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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 >>
Global Ocean Protection Hangs In The Balance As Critical UN Meeting Begins
Monday, 20 February 2023, 12:27 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Negotiations for a Global Ocean Treaty kick off again in New York this week, as UN member states meet for the final time to decide the future of our blue planet. This Treaty is needed to provide the legal framework to create fully protected areas ... More >>
Leak Of Secret Trade-off Deal Triggers NGOs Demand To End Congo Oil Auction
Friday, 3 February 2023, 6:45 am | Greenpeace
Kinshasa, 2 February 2023 – A coalition of civil society groups have called for the immediate cancellation of a massive oil and gas auction in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) following news of a secret deal between Oil Minister Didier Budimbu, ... More >>
Catastrophic Deluge Should Be Named A Climate Disaster Says Greenpeace
Monday, 30 January 2023, 3:03 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is today calling for the North Island’s extreme rain and flooding event to be named as a climate disaster. "As our friends, family and neighbours across Auckland and the North Island have been battered by unprecedented rain and flooding, ... More >>
Poll Shows Growing Support For Cutting Fertiliser And Cows
Thursday, 26 January 2023, 9:09 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
"New polling shows growing public support for calls to cut fertiliser, regulate the dairy industry to protect water and, while not yet a majority, lower dairy cow numbers," says Greenpeace Aotearoa senior campaigner Steve Abel. The polling ... More >>
Climate Action Should Be Bread And Butter For The Chris Hipkins Government
Wednesday, 25 January 2023, 10:39 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is welcoming Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni into their new roles in Government with a challenge to make real climate action their ‘bread and butter’, saying "there’s no bread and butter on ... More >>
Shocking Footage Leaked From Deep Sea Mining Vessel
Thursday, 12 January 2023, 10:44 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace Aotearoa is calling leaked undercover footage of wastewater pouring into the Pacific ocean during deep sea mining tests "damning", saying it exposes the industry greenwash and just how damaging deep sea mining could be to ocean health. ... More >>
Plastic Polluter Coca-Cola Receives Early Christmas Message From Greenpeace
Tuesday, 20 December 2022, 5:40 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa has sent Coca-Cola an early Christmas gift by brand jamming the plastic polluter’s products in Auckland. Volunteers concerned about plastic pollution headed back to the supermarkets once again and planted hangers on Coke ... More >>
Tonnes Of Airborne Microplastics Another Reason To Support A Global Plastics Treaty - Greenpeace
Tuesday, 13 December 2022, 8:43 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa is reaffirming its call on the government to support a strong global plastics treaty after research reveals 74 metric tonnes of microplastics is dispersed onto Auckland every year. The research was conducted by scientists from ... More >>
Indigenous Participation Crucial In Global Plastics Treaty Negotiations - Greenpeace
Friday, 9 December 2022, 4:14 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa is calling on the government to advocate for the interests of people and climate in negotiations for a global treaty that will end plastic pollution after the first Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC). The negotiations, ... More >>
Doomed Deep Sea Miner The Metals Company Under Huge Pressure
Wednesday, 7 December 2022, 3:09 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
In what Greenpeace Aotearoa is calling another heavy blow to deep sea mining - the Canadian miner The Metals Company has received a delisting notice from the Nasdaq stock exchange - after trading below USD$1 at closing bid price for 30 days in a ... More >>
Greenpeace Appeals Against Hiringa Hydrogen-to-urea With Hapū Backing
Wednesday, 30 November 2022, 12:45 pm | Greenpeace
With the support of Hapū of Ngāruahine in South Taranaki, Greenpeace Aotearoa is appealing against the High Court’s approval of the proposal to create hydrogen for the manufacture of urea at the Ballance-owned Kapuni fertiliser factory, in Te ... More >>
US Court Orders A Ban On Imports Of NZ Fish
Tuesday, 29 November 2022, 7:25 pm | Greenpeace
A US court has ordered an immediate ban on importing several fish species from New Zealand’s inshore trawling and gillnet fisheries off the west coast of the North Island. Conservation group Sea Shepherd had asked the US Court of International Trade ... More >>
Govt Shows Climate Sense On Oil Exploration While Luxon On Another Planet
Wednesday, 23 November 2022, 11:38 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is welcoming the Government’s proposed changes to the Crown Minerals Act released today which remove the purpose of ‘promoting’ fossil fuel exploration and extraction from the Act but is calling for it to go further. "It’s good ... More >>
Greenpeace Confronts Deep Sea Mining Vessel
Thursday, 17 November 2022, 2:21 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace activists have peacefully confronted a deep sea mining ship off the coast of Manzanillo, México as it returned to port from the Pacific. The Hidden Gem, commissioned by Canadian miner The Metals Company, has just returned from eight weeks of test ... More >>
Greenpeace Aotearoa Seeks To Hear From Pacific Peoples On Deep Sea Mining
Thursday, 10 November 2022, 11:45 am | Greenpeace
As the movement against deep sea mining continues to grow, Greenpeace Aotearoa is asking people of the Pacific to share their views on the industry with a new online survey translated into nine Pacific languages. Results from the survey will inform ... More >>
