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‘Dark Oxygen’ Discovery Underlines Need To Stop Deep Sea Mining
Tuesday, 23 July 2024, 12:38 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace has long campaigned to stop deep sea mining from beginning in the Pacific due to the damage it could do to delicate, deep sea ecosystems, and says that this incredible discovery underlines the urgency of that call. More >>
Fonterra Exposed As Major Player In Global Attempts To Undermine Climate Action
Thursday, 18 July 2024, 12:15 pm | Greenpeace
Agricultural emissions, primarily from intensive dairy, made up more than half of New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2022. Animal agriculture is the single largest source of human-made methane emissions, which are 80 times more potent than ... More >>
Starting Today: International Seabed Authority Meeting A Critical Moment In Fight Against Deep Sea Mining
Monday, 15 July 2024, 8:17 am | Greenpeace
The two-week meeting takes place at a critical moment for the oceans, with a historic opportunity to get ahead of a new extractive industry and stop deep sea mining before it starts. More >>
Govt’s ‘climate Strategy’ As Useful As Teats On A Bull, Says Greenpeace
Wednesday, 10 July 2024, 1:19 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is slamming the climate strategy announced by Climate Change Minister Simon Watts today, saying that it’s about as useful as teats on a bull. Greenpeace Aotearoa spokesperson Sinéad Deighton-O’Flynn says, "This so-called climate ... More >>
Second Seabed Mining Company Threatens To Turn Seas Into Open-cast Mine
Monday, 8 July 2024, 2:56 pm | Greenpeace
Deep Sea Mining campaigner Juressa Lee says: "It’s clear wannabe seabed miners are queuing up to plunder and destroy precious marine life as a result of the Luxon government’s Fast Track Wrecking Bill, and the low bar it has now set. More >>
Polling Highlights Govt Swimming Against Current Of Public Opinion On Fresh Water
Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 11:42 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa is challenging the Government’s mandate to remove freshwater protections, as independent polling reveals the vast majority of National Party voters are concerned about freshwater quality. More >>
A Billion Plastic Bottles Fill Eden Park Stadium For Plastic Free July
Monday, 1 July 2024, 8:58 am | Greenpeace
To mark the start of Plastic Free July, Greenpeace has released a startling video showing Auckland’s iconic Eden Park stadium filled with around a billion single-use plastic bottles. More >>
Appointment Of Former Fonterra Director On ‘Independent’ Methane Review Panel Highlights Panel’s Real Purpose
Thursday, 27 June 2024, 2:04 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace Aotearoa says the appointment of former Fonterra director Nicola Shadbolt to the Government’s so-called ‘independent’ methane review panel highlights that the panel’s true purpose is to delay climate action. More >>
New Sign Highlights River Pollution As Luxon’s Legacy
Thursday, 27 June 2024, 9:14 am | Greenpeace
People in hazmat suits were seen wading in one of New Zealand’s polluted rivers yesterday, as Greenpeace activists installed an imitation Department of Conservation sign labelling river pollution ‘Luxon’s legacy’. More >>
First Steps Towards Greater High Seas Protection
Wednesday, 26 June 2024, 11:17 am | Greenpeace
Australia has taken the first step towards greater high seas protection by tabling the Global Ocean Treaty in its Parliament this week, and Greenpeace Aotearoa says New Zealand should follow suit. More >>
OIA Reveals Department Of Conservation Advised Against Scrapping Freshwater Protections - Greenpeace
Thursday, 13 June 2024, 2:33 pm | Greenpeace
The advice, dated 26 March 2024, states that DOC was given "limited opportunity for input" and so could "only note that the additional adverse effects of the proposed changes may be significant for some catchments, protected areas and species." More >>
Greenpeace Response To Govt Move To Take Agriculture Out Of ETS
Tuesday, 11 June 2024, 3:30 pm | Greenpeace
The National-led coalition Government has today confirmed the demise of He Waka Eke Noa and a new Pastoral Sector Group for tackling agricultural climate emissions which Greenpeace says is just more dairy industry collusion and climate denial by the Luxon ... More >>
Convicted Bottom Trawlers Given Green Light To Trash South Pacific
Tuesday, 11 June 2024, 11:40 am | Greenpeace
New Zealand’s destructive bottom trawling is back in the spotlight, as vessels the Tasman Viking and Amaltal Mariner are given permits to continue trashing deep sea corals in the South Pacific. More >>
Shane Jones Fires Damp Squib In Response To Giant Backlash Against Luxon’s War On Nature
Sunday, 9 June 2024, 12:52 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa spokesperson Niamh O’Flynn says, "Shane Jones is dreaming. The oil exploration industry won’t risk coming back to Aotearoa because they know that it’s not worth coming all this way to fail again. More >>
Giant March For Nature Fills Queen Street To Oppose Luxon’s Fast Track Bill
Saturday, 8 June 2024, 2:14 pm | Greenpeace
Over 20,000 people have turned out in Auckland today for the March for Nature to protest the Luxon Government’s fast-track bill and ‘war on nature’. More >>
Fast Track Bill, Already Mired In Corruption Scandal, Should Be Pulled
Friday, 7 June 2024, 5:01 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace says that National MP David MacLeod being referred to the police for undeclared donations has undermined public confidence in the process for examining the Fast Track Bill and the bill must be dumped. More >>
March For Nature, Aotea Square, Midday Saturday 8th June
Friday, 7 June 2024, 1:03 pm | Greenpeace
The March Will Proceed From Aotea Square Down Queen Street At Approximately 1:30pm And, Depending On The Number Of Participants, Will Either End Near Britomart Or On Customs Street. More >>
Luxon Swings Through Auckland Atop A Fast Track Wrecking Ball
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 11:59 am | Greenpeace
Organised by Greenpeace, the float covered in punga trees is travelling around central city suburbs blasting the Miley Cyrus song ‘Wrecking Ball’. A Christopher Luxon lookalike swings to and fro on the wrecking ball, singing the praises of the ‘fast ... More >>
National Voters Concerned About Fast Track Bill
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 8:23 am | Greenpeace
The poll covers a range of dimensions related to the controversial legislation and highlights concern amongst the National Party support base over the undermining of democracy, the risk of corruption, the return of previously prohibited practices, ... More >>
Numbers Building For Fast Track Bill Protest March In Auckland
Tuesday, 4 June 2024, 7:25 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace, Forest & Bird, Communities Against the Fast Track, Coromandel Watchdog, Kiwis Against Seabed Mining, and a host of environmental and community groups have organised the march, which kicks off with a rally at 1pm this Saturday, June 8, at ... More >>
