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Greenpeace - Latest News [Page 59]
Mayor Brown indicates opposition to oil exploration
Tuesday, 27 October 2015, 1:07 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Following a staunch anti-drilling stance by other city councils, thousands of Aucklanders have sent a strong message to Mayor Len Brown and his councillors, urging they oppose surveying for oil off Auckland’s coast. More >>
Groser Loses TPP High Court Secrecy Fight
Tuesday, 13 October 2015, 11:51 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Responding to today’s High Court loss for Tim Groser and his TPP secrecy bid, Greenpeace chief policy advisor Nathan Argent said: More >>
Greenpeace Response to TPP Deal Announcement
Tuesday, 6 October 2015, 10:55 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Responding to this morning’s TPP deal announcement, Nathan Argent, chief policy advisor for Greenpeace New Zealand, said: More >>
Taiwan faces EU sanctions over illegal fishing
Friday, 2 October 2015, 1:00 pm | Greenpeace
Sydney, 2 October 2015 – A European warning to Taiwan for failing to manage its fleet’s fishing activities in the Pacific and other oceans and curb illegal fishing is a welcome step forward in the protection of fish stocks plundered by distant water ... More >>
Greenpeace activists convicted for Parliament climate action
Thursday, 1 October 2015, 12:52 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The four Greenpeace activists who climbed the roof of Parliament to expose John Key’s failure on climate change have been convicted of wilful trespass with an order for reparations of $750 per activist in the Auckland District Court. More >>
Shell quits Southern drilling plans
Thursday, 1 October 2015, 11:23 am | Greenpeace
Reacting to the news today that Shell will once again be delaying their plans to drill in the Great South Basin, Greenpeace New Zealand’s climate and energy campaigner Steve Abel said: More >>
Pacific nations skirt transshipment ban calls
Thursday, 1 October 2015, 9:02 am | Greenpeace
Palau, 30 September 2015 - Pacific nations meeting on fish stock protection failed to make headway on the scourge of pirate fishing after discussions foundered over a ban on vessels transferring their catch to other ships at sea, Greenpeace said ... More >>
Key told not to attend Paris and to pull NZ delegation
Friday, 25 September 2015, 10:01 am | Greenpeace
A coalition of environmental organisations (1), is calling for John Key not to attend the upcoming Paris climate summit, and to pull Tim Groser and the entire New Zealand delegation from the two weeks of talks. “New Zealand is proving one of the biggest ... More >>
Greenpeace urges Pacific nations transshipment crackdown
Wednesday, 23 September 2015, 10:56 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is urging a Pacific meeting on fish stock protection to consider a ban on vessels transferring their catch to other ships at sea - a process that encourages illegal fishing. More >>
Fossil fuel companies face landmark complaint on climate
Tuesday, 22 September 2015, 4:53 pm | Greenpeace
Manila, 22 September 2015 - Typhoon survivors and civil society groups in the Philippines today delivered a complaint to the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHR) calling for an investigation into the responsibility of big fossil fuel companies ... More >>
Pirate boat escorted back to Taiwan
Tuesday, 22 September 2015, 1:40 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 22 September 2015 - A Taiwanese fishing vessel caught carrying sacks of illegal shark fins following a Greenpeace bust has just been intercepted by a patrol boat and is being escorted back to Taiwan. More >>
Greenpeace calls for overhaul of Pacific fishing practices
Friday, 18 September 2015, 8:32 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Australia Pacific has called for a region-wide ban on the transshipment of fish catches following Nauru’s announcement today that it would no longer allow the practice in its waters. More >>
Russel Norman to Lead Greenpeace New Zealand
Friday, 11 September 2015, 10:08 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Russel Norman to Lead Greenpeace New Zealand Norman to Resign as MP and Member of Green Party Russel Norman, one of the country’s most high-profile politicians, will leave Parliament later this year and take the reins as executive director of ... More >>
Indigenous community fight Amazon destruction
Friday, 11 September 2015, 8:30 am | Greenpeace
Manaus, 10 September 2015 - Answering a call from the Ka’apor people, activists from Greenpeace Brazil are working with the Ka’apor indigenous community to monitor and protect their lands from the invasion of illegal loggers in Maranhão state, ... More >>
Statoil caught breaking own rules to woo iwi
Thursday, 27 August 2015, 9:37 am | Greenpeace
Thursday 27 August - Norwegian oil giant Statoil has been snapped during a visit to New Zealand, trying to win over individual iwi leaders rather than engaging collectively in line with its own protocols. More >>
Greenpeace Parliament Climbers Convicted of Trespass
Friday, 14 August 2015, 10:47 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Four Greenpeace campaigners who scaled Parliament House with a delivery of eight solar panels were today convicted of trespass. More >>
Hiroshima anniversary
Thursday, 6 August 2015, 2:10 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Hiroshima anniversary a reminder that peace is the best self defence - Greenpeace Tokyo, 6 August, 2015 – Greenpeace Japan commemorates the dropping of the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima 70 years ago today, and warns against the current government’s ... More >>
Kiwi businesses beat government in race to get rid of coal
Thursday, 6 August 2015, 10:35 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
The announcement by Genesis Energy that it will close its last two coal-burning electricity generators at Huntly Power Station serves to further expose the Key Government’s inability to act on climate change. More >>
Russia lays claim to North Pole, Greenpeace reacts
Wednesday, 5 August 2015, 8:05 am | Greenpeace
Moscow, 4 August, 2014 — Reacting to news that Russia has submitted a claim to the seabed around the North Pole [1], Greenpeace Russia Arctic campaigner Vladimir Chuprov said: More >>
Greenpeace Greece launches crowdfunded solar campaign
Tuesday, 28 July 2015, 8:03 am | Greenpeace
Rhodes, Greece, 27 July, 2015 – 21 Greenpeace activists from Greece, Italy and Spain today spread a 600 square meter arrow banner reading ‘Oil is fueling Greek debt’, pointing at a Greek oil-fired power plant under construction on the island ... More >>
