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Greenpeace Welcomes Single-use Plastic Phase Out But Renews Call To Ban The Bottle
Sunday, 27 June 2021, 5:18 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is welcoming the Government’s announcement today of a plan to phase out more single-use plastics, but is calling for the ban to cover a wider range of products, including single-use plastic drink bottles like Coke, Pepsi and Pump. "This ... More >>
UNESCO Warns Australian Government’s Failure On Climate Means Great Barrier Reef Is ‘World Heritage In Danger’
Tuesday, 22 June 2021, 2:48 pm | Greenpeace
SYDNEY , June 22 2021 - The Australian Government’s support for the fossil fuel industry and lack of a credible climate policy has caused UNESCO to recommend the Great Barrier Reef be listed among World Heritage sites in danger, according to a ... More >>
Hauraki Gulf Bottom Trawling Restrictions A Win, Now Let’s Go Further
Tuesday, 22 June 2021, 11:08 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is welcoming the Government’s Sea Change plan, announced this morning, which details how the depleted Hauraki Gulf will be brought back from the brink. Jessica Desmond, ocean campaigner at Greenpeace Aotearoa, says she’s pleased to ... More >>
Greenpeace Congratulates New All Blacks Team, Renews Call To Dump INEOS Oil Industry Sponsor
Tuesday, 22 June 2021, 8:49 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is congratulating the new All Blacks team named last night, and renewing its call on NZ Rugby to ‘keep oil off the All Blacks’. Last week Greenpeace called on NZ Rugby to dump its pending sponsorship deal with the notorious UK petrochemical ... More >>
No Dumping Policy Welcomed But Full Camera Rollout Needed To Deliver Ocean Protection, Says Greenpeace
Thursday, 17 June 2021, 6:43 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is welcoming the Government announcement tonight to end fish dumping and discards, but says cameras on the full commercial fishing fleet is essential to ensure this regulation is followed. Russel Norman, executive director of Greenpeace ... More >>
Greenpeace Hands NZ Rugby A Red Card Over Oil Industry Sponsorship Deal With All Blacks
Monday, 14 June 2021, 10:21 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is squaring up to tackle NZ Rugby over the sporting body’s reported intention to sign up INEOS, a petroleum giant and "merchant of plastic pollution", as a sponsor for the All Blacks, Black Ferns, Māori and other national rugby sides. ... More >>
Climate Commission Report More Concerned About Placating Dairy Industry Than Tackling Climate Crisis
Wednesday, 9 June 2021, 12:57 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace says there is still a cow-shaped hole in both the Climate Change Commission’s advice and the Government’s approach to climate action, following the release of the Commission’s finalised climate plan. The report sets out climate action recommendations ... More >>
Worsening Nitrate Contamination Adds To Canterbury Water Woes
Tuesday, 1 June 2021, 10:15 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is redoubling calls for government action to cut synthetic nitrogen fertiliser following two days of drinking water testing in Canterbury, which confirmed that nitrate contamination in drinking water is worsening. Greenpeace tested 225 water ... More >>
Free Water Testing For Canterbury - Greenpeace
Saturday, 29 May 2021, 1:05 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is today conducting free drop-in water testing at Dunsandel , to enable Canterbury households to check their water for nitrate contamination. Cantabrians are invited to bring 100mL of their bore water in a clean container to the Dunsandel ... More >>
Govt Must Cut Synthetic Nitrogen Fertiliser After Adverse Birth Outcomes Linked To Nitrate Contamination - Greenpeace
Monday, 24 May 2021, 10:20 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace says recent research into the link between adverse birth outcomes and nitrate contamination of drinking water should compel the government to take immediate action to cut sources of nitrate pollution, including synthetic nitrogen fertiliser. ... More >>
Budget Delivers Nothing But Loose Change For Climate Crisis - Greenpeace
Thursday, 20 May 2021, 3:34 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Responding to Budget 2021, Greenpeace is calling the Government out for "kicking the can down the road again on climate action at a time when both the opportunity and the need for real action has never been greater." "Today’s Budget ... More >>
Electric Vehicles Announcement A "Baby Step" For The Climate - Greenpeace
Thursday, 13 May 2021, 5:22 am | Greenpeace
May 12, 2021 In response to today’s announcement that the Government will procure 422 new electric vehicles for the public sector, Greenpeace Climate Campaigner, Amanda Larsson, says: "More electric vehicles for the public sector is a small step ... More >>
New UN Climate Report Shows Cutting Methane Crucial For Climate And Health - Greenpeace
Friday, 7 May 2021, 6:24 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is today urging the Government to heed United Nations’ advice to rapidly cut climate pollution from methane through lowering cow stocking rates and cutting synthetic nitrogen fertiliser. The report , produced by the United Nations Environment ... More >>
Budget 2021: Found Billion Dollars A "Second Chance" To Build Back Better
Thursday, 6 May 2021, 1:42 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is calling on Finance Minister, Grant Robertson to use the recently uncovered $926 million of unspent Covid Recovery funds to make good on Labour’s election promise to ‘Build Back Better’. The funds could provide a much-needed boost to ... More >>
NZ Dairy Industry’s Use Of Palm Kernel Expeller Undermining Indonesia’s Climate Action
Thursday, 29 April 2021, 3:28 pm | Greenpeace
The use of palm kernel expeller (PKE) by New Zealand’s intensive dairying industry is linked to the destruction of peatland and rainforests, which is driving the climate crisis. A new Greenpeace International report has found evidence of systematic violations ... More >>
25-tonne Deep Sea Mining Robot Lost On Pacific Ocean Seabed During Trial
Thursday, 29 April 2021, 9:13 am | Greenpeace
One of the world’s first deep sea mining pilot tests has resulted in a huge machine being stuck on the seafloor of the Pacific Ocean. A broken cable has resulted in the mining company Global Sea Mineral Resources (GSR) losing control of its 25-tonne ... More >>
Climate Summit: Following NZ’s Lead On Climate Action Would Be A Disaster, Says Greenpeace
Friday, 23 April 2021, 12:26 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is calling out Jacinda Ardern’s lack of action on emissions from agriculture as the Prime Minister speaks at the Leaders Summit on Climate convened by US President Biden. In a speech during the summit, Ardern encouraged all countries to put a price ... More >>
Deep Sea Mining Tests Indicate "significant Disturbance", Greenpeace Reveals
Friday, 23 April 2021, 11:15 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Eastern Central Pacific Ocean, 22nd April 2021 - Greenpeace has documented signs of "significant disturbance" from deep sea mining tests in the Pacific Ocean. New images reveal a large patch of sediment rising to the surface of the water ... More >>
Big Irrigation Consent Locks In Climate, Water, And Health Damage - Greenpeace
Friday, 23 April 2021, 9:34 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is today condemning a large-scale irrigation consent as ‘locking in overstocking of the land with dairy cows which is bad news for our climate, a guarantee of more water pollution and a risk to human health.’ Environment Canterbury has ... More >>
Greenpeace Issues ‘please Explain’ To Austrian Govt Over New OMV Spying Allegations
Thursday, 22 April 2021, 10:42 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace Aotearoa is calling on the Austrian Government to explain why OMV, a state controlled oil company, has been using the notorious Thompson & Clark spy agency to actively thwart legitimate climate protests in New Zealand. This comes ... More >>
