing the hundreds of millions of plastic bags usually in a one-way journey to the landfill, by phasing out single-use check out carry bags at various outlets.
But the pervasiveness of plastic in our lives and in the environment show both market failure, and government failure, to adequately deal with the forces of production creating pollution problems way bigger than free bags at the till.
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Primates, politics, the Princess and the PM
Despite the Prime Minister’s pregnancy, this government represents a modified status quo and change will be incremental and conservative (note the debate and votes on medicinal marijuana), and in many instances Labour will be more aligned with National than the Greens.
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Stuff should be ashamed of themselves for pimping corporate farming interests
This is nothing short of a character assassination and a reminder that Fairfax is there for corporate interests. The Dairy Industry has gone from being an abuser of our environment into being an abuser of science, we just can’t let these sanctimonious pricks get away with this.
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Rachel Stewart hits the climate change nail on the political head once again
We are entering a phase more dangerous and more damaging to us as a species than at any other time in our short history on this planet. Our exponential population growth coupled with mass inequality, desperation and a huge carbon foot print now out of control is a bleak reality we don’t wish to contend with because we are too busy enjoying the latest gadget, app, or selfie posting.
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It’s official – the Waimakariri River is unswimmable.
This sign is in a Christchurch City Council area close to the mouth of the river near a popular summer swimming spot.
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Has Environment Minister Nick Smith finally gone mad?
The latest joke statement from the Government is from Nick Smith who is desperately trying to find something to blame other than farming for water pollution.
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Gastro outbreak shows Ruataniwha must be scrapped – Greenpeace
Greenpeace is calling for the Ruataniwha dam project in Hawke’s Bay to be scrapped in light of the latest lead…
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MUST READ: TDB Investigation into what is happening in our water
On 7 September, 2008, John Key said that “…we should always measure a Government’s environmental rhetoric against its environmental record.”
Indeed we should.