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Greenpeace - Latest News [Page 28]
"You’ve failed us" - student takes over speech
Thursday, 31 October 2019, 5:31 pm | Greenpeace
Thursday, October 31 : A high school student has taken over what was meant to be a speech delivered by Greenpeace head Russel Norman at an Environmental Protection Authority conference today. More >>
Austrian protests break out over OMV’s NZ drilling plans
Thursday, 31 October 2019, 8:25 am | Greenpeace
Thursday, October 31: Climate activists have staged an oil spill with giant whale sculptures outside the Vienna headquarters of Austrian oil giant OMV, in protest of its plans to drill for oil in New Zealand. More >>
Greenpeace brands Government "sellouts" over ETS backdown
Thursday, 24 October 2019, 9:47 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Thursday, 24 October: Greenpeace is calling the Government’s surprise backdown on its commitment to put farming into the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) a major sell-out. More >>
EPA faces pressure to make oil drill application public
Thursday, 3 October 2019, 8:41 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Thursday, October 3: Pressure is mounting for the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to hold a public hearing into Austrian oil giant OMV’s application to carry out high risk oil drilling in the Great South Basin. More >>
Orange roughy catch increase ‘rejection of lscience'
Friday, 27 September 2019, 12:47 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Friday, September 27th: Greenpeace is calling the Government’s announcement to increase the Total Allowable Commercial Catch (TACC) of orange roughy an "insult" to the 30,000 New Zealanders who called for a ban on bottom trawling, and a rejection ... More >>
Climate fight ‘unwinnable’ unless we protect oceans
Thursday, 26 September 2019, 7:58 am | Greenpeace
Wednesday, 25 September - The launch of a new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) today highlights the urgent need for governments to protect the world’s oceans to win the fight against climate change. More >>
Bottle refund scheme "breakthrough for plastic crisis"
Wednesday, 25 September 2019, 9:27 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace and The Kiwi Bottle Drive have today heralded the Government’s announcement to introduce a bottle refund scheme as a "breakthrough moment for plastic waste in New Zealand." More >>
Ardern falls short on climate
Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 9:00 am | Greenpeace
Tuesday, 24 September - Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg has delivered a fiery speech to world leaders at the UN Climate Summit in New York City. Greenpeace says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern must take note, and respond with stronger action on ... More >>
Major IPCC report: ‘The climate crisis is an oceans crisis’
Friday, 20 September 2019, 10:04 am | Greenpeace
A landmark UN report on the state of the world’s oceans will highlight the urgent need for a Global Ocean Treaty to create large scale marine protection across the planet. More >>
OMV oil rig falls foul of bad wind
Monday, 16 September 2019, 1:47 pm | Greenpeace
Oil company Tamarind Resources has reportedly halted drilling at its Tui oil field off the Taranaki coast after the first of the three planned wells came up dry and bad weather caused delays. More >>
Stand for the Amazon
Friday, 6 September 2019, 8:27 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Friday, 6th September - Greenpeace is joining hundreds of people at a protest outside the Embassy of Brazil in Wellington at lunchtime today. More >>
Govt proposes cap on synthetic fertiliser to help rivers
Thursday, 5 September 2019, 11:07 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is welcoming the release of new measures to protect waterways, but says more needs to be done. More >>
Hydrogen Vision from Govt cautiously welcomed by Greenpeace
Monday, 2 September 2019, 10:11 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Monday, 2nd September - Greenpeace says the Government’s Hydrogen Vision, launched today, could be a good step forward on the road towards a cleaner energy system for New Zealand, but warns of several potential pitfalls in the strategy More >>
Global Ocean Treaty negotiations at the UN
Friday, 30 August 2019, 12:09 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
New York, 30 August 2019 - Over 190 countries came together at the United Nations to negotiate a historic Global Ocean Treaty that could help protect at least 30% of our seas by 2030. More >>
Government releases "deficient" petroleum strategy
Tuesday, 27 August 2019, 2:38 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Tuesday, 27th August: The Government has today released a draft 10-year Minerals and Petroleum Resource Strategy which will be used to inform a review of the Crown Minerals Act 1991. More >>
Greenpeace captures images of fires in the Amazon
Monday, 26 August 2019, 2:20 pm | Greenpeace
Monday, 26 August: Greenpeace Brazil has captured images of the fires that have been ravaging the Amazon forest for the past three weeks in a flyover in the states of Rondônia and Pará. More >>
NZ to play role in crucial UN oceans treaty negotiation
Friday, 23 August 2019, 10:56 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Friday, 23 August: Government delegates from around the world, including New Zealand, are meeting in New York for the third of four meetings at the United Nations to agree a Global Oceans Treaty that could help to protect 30% of our oceans by 2030. Greenpeace ... More >>
Sanford’s Māui plan labelled ineffective
Tuesday, 20 August 2019, 9:33 am | Greenpeace
Tuesday, August 20: Greenpeace has labeled an overnight announcement by fishing company Sanford as a danger to Māui and Hector’s dolphins, and is calling on the Government to reject the ‘Sanford Plan’ immediately. More >>
Race to save Māui dolphins to land on Parliament steps
Sunday, 18 August 2019, 3:25 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Sunday, 18 August, 2019 - Environmental groups and well known New Zealanders are preparing to deliver a 55,000 strong petition to the steps of Parliament tomorrow, calling on the Government to protect the world’s smallest dolphin. More >>
Droves prepare to deliver OMV eviction notice
Wednesday, 14 August 2019, 8:54 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Wednesday, August 14: Close to 100 people are preparing to hand in an eviction notice to Austrian oil giant OMV at its Majestic Centre headquarters in Wellington this morning. More >>
