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Fertiliser Blockade Ends, But Greenpeace Says Campaign Will Continue
Monday, 27 July 2020, 4:16 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Monday, 27 July: Climate protesters have successfully concluded a blockade at a synthetic fertiliser factory owned by agri-chemical company Ballance, but Greenpeace says public opposition to the "climate-wrecking" chemical is still growing. ... More >>
Blockade Of Taranaki Synthetic Nitrogen Plant Continues - Greenpeace
Monday, 27 July 2020, 1:57 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Early this morning, Greenpeace and Climate Justice Taranaki protesters began a blockade of a synthetic nitrogen fertiliser factory owned by agri-chemical company Ballance. Five activists are still locked to a blockade of the factory entrance in Kapuni, ... More >>
Greenpeace Protesters Blockade Fertiliser Factory, Taranaki
Monday, 27 July 2020, 10:31 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Protestors have halted the distribution of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser this morning in Kapuni in Taranaki, citing the chemical’s destructive climate impact. The Greenpeace activists have locked on to a blockade structure at the entrance to ... More >>
Greenpeace Welcomes Māori Party’s Bold Climate Policy
Saturday, 18 July 2020, 4:27 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is applauding the Māori Party for its bold climate change policy, and encourages Co-Leader Debbie Ngārewa-Packer to make climate change a bottom line in any potential coalition negotiations following September’s election. The Māori ... More >>
Groups Against Seabed Mining Will “vigorously Oppose” Supreme Court Appeal By Miners
Friday, 17 July 2020, 2:53 pm | Greenpeace
The Supreme Court today granted Trans-Tasman Resources (TTR) leave to appeal a 3 April Court of Appeal judgment that upheld a High Court decision which had quashed the company’s consent to dig up 50 million tonnes of the South Taranaki Bight seabed ... More >>
Face Your Plastic Footprint - Coke Told
Tuesday, 14 July 2020, 8:44 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace NZ is challenging Coca Cola to face up to its embarrassing contribution to ocean pollution for Plastic Free July. Coca Cola Amatil floods NZ with hundreds of millions of plastic bottles annually - the majority of which end up in landfill ... More >>
UN Intervention Needed On Suspected Murder Case Linked To Global Tuna Trader
Tuesday, 14 July 2020, 8:11 am | Greenpeace
The suspected murder of an I-Kiribati fisheries observer in March of this year demands UN intervention to ensure effective and thorough investigation, according to a formal complaint by Greenpeace USA and the Association for Professional Observers (APO) ... More >>
Greenpeace Welcomes Green Party Plan To Boost Solar And End Coal/Gas
Sunday, 12 July 2020, 4:27 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is applauding the Green Party on their energy policy announcement today but seeks assurances that the Greens will make phasing out fossil fuels and investing in distributed renewable energy a bottom line in any potential coalition negotiations. ... More >>
New Study Finds Nitrogen Pollution Puts Us At Risk
Friday, 10 July 2020, 8:28 am | Greenpeace
A new international study warns that nitrogen pollution from the livestock sector poses risks to human health and the environment, from water and air pollution to worsening the climate crisis. The study, titled ' Nitrogen emissions along global ... More >>
Rio Tinto Departure Makes Decarbonisation Projects 'shovel Ready'
Thursday, 9 July 2020, 10:59 am | Greenpeace
Today’s Tiwai Point closure announcement will result in cheaper electricity for New Zealand households and the chance to swiftly decarbonise transport and industry, says Greenpeace. Rio Tinto’s smelter, which uses 13 percent of New Zealand’s ... More >>
Govt Must Not Pass Up Opportunity For Transformation
Tuesday, 7 July 2020, 3:05 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace says the newly released Government plan for the Primary Sector is a missed opportunity to build back better. The plan Fit for a Better World - Accelerating our Economic Potential , was released by Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday. It aims to map ... More >>
Greenpeace Response To Infrastructure Funding Announcement
Wednesday, 1 July 2020, 4:02 pm | Greenpeace
"It looks like there are good investments on the table in the Government’s Covid recovery infrastructure announcement today. But the devil will be in the detail, which has not yet been made available. It remains to be seen whether the Government ... More >>
Leaked Phone Call Exposes NZ First Control Of Fishing Policy
Tuesday, 30 June 2020, 6:34 pm | Greenpeace
A leaked recording of a phone call made by Fisheries Minister Stuart Nash confirms that NZ First is controlling critical elements of the Government’s fishing policy, in particular the decision to stop cameras on fishing boats. The recording, which ... More >>
Greenpeace Says Dolphin Threat Management Plan "promising, But Not Transformational"
Wednesday, 24 June 2020, 2:05 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace says the Māui and Hector’s Threat Management Plan , released today by the Government, makes some promising steps towards protecting the most endangered dolphin species in the world, but is not completely transformational. Jessica Desmond, ... More >>
Dead Albatross May Save Us - Greenpeace
Friday, 19 June 2020, 7:01 am | Greenpeace
Today, on World Albatross Day, Greenpeace has released a heart wrenching video detailing the last days of a Toroa (Southern Royal Albatross) - which died after eating an entire plastic drink bottle. "Plastic bottles are one of this giant sea bird’s ... More >>
Fonterra Slammed In New Global Emissions Report
Wednesday, 17 June 2020, 10:18 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Fonterra has been named and shamed as one of 13 global dairy companies causing the climate crisis to worsen, in a damning new report by the United States-based Institute of Agriculture and Trade Policy. The institute singles out Fonterra, the second largest ... More >>
Fast-track Bill Dodges Govt Climate Test - Greenpeace
Monday, 15 June 2020, 4:51 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace says the Government is dodging its own guidelines to push through a new fast-track covid law. The Covid-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Bill, unveiled this afternoon, is designed to speed up infrastructure projects with the aim of providing ... More >>
A World First - "ban Plastic Bottles" Says Greenpeace
Thursday, 4 June 2020, 9:20 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace wants New Zealand to become the first country in the world to ban plastic drinks bottles. Last year, after a huge public outcry, the NZ Government banned single use plastic bags. Now Greenpeace is launching a new campaign to "ban the bottle." ... More >>
Nitrogen Fertiliser Poisoning Of Rivers To Face Cap, Says Greenpeace
Thursday, 28 May 2020, 11:46 am | Greenpeace
Thursday, 28th May: Greenpeace is today welcoming the Government’s move to place a cap on synthetic nitrogen fertiliser, but says more controls are needed to protect freshwater. The fertiliser cap was announced today as part of the Government’s ... More >>
Govt’s Seabird Plan Of Action Panders To Fishing Industry, Says Greenpeace
Wednesday, 27 May 2020, 2:03 pm | Greenpeace
The National Plan of Action for Seabirds, released by the Government today, puts the fate of threatened species firmly in the hands of the fishing industry, says Greenpeace. Jessica Desmond, oceans campaigner at Greenpeace, says the action plan ... More >>
