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Kiwi Businesses Responsible for Greenhouse Emissions

January 26, 2023

The recent EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) report has again proven that New Zealand, while not the largest carbon emitter, continues to be problematic regarding methane production. The new fi...

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Brazil Attempts to Clean up the Amazon Rainforest

January 19, 2023

The Amazon rainforest is the world’s most incredible natural resource. It absorbs and stores billions of tons of carbon each year, making it one of the greatest air purifiers on the planet. It rele...

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How 3D Printed Meat Could Help Save the Planet

January 3, 2023

For all its negatives, including its environmental impact and animal cruelty, meat seems to have a taste that can’t be matched. A rich source of protein, vitamins and minerals, meat helps our muscl...

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Sharks Protected With Fin Trade Regulations

December 20, 2022

While for many, COP27 hasn’t stacked up reasonably as expected; another summit has seen more success with its initiative to regulate shark killings.  Sharks, particularly requiem sharks, are sort a...

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Fighting Oil on Oil: Protesting Climate Change With Soup

December 8, 2022

The attack on Van Gogh’s famous ‘Sunflowers’ in October this year is the latest in a series of art-related environmental incidents. The event began when two Stop Oil movement activists entered the ...

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Climate Change - The Results of COP27

November 21, 2022

COP27 has been a gruelling couple of weeks, with a mixed bag of real results and unresolved frustrations.  COP27 is the 27th Conference of the Parties for the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Conve...

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Climate Positive News - Fisheries Paid to Fish Plastic

November 3, 2022

Fisheries are often under the line of fire when it comes to environmental issues. Bottom trawling, in particular, leads to large numbers of marine bi-catch which get caught up in nets. The nets the...

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Chicken Linked With Environmental Disaster

October 31, 2022

Our environment is a delicately balanced ecosystem that relies on a multitude of moving parts, parts none of us fully understand. Remove one aspect, one creature, plant or nutrient, and the entire ...

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