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With Nash Gone, Vital Ocean And Fisheries Decisions Must Not Fall Between Cracks, Says Greenpeace
Wednesday, 29 March 2023, 6:54 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
At a crucial moment for ocean protection, Greenpeace is urging the Government to ensure the Oceans and Fisheries portfolio is left in capable hands, to avoid any further delays in protecting the struggling marine environment. Stuart Nash was dismissed ... More >>
Action At Sea Against Deep Sea Mining
Monday, 27 March 2023, 11:56 am | Greenpeace
Eastern Pacific Ocean, 26th March 2023 - As critical negotiations at the controversial International Seabed Authority (ISA) meeting in Jamaica continue, the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise with three New Zealanders on board has intercepted a deep sea ... More >>
Greenpeace And Indigenous Activists Challenge Deep Sea Mining Expedition In The Pacific Ocean
Monday, 27 March 2023, 5:54 am | Greenpeace
With a banner reading "Don’t mine the Moana", and flying a Tino Rangatiratanga flag, a Māori activist from Northland joined two Greenpeace activists in the Eastern Pacific to confront the deep sea mining research vessel, James Cook today off the ... More >>
International Report Shines A Spotlight On Fonterra’s Greenwash
Wednesday, 22 March 2023, 8:19 pm | Greenpeace
A new international report called ‘ Feeding Us Greenwash: An analysis of misleading claims in the food sector’ outlines over 50 examples of greenwashing from across the global food sector - with a specific emphasis on meat and dairy and New Zealand ... More >>
Indigenous Peoples From 34 Nations Call For Total Ban On Deep Sea Mining
Wednesday, 22 March 2023, 5:55 am | Greenpeace
Indigenous activists have made clear that they don’t give their consent to deep sea mining. In a petition presented today to the ISA, over 1,000 signatories from 34 countries and 56 Indigenous groups called for a total ban on this destructive ... More >>
Industry Lobbying Influence A Major Brake On Government Action - Greenpeace
Tuesday, 21 March 2023, 12:29 pm | Greenpeace
In the wake of revelations that Chris Hipkins' chief of staff, Andrew Kirton, lobbied against the Container Return Scheme on behalf of the liquor industry shortly before the scheme was scrapped by the Prime Minister, Greenpeace is calling for the scheme ... More >>
IPCC Report A Wake-up Call For Hipkins As Climate Election Approaches
Tuesday, 21 March 2023, 6:32 am | Greenpeace
Today the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC, released its ‘synthesis report’, summarising six previous reports. Greenpeace says that the latest report confirms the industrial drivers of climate change, its dire planetary impacts, and ... More >>
IPCC To Release Full 6th Assessment Report: Background And Greenpeace Quote
Saturday, 18 March 2023, 5:57 am | Greenpeace
Approval of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) Synthesis Report on 13-17 March in Interlaken, Switzerland, with a launch on 20 March. March 17 2023 - Completing the work of its sixth assessment cycle that ... More >>
Governments Must Not Undermine Historic Global Ocean Treaty By Giving Greenlight To Deep Sea Mining
Friday, 17 March 2023, 9:09 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
A delegation of Pacific activists has arrived in Jamaica ahead of this week’s International Seabed Authority (ISA) conference to ensure Pacific and indigenous participation. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2303/7be56cfcb17b20d5ed5a.jpeg" ... More >>
Fonterra Gets "flooded" By Climate Activists On Profit Reporting Day
Thursday, 16 March 2023, 12:16 pm | Greenpeace
As Fonterra reported that its interim profits are up by 50%, two Greenpeace climate activists have been arrested in a protest which turned Fonterra’s Corporate HQ into a virtual flood zone . <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2303/57aa22f42d483f5a4fff.jpeg" ... More >>
Dramatic Scenes As Fonterra HQ Hit With Climate Protest
Thursday, 16 March 2023, 9:14 am | Greenpeace
There are dramatic scenes unfolding at Fonterra’s corporate HQ in Auckland this morning as employees are arriving at work to find the dairy giant’s head offices have been turned into a flood zone. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2303/648067abd000e6e176f1.jpeg" ... More >>
Scrapping Container Return Scheme A Grave Error - Greenpeace
Tuesday, 14 March 2023, 7:39 pm | Greenpeace
The Prime Minister yesterday announced that a slew of climate and environment policies will be binned or deferred, redirecting focus to cyclone recovery and cost of living issues but Greenpeace is calling it a grave error. "The Prime Minister has made ... More >>
Greenpeace Slams Hipkins U-turn On Climate And Roading
Tuesday, 7 March 2023, 12:17 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace says the decision by Prime Minister Chris Hipkins to reprioritise future transport budgets, away from walking, cycling and public transport, in order to pay for Cyclone Gabrielle road reconstruction, is short-sighted in the time of the climate ... More >>
Historic UN Ocean Treaty Agreed
Sunday, 5 March 2023, 5:51 pm | Greenpeace
A historic UN Ocean Treaty has finally been agreed at the United Nations after almost two decades of negotiations . The text will now go through technical editing and translation, before officially being adopted at another session. This Treaty is a ... More >>
OMV Exit Gives Luxon Chance To Abandon Oil Exploration Policy
Thursday, 2 March 2023, 7:36 pm | Greenpeace
On the eve of the global climate strike, New Zealand’s biggest oil and gas producer - Austrian OMV - has announced that it is looking to sell its New Zealand assets. Greenpeace is celebrating the news saying that this is the final vindication of the ... More >>
Where’s The Agriculture Emissions Plan? Asks Greenpeace
Wednesday, 1 March 2023, 2:17 pm | Greenpeace
As the country struggles to recover from climate-fuelled weather events like Cyclone Gabrielle, the Government has yet to come up with an effective plan to cut emissions from Aotearoa’s biggest polluter. "Where’s the long-awaited plan to cut ... More >>
UN Ocean Treaty Talks In Jeopardy - Global North Must Show Flexibility, Says Greenpeace
Tuesday, 28 February 2023, 1:16 pm | Greenpeace
New York, 27 February 2023 - As UN Ocean Treaty negotiations enter the final week, Greenpeace is calling for ministers to engage urgently to ensure an agreement is reached that would enable ocean protection in international waters. The Global Oceans ... More >>
A Year After Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine, A Global Fossil Fuels Bonanza Could Spark Conflicts Elsewhere
Friday, 24 February 2023, 7:17 pm | Greenpeace
On the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Greenpeace campaigners in the U.S. and offices around the world are warning of the rapid expansion of fossil fuel projects and multiple conflicts that could follow as a result. The past year ... More >>
Whale Warning As Clock Ticks Towards Deep Sea Mining
Wednesday, 22 February 2023, 3:04 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Scientists warn deep sea mining could be a "significant risk to ocean ecosystems" with "long lasting and irreversible" impacts, including risks to globally endangered species, like blue whales. University of Exeter and Greenpeace Research ... More >>
Greenpeace Warns Politicians - Get Ready For A Climate Election
Tuesday, 21 February 2023, 6:47 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace Aotearoa is telling politicians to prepare themselves for a climate election. "Cyclone Gabrielle and the Auckland floods have changed the way New Zealanders think about climate change," says Greenpeace climate campaigner, Christine Rose. ... More >>
