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Taylor Doubles Down On Failure, Refuses To Lift Australia’s Woeful Pollution Reduction Target
Tuesday, 26 May 2020, 11:05 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace Australia Pacific has condemned Energy Minister Angus Taylor’s decision to defy the calls of the international community and prioritise the interests of fossil fuel barons over Australian people. In a letter to the UNFCC, Taylor said ... More >>
Greenpeace Response To Regional Emissions Report Released By Waikato Regional Council
Tuesday, 19 May 2020, 3:30 pm | Greenpeace
The latest emissions report recently released by the Waikato Regional Council found that agriculture contributes 69% of gross emissions in Waikato. "This latest emissions report shows that Waikato’s single biggest climate emitter is intensive ... More >>
Budget: Only "loose Change" For The Climate - Greenpeace
Thursday, 14 May 2020, 3:30 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is quietly applauding the Government’s conservation, freshwater, rail and small home insulation measures announced in today’s Budget. However, Executive Director Dr Russel Norman says "looking at where money’s gone in the massive ... More >>
Budget: Get Future-ready Over Shovel-ready, Urges Greenpeace
Tuesday, 12 May 2020, 1:27 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Tuesday, 12 May: Greenpeace is urging the Government to prioritise ‘future-ready’ over ‘shovel-ready’ job solutions in this week’s Covid Recovery Budget. Greenpeace Executive Director, Dr Russel Norman, says with the budget dubbed "Rebuilding ... More >>
MSC’s Deliberate Deceit: Report Reveals Staggering Scale Of Their Fishing Industry Greenwash
Friday, 8 May 2020, 8:28 am | Greenpeace
One of the world’s most recognisable sustainability certifications, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) tick, has been exposed for the sham that it is, says Greenpeace, in a new report from environmental NGO Bloom . Researchers, who looked at every MSC ... More >>
Greenpeace Calls On Govt To Back Farmers With $1 Billion Regenerative Farming Fund
Thursday, 7 May 2020, 8:35 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Ahead of the Government’s post-Covid Budget announcements on May 14th, Greenpeace has launched a proposal calling for a $1 billion investment in regenerative agriculture . The environmental organisation has drawn up a unique and detailed plan, outlining ... More >>
Govt Report Reveals Freshwater Crisis
Thursday, 16 April 2020, 10:57 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace says today’s Ministry for the Environment report, Our Freshwater 2020, clearly shows that New Zealand’s rivers, lakes and freshwater are in crisis. The report cites the shift to intensive dairying, including increasing cow numbers and ... More >>
Latest Emissions Tally Highlights Huge Opportunity For Shift In Farming
Wednesday, 15 April 2020, 5:04 pm | Greenpeace
Wednesday, 15 April: The latest official count of climate emissions in New Zealand has been released today. The Government's Greenhouse Gas inventory for 2018 shows New Zealand's emissions have increased by 24 per cent since 1990, with agriculture ... More >>
OMV Exit Signals End Of Offshore Oil Exploration In NZ
Friday, 10 April 2020, 10:25 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Friday, April 10: Austrian oil giant OMV has announced today that it’s indefinitely postponing its last remaining oil and gas exploration plans in the Taranaki Basin. Greenpeace is claiming "a win of generational significance" that signals ... More >>
Covid Shows Now Is The Time To Strengthen Environmental Protections
Wednesday, 1 April 2020, 2:23 pm | Greenpeace
As the Covid-19 pandemic takes its toll on the New Zealand economy, Greenpeace is pushing back on industry lobbyists and politicians arguing for weakening and delaying environmental protections. The environment group says that now more than ever, we ... More >>
Greenpeace Response To Stimulus Package
Tuesday, 17 March 2020, 2:50 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is welcoming today’s sweeping fiscal stimulus package, and hopes the next announcement in May will take things a step further, by using the opportunity to embed New Zealand's response to climate change and protect the country ... More >>
Govt Urged To Green The Covid Stimulus Package
Monday, 16 March 2020, 12:54 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is encouraging the Government to use tomorrow’s Covid-19 budget as an opportunity to future proof New Zealand against climate change. And it’s asking Kiwis to weigh in with their ideas. Jacinda Ardern is expected to outline a package ... More >>
In Wake Of Fishing Industry Links To Govt, NZers Rally For Ocean Protection
Monday, 9 March 2020, 1:10 pm | Greenpeace
New Zealanders put the writing on the wall today when it comes to their feelings about ocean protection, sharing their views on posters across the capital city. Messages calling for global ocean sanctuaries and bigger and bolder protection measures are ... More >>
Greenpeace Gunges Fertiliser Company
Thursday, 5 March 2020, 7:49 am | Greenpeace
Management at Ravensdown fertiliser company in Christchurch are arriving at work this morning to discover they’ve been slimed. The main entranceway to the head office in Christchurch, the car park, signage and front wall have all been covered ... More >>
We Love WOMAD, But Its Oil Sponsors Really Suck
Thursday, 27 February 2020, 10:36 am | Greenpeace
Thursday, February 27: Greenpeace has published an open letter calling on the organisers of music festival WOMAD to dump oil industry sponsorship. Todd Energy and Austrian oil giant OMV are on the bill again this year, despite persistent criticism from ... More >>
Greenpeace Calls On PM To Launch Review After NZF Fishery Donations Exposed
Tuesday, 25 February 2020, 2:23 pm | Greenpeace
Tuesday, February 25: Greenpeace is calling on the Prime Minister to launch an external review into Talley’s-related fishing decisions made by this Government, in light of new revelations that tens of thousands of dollars have been donated to the New ... More >>
Greenpeace Welcomes Win For The Environment As Equinor Pulls Out Of Bight Oil Project
Tuesday, 25 February 2020, 1:26 pm | Greenpeace
SYDNEY , Feb 25 2020 - Norwegian oil company Equinor has today announced it will abandon plans to drill in the Great Australian Bight because it is “not commercially competitive”. “This is an incredible win for people power and nature - after ... More >>
OMV’s Deep Sea Oil Drill Fails
Thursday, 20 February 2020, 3:22 pm | Greenpeace
Thursday, February 20: South Islanders will be bidding ‘Auf Wiedersehen’ to Austrian oil and gas giant OMV, which has come up empty handed following a controversial deep sea drill in the Great South Basin. Greenpeace climate and energy campaigner, ... More >>
Three Billboards In A Dirty River, Near Christchurch, Canterbury
Wednesday, 12 February 2020, 7:33 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is putting up three billboards in the in the algae-filled Selwyn near Christchurch to remind the Prime Minister of her promises on New Zealand rivers. The first billboard comprises a larger than life image of Jacinda Ardern, quoting ... More >>
Roading announcement undercuts clean transport development
Wednesday, 29 January 2020, 11:31 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Wednesday, January 29: The Government’s plan to spend $5.3 billion on building new roads will slow down the development of clean transport in New Zealand, according to Greenpeace. More >>
