Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Greenpeace
Greenpeace exists because this fragile earth deserves a voice.
Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning organisation that acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace.
Greenpeace - Latest News [Page 39]
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 >>
Govt takes vital step towards plastic pollution solution
Friday, 9 August 2019, 10:18 am | Greenpeace
Friday 9 August - Greenpeace is praising a Government proposal to prioritise products such as beverage containers and plastic packaging in a new waste minimisation strategy. More >>
Greenpeace calls for halving the herd following IPCC report
Friday, 9 August 2019, 8:49 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Thursday 8 August - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has just released it’s Special Report on Climate Change and Land. It is the most comprehensive scientific assessment ever done on food, farming, land and climate change. More >>
Oil exploration is the real threat to national security
Thursday, 8 August 2019, 2:16 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Thursday 8th August - MBIE has released a report today which shows that over the last decade Government agencies treated protest at sea against oil exploration as a serious threat to national security. More >>
Feds must stop "kicking farmers"
Monday, 29 July 2019, 11:14 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Monday, 29 July: Following an expose of grisly scenes of mudbound cows in Southland due to winter cropping, Greenpeace is expressing frustration at agricultural industry leaders’ failing to take responsibility. More >>
Majestic Centre climbers launch public eviction of OMV
Tuesday, 23 July 2019, 7:55 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Tuesday, July 23: The Greenpeace climbers who are scaling the outside of the tallest building in Wellington have reached OMV’s offices on the 20th floor and announced a public protest to evict the Austrian oil giant. More >>
Greenpeace tower climbers unfurl first banner
Tuesday, 23 July 2019, 12:34 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Tuesday, July 23: The two Greenpeace climbers who are scaling the outside of the tallest building in Wellington have unfurled the first of a series of banners. More >>
Greenpeace climbers scaling Wellington’s tallest building
Tuesday, 23 July 2019, 9:02 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace climbers are scaling the outside of the Majestic Centre, the tallest building in Wellington, to reach the headquarters of Austrian oil giant, OMV. More >>
Govt at risk of capitulating to Dairy over climate pollution
Tuesday, 16 July 2019, 1:03 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Executive Director, Dr Russel Norman, has reacted with disbelief that the Government’s latest climate proposal includes an option for dairy to voluntarily deal with their emissions over the next six years. More >>
EV policy has some grunt but needs more drive
Tuesday, 9 July 2019, 8:36 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Tuesday, July 9: Greenpeace says the Government’s proposal to make clean cars more affordable in New Zealand is a good first step, but needs more drive to tackle the climate emergency. More >>
End-of-life plastic solutions not as important as sources
Monday, 1 July 2019, 1:37 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The announcement from Government this morning that it will invest $40 million into converting plastic waste into new products has been called a positive step by Greenpeace, but has left them asking where the ambition is for tackling plastic at its source. More >>
City of Sydney joins Auckland and Wellington in declaration
Tuesday, 25 June 2019, 9:55 am | Greenpeace
SYDNEY, 25 June 2019. City of Sydney’s Lord Mayor Clover Moore has formally declared a climate emergency overnight in a move welcomed by Greenpeace Australia Pacific. More >>
