Rhiannon Mackie
@rhiannonm.bsky.social
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Communications on agriculture/freshwater/climate at Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz 🌏
All opinions my own
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
rhiannon.mackie@greenpeace.org
Communications on agriculture/freshwater/climate at Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz 🌏
All opinions my own
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
rhiannon.mackie@greenpeace.org
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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.
For many in Aotearoa, November 5th is Parihaka Day, or Te Rā o te Pāhua: The Day of Plunder.
November 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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.
For many in Aotearoa, November 5th is Parihaka Day, or Te Rā o te Pāhua: The Day of Plunder.
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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/...
#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
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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/...
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A haunted house but it's just Chris Luxon and Nicola Willis taking money from hard-working New Zealanders to give landlords, tobacco companies and oil giants billions in government handouts #nzpol #halloween
October 28, 2025 at 8:19 AM
A haunted house but it's just Chris Luxon and Nicola Willis taking money from hard-working New Zealanders to give landlords, tobacco companies and oil giants billions in government handouts #nzpol #halloween
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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
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.
newsroom.co.nz
October 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/15/c... #nzpol
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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...
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.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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...
The answer was worse than I had anticipated
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Your summary of the shitfuckery this Government has just announced:
- Big Dairy doesn't have to pay for its emissions, despite being the country's worst climate polluter
- Ambition on methane emissions reductions has been slashed in favour of business as usual.
#nzpol
- Big Dairy doesn't have to pay for its emissions, despite being the country's worst climate polluter
- Ambition on methane emissions reductions has been slashed in favour of business as usual.
#nzpol
October 12, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Your summary of the shitfuckery this Government has just announced:
- Big Dairy doesn't have to pay for its emissions, despite being the country's worst climate polluter
- Ambition on methane emissions reductions has been slashed in favour of business as usual.
#nzpol
- Big Dairy doesn't have to pay for its emissions, despite being the country's worst climate polluter
- Ambition on methane emissions reductions has been slashed in favour of business as usual.
#nzpol
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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.
www.greenpeace.org
October 11, 2025 at 11:22 PM
PRESS RELEASE: Luxon “goes full Trump” with climate-denying methane backdown www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol #climate
In what can only be described as an act of Trumpian stupidity and outright climate denial, NZ's government has weakened our 2050 climate change targets and permanently excluded the country's biggest climate polluter from paying for their pollution.
#nzpol #climate
More info in thread 🧵
#nzpol #climate
More info in thread 🧵
October 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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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...
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
September 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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...
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...
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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
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...
www.ohchr.org
September 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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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...
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
September 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/10/c...
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Unless it's literally your job, you never need to watch videos of people being killed. It harms you and doesn't help them.
By 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...
What these violent videos do to us
The "golden age of brutal voyeurism" is bringing the horrors of war back home.
drewharwell.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Unless it's literally your job, you never need to watch videos of people being killed. It harms you and doesn't help them.
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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
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
September 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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
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
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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 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.
August 12, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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 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.
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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...
[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.
www.rnz.co.nz
August 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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...
[finally, six days before I finish up, I get to use that headline formula 😅]
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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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.
www.greenpeace.org
August 15, 2025 at 2:06 AM
PRESS RELEASE: ECAN study confirms Canterbury nitrate issue escalating www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol #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
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
August 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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
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
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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...
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.
www.rnz.co.nz
August 14, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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...
No longer.
For some companies, it was the only way to get even a crude estimate.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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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.
www.greenpeace.org
August 12, 2025 at 6:41 AM
PRESS RELEASE: Academics warn Luxon’s approach to climate targets risks worsening global hunger www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol #climate
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
#nzpol #climatechange
August 12, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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
#nzpol #climatechange
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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...
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...
www.ruralnewsgroup.co.nz
July 15, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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...
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...
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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.
www.greenpeace.org
July 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
PRESS RELEASE: Wildly inaccurate figures used to justify Shane Jones' $200 million fossil fuel slush fund www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol #climate
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.
www.greenpeace.org
June 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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
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Scientists hit back over Prime Minister's 'worthies' insult
Scientists hit back over Prime Minister's 'worthies' insult
Scientists have raised concerns about plans to lower the country's methane emissions target.
www.rnz.co.nz
June 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Scientists hit back over Prime Minister's 'worthies' insult