Fossil fuel industry sees the future in hard-to-recycle plastic
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand
Lasse Olofsson/ShutterstockDeirdre McKay, Keele University
Plastic pollution and the climate crisis are two inseparable parts of the same problem, though they aren’t...
A rare natural phenomenon brings severe drought to Australia. Climate change is making it...
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand
ShutterstockNicky Wright, Australian National University; Bethany Ellis, Australian National University, and Nerilie Abram, Australian National University
Weather-wise, 2019 was a crazy way...
Hotspot Watch 11 March 2020
Source: NIWA – National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to...
Review panel appointed as Overseer improvements continue
Source: Ministry for the Environment
Media release from Ministry for Primary Industries and Ministry for the Environment
Eight independent experts have been appointed to lead a...
We’re Recycling Wastewater for Trees and Fields
Source: Whangarei District Council
This page contains a news story about a new approach to tree and field maintenance during the 2020 Drought.
Updated: 10/03/2020 10:41...
Get funding for your Zero Waste idea
Source: Auckland Council
Grants of up to $5000 are available from Auckland Council for innovative ideas on how to reduce waste. The Waste Minimisation and...
Five women activists tell us what climate justice means to them
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Climate change is a challenge that burdens us all, but not equally. Women and girls are among those affected disproportionately, especially...
Water Saving means Working Together
Source: Whangarei District Council
This page contains an update on water conservation efforts and what we are doing to save water across the District.
Updated: 9/03/2020...
Hotspot Watch 5 March 2020
Source: NIWA – National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to...
Poorest Children Paying the Price of the Climate Crisis
Source: Save The Children
The Climate Crisis is pushing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) out of reach – with the poorest children already worst affected. We...
Council’s bold city centre vision gets the big tick
Source: Auckland Council
Auckland’s innovative vision for its city centre – a more liveable, green and people friendly future – is here with today’s adoption...
Petroleum Sector – Offshore rig protest was dumb and dangerous
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: PEPANZ
The protest action against the COSL Prospector was dumb and dangerous, says the Petroleum Exploration and Production Association of New Zealand (PEPANZ).
“It...
