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Govt's energy vision bold but no silver bullet
Thursday, 11 October 2007, 4:08 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland- Thursday 11 October – Greenpeace has labelled the Labour-led government's new energy strategies as "a massive stride in the right direction", but says details are lacking and the strategies are no silver bullet in the fight against climate ... More >>
New Website: Pacific Whales Tracked By Greenpeace
Thursday, 11 October 2007, 1:33 pm | Greenpeace
Suva, Fiji, 10 October 2007. Greenpeace today announced the launch of the "Great Whale Trail", a website which uses satellite tracking to show the migration of threatened humpback whales from their breeding grounds in the South Pacific to their feeding ... More >>
Greenpeace Tracks Whales From Space
Wednesday, 10 October 2007, 3:23 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The tracking project will produce vital scientific data on the whales' movements, habitat use and population structure. The website is also a window through which the public can follow their progress and learn more about the range of threats to ... More >>
Genesis Energy and Greenpeace to face off
Wednesday, 10 October 2007, 3:07 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Genesis Energy and Greenpeace will face off in the Court of Appeal tomorrow, in a case that could have major implications for climate change. More >>
Pacific Stolen Fish Removed From Supermarkets
Wednesday, 10 October 2007, 9:47 am | Greenpeace
An Austrian food discounter Norma has stopped selling tuna from companies involved in pirate fishing in the Western and Central Pacific. Norma supermarkets have returned canned tuna produced by Spain's Albacora company to the supplier. More >>
Taxpayers pay for big business to pollute
Friday, 21 September 2007, 10:01 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, New Zealand — Greenpeace welcomed the announcement of an emissions trading scheme intended to tackle climate change, but is alarmed that there are no targets set for reduction of our greenhouse gas emissions and thus no guarantee that emissions ... More >>
Agreement On Forests Fails To Tackle Deforestation
Monday, 10 September 2007, 11:57 am | Greenpeace
A new agreement signed at APEC between Indonesia and Australia on forests would do little to tackle deforestation and climate change which need global action, Greenpeace said today. More >>
APEC declaration a Sydney distraction from action
Sunday, 9 September 2007, 2:23 pm | Greenpeace
Only binding targets to reduce greenhouse emissions can save the world from the dangerous impacts of climate change but APEC leaders have instead chosen to support only vague and voluntary goals, Greenpeace said today. More >>
APEC declaration a Sydney distraction from action
Sunday, 9 September 2007, 2:15 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Only binding targets to reduce greenhouse emissions can save the world from the dangerous impacts of climate change but APEC leaders have instead chosen to support only vague and voluntary goals, Greenpeace said today. More >>
Russia Uranium Sales No Solution To Climate Change
Friday, 7 September 2007, 2:56 pm | Greenpeace
"Russia has failed to live up to its commitments to disarm its nuclear arsenal under the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty and there is a real risk that Australian uranium will be used to free up Russia's own uranium supplies for weapons production." More >>
Maharey out of line and incorrect
Friday, 7 September 2007, 10:00 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace New Zealand says it's been left baffled and rather amused by comments made in parliament by Labour Minister Steve Maharey. More >>
Arrested Greenpeace Activists Bail Relaxed
Thursday, 6 September 2007, 4:25 pm | Greenpeace
Newcastle, Thursday 6th September. In a sharp rebuke of the NSW Police, the Newcastle Local Court has this morning overturned excessive APEC-driven bail conditions set on 11 Greenpeace activists arrested during a climate change protest at the world's ... More >>
John Key sides with Howard and Bush on Climate
Thursday, 6 September 2007, 4:22 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland - 6 September, 2007 – John Key's support for John Howard and George Bush's stance on climate change is nothing short of frightening, says Greenpeace. More >>
Successful challenge of draconian APEC security
Thursday, 6 September 2007, 3:56 pm | Greenpeace
In a sharp rebuke of the NSW Police, the Newcastle Local Court has this morning overturned excessive APEC-driven bail conditions set on 11 Greenpeace activists arrested during a climate change protest at the world's biggest coal export port in Newcastle. More >>
Pacific must stand strong on cutting fishing
Saturday, 25 August 2007, 12:31 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
As the 3rd Regular Session Scientific Committee of the Western Central Pacific Commission (WCPFC) wrapped up its meeting yesterday in Honolulu, Hawaii, Greenpeace backed the need for Pacific solidarity to save the Pacific tuna stocks from commercial extinction. ... More >>
Labour and National all sizzle and no sausage
Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 4:33 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Wellington, New Zealand — Greenpeace New Zealand has used the humble banger to demonstrate the gulf between National and Labour party rhetoric over climate change and real action. More >>
Electricity companies rated on climate change
Monday, 16 July 2007, 9:53 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace today released an updated version of its Clean Energy Guide, which ranks New Zealand electricity companies on their current and future contribution to climate change. More >>
Govt shows its true colours over climate change
Wednesday, 11 July 2007, 2:16 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The government has once more demonstrated that its commitment to addressing climate change is no more than window dressing, says Greenpeace New Zealand. More >>
New Warnings on Flawed Regulation of GE
Monday, 9 July 2007, 9:47 am | Greenpeace
Authorities regulating the safety of food and the environment must listen to New Zealand scientists, who are adding their voices to those of scientists worldwide and warning that the basic DNA theory underpinning all GE crop biotechnology is deeply ... More >>
Renewable energy 10 times cheaper
Friday, 6 July 2007, 5:10 pm | Greenpeace
Cost of renewable energy 10 times cheaper than ‘business as usual’ fossil-fuelled future, says breakthrough report Savings of US $180 billion per year predicted in first global analysis of renewable energy versus fossil fuels More >>
