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Climate Floods Underline Need For Action On Dairy Emissions
Wednesday, 24 August 2022, 4:31 pm | Greenpeace
In the wake of the Nelson climate floods, Greenpeace is urging the government to address the causes of climate change from New Zealand’s biggest climate polluter - intensive dairy. Greenpeace lead agriculture campaigner Christine Rose says "Everyone ... More >>
Back Strongest Global Ocean Treaty: Greenpeace Urges NZ Government
Tuesday, 16 August 2022, 12:11 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa is urging the New Zealand government to back the strongest possible Global Oceans Treaty as the latest round of negotiations for the long-awaited treaty kick off in New York. UN member states are meeting this week to hammer out the details ... More >>
Waikato Council Report Blame Intensive Dairy For Worsening Groundwater Nitrate But Fails To Warn Pregnant Women Of Risks
Thursday, 11 August 2022, 1:55 pm | Greenpeace
11 August: A Waikato Regional Council report presented today on Groundwater Nitrates in the region, shows extreme nitrate contamination in some areas and says three quarters of wells exceed levels linked to bowel cancer in a 2018 Danish Study but fails to ... More >>
Greenpeace Welcomes Members Bill To Ban Seabed Mining
Thursday, 4 August 2022, 4:59 pm | Greenpeace
A members bill from Te Pāti Māori Co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer has been drawn from the ballot at Parliament today proposing legislation that would ban seabed mining in Aotearoa - a move Greenpeace is heralding as an opportunity to stop a highly destructive ... More >>
NZ Commercial Fishing Caught 58 Protected Turtles In Last Year Alone
Wednesday, 3 August 2022, 6:15 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is calling on the New Zealand Government to urgently regulate commercial fisheries, following a new report that shows they caught 58 protected sea turtles in the last year alone. The Department of Conservation (DOC) report, released this ... More >>
Adaptation Plan A "missed Opportunity"
Wednesday, 3 August 2022, 3:32 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa says the government’s climate change National Adaptation Plan misses the opportunity to make farming more resilient to climate change. The environmental organisation is calling on the Government to regulate the drivers of ... More >>
New App Encourages EV Makers To Say No To Deep Sea Metals
Tuesday, 2 August 2022, 7:18 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace has launched a new app designed to raise awareness about the environmental threats posed by deep sea mining. Using an interactive interface, the web-app encourages people to learn more about the emerging extractive industry while also providing ... More >>
Eight Hours In: Greenpeace Activists Continue Blocking Talley’s Bottom Trawler
Saturday, 30 July 2022, 5:07 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace activists on a raft have now been blocking a Talley’s bottom trawling ship from leaving Port Nelson for eight hours, and are preparing to stay there overnight in opposition to Talley’s continued bottom trawling on seamounts. Activists anchored ... More >>
Greenpeace Rafters Block Talley’s Bottom Trawler In Nelson
Saturday, 30 July 2022, 1:10 pm | Greenpeace
Sitting on a 6-metre raft displaying a "Stop Bottom Trawling Seamounts" banner, Greenpeace activists have this morning blocked a Talley’s bottom trawling vessel to disrupt its departure from Port Nelson. Two activists have anchored their ... More >>
Climate Commission Misses The Dairy With Emissions Trading Scheme Advice
Wednesday, 27 July 2022, 11:37 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace says that the Climate Change Commission’s advice to the Government on the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) misses the mark because it continues to exempt New Zealand’s biggest climate polluter - agriculture. Agriculture makes up half ... More >>
International Seabed Authority Rushes To Open Deep Seas To Mining
Friday, 22 July 2022, 7:04 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is this week urging the International Seabed Authority to halt plans that would allow destructive deep sea mining to begin - starting in the Pacific. The International Seabed Authority (ISA) is right now meeting in Jamaica to discuss ... More >>
Pacific Leaders’ Endorsement For ICJ Advisory Opinion Bid Must Spur Global Groundswell
Monday, 18 July 2022, 5:16 pm | Greenpeace
The support from Pacific leaders for an advisory opinion on climate change from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is welcomed and must begin a global groundswell of support ahead of the UN General Assembly in September, The Civil Society Alliance ... More >>
Giant Cancer Banner Points At Fertiliser Factory
Monday, 11 July 2022, 10:03 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Early this morning Greenpeace confronted the fertiliser industry with an enormous, 1500 sq metre banner outside the Kapuni fertiliser factory in South Taranaki. The message highlights the link between synthetic nitrogen fertiliser and the cancer ... More >>
Pacific Youth Hold Flotilla Calling On Leaders To Endorse Climate Justice At PIF
Saturday, 9 July 2022, 1:18 pm | Greenpeace
SUVA, FIJI, 9 July 2022 - Young Pacific activists and students, alongside Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Amnesty International, and others held a major flotilla calling on world leaders to support climate justice by endorsing the campaign for an advisory ... More >>
Australian And NZ Invitation For Co-hosted COP With Pacific Must Be Matched By Support For ICJ Advisory Opinion Bid
Friday, 8 July 2022, 3:02 pm | Greenpeace
Suva, Fiji, 8 July 2022 - The invitation from Australia and New Zealand for Pacific Island nations to be part of a joint bid to host a future UN climate summit is welcomed, but firm commitments are required, including backing the Vanuatu government-led campaign ... More >>
Greenpeace Supports Climate Commission Call For Action On Synthetic Nitrogen Fertiliser
Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 4:47 pm | Greenpeace
6 July: Greenpeace Aotearoa is commending the Climate Change Commission for acknowledging that synthetic nitrogen fertiliser, which produces twice the emissions of domestic aviation , should be priced at the manufacturer and producer level.Greenpeace lead ... More >>
New Zealand’s Silence On Deep Sea Mining Risks Deep Wounds To Pacific Relations
Friday, 1 July 2022, 10:42 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
In a dramatic shift at the United Nations oceans conference in Lisbon this week, a series of Pacific Governments have formed an alliance to oppose deep sea mining in international waters but Greenpeace says the continued silence from the New Zealand ... More >>
One Hundred Thousand People Call For A Ban On Single-use Plastic Bottles
Thursday, 30 June 2022, 2:18 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Accompanied by a giant albatross sculpture made of reclaimed plastic bottles, Greenpeace has delivered a 100,000-strong petition to parliament calling on the Government to ban single-use plastic bottles and incentivise reusable and refillable alternatives. ... More >>
Coalition Calls For Dairy Cattle Code Of Welfare Review To End Intensive Winter Grazing
Thursday, 30 June 2022, 9:26 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace Aotearoa, SAFE, Animals Aotearoa, SPCA, and the New Zealand Animal Law Association have joined forces to call for an end to intensive winter grazing through the Government’s Dairy Cattle Code of Welfare review. The coalition says that as ... More >>
Greenpeace Calls Out David Parker’s "hollow Words" At Global Oceans Meeting
Wednesday, 29 June 2022, 5:15 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is calling on Oceans and Fisheries Minister David Parker to back up his words with action this week, as he attends the United Nations Oceans Conference in Lisbon. At the Conference, which focuses on ocean protection, Minister Parker spoke ... More >>
