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		<title>New Scientist: How should we control the power to genetically eliminate a species?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2018 08:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Howard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The power to re-engineer or eliminate wild species using a “gene drive” needs to be brought under international governance, say Simon Terry and Stephanie Howard Commentary, New Scientist. Thanks to a form of genetic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The best way to resist Trump ditching Paris? Divest from fossil fuels</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2017 05:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Howard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Divestment provides us with a powerful way to cut our ties with this destructive industry and start moving in a new direction, says jamie Heen in The Guardian. After Trump’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trump&#8217;s reneging on Paris climate deal turns the US into a rogue state</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2017 04:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Howard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joseph Stiglitz argues in Project Syndicate that action is needed to safeguard economic progress against a prejudiced White House that rejects science and enlightened values. Trump&#8217;s reneging on Paris climate deal turns [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rob Stock: Fears nano labelling for cosmetics won&#8217;t be policed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2015 06:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Howard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stuff, June 19 2015 Labels on consumer cosmetics are about to change with regulations requiring manufacturers to reveal whether they contain microscopic nano particles. The new labelling regulations come into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TPP Backers Have Questions to Answer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2015 20:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Howard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This opinion piece by Simon Terry appeared in the New Zealand Herald on February 24 2015 ExportNZ&#8217;s Dialogue article in support of the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks failed to come to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NZ’s Climate Change Targets, Projections and Liabilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2014 01:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Howard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Zealand plans to meet existing commitments to reduce emissions largely through creative carbon accounting.  It will make a third emissions pledge in 2015 and the Treasury advises the bill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High Court Prevents Developers From Bypassing GM Laws</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2014 20:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Howard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The High Court has quashed a decision by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) that would have allowed developers of genetically modified crops to bypass New Zealand’s GM laws. The Court [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budgeting for Use of Carbon is Key to Cutting Emissions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2014 23:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Howard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seriously tackling New Zealand’s emissions requires the use of carbon to be budgeted for in the same way the nation budgets for government spending. Without new action, New Zealand’s gross [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Letter to the Employers and Manufacturers Association</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2014 19:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Howard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kim Campbell Chief Executive Employers and Manufacturers Association &#160; Dear Kim This open letter is in response to your media statement of 5 February criticising the Sustainability Council’s analysis of [...]]]></description>
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