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Luxon Strips Local Governments' Power To Protect Fresh Water
Tuesday, 22 October 2024, 3:23 pm | Greenpeace
The Government has signalled that it will introduce an amendment to the Resource Management (Freshwater and Other Matters) Amendment Bill to prevent local councils from notifying their freshwater plans until the Government replaces the National ... More >>
Greenpeace Raises Alarm Over Looming Public Health Crisis In Canterbury
Monday, 21 October 2024, 9:23 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace freshwater spokesperson Will Appelbe says, "Everyone should be able to safely drink the water coming out of their kitchen tap, without fear of getting sick. More >>
Fast Track Bill Even Worse After Select Committee - Confirms Luxon Is Engaged In A War On Nature Says Greenpeace
Friday, 18 October 2024, 5:06 pm | Greenpeace
"The changes to the Fast Track Bill announced today will do nothing to deter the uprising of public protest that this grievously bad bill has sparked," says Greenpeace Aotearoa executive director Russel Norman. More >>
Federated Farmers "throwing Their Toys Out Of The Cot" Over Freshwater Protections - Greenpeace
Thursday, 17 October 2024, 1:23 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa spokesperson Will Appelbe says, "Freshwater in Aotearoa has been in decline for decades, and Fish & Game Southland has acted in the interest of all New Zealanders by challenging Environment Southland’s anti-nature legislation. More >>
Public Meeting Organised To Protect Canterbury Water From Fast-Track Pollution
Thursday, 17 October 2024, 8:51 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace’s Canterbury-based freshwater campaigner, Will Appelbe, says, "Everyone should be able to take a dip in their local river or drink the water coming out of their tap without getting sick. But for many rural communities, particularly in Canterbury, ... More >>
Greenpeace Comment On The International Energy Agency World Energy Outlook 2024
Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 9:10 pm | Greenpeace
The IEA report affirms that global demand for oil, gas, and coal is on track to peak by the end of this decade and warns that failure to accelerate the end of fossil fuels now will put the world on course for a catastrophic global average temperature ... More >>
Greenpeace Condemns Rapid Removal Of Freshwater Protections By Government
Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 10:14 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
"By stripping away freshwater protections, the Government will undermine these key values that New Zealanders hold dear. Christopher Luxon’s coalition Government is positioning itself as anti-environment by putting commercial interests over the ... More >>
Fast Track Ministers' Effort To Avoid Conflict Of Interest Like A Sordid Game Of Twister
Friday, 11 October 2024, 2:42 pm | Greenpeace
Russel Norman says, "It’s like a sordid game of Twister between Shane Jones, Simeon Brown and Chris Bishop as they try to avoid all their conflicts of interest in approving fast track projects. More >>
Monster Hurricane Supercharged By Fossil Fuel Pollution; Big Oil Must Be Held Accountable
Thursday, 10 October 2024, 9:14 am | Greenpeace
The total economic loss from the humanitarian crisis created by the previous Hurricane Helene, including damages to infrastructure, healthcare costs, blackouts, and business disruptions, was estimated by AccuWeather to be as high as $250 billion. More >>
Global Day Of Action Against Big Meat And Dairy Climate Pollution Starts With Fonterra - Greenpeace
Thursday, 10 October 2024, 8:57 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace activists in Aotearoa scaled Fonterra’s 60-metre-tall Te Rapa factory at dawn yesterday, unfurling two large banners reading ‘Fonterra’s methane cooks the climate’. They remained on the building for several hours until they were removed ... More >>
Luxon Escalates War On Nature With Mining-heavy Fast Track List
Sunday, 6 October 2024, 4:23 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
There are some worthy projects on the list but they are tainted by the process and the presence of Trans-Tasman Resources at the bottom of the barrel. The fast track is the wrong track and will be a poisoned chalice for those companies who risk it. More >>
Projection Calls For NZ To Stop Destructive Bottom Trawling
Friday, 4 October 2024, 9:28 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace says they are highlighting New Zealand's backward position on bottom trawling as the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) meets to discuss fisheries science in Lima, Peru this week. More >>
Luxon Risks EU Free Trade Agreement With Renewed Oil And Gas Exploration
Tuesday, 1 October 2024, 8:40 am | Greenpeace
"MFAT has confirmed that Luxon’s attempt to restart oil and gas exploration is a breach of the environment chapter of the recently agreed free trade agreement between New Zealand and the European Union," says Dr Russel Norman, Greenpeace Aotearoa Executive ... More >>
Freshwater Protections Up Sh-t Creek Without A Paddle Under Luxon’s Government
Monday, 30 September 2024, 5:15 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace will be in Canterbury next month offering free drop-in drinking water testing events for nitrate contamination in Amberley and Oxford on the 18th and 20th of October. More >>
Cut To Orange Roughy Catch Will See No Recovery Within Five Years
Sunday, 29 September 2024, 2:20 pm | Greenpeace
The Oceans and Fisheries Minister has chosen to do the bare minimum, just enough to stop the decline, not enough to allow the stock to recover, and nothing at all to address the huge damage caused by bottom trawling on seamounts. More >>
Luxon Govt Shows Total Disregard For Public Concerns About Climate
Thursday, 26 September 2024, 1:42 pm | Greenpeace
The Crown Minerals Amendment Bill was only introduced into Parliament on Tuesday, September 24. The Bill aims to restart offshore oil and gas exploration and weaken the requirement for oil companies to pay for the clean-up after they finish work. More >>
Camera Roll-out A Win For The Ocean, Now Needed For Full Fleet
Wednesday, 25 September 2024, 2:38 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa executive director Dr. Russel Norman says, "Cameras on boats are our eyes at sea, helping to keep the fishing industry accountable, and giving us a clear picture of how commercial fishing impacts the ocean. More >>
Fonterra Profits At The Expense Of The Rainforest
Wednesday, 25 September 2024, 9:30 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
"Fonterra should be ashamed that despite the results reported today, they continue to contribute to the deforestation, worker exploitation and the destruction of rare wildlife habitats that come at the hands of the palm industry," says Deighton-O’Flynn. More >>
Greenpeace Seabed Mining Protest Extends To A Second Site
Tuesday, 24 September 2024, 5:17 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Spokesperson Juressa Lee says that while today’s focus has been on Trans Tasman Resources and their plan to mine the seabed of the South Taranaki Bight, it should also be a warning to any company considering using the Fast Track approvals process ... More >>
Greenpeace Occupies Straterra’s Wellington HQ In Seabed Mining Protest
Tuesday, 24 September 2024, 12:07 pm | Greenpeace
Three activists have locked themselves inside the building, and two more have climbed onto an awning at the front of the building to deploy a large ‘No Seabed Mining’ banner. More >>
