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‘Nitrate Emergency Starts Here’: Greenpeace Pins Blame On Canterbury Dairy Conversions
Friday, 3 October 2025, 11:21 am | Greenpeace
"There can be no more dairy expansion in a nitrate emergency," says Appelbe. "There are simply too many cows on the Canterbury plains and we can’t afford to add any more. New Zealand needs to reduce the dairy herd size, not grow it." More >>
Luxon’s Trump-Like Energy Policy Heads Down A Fossil Fuel Dead End
Wednesday, 1 October 2025, 9:34 am | Greenpeace
The Luxon Government today announced its long awaited energy initiatives, which included Government subsidies for a fossil gas (LNG) import facility, subsidies for new fossil fuel generation, and re-announced subsidies for fossil fuel exploration. More >>
International Organisations Condemn ‘No Additional Warming’ Approach As NZ Methane Target Decision Looms
Tuesday, 30 September 2025, 11:27 am | Greenpeace
No additional warming is a political trick dressed up as science. It pretends current methane emissions are fine - when in reality, they’re fuelling the climate crisis, Greenpeace Aotearoa spokesperson Amanda Larsson says. More >>
Seamount Protection Considered To Protect Crashed Fish Stock
Monday, 29 September 2025, 5:11 pm | Greenpeace
The Minister for Oceans and Fisheries, Shane Jones announced today that catch limits in the Chatham Rise, New Zealand’s most important orange roughy fishing ground, will be slashed in half to 2,349 tonnes. More >>
Greenpeace Calls For Investors To Boycott Wannabe Seabed Miner As They List On NZ Stock Exchange
Monday, 29 September 2025, 8:10 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is calling on New Zealand investors and financial institutions to boycott MKR and its destructive seabed mining project in the South Taranaki Bight, Greenpeace spokesperson Juressa Lee says. More >>
Greenpeace Activists Convicted And Discharged Over Seabed Mining Action
Friday, 26 September 2025, 5:37 pm | Greenpeace
Taranaki communities - including iwi, environmentalists, fisher people, boaties and surfers are united in our opposition to seabed mining. We will continue to take action until we know Tangaroa is protected, activist Kate Paris, of Pātea says. More >>
Luxon Govt Joins Trump's Climate Stupidity Club
Thursday, 25 September 2025, 1:54 pm | Greenpeace
More than thirty thousand people have signed a Greenpeace open letter pledging to resist the oil and gas industry should they return to explore for new oil and gas in New Zealand. More >>
$26 Billion In Dirty Money: Fonterra Cashes In After Contaminating Drinking Water
Thursday, 25 September 2025, 11:25 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is calling for an end to dairy expansion because of the environmental harm caused by the industry. More >>
Former World Leaders Call For New Climate Taxes On Oil & Gas Industry: Greenpeace Comment
Wednesday, 24 September 2025, 5:49 pm | Greenpeace
The message from citizens and former leaders alike is clear: governments must find the courage to decisively tax oil and gas corporations and redirect those funds towards a just transition away from fossil fuels and a safe future in the face of a climate ... More >>
Greenpeace USA Unveils Giant “Bill” With Expected Economic Damages From Just 5 Major Oil & Gas Companies At NYC
Sunday, 21 September 2025, 5:39 am | Greenpeace
In the coming weeks, Greenpeace organisations worldwide will deliver more giant polluter bills that reflect the economic cost of emissions from oil and gas corporations. More >>
Historic Ocean Treaty To Enter Into Force
Saturday, 20 September 2025, 5:05 pm | Greenpeace
The Treaty was agreed to by UN member states in 2023 , but could not pass into law until 60 countries had ratified it, a milestone which was reached today. More >>
Greenpeace Applauds ECan For Declaring Nitrate Emergency, Calls For Candidates To Pledge Real Action
Wednesday, 17 September 2025, 1:30 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace’s Canterbury-based spokesperson Will Appelbe says, "Canterbury is facing a nitrate emergency and today, Environment Canterbury has listened to the voices of their constituents and finally acknowledged the seriousness of this issue." More >>
Cantabrians Say "Enough": Nitrate-Polluted Tap Water Returned To ECan
Wednesday, 17 September 2025, 10:29 am | Greenpeace
Today’s rally takes place as councillors head into their final meeting before the local elections. At this meeting, councillors will vote on a motion to declare a 'Nitrate Emergency’ - put forward by Councillor Vicky Southworth. More >>
"Tough On Crime" Government Lets Repeat Pesticide Offenders Off The Hook
Tuesday, 16 September 2025, 8:06 am | Greenpeace
Documents released to Greenpeace show that since 2021, four companies were caught selling food with illegally high levels of pesticide residues on multiple occasions. Yet, in the past nine years, the Government has not prosecuted a single company for ... More >>
‘Choose Action’: Pacific Civil Society Calls To Deliver Strong Climate Plan And Reject North West Shelf Extension
Friday, 12 September 2025, 7:13 am | Greenpeace
If PM Albanese approves the North West Shelf gas project, it will be an outright assault on the Pacific’s survival, make a mockery of our global commitment to limit warming to 1.5C, lock in devastation for our islands. More >>
Damning MBIE Report: Coal Imports Skyrocket, Power Prices Remain High
Thursday, 11 September 2025, 12:54 pm | Greenpeace
The report also shows coal imports increased 650%, from 71.5 kilotonnes in the June 2024 quarter to 539 kilotonnes in the June 2025 quarter as shipments of coal arrived in the country to increase the stockpile for electricity generation. More >>
"Will They Protect Freshwater?" - Greenpeace Reveals Environment Canterbury Candidate Scorecard
Wednesday, 10 September 2025, 1:21 pm | Greenpeace
This is all laid out in Greenpeace’s freshwater scorecard released today, revealing which candidates standing in the ECan elections understand the seriousness of freshwater pollution, and are committed to taking action. More >>
"Bottom Trawling Kills" Message Projected Onto Downtown Wellington Building As Fisheries Meeting Starts
Tuesday, 9 September 2025, 10:39 am | Greenpeace
The survey was carried out despite the New Zealand government refusing to share the co-ordinates with the scientists working with Greenpeace. More >>
Greenpeace Calls For Cantabrians To Bring Polluted Drinking Water To ECan
Monday, 8 September 2025, 11:04 am | Greenpeace
The rally will take place on September 17th at 9:30am outside Environment Canterbury’s Christchurch headquarters. Greenpeace is asking participants to bring a jar of their drinking water with them. More >>
Seymour Is Rage-Baiting On Paris Agreement - Luxon Mustn’t Bite
Wednesday, 3 September 2025, 1:16 pm | Greenpeace
"Luxon is right: backing down on climate commitments would hammer New Zealand’s international credibility, our trade relationships, and the future of our farming sector," says Greenpeace campaigner Amanda Larsson. More >>
