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The Conversation
This long, uncharacteristically early heatwave has hit hundreds of millions of people in one of the world’s most densely populated and vulnerable regions.
Newsroom
As pressure on companies to act on climate change rises, their ambitious-sounding headline claims all too often lack real substance. Even companies that are doing relatively well exaggerate their actions.
Thousands of native plants will transform a large tract of land at Long Beach and restore native dune vegetation while improving visitor access to...
Newsroom
A major beverage producer is moving some products to 100 percent recycled plastic bottles - but critics say it doesn’t excuse its contribution to plastic production
Mother Jones
As habitats converge, experts predict thousands of viral leaps among species.
the Guardian
Spots like Milford Sound that once ‘heaved’ with visitors recovered their tranquillity during lockdown – and ministers hope to keep it that way
The Conversation
Tropical forests are one of humanity’s best hopes for slowing climate change.
Greenpeace Aotearoa
Greenpeace says the Government’s updated intensive winter grazing rules cave in to intensive dairy and are a missed opportunity to improve environmental management and animal welfare. Greenpeace Aotearoa…
The Conversation
When groundwater comes to the surface, sunlight and air convert organic molecules to greenhouse gases. That’s going to be a problem as we will need this water more as the world warms.
Newsroom
Restoring natural ecosystems and tearing down our concrete flood barriers could counterintuitively improve our flood resilience.
RNZ
Alison Ballance joins the kākāpō recovery team on Pukenui Anchor Island to hear how the 2021/2022 kākāpō breeding season is going.
Asia Times
HONG KONG – Entrepreneurs and investors see a game-changer in the China State Council’s new program for a unified national energy market and just released five-year plan for technological innovati…
The Conversation
How can we, personally, prepare for a future with not only more frequent natural disasters, but one that will also profoundly change the environment, communities and the economy?
Greenpeace Aotearoa
Biodiversity, or “biological diversity”, is a term used to describe the enormous variety of life on our planet. Biodiversity is crucial to life on our planet, where all life forms…
Grist
Citibank, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Goldman Sachs will face climate resolutions from shareholders this week.
AP NEWS
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — As climate change bakes the planet, dozens of nations and many local governments are putting a price tag on greenhouse gas emissions that are increasing flooding, droughts and other costly catastrophes .
Newsroom
Jacinda Ardern's choice of Singapore as a climate partner is poor: Its interim climate goals are deemed 'critically insufficient' and it relies on gas to power its homes and industry.
RNZ
For those in many parts of the South Island, it's been a long time since they could recycle soft plastic waste.
AP NEWS
With climate change, plastic pollution and a potential sixth mass extinction, humanity has made some incredible messes in the world. But when people, political factions and nations have pulled together, they have also cleaned up some of those human-caused environmental problems, including healing the ozone hole , clearing perpetually smoggy air and saving many species from the brink of extinction.
The broadcaster is recognised for his devotion to telling stories about the natural world.
Stuff
Fonterra have been silent on the He Waka Eka Noa process since 2019, but the CEO now says it supports it.
Newsroom
An environmental criminologist tapes off Transmission Gully as a crime scene. @ddub_news reports
Stuff
Some of New Zealand's conservation laws are nearly a century old. Here's why fixing them is going to create a storm.
Suggestions emissions could rise for another three years without dangerous warming are wrong, scientists say.
RNZ
At the closing of the Our Ocean conference in Palau the co-hosts announced that 410 commitments were made by various, countries, civil society, and industry valued at $US16.35 billion.
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