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Backdoor talks to keep coal powering NZ "absolute disgrace"
Tuesday, 26 January 2016, 10:05 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
25 January, 2016: The electricity companies conducting a behind-the-scenes fight to keep New Zealand’s last coal-fired power plant at Huntly alive are an “absolute disgrace”, says Greenpeace executive director Russel Norman. More >>
Pacific nations urged to consider tuna conservation
Thursday, 21 January 2016, 11:02 am | Greenpeace
Sydney, 21 January 2016 - The United States withdrawal from a key decades-old tuna fishing treaty with Pacific nations could benefit tuna conservation efforts, but its fishing rights must be carefully allocated, Greenpeace Australia Pacific said ... More >>
NASA announcement indicates NZ faces extreme weather events
Thursday, 21 January 2016, 9:30 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
January 21, 2016: 2015 is officially the hottest year on record according to NASA, news which the executive director of Greenpeace calls “disturbing” for an island nation like New Zealand. More >>
China declares no new coal mines for next three years
Wednesday, 6 January 2016, 11:25 am | Greenpeace
Beijing, 5 January 2016 - China announced plans recently to halt new coal mine approvals for the next three years, and close 1,000 coal mines as part of its fight against air pollution. The announcement, made in a speech by the Head of China’s National ... More >>
New climate minister slammed
Thursday, 17 December 2015, 4:10 pm | Greenpeace
New climate minister slammed for lauding projected 30% increase in climate emissions December 17, 2015: Brand new climate minister Paula Bennett has today been slammed after praising a report for the United Nations that reveals New Zealand is on track ... More >>
Government’s oil permit announcement symbol of failure
Wednesday, 16 December 2015, 11:57 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
December 16, 2015: The absence of deep sea oil permits in the Government’s just-announced 2015 block offer is another “nail in the coffin” of New Zealand’s oil programme, says Greenpeace executive director Dr Russel Norman. More >>
Thai Union seafood allegedly connected to child labour
Tuesday, 15 December 2015, 10:27 am | Greenpeace
Washington, DC, 14 December 2015 - An Associated Press investigation released today found that Thai Union, owner of Chicken of the Sea in the U.S., has again been connected to forced labour and horrific working conditions in Thailand. The investigation, ... More >>
Greenpeace Reaction to Paris Climate Agreement
Sunday, 13 December 2015, 11:41 am | Greenpeace
Reacting to the Paris Agreement at the conclusion of COP21, Greenpeace International executive director Kumi Naidoo said: More >>
John Key poised to hand out more oil drilling permits
Wednesday, 9 December 2015, 3:51 pm | Greenpeace
John Key poised to hand out more oil drilling permits in wake of Paris climate talks More >>
Groser Must Back Pacific Neighbours in Paris Talks
Tuesday, 8 December 2015, 12:43 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Minister Tim Groser must up his game at climate change negotiations in Paris, says Greenpeace executive director Russel Norman today, as Groser refused to publically back moves to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. More >>
First human rights investigation into big polluters
Saturday, 5 December 2015, 10:05 am | Greenpeace
Paris, 4 December 2015 - The Philippines Commission on Human Rights (CHR) announced that it will launch an investigation on December 10 (International Human rights Day), which could hold fossil fuel companies responsible for the impacts of climate change, ... More >>
Greenpeace condemns departure of Japanese whaling fleet
Wednesday, 2 December 2015, 9:04 am | Greenpeace
Tokyo, 1 December 2015 - Greenpeace calls on the government of Japan to cancel the whaling fleet heading to the Southern Ocean under the guise of “research whaling”, and condemned the expedition as both unnecessary and in violation of the findings ... More >>
John Key chastised for “hypocritical” speech
Tuesday, 1 December 2015, 11:06 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Tuesday, December 1: Climate groups around the world are outraged at a speech delivered by New Zealand Prime Minister John Key this morning at the Paris climate change conference, where he called for the elimination of fossil fuel subsidies despite doing the exact ... More >>
Activists occupy climate ship caught searching for oil
Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 10:12 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Five Greenpeace activists stormed on-board a New Zealand Government ship this morning in Wellington and are now locked to it, after discovering it has been searching for oil. More >>
Tens of Thousands of Homes Face Climate Flooding Disaster
Thursday, 19 November 2015, 1:04 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Tens of Thousands of Homes Face Climate Flooding Disaster: Greenpeace Response Responding to today’s report showing an anticipated increase in sea levels could force tens of thousands of New Zealand families out of their homes and cost tens of billions ... More >>
Government muzzles environmental watchdog
Thursday, 12 November 2015, 9:29 am | Greenpeace
Wednesday, November 11: A “dirty deal” between big business and the Government to sideline the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and strip it of some of its powers is being considered after the watchdog declined two seabed mining applications. More >>
Is Fonterra fuelling Indonesia’s rainforest fires?
Monday, 9 November 2015, 11:26 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Monday, October 9: Greenpeace is challenging New Zealand’s biggest company, Fonterra, to prove that its massive use of palm products is not fuelling the enormous fires raging across Indonesia. More >>
New incidents of forced labour on Thai-operated vessels
Wednesday, 4 November 2015, 4:23 pm | Greenpeace
Bangkok, 4 November 2015 - Thai Union Group has not done enough to alleviate concerns over human rights abuses in the company’s tuna supply chain despite recent media scrutiny of its business operations, according to a Greenpeace Southeast Asia investigation. More >>
Let down as Mayor Len Brown backs deep sea oil drilling
Thursday, 29 October 2015, 2:01 pm | Greenpeace
Auckland, October 29: Auckland Mayor Len Brown made his position on deep sea oil drilling clear today as he voted against an amendment to oppose exploration for oil off Auckland’s west coast. More >>
Greenpeace warns EU to maintain pressure on Taiwan
Wednesday, 28 October 2015, 9:13 am | Greenpeace
Sydney, 28 October 2015 - The European Union must maintain pressure on Taiwan to clean up its fisheries industry after the government imposed a weak penalty on a Taiwanese fishing longliner with illegally caught tuna and shark fins in the Pacific, ... More >>
