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Coal Mining Rejection is a Win for People-Power
Saturday, 16 June 2018, 11:57 am | 350 Aotearoa
Coal Mining Rejection is a Win for People-Power 350 Aotearoa commends Minister of Conservation, Eugenie Sage, and Energy and Resources Minister, Megan Woods on their decision to decline the application to mine coal on the conservation land that is ... More >>
Simplicity Divestment Shows Turning Tide Against Fossil Fuel
Tuesday, 5 June 2018, 12:07 pm | 350 Aotearoa
350 Aotearoa is congratulating KiwiSaver provider, Simplicity, on their decision to divest from fossil fuels, weapons, tobacco and pornorgaphy, calling it “an outstanding example of people using their power to push institutions like Simplicity to take ... More >>
Bill McKibben in NZ for The Climate change Tour
Thursday, 26 April 2018, 1:39 pm | 350 Aotearoa
Bill McKibben in NZ for The Climate change Tour of Our Times 350 Aotearoa is proud to host the internationally acclaimed author, climate activist, and founder of 350.org , Bill McKibben , for the New Zealand leg of his global ‘Fossil Free Acceleration ... More >>
The beginning of the end for the fossil fuel industry
Thursday, 12 April 2018, 3:13 pm | 350 Aotearoa
350 Aotearoa says the government’s decision to ban new offshore oil and gas projects spells the beginning of the end for fossil fuels in New Zealand. More >>
Opening Ceremony Sunflower for Climate Justice
Monday, 26 March 2018, 3:14 pm | 350 Aotearoa
Today 350 Aotearoa ran the Opening Ceremony of the Rally for Climate Justice that gathered a diverse group of people united against new oil and gas in Aotearoa. The group comprising tangata whenua, doctors, church leaders, grandparents, students, ... More >>
Opening Ceremony Sunflower for Climate Justice
Sunday, 25 March 2018, 12:51 pm | 350 Aotearoa
Tomorrow afternoon at 12.15pm, 350 Aotearoa is leading hundreds of people to gather in Frank Kitts Park, outside the Petroleum New Zealand Conference at TSB Arena, in an opening ceremony for the Rally for Climate Justice, that will protest new oil ... More >>
Climate Group Sceptical of NZ Superfund’s Engagement
Wednesday, 13 December 2017, 12:11 pm | 350 Aotearoa
350 Aotearoa is sceptical of the Climate Action 100 Plus campaign that 250 of the world’s largest investors, including the New Zealand Superfund have joined. The campaign aims to engage with the top 100 greenhouse gas emitters to encourage them ... More >>
Global Climate Leaders to Discuss Path for NZ
Friday, 8 December 2017, 1:42 pm | 350 Aotearoa
350 Aotearoa is proud to host 350.org international executive director, May Boeve, and Hon James Shaw at their Wellington event, ‘ Building Our Fossil Free Future: A national and international perspective’. More >>
Super Fund divestment shows real climate leadership
Tuesday, 15 August 2017, 2:31 pm | 350 Aotearoa
350 Aotearoa is calling the news of the NZ Superannuation Fund, “an outstanding example of people-power pushing organisational leadership for New Zealand on climate change”. Today The NZ Superannuation Fund announced that it will be moving NZ$950 ... More >>
New Zealanders urged to protest as Trump pulls out of Paris
Friday, 2 June 2017, 11:09 am | 350 Aotearoa
350 Aotearoa is calling Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement “a crime against our global future”, and is urging New Zealanders to come out in big numbers to protest against US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson’s, visit ... More >>
Divestment from fossil fuels
Thursday, 11 May 2017, 4:55 pm | 350 Aotearoa
A climate change skeptic has been appointed head of the US Environmental Protection Agency. The Australian government has made the development of so-called ‘clean coal’ a priority, despite coal dust contaminating sensitive Queensland wetlands ... More >>
Call on Australian Govt to stop climate catastrophe
Wednesday, 10 May 2017, 9:56 am | 350 Aotearoa
AUCKLAND 10 May, 2017 -- 350 Aotearoa climate activists will gather in Auckland this morning at the Australian Consulate-General to protest the Australian Government’s support for the coal industry. More >>
Wellington activists call on Australia to stop coal mine
Monday, 8 May 2017, 5:03 pm | 350 Aotearoa
WELLINGTON, 8 May, 2017 -- 350 Aotearoa will launch their Global Divestment Mobilisation campaign tomorrow in Wellington, calling on governments, banks, universities and other institutions to take their money out of fossil fuels. More >>
ANZ's responsible investment fund, what about fossil fuels?
Thursday, 4 May 2017, 4:20 pm | 350 Aotearoa
ANZ today announced a new international equities fund which excludes investments in companies involved in weapons and tobacco, following pressure from consumers. More >>
Auckland Council pulls funding from oil, gas, coal companies
Tuesday, 11 April 2017, 1:16 pm | 350 Aotearoa
350 Aotearoa is delighted that Auckland Council voted this morning to withdraw all investments in companies that produce and extract coal, oil and gas. More >>
Auckland Council to vote on funding Exxon Mobil and Anadarko
Monday, 10 April 2017, 4:31 pm | 350 Aotearoa
Tomorrow Auckland Council will vote on whether or not they will pull their investments from coal, oil and gas companies. More >>
Fossil fuels “faltering”: Lose out on $5 trillion in assets
Wednesday, 14 December 2016, 5:22 pm | 350 Aotearoa
The fossil fuel industry is “faltering” and divestment numbers have skyrocketed, according to a new report by Arabella Advisors. More >>
Organisations Challenge the NZ Super Fund
Wednesday, 26 October 2016, 12:59 pm | 350 Aotearoa
Today eleven organisations in New Zealand called for the New Zealand Super Fund to fully divest from fossil fuels. The organisations signed an open letter after the NZSF announced its climate change-focused investment policies last week. It urges ... More >>
NZ Super Fund’s Climate Standards “Underwhelming”
Wednesday, 19 October 2016, 2:17 pm | 350 Aotearoa
350 Aotearoa has called the NZ Super Fund’s climate focused investment standards that were announced today “underwhelming” due to a lack of clarity around the guidelines and their timeframes. More >>
Otago Uni Votes to Divest from Fossil Fuels
Wednesday, 14 September 2016, 12:20 pm | 350 Aotearoa
This afternoon, University of Otago Council voted to exclude fossil fuels from their investment portfolio. Fossil Free Otago Uni, with the support of staff and the student body, has been calling for the University’s Ethical Investment Policy to explicitly ... More >>
