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Water Everywhere & Nowhere: this Month’s Climate News

June 26, 2023

We’ve talked a lot about weather events and oceans in our climate column — but there’s a reason. The gradual increase of the Earth’s temperature to two or even three degrees over the next decade al...

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Petroleum Inequality: the Dark Story Behind Developing Nations & Fossil Fuels

June 14, 2023

Last month, we talked (in part) about the current coal crises in South Africa, alluding to a deeper issue in the process. Because behind this crisis lies the horrid rancid skeleton of colonialism. ...

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The Climate in Review: May 2023 Edition

May 17, 2023

As usual with our climate column, dozens of stories have been developing in the last few weeks, all of which impact our globe. Here, in the climate in review, we aim to give a general report on sev...

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The Truth About Food: Miles, Cheap Labour & Emissions

April 19, 2023

This week, we were stunned to learn just how far some preserved pears had travelled. The news comes to us thanks to our friends at earthly education (you can check out their amazing Instagram page ...

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UN Takes a Stand for Climate Justice, Urged by Vanuatu

March 30, 2023

GOOD NEWS! The United Nations has taken a critical step towards addressing the climate crisis in a just and equitable way, by passing a landmark resolution on climate justice. The resolution, initi...

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Seals Killed by the Thousands for the Fur Trade

March 26, 2023

It may shock you to know that, in this day and age, baby seal hunting is still a thriving trade. And, thanks to climate change, we may continue to see the population of seals dip in a double whammy...

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Good & Bad News About our Oceans

March 16, 2023

There’s good news and bad in the world’s ocean this week, and both stories are related to climate change. On the one hand, a historic treaty has been signed which could protect biodiversity across ...

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The Year so far in Review

March 9, 2023

The first two months of 2023 have been incredibly turbulent, with natural and human catastrophes here in New Zealand and across the globe. We’ve watched the onslaught of climate-related events with...

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