Nick Young :tinoflag:

West Aucklander. Doing digital for Greenpeace since before Facebook. Now co-head of story & communications at Greenpeace International  :tinoflag:

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2026-08-01 03:27:25 UTC

You know what doesn’t get shut down when heatwaves and droughts dry up the rivers?
Wind and solar.
Climate change is exposing a weakness in nuclear power.
Lack of water in the Danube has closed two reactors in Romania and one in Hungary. Similar problems have shut three in France. At least eight others in Europe are having to operate on reduced power.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/low-danube-river-levels-force-romania-shut-down-both-its-nuclear-power-reactors-2026-07-29/ #nuclear #solar #wind #energy

2026-07-30 13:01:37 UTC

Some people today celebrated giant profits made selling oil, while others grieved the deaths of loved ones who died fighting the fires those profits caused.
It’s more sickening when you consider that they always knew this would be the result, hid the truth and did it anyway.
The #ClimateCrisis is a crime.
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2026-07-18 06:04:05 UTC

This is not a natural disaster.
The oil industry caused it and is knowingly throwing fuel on the fire while it continues raking in record profits at our expense.
For us to have any chance of a future, the oil industry can have no future.
Pass it on.
#ClimateCrisis #ontario #forest #forestfires
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2026-07-18 06:02:09 UTC

You hear people say “this is the new normal.”
If only that were true.
The truth is that it’s going to keep getting worse for quite some time.
How much worse is still up to us.
We HAVE to end the oil industry.
#ClimateCrisis
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2026-04-12 07:41:31 UTC

BOOM!
South Australia's power prices have plummeted as they near 100% renewables, proving to the world that relying on wind and solar with battery back-up is possible, more reliable and costs people less.
THIS is how we avoid the next oil crisis.
#EnergyRevolution #solar #renewables #australia #makeoilhistory #auspol #NZPol #NewZealand #iran
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514985-this-states-power-prices-are-plummeting-as-it-nears-100-renewables/?utm_source=nickofnz&utm_medium=nickofnz

2026-04-10 19:17:38 UTC

You know who invented the carbon footprint calculator?
The oil industry.
Recycling?
The plastic (oil) industry.
To distract you, and shift the blame from them, to you.

2026-04-06 06:34:38 UTC

I’m proud to report that Greenpeace is sending a ship to support the Global Sumud Flotilla in its mission to break Netanyahu’s genocidal siege of Gaza
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/press-release/82502/greenpeace-joins-global-sumud-flotilla-genocide-gaza-humanitarian-solidarity/?utm_medium=nickofnz&utm_content=postid-82502&utm_source=bluesky
#GlobalSumudFlotilla2026 #gsf #sumudflotilla #gaza #palestine #greenpeace #peace

2026-04-05 19:41:48 UTC

Can we all agree now that we must exorcise ourselves of the oil industry and oligarchs that profit from bloodshed?
Asking for a planet.

2026-03-27 05:08:16 UTC

There’s a limited supply of oil. It’s very expensive and wars are fought for it.
There is endless sunlight. It’s free and no wars are fought for it.
Let’s choose solar.

2026-03-09 06:45:31 UTC

This is useful for countering all the anti-EV messaging https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/electric-vehicles/index.html
(Though not great for sharing directly because it centres the false statements).
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2026-03-01 20:01:28 UTC

You know what WON’T get stuck in the Strait of Hormuz?
Sunlight and solar panels.
#MakeOilHistory #iran

2026-02-26 09:40:10 UTC

I don't want a city on Mars.
I don't want AI in every app.
I don't want data centres in space.
I want clean water.
I want a stable climate.
I want bees to survive.

2026-02-24 21:36:54 UTC

Damn, Fonterra has a lot to answer for.
Widespread degradation of Southland’s drinking water safety has been exposed in a council-commissioned report.
#TooManyCows
https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/nitrate-%E2%80%98news-not-good%E2%80%99-southland

2026-02-20 16:19:49 UTC

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The case against seabed mining is crystal clear
👇
https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/story/trans-tasman-resources-rejects-the-fast-track-panels-findings-but-the-evidence-against-seabed-mining-is-crystal-clear/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=nickofnz

2026-02-20 16:16:48 UTC

The Luxon Govt has announced a critical mineral slush fund as the Aussie Seabed Miners give up and exit the fast track.
But Greenpeace is questioning if this signals a new invitation for TTR to have another crack at Taranaki...
https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/story/govt-announces-critical-mineral-slush-fund-as-ttr-flees-the-fast-track/?utm_medium=nickofnz&utm_content=postid-75774&utm_source=mastodon

2026-02-19 06:58:06 UTC

A demand for courage from the next government.
Greenpeace Aotearoa has joined forces with Forest & Bird and WWF NZ to publish a joint policy roadmap for Aotearoa’s next government. It's a practical and essential plan to protect nature and respond to climate change.
A shared roadmap to building a nature-positive Aotearoa https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/story/a-shared-roadmap-to-building-a-nature-positive-aotearoa/?utm_source=nickofnz&utm_medium=nickofnz
#nzpol #election2026 #nature #environment #greenpeace #newzealand #nzelection2026 #nzelection26

2026-02-18 16:31:08 UTC

There's only so long that they'll be able to keep up the climate denial narrative.
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2026-02-17 08:53:28 UTC

The first time such a transgenerational link has been clearly established for radiation exposure.
DNA mutations discovered in the children of Chernobyl workers
https://www.sciencealert.com/dna-mutations-discovered-in-the-children-of-chernobyl-workers #chernobyl #nuclear

2026-02-15 21:14:59 UTC

When government ministers dismiss deadly storm events as "just weather", as Mark Mitchell did on RNZ today, they reveal themselves to be unfit for government.
It's thinly veiled climate denial.
"It's just weather ... weather changes."
- Minister Mark Mitchell
RNZ: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2019023151/weather-latest-from-minister-mark-mitchell
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2026-02-15 11:00:36 UTC

At this rate, how long is it before climate change pushes NZ into a constant State of Emergency?
At what point does recovery become impossible?
A more frequent state of emergency
https://economics.infometrics.co.nz/article/2025-11-a-more-frequent-state-of-emergency
#ClimateCrisis #nzpol #ClimateChange #flooding #climate #NewZealand
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2026-02-11 19:03:54 UTC

UNBELIEVABLE! 🤯
Luxon’s idiotic fossil gas terminal will bypass even the fast-track process so that construction can start before the election.
Let that sink in.
Ministers want to bypass their own fast-track law to speed up new gas terminal https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/586599/government-wants-to-bypass-fast-track-process-for-proposed-liquefied-natural-gas-terminal #nzpol #climatechange #nonewgas

2026-01-30 15:11:14 UTC

BREAKING:
The New Zealand Government is negotiating with Trump to give the US to access to critical minerals in Aotearoa.
The prospect of large scale opencast strip-mining of the seabed in Taranaki for vanadium to be used in weapons manufacturing by the USA is horrifying.
And that’s just for starters.
We cannot allow it to happen.
https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/01/30/nz-in-talks-with-us-on-trump-minerals-deal/?utm_source=nickofnz&utm_medium=nickofnz

2026-01-21 06:43:07 UTC

Billionaires are looting the world.
We're not in a recession, we're in a robbery.
#TaxTheRich

2026-01-05 13:12:02 UTC

Why is there always enough money for war but NEVER enough to provide affordable electricity, education and food?

2026-01-05 12:56:28 UTC

This is HUGE news.
China has completed the ratification process for the Global Ocean Treaty, confirming it will be bound by the landmark ocean protection agreement when it officially enters into force on January 17, 2026.
It's highly significant because China is so influential in global fisheries and in multilateral fora, and because it shows that progress is still possible!
read more
https://www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/press/68572/greenpeace-east-asia-welcomes-chinas-ratification-of-the-global-ocean-treaty/?utm_source=nickofnz&utm_medium=nickofnz
#china #fishing #protectthecoceans #ocean #goodnews #hope

2026-01-03 05:39:20 UTC

I don't want self-driving cars.
I don't want humanoid robots.
I don’t want AI in every app I use.
I want clean water.
I want a stable climate.
I want a habitable planet.

2025-12-15 07:26:38 UTC

BREAKING
Greenpeace has upset Fonterra’s Shareholders’ Fund meeting at the dairy giant’s Auckland HQ, establishing a ‘nitrate emergency quarantine zone’ around the building and ‘returning’ 2000 litres of river slime at the entrances.
https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/story/greenpeace-dumps-2-metric-tonnes-of-slime-at-fonterra-hq-before-shareholders-meeting/?utm_source=nickofnz&utm_medium=nickofnz
#water #greenpeace #nzpol #fonterra #pollution #toomanycows

2025-11-02 09:36:34 UTC

New research shows that seabed mining in Taranaki could produce devastating sediment flows and impacts that last thousands of years.
A new geotechnical research report, presented to the Fast Track panel, has found the impacts of the TTR seabed mining project could last for thousands of years and make it impossible to build wind farms nearby.
Banning seabed mining is a no-brainer.
As well as damaging the marine environment, it cuts off options for renewable energy when we need it most.
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/28/seabed-mine-could-produce-devastating-sediment-flows-panel-told/
#NZPol #sea #ocean #renewables #wind #climate #climatechange #climateaction #greenpeace

2025-10-11 14:09:06 UTC

The future of energy in Aotearoa could be electrifying.
We just need some vision and leadership from the government.
Join the call for a clean energy future where good, clean, affordable and resilient renewable energy powers our transport, warms our homes and runs our businesses.
Sign the petition and pass it on:
https://action.greenpeace.org.nz/petition/clean-energy-future-stop-new-fossil-gas?utm_source=nickofnz&utm_medium=nickofnz
#nzpol #climatechange #solar #renewable #nz #meme
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2025-09-05 19:35:17 UTC

The “National does better for the economy” myth busted.
$8.5 billion hole revealed in Budget documents https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/572116/budget-documents-find-8-point-5-billion-gap-between-costs-and-savings #nzpol

2025-07-16 10:44:33 UTC

Wow, this is huge.
The last known sighting of a kiwi pukupuku on the mainland was in 1978 but they have survived.
Little spotted kiwi found on NZ's mainland for first time in 50 years https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/567038/little-spotted-kiwi-found-on-new-zealand-s-mainland-for-first-time-in-50-years #nature #NewZealand #kiwi #extinction #biodiversity #goodnews

2025-07-06 19:16:04 UTC

An international coalition for phasing out fossil fuels says it told the NZ govt after the election it would have to quit the group if it re-started oil & gas exploration, contradicting what Climate Change Minister Simon Watts previously told media.
#nzpol
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/566152/government-told-after-election-it-would-have-to-quit-fossil-fuel-group-if-new-exploration-started

2025-06-05 18:43:23 UTC

Wow.
Incredible stuff from the Rainbow Warrior between Aotearoa and Australia.
Greenpeace activists aboard the Rainbow Warrior disrupt industrial fishing operation in South Pacific https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/press-release/greenpeace-activists-aboard-the-rainbow-warrior-disrupt-industrial-fishing-operation-in-south-pacific/?utm_medium=nickofnz&utm_content=postid-70719&utm_source=mastodon #ProtectTheOceans #fishing #shark #greenpeace #rainbow #rainbowwarrior

2025-01-12 17:42:13 UTC

“My new dark red climate stripe for 2024 shows it’s the hottest year yet”
- Ed Hawkins
https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/story/my-new-dark-red-climate-stripe-for-2024-shows-its-the-hottest-year-yet/?utm_medium=nickofnz&utm_content=postid-67994&utm_source=mastodon
#climate #ClimateCrisis #california #fire #wildfire

2025-01-10 03:27:52 UTC

The California fires aren't just a tragedy, they're a crime.
This is exactly the sort of disaster that Exxon’s own scientists predicted more than 50 yrs ago, but they hid that and spent billions to keep us hooked on fossil fuels.
Time to #MakeOilHistory and #MakePollutersPay.
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2024-12-23 22:20:42 UTC

Stop making fun of older kids who still believe in Santa, there are grown men who still believe NZ’s intensive dairy industry has a future.
#TooManyCows #nzpol

2024-12-23 08:58:55 UTC

Did you know that once we ditch fossil fuels, the number of ships crossing the ocean would fall by 40% because that’s how many are just carrying coal, oil and gas?

2024-12-23 00:20:11 UTC

Sneaky.
Government quietly scraps waste minimisation policies just before the summer break https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/537337/government-quietly-scraps-waste-minimisation-policies #nzpol

2024-12-03 09:57:51 UTC

The dairy industry is so out of control in NZ that this rural community will suffer months of being unable to safely drink the water from their kitchen taps.
Safe healthy drinking water is a basic human right.
Profit from pollution is not.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/535567/do-not-drink-water-notice-in-waimate-may-last-for-several-months

2024-11-22 19:59:41 UTC

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New fossil gas NOT needed for energy security according to Govt report
https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/story/new-fossil-gas-not-needed-energy-security-govt-mbie-report/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=nickofnz

2024-11-22 19:58:42 UTC

Shane Jones is getting desperate here, and he’s misleading everyone he possibly can.
We do NOT need more oil and gas exploration to ensure resilience, the Government’s own report was clear about that.
#nzpol
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/534582/offshore-oil-and-gas-ban-worst-political-decision-shane-jones-says

2024-09-27 01:20:15 UTC

What a guy.
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2024-09-17 21:52:44 UTC

The rationale in NZ for pine plantations was always to produce timber and wood pulp.
But Tasman Pulp & Paper closed in 2021, and more are closing now due to high power prices.
So why fund more pine plantations when native tree species are better for carbon sinks and for biodiversity?
#nzpol #ClimateChange