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Activists threatened with "draconian" Anadarko Amendment
Wednesday, 31 January 2018, 1:34 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Wednesday, January 31: Police have warned climate activists currently locked onto an offshore oil exploration support ship in the Port of Taranaki that officials from the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) are travelling from Wellington ... More >>
Greenpeace activists jump on Amazon Warrior support vessel
Wednesday, 31 January 2018, 9:07 am | Greenpeace
Wednesday, 31 January: Greenpeace activists have boarded the support vessel of the world’s largest seismic blasting ship this morning, and locked themselves to it. More >>
Big Irrigation a blooming bad idea for NZ’s rivers
Friday, 26 January 2018, 2:30 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Big Irrigation a blooming bad idea for NZ’s rivers Friday, 26 Jan - Greenpeace is warning there’ll be many more toxic algal blooms and rivers drying up around New Zealand if controversial irrigation schemes are allowed to go ahead. More >>
Landmark expedition to bottom of the Antarctic Ocean
Monday, 15 January 2018, 12:35 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace launches landmark expedition to bottom of the Antarctic Ocean Monday, January 15: Greenpeace has today launched a campaign calling for the creation of the largest protected area on Earth - a 1.8 million square kilometre ocean sanctuary ... More >>
Arctic legal decision will strengthen movement to end oil
Friday, 5 January 2018, 10:54 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
In the case brought against the Norwegian Government by Greenpeace Norway for granting new oil licenses to drill in the Arctic, the Oslo District Court reached a decision yesterday afternoon, Norwegian time. More >>
Xmas present for Irrigation industry - bad news for rivers
Thursday, 21 December 2017, 2:37 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The money’s come from the Sustainable Farming Fund which, as the name suggests, is designed to help farmers farm in ways that reduce damage to the environment. More >>
New permit issued for oil and gas exploration must be last
Wednesday, 20 December 2017, 6:35 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
New permit issued for oil and gas exploration must be NZ’s last, says Greenpeace More >>
Environmental heavyweights pen letter to Govt
Wednesday, 20 December 2017, 2:52 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Wednesday, December 20: The country’s largest environmental organisations have penned an open letter to the Government today, calling for an end to new fossil fuel expansion. More >>
Fossil fuel expansion undermines new Climate Commission
Monday, 18 December 2017, 4:53 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Monday, December 18: Greenpeace says the Government’s announcement on the formalisation of a Climate Commission is a positive step, but expanding the fossil fuel industry by issuing new fossil fuel permits would undermine the Commission before it even ... More >>
Public money still being spent on polluting rivers
Friday, 8 December 2017, 10:54 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Friday, 8th December: Greenpeace is seeking urgent clarification from the Agriculture and Environment Ministers Damien O'Connor and David Parker on a media report today that irrigation is still being publicly funded. More >>
Greenpeace Launches Legal Challenge Against Amazon Warrior
Tuesday, 5 December 2017, 12:33 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Tuesday, December 5: A legal challenge against the world’s largest seismic oil exploration ship will be launched at a public rally today on Parliament Lawn. More >>
Greenpeace Calls Out Shane Jones on Irrigation
Tuesday, 5 December 2017, 10:53 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Tuesday 5th Dec, Greenpeace is calling out the new labour-led government for muddying the waters on its promise to end state funding of irrigation and clean up rivers. More >>
Texan Oil Giant at Centre of Anti-Protest Legislation Quits
Tuesday, 28 November 2017, 9:32 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Tuesday, November 28: Greenpeace says it’s time for the new Government to administer the coup de grâce to the oil industry after Texan oil giant, Anadarko, has pulled the plug on its New Zealand operations. More >>
"Expect resistance": Greenpeace warning to Amazon Warrior
Saturday, 25 November 2017, 1:45 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
"Expect resistance": Greenpeace warning to Amazon Warrior as it arrives in NZ -- Saturday, 25 November: Greenpeace has issued a warning to the world’s biggest seismic blasting ship upon its arrival in New Zealand waters this morning. More >>
Government has the power to stop giant oil ship: Greenpeace
Friday, 24 November 2017, 3:07 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Friday, November 24: Greenpeace are criticising a reported statement by the new Minister of Energy, Megan Woods, that the decision about whether to issue a permit for oil exploration is merely an "operational matter". More >>
Amazon Warrior steaming to NZ to blast blue whale habitat
Wednesday, 22 November 2017, 7:37 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Wednesday, November 22: An oil exploration ship at the centre of a storm of controversy for its seismic blasting agenda earlier this year in New Zealand is on its way back. More >>
DairyNZ’s latest water plan a “gutless betrayal”
Wednesday, 22 November 2017, 10:05 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Shortly after Fonterra released its highly criticised freshwater plan last week, Dairy NZ has followed suit and released their “strategy” to clean up New Zealand's rivers. More >>
Spoof Coke ad showing the scale of ocean plastic
Sunday, 19 November 2017, 11:01 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
As Coca Cola launch their new ‘Holidays are coming’ Christmas TV advertisement, some of the brand’s fans have been viewing a version that’s a little more realistic. In an attempt to take advantage of Coke’s huge PR push at this time of year, Greenpeace ... More >>
Strong leadership must emerge to drive Pacific COP
Saturday, 18 November 2017, 3:03 pm | Greenpeace
Bonn, 17 November 2017 – Greenpeace demanded climate leadership to emerge from the Pacific COP, calling on leaders to listen to the need for urgency and transform their energy and land-use systems. The Trump administration failed to stop the global ... More >>
Our rivers need more than empty headlines from Fonterra
Thursday, 16 November 2017, 11:48 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Thursday, November 16: Fonterra has launched a "plan" to clean up New Zealand’s waterways but Greenpeace says the dairy giant has failed to address the cow in the room. More >>
