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Motorway Expansion Covid Fast-track Consenting Approval Slammed By Climate Campaigners
Tuesday, 16 November 2021, 1:18 pm | Greenpeace
The Covid fast track consenting panel, set up by the Ardern Government under the Covid 19 Fast-Track Consenting Act, has approved the expansion of State Highway 1, which will see a third lane added in each direction between Papakura and Drury. Greenpeace ... More >>
The World Calls Time On Coal At COP26
Sunday, 14 November 2021, 5:58 pm | Greenpeace
The international community has endorsed an accelerated coal phase down and an end to fossil fuel subsidies in an historic COP26 final decision text, sending a clear message to Scott Morrison that his failed climate policy will no longer be tolerated, ... More >>
COP26: Greenpeace Challenges Ardern Govt To Get Real On Climate
Sunday, 14 November 2021, 5:47 pm | Greenpeace
The New Zealand Government is under pressure to come up with a real climate emission reduction plan to present next year, after the COP26 climate summit agreed that Governments must bring back updated targets in 2022. "The New Zealand Government presented ... More >>
Dairy And Fertiliser Industries Responsible For NZ’s Declining Climate Performance
Wednesday, 10 November 2021, 6:52 am | Greenpeace
The international Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) released today , downgrades New Zealand efforts toward climate change reduction seven points from last year’s ranking, to 35th place. New Zealand is now among the low-ranking countries of the ... More >>
Greenpeace Says Fertiliser Companies To Blame For Cancer Deaths From Nitrate-contaminated Water
Monday, 8 November 2021, 3:12 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is redoubling its call on the Ardern government to phase out synthetic nitrogen fertiliser following the publication of a scientific study showing nitrate contamination of drinking water could cause up to 100 cases of bowel cancer and 40 ... More >>
COP Methane Pledge Is More Talk And No Action For Ardern Government
Thursday, 4 November 2021, 6:59 am | Greenpeace
The New Zealand Government has signed up to a new international methane pledge at the COP26 climate talks currently underway in Glasgow, but Greenpeace is unimpressed. Over 100 countries have signed the pledge and agreed to collectively reduce methane ... More >>
Greenpeace To Provide Free Mail-in Nitrate Water Testing
Monday, 1 November 2021, 8:53 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace Aotearoa is today launching a new mail-in service to test people’s drinking water for nitrate contamination. During winter 2021, Greenpeace ran several testing days in communities across Canterbury and Southland, testing over 400 bore-sourced ... More >>
New Zealand’s Government Wimps Out On Climate Action Again With Dodgy NDC
Sunday, 31 October 2021, 3:05 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is giving a frosty reception to the Government’s new Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) climate targets announced today. "The Government’s latest promise to reduce emissions through the NDC play fast and loose with the numbers ... More >>
NZ Rugby Takes Another Big Hit Over INEOS Oil Sponsorship Deal
Friday, 29 October 2021, 5:14 pm | Greenpeace
The tarnishing of New Zealand Rugby has been called out again after an open letter by prominent New Zealanders opposing the deal with INEOS was delivered to the organisation. The letter, organised by Kiwis in Climate, a group of New Zealanders working locally ... More >>
Report Indicates NZ Trawlers Dragged Up Over Seven Tonnes Of Protected Coral
Friday, 29 October 2021, 6:59 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is calling for seamounts and similar ocean features to be protected from trawling, as the latest fishing bycatch data indicates the New Zealand fleet dragged up seven tonnes of coral in a single year. DOC’s 2019-2020 protected species bycatch ... More >>
For A Safe Future For The Pacific, Fossil Fuel Projects And Subsidies Must End At COP26
Friday, 22 October 2021, 10:22 am | Greenpeace
SYDNEY , Oct 22 2021 - The Pacific has demanded that world leaders at the upcoming COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow must draw a line under new coal, oil and gas projects and immediately end fossil fuel subsidies if the Pacific islands are to remain above ... More >>
Young Pasifika Community Leaders Join Call To Ban Seabed Mining To Protect Moana
Friday, 22 October 2021, 7:06 am | Greenpeace
They are young, Pasifika and their message is clear: Ban seabed mining and protect the moana of the Pacific. The call comes from a group of young socially conscious Pasifika leaders who last night helped Greenpeace Aotearoa launch the social media ... More >>
Report Shows NZ Dairy Industry Linked To Illegal Indonesian Palm Oil Plantations
Thursday, 21 October 2021, 5:16 pm | Greenpeace
A new report released today by Greenpeace Indonesia, " Deceased Estate: Illegal palm oil wiping out Indonesia’s national forest ", reveals that illegal palm oil plantations are destroying protected Indonesian rainforests and other habitats, ... More >>
Now Morrison Is Going To COP26, He Must Take A Meaningful Climate Target
Friday, 15 October 2021, 5:43 pm | Greenpeace
SYDNEY , Oct 15, 2021: Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s announcement that he will attend the COP26 Climate Summit, after weeks of threatening not to attend, has been labelled “meaningless” by Greenpeace Australia Pacific unless he commits to a ... More >>
Government’s Waste Strategy Must Focus On Eliminating Waste At The Source
Friday, 15 October 2021, 5:18 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa is calling on the Govt to "cut the crap", and focus its Waste Strategy on eliminating the source of the plastic waste problem. Greenpeace Aotearoa plastics campaigner Juressa Lee said the national waste strategy, which ... More >>
Fertiliser Front Group Flinches From Face-off
Thursday, 14 October 2021, 7:24 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace has been informed that the Fertiliser Association has requested a last minute postponement of their appearance at the Environmental Select Committee rather than appear head to head with Greenpeace following a media advisory sent by the environment ... More >>
Greenpeace To Face Off Against Fertiliser Industry At Environment Select Committee
Wednesday, 13 October 2021, 2:32 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace will appear alongside experts at the Environment Select Committee tomorrow, 9am Thursday 14 October, to give oral evidence supporting their petition calling for the Government to phase out synthetic nitrogen fertiliser. Synthetic nitrogen ... More >>
‘Hot Air And Udder Bullshit' - Greenpeace Reaction To Emissions Reduction Document
Wednesday, 13 October 2021, 10:18 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is expressing shock and disappointment at the Government’s discussion document for the Emissions Reduction Plan, released today, and says instead of signaling a step up in climate action, there’s just more hot air. The purpose of the Emissions ... More >>
Latest Emissions Data Shows Benefits Of Fewer Cows
Friday, 1 October 2021, 12:18 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is today pointing to new emissions data as clear evidence that lowering cow stocking rates works to cut climate pollution. New data from Statistics NZ shows that while New Zealand’s total regional climate pollution rose by 2.1% in 2019, ... More >>
Supreme Court Slams Door On Seabed Mining, Time For A Ban
Thursday, 30 September 2021, 1:56 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Today the Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed Trans Tasman Resources’ (TTR) appeal of a 2018 High Court ruling which quashed the EPA's decision in 2017 to give the miners resource consent to begin a giant seabed mining operation in the South ... More >>
