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New Zealand government to reverse ban on offshore oil and gas exploration

The New Zealand government has announced plans to introduce legislation by the end of this year to reverse the existing ban on offshore oil and gas exploration. This move…Continue readingNew Zealand government to reverse ban on offshore oil and gas exploration

Millions more trees isn’t the climate fix New Zealand thought

The seeds of New Zealand’s recent forestry boom were planted in 2019, when the country’s emissions trading scheme required companies to use only domestic measures to compensate for CO2.…Continue readingMillions more trees isn’t the climate fix New Zealand thought

‘Like you’re in a horror movie’: pollution leaves New Zealand wetlands irreversibly damaged

Ecologists say some bodies of water may already have passed the tipping points from which they may never recover.Continue reading‘Like you’re in a horror movie’: pollution leaves New Zealand wetlands irreversibly damaged

Microplastics in Auckland’s air equal to 3 million plastic bottles a year

Continue readingMicroplastics in Auckland’s air equal to 3 million plastic bottles a year