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There is nothing at all that I’ve heard anywhere that persuades me for a moment that the Government falling over itself to grant licences for more than 400,000 square kilometres of the ocean off New Zealand’s coast makes any sense whatsoever. The waters are deep and hostile ... keep reading
Written by Vicki B last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Politics & Government (8 comments)
The Russian Coast Guard has boarded the Greenpeace International ship Arctic Sunrise and arrested the 25 activists on board, including two New Zealanders, following a protest against Gazprom’s Arctic oil drilling operations. The names of the arrested crew have not been released yet due to legal reasons. At the ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Climate Change, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business
Japan is shutting down its last functioning nuclear reactor, with no timetable for a restart. In the early hours of Monday Japan's last nuclear reactor,Reactor 4 at Ohi in western Japan will stop generating electricity . There is no scheduled restart.It is likely that there will not be ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Earthquake, Environmental Disasters, Nuclear
The National Government is rolling out the red carpet to oil companies who can now put in bids for the right to do risky exploratory deep sea drilling off New Zealand's coastline. We saw the economic and environmental damage that can be done with the Rena disaster and that ... keep reading
Written by Gareth Hughes, Green MP last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Pollution, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans
The New Zealand Government’s continued delays to protect Maui’s dolphin moves the species closer to extinction, says Greenpeace. The Government’s long overdue threat management plan for Maui’s dolphin was this afternoon re-opened for another round of public consultation, a year and a half after it first ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Sustainability
In the "no surprise here " department , the Australian Greens say the issue of climate change has been sidelined in the federal election campaign. remember the Kevin Rudd who , while in opposition, called climate change "the greatest moral, economic and social challenge of our time" and called for a cut to ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Climate Change, Environmental Disasters, Politics & Government
35 'polar bears' and activists gains access to Shell's Fredericia Refinery in Denmark for http://savethearctic.org - one of six Shell refineries in Europe -- to protest the company's plans to drill in the melting Arctic. The polar bears 'rebranded' the refinery with an altered version of the Shell ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in August, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Branding, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters
Agence France-Presse reports that TEPCO's handling of radioactive water at Fukushima has been like "whack-a-mole", according to a minister who visited the plant, and he is pledging Japan's government would step up its involvement at the site. 300 tonnes of highly radioactive toxic liquid has leaked from one ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in August, about Chemicals, Children and Families, Environmental Disasters, Health, Industry & Business
The following is an extract from an article in the Nation, by Madeleine Ostrander which looks at whether fracking was a necessary evil . She debunks four big myths - as below . Fracking may not decrease our reliance on coal globally. It just sends the coal somewhere else. Guardian editor and energy ... keep reading
Written by The Nation/Madeleine Ostrander in August, about Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Economics, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Health, Industry & Business, Water (1 comment)
According to a just released report from WWF, the NZ Super Fund has over $440 million invested in the fossil fuel industry. The NZ Super Fund exists to protect and invest for our future, so it doesn’t make sense for it to invest in companies who are fueling climate ... keep reading
Written by 350 Aotearoa in August, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, mining, Sustainability
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