Rhiannon Mackie
@rhiannonm.bsky.social
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The longer you work in policy-adjacent spaces, the more outraged you get when anyone suggests that individual (or even industrial) conservation measures can move the needle on water use, especially in the West. It's cows. It's all cows. (And the alfalfa that feeds them).
Opinion Editor @ Bluesky@dly.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe Washington Post thinks you flush your toilet too often 🫵
Our global food system is dangerously addicted to chemical fertilisers, which are essentially repackaged fossil fuels. Here’s why food bills could be about to soar: www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto... #ClimateSky #Agriculture #FoodSecurity
War on Iran, fertiliser, and the soaring price of your supermarket bill - Greenpeace Aotearoa
The war on Iran hasn’t just caused a shipping delay. It has exposed how our global food systems are vulnerable - dependent on synthetic fertilisers.
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The UK Govt has raised concerns over New Zealand's climate action rollbacks, following the weakening of our methane target last year. This could have major implications for our trade agreements dependent on climate ambition. #nzpol #climate www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Explain your climate policies to us, UK ministers asked NZ counterparts
New Zealand’s trade minister initially downplayed global interest in New Zealand’s new climate policies.
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Being involved in the youth climate movement changed my life and taught me to fight like hell for a better world. I co-wrote a chapter on #climate education and youth activism in NZ for Routledge - but movement knowledge shouldn't stay behind paywalls. My DMs are open to anyone who wants more info!
Routledge Handbook of Young People’s Environmental Activism
This Handbook addresses the new watershed moment in youth environmental activism: the collision of the historic and globally prominent youth-centred movements on the one hand, with established, consol...
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Please report on the arrest of Don Lemon and on the arrest of Georgia Fort. Those who are only reporting on the arrest of Don Lemon are not only missing the full story story, they are also adding profoundly to the risks and undermining the safety of independent women journalists everywhere.
Citizen journalists are Minneapolis’s unsung heroes. Without their videos of ICE shootings, we wouldn’t know what's really going on. Read more in the latest edition of #ClimateBeat:
Citizen Journalists Are Minneapolis’s Unsung Heroes — Covering Climate Now
On Sunday afternoon, CNN anchor Jake Tapper was interviewing US representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hours after Border Patrol agents killed Alex Pretti. Suddenly, CNN cut away to live coverage of ...
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Statement from the National Association of Black Journalists on the arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort. nabjonline.org/blog/nabjout...
NABJ OUTRAGED AT ARRESTS OF DON LEMON, GEORGIA FORT ‘THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS NOT OPTIONAL’
The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is outraged and deeply alarmed by the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort by federal agents, and […]
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Today, 144 years ago, 1600 Crown troops invaded a pacifist settlement that was the centre of resistance against British colonialism. The leaders were arrested, the settlement sacked, the people violated. For many in Aotearoa, November 5th is Parihaka Day, or Te Rā o te Pāhua: The Day of Plunder.
This is not a reason to give up, it's a reason to double our efforts to end the fossil fuel era before it ends us. #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
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The NZ Govt has admitted that new methane targets do not align with goals to keep global warming below 1.5C - a limit set in place to prevent catastrophic climate change. The move breaches both international law and free trade agreements with the EU and the UK. newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/15/c... #nzpol
Climate minister admits new target may breach global 1.5C goal
Climate Minister Simon Watts admitted the Government's new methane target may not be consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C.
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I thought I’d have a go at answering the question: what’s the flow on effect on emissions budgets from the methane cuts? The answer was worse than I had anticipated www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Scientists fear weaker methane target signals wider retreat from climate action
After cutting methane targets, New Zealand has a choice: shoulder the burden at huge cost - or cause more warming to the planet.
rnz.co.nz
PRESS RELEASE: Luxon “goes full Trump” with climate-denying methane backdown www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol #climate
Luxon “goes full Trump” with climate-denying methane backdown - Greenpeace Aotearoa
The NZ Government will rewrite NZ's once bipartisan climate change law to weaken methane targets and exclude agriculture from the ETS.
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Excellent reporting from Heated and Atmos. It looks like some of the biggest investors in the anti-trans movement are fossil fuel billionaires who are trying to use trans issues to ensure that Republicans pass policies favorable to their industry. heated.world/p/fossil-fue...
Fossil fuel billionaires are bankrolling the anti-trans movement
An investigation shared exclusively with Atmos and HEATED finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding.
heated.world
Official UN finding: #Israel has committed #genocide in the #Gaza Strip www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, UN Commission finds
GENEVA – Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, a...
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Simon Watts is pre-emptively turning the blame for lack of climate action onto Fonterra and the dairy industry, ahead of announcing a new agricultural methane target that is widely expected to be *weaker* than the existing one. newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/10/c...
Climate minister calls out dairy industry
Simon Watts is pre-emptively turning the blame for lack of climate action onto Fonterra and the dairy industry, ahead of announcing a new methane target.
newsroom.co.nz
Unless it's literally your job, you never need to watch videos of people being killed. It harms you and doesn't help them.
Drew Harwell@drewharwell.com · 11mo agoBy the way, you don't have to watch murder videos, and there is a real cost to all the "brutal voyeurism" the internet inflicts on us, as I wrote (and talked with @henryhenryhenry.com about) in 2023. drewharwell.com/stories/what...
Unbox the materials for our Vote Clean Drinking Water campaign with us! We're calling on all Environment Canterbury election candidates to defend fresh water - and we need your help! To order flyers, posters, stickers, and fence signs, head to our website 👉 greenpeace.nz/votewater #cleanwater
Our new journal paper has hit the front pages and got wide coverage on the airwaves this morning. The paper critically assesses “temperature neutrality” as a basis for Ireland’s long-term climate target. We find it amounts to backsliding on climate ambition and locks in food system unfairness.
The climate advice they didn't want you to see. [finally, six days before I finish up, I get to use that headline formula 😅] www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Officials warn of damage to diplomatic relations in secret climate change memo
Officials raise concerns on government's climate change stance in mistakenly released advice.
rnz.co.nz
PRESS RELEASE: ECAN study confirms Canterbury nitrate issue escalating www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol #water
Environment Canterbury study shows nitrate pollution worsening - Greenpeace Aotearoa
Greenpeace Aotearoa is calling on Environment Canterbury (ECan) to put an end to dairy expansion on the plains to protect drinking water.
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Meat and dairy companies are cooking the climate - but now, the Government has let them off the hook for reporting their emissions 🤦 These climate polluters can try to hide the numbers, but they can't hide the consequences of their climate emissions. Take action now: greenpeace.nz/b95joo #nzpol
Agricultural companies never had to pay for their methane emissions in NZ, but they used to be required to report the totals to the EPA. No longer. For some companies, it was the only way to get even a crude estimate. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Three of New Zealand's biggest emitters no longer have to reveal their climate impact
It comes after the government ended compulsory reporting for the farming sector.
rnz.co.nz
PRESS RELEASE: Academics warn Luxon’s approach to climate targets risks worsening global hunger www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol #climate
Academics warn Luxon’s approach to climate targets risks worsening global hunger - Greenpeace Aotearoa
Academics warn 'no additional warming' approach to climate targets will worsen global hunger and cause catastrophic climate change.
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As if cutting funding for kids' lunches and worsening the cost of living so you've got to pay $12 for a block of butter wasn't enough, academics today warned that NZ PM Chris Luxon's approach to setting climate targets risks worsening global hunger! #nzpol #climatechange
When Fed Farmers say: We want NZ to stay in the Paris Agreement but we'll fight methane targets & emissions pricing... What they mean is: We want the economic benefits of being seen to be pro-climate but we won't do anything to contribute to climate action. www.ruralnewsgroup.co.nz/rural-news/r...
Federated Farmers reject call to leave Paris Agreement
Federated Farmers joins other industry groups in opposing a remit to exit the Paris Agreement, citing economic risk and trade consequences for NZ farm...
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PRESS RELEASE: Wildly inaccurate figures used to justify Shane Jones' $200 million fossil fuel slush fund www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol #climate
Wildly inaccurate figures used to justify ‘Shane’s $200 million fossil fuel slush fund’ - Greenpeace Aotearoa
A Cabinet paper justifying the Government’s $200 million subsidy for new gas fields used wildly inflated and inaccurate gas price figures.
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Ever wondered why coral is so important? Here's a blog I wrote which conveniently answers that exact question! www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto... #nzpol #oceans #environment
Why is coral important? Find out more here - Greenpeace Aotearoa
Why is coral so important? Find out more about these unique species - the backbone of the oceans - and learn how you can help protect coral.
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