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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 >>
Investigation exposes failure of Fukushima decontamination
Wednesday, 22 July 2015, 9:29 am | Greenpeace
Tokyo, 21 July 2015 – Radioactive contamination in the forests and land of Iitate district in Fukushima prefecture is so widespread and at such a high level that it will be impossible for people to safely return to their homes, a Greenpeace Japan ... More >>
Rare opportunity to climb aboard the Rainbow Warrior
Monday, 20 July 2015, 12:41 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, July 20: Kiwis will have the chance to come aboard one of the world’s most famous ships this weekend during two free public open days. More >>
Protesters to attend court on Rainbow Warrior anniversary
Wednesday, 8 July 2015, 11:12 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Wellington, July 8: The four Greenpeace activists who climbed to the roof of Parliament House last month in order to expose the government's failure to act on climate change will attend their initial court appearance on the day of the 30th anniversary of ... More >>
Exhibition to Mark 30th Anniversary of Rainbow Warrior
Tuesday, 7 July 2015, 2:44 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The 30th anniversary of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior will be commemorated with a photo exhibition, celebrating courage and protest, at The Cloud on Auckland’s Waterfront starting this Friday. More >>
Hollywood Giants Join Forces to Save the Great Barrier Reef
Saturday, 4 July 2015, 8:40 pm | Greenpeace
Hollywood mega-stars Mark Ruffalo and Ian Somerhalder have thrown their support behind the Greenpeace global campaign to save the Great Barrier Reef. More >>
Proposal for protected area on the Arctic Ice High Seas
Saturday, 27 June 2015, 11:05 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace welcomes OSPAR’s commitment to develop proposal for a marine protected area on the Arctic Ice High Seas in 2016 More >>
Activists scale Parliament House to expose National failure
Thursday, 25 June 2015, 8:07 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Wellington, June 25: Four Greenpeace campaigners have evaded security and climbed to the roof of Parliament House with a delivery of eight solar panels. They also plan to unfurl a large banner targeting the Prime Minister. More >>
APRIL announces forest conservation policy
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 10:58 pm | Greenpeace
Jakarta, 3 June, 2015 - APRIL, one of the world’s largest producers of pulp and paper, has today announced an end to deforestation as part of a new ‘Sustainable Forest Management Plan’. More >>
Video: Oil execs shaken by thousands of Kiwis beating drums
Thursday, 2 April 2015, 7:45 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Video : Greenpeace March Against Deep Sea Oil - March 29 2015 A Message from Greenpeace NZ More >>
