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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 1d

The Luxon government's power plan will do nothing for hard-pressed households and businesses struggling with ever-higher power prices.
#ClimateCrisis #SolariseNZ
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Why the government's power plan is likely to result in dirtier, more expensive power

Anaylsis: If you were looking for a government solution to soaring electricity bills, you won't have found it in last week's announcement.

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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 2d

The electricity market is a rort. Consumers pay, gentailers profit, and the Government collects.
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Current affairs: why no-one is fixing the energy market rort draining Kiwis

OPINION: Successive governments promised competition would deliver cheaper power, groceries and banking. Instead, New Zealand has ended up with cosy oligopolies that gouge consumers.

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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 6d

PRESS RELEASE:
A modified Fonterra farm sign was installed outside Canterbury’s first complete dairy conversion this morning. No new dairy expansion in a nitrate emergency.
#nzpol #TooManyCows #UnderOneNitrate

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‘Nitrate emergency starts here’: Greenpeace pins blame on Canterbury dairy conversions

‘The Nitrate Emergency: it starts here.’ That’s what a freshly-installed Fonterra farm sign said outside Canterbury’s first complete dairy conversion this morning. Greenpeace installed the modified…

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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 7d

Sign the petition: greenpeace.nz/5ozub9

PETITION: Clean drinking water now

Call on Environment Canterbury to commit to protecting rivers and drinking water.

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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 7d

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The Press

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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 7d

There must be NO dairy expansion in a nitrate emergency.

More than 100,000 New Zealanders could be exposed to harmful levels of nitrate. This article reports that Canterbury is the worst.

We’re calling on Environment Canterbury to end dairy expansion NOW.

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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 8d

PRESS RELEASE: Luxon's Trump-like energy policy heads down a fossil fuel dead end www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol

Luxon's Trump-like energy policy heads down a fossil fuel dead end - Greenpeace Aotearoa

The latest energy policy initiatives announced by the Luxon Government are a desperate attempt to revive fossil fuels.

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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 9d

Families are cutting back on heating, small businesses are struggling to pay their bills, and manufacturers are shutting their doors – while the Prime Minister plays political games.
#nzpol ##ClimateCrisis #SolariseNZ
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Luxon’s gas letter is a political stunt to hide his own Government's failures

Families are cutting back on heating, small businesses are struggling to pay their bills, and manufacturers are shutting their doors – while the Prime Minister plays political games.

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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 9d

PRESS RELEASE: International organisations condemn ‘no additional warming’ approach as NZ methane target decision looms www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol

International organisations condemn ‘no additional warming’ approach as NZ methane target decision looms - Greenpeace Aotearoa

Nearly 100 organisations have launched an open letter to governments calling for binding targets to cut industrial agricultural emissions.

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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 10d

18,000 more dairy cows in Canterbury? No thanks! There should be no new dairy expansion in a nitrate emergency.

We're calling on Environment Canterbury to end dairy expansion - sign the petition!

greenpeace.nz/5ozub9
#nzpol

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Amanda Larsson @amandalarsson.bsky.social · 10d

The only thing trickling down from the dairy industry to NZ's rural communities is #nitrate contamination and E. coli.

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Know Your Nitrate Contamination Map

This interactive map shows nitrate contamination of drinking water across NZ. Zoom in or Search for your property.

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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 10d

PRESS RELEASE:
Greenpeace is calling on prospective investors “not to bankroll ocean destruction” by investing in wannabe seabed mining company, Manuka Resources, as they list on the NZ stock exchange today.
#nzpol #BanSeabedMining #Oceans
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Greenpeace calls for investors to boycott wannabe seabed miner as they list on NZ stock exchange

Greenpeace is calling on prospective investors “not to bankroll ocean destruction” by investing in wannabe seabed mining company, Manuka Resources, as they list on the NZ stock exchange today.

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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 13d

PRESS RELEASE:
Four ocean advocates sentenced in court, after locking down the Wellington HQ of the mining industry lobbying firm Straterra (now the New Zealand Minerals Council) in September 2024.
#nzpol #BanSeabedMining #Oceans
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Greenpeace activists convicted and discharged over seabed mining action

Four ocean advocates sentenced in court after locking down the Wellington HQ of the mining industry lobbying firm Straterra in September 2024.

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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 14d

PRESS RELEASE: Luxon Government joins Trump's Climate Stupidity Club www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...

Luxon Government joins Trump's Climate Stupidity Club - Greenpeace Aotearoa

Greenpeace says the Luxon Government is joining Trump's Climate Stupidity Club by opening up New Zealand for oil and gas exploration today.

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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 14d

PRESS RELEASE - $26b in dirty money: Fonterra cashes in after contaminating drinking water www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol

$26b in dirty money: Fonterra cashes in after contaminating drinking water - Greenpeace Aotearoa

Dirty money: that’s what Greenpeace is calling the $26 billion in revenue brought in by dairy giant Fonterra over the last financial year.

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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 14d

Turns out when dairy cows piss all that nitrate into your drinking water, Miles gets rich. In fact, he earns around $2,800 an hour / $5.9 million a year.

Sign the petition to stop polluters getting paid - greenpeace.nz/2jgd8x

PETITION: Stop the RMA reform corporate power grab

Call on Chris Bishop to stop the corporate power grab in his RMA reforms: no to companies suing govts for protecting nature, no to erasing Te Tiriti, no to putting profits and property before people…

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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 14d

What would Miles Hurrell, CEO of Fonterra, call the nitrate emergency?

A business model.

Watch Miles Hurrell explain how the Luxon Government’s new proposed law is about to help him and other polluters cash in by trashing the environment, even more. #nzpol

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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 15d

Canterbury is the 1st place in the Pacific - and the 2nd in the world - to declare a nitrate emergency over drinking water contamination. But what is a nitrate emergency?

Watch this video, then sign our petition for clean drinking water now! greenpeace.nz/5ozub9

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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 15d

We're bringing our documentary Something in the Water to Auckland on October 9th! Join us at 11 Akiraho Street, Mt Eden at 6pm for a free viewing of this story of New Zealanders fighting to defend fresh water.

community.greenpeace.org.nz/events/freshwater-documentary-screening-and-q-a-auckland

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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 15d

A new report says Trans-Tasman Resources' seabed mining application contains "outdated information, internal inconsistencies and unproven technology".
#BanSeabedMining #Oceans
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Fast-track expert finds ‘substantial uncertainty’ at heart of seabed mine

A commissioned report found unproven methods, scrambled citations and a reliance on decades-old data in fast-track application

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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 16d

In Canterbury? Check out our scorecard for the local elections highlighting which Environment Canterbury candidates have committed to protecting fresh water if elected!

It featured in yesterday's edition of the Press, or you can check it out on our website: www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto... #nzpol

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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 17d

Environment Canterbury has declared a nitrate emergency - but what does that mean for the region? Greenpeace freshwater campaigner @willappelbe.bsky.social explains 👇
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto... #nzpol #cleanwaternow

What is a nitrate emergency? And why is there one in Canterbury? - Greenpeace Aotearoa

Regional council Environment Canterbury has declared a Nitrate Emergency. But what does this mean for drinking water protections?

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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 17d

The historic Global Ocean Treaty will enter into force after it reached the milestone of 60 ratifications over the weekend. Here's what that means 👇 www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol

Historic Ocean Treaty to enter into force - Greenpeace Aotearoa

In a landmark moment for ocean protection, the Global Ocean Treaty has been ratified by 60 countries, meaning the agreement can enter into force.

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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 20d

New Zealand's fresh water is in crisis, but instead of fixing the problem, the Luxon Government is rolling back freshwater protections.

Take action and call on the Government to leave the freshwater protections alone: greenpeace.nz/ahtaez #nzpol #toomanycows

PETITION: Hands off freshwater protections

Call on Luxon to keep his hands off freshwater protections

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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 20d

Environment Canterbury has declared a nitrate emergency over drinking water pollution worries. The intensive dairy industry has contaminated lakes, rivers, and drinking water with unsafe levels of nitrate - putting rural communities' health at risk.

Image credit: Sharon Murdoch / Stuff
#nzpol

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