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SV Vega confronts drillship
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 1:05 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
SV Vega confronts the Noble Bob Douglas drilling ship on the site where oil giant Anadarko intends to start exploratory drilling for deep sea oil. The drill site is over 100 nautical miles off Raglan, on the west coast of New Zealand, and in waters ... More >>
Arctic 30 activist detained until February by Russian court
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 9:01 am | Greenpeace
Amsterdam, 18 November 2013 - A court in St Petersburg has ruled that a Greenpeace International activist could remain in jail in Russia until at least February. More >>
Arctic 30 doctor given bail in St Petersburg
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 8:59 am | Greenpeace
Amsterdam, 18 November, 2013 - Ekaterina Zaspa, one of the so-called Arctic 30, was today given bail by a court in St Petersburg. The development came on the same day that another detainee was refused bail and ordered to return to jail until February ... More >>
Industrial fishing in the Pacific is out of control
Monday, 18 November 2013, 5:05 pm | Greenpeace
Comprehensive measures need to be put in place to reduce fishing capacity to save the region’s tuna fisheries, Greenpeace Australia Pacific urged in a new report launched today. More >>
Oil Free Seas Flotilla video blog six
Monday, 18 November 2013, 4:14 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The flotilla is generating video blogs every day or two. The latest is now online and features the police having a friendly chat with the skipper of Tiama in Wellington yesterday. More >>
Video 10 from Oil Free Seas Flotilla
Monday, 18 November 2013, 10:43 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Here's the latest from the Oil Free Seas Flotilla. Video 10 is a summary of the voyage from Auckland to the West Coast off Raglan. The flotilla is a coalition of individuals and boat owners who oppose deep-sea drilling and the new legislation that takes away ... More >>
Protests mark two months in Russian detention for Arctic 30
Sunday, 17 November 2013, 11:04 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Thousands of people are today taking part in peaceful protests in 263 cities to express their solidarity with the 30 people who were detained on a Greenpeace International ship by armed Russian security forces and imprisoned. More >>
Authorities Apply for Extension to Arctic 30 Detention
Saturday, 16 November 2013, 2:20 pm | Greenpeace
15 November 2013, Amsterdam — Russia’s Investigative Committee today announced that it will apply for a three-month extension to the detention of the Arctic 30. They will make the applications in front of a judge at hearings next week. More >>
Video: Oil Free Seas Flotilla leave Wgtn yesterday - 14 Nov
Friday, 15 November 2013, 10:00 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Video: Oil Free Seas Flotilla leave Wellington yesterday Here's the latest instalment from our onboard shooter. https://www.facebook.com/OilFreeSeasFlotilla/posts/201474896703788 ENDS More >>
Images: Wellington farewell for Oil Free Seas yachts
Thursday, 14 November 2013, 4:26 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Messages of support on the sail of SV Tiama, which along with SV Baltazar (in the background) is given public farewell in Wellington as they head off to join the Oil Free Seas Flotilla. Boats in the flotilla left Auckland, Kaikoura and the Bay of ... More >>
Transport of Arctic 30 away from Murmansk begins
Monday, 11 November 2013, 7:18 pm | Greenpeace
Amsterdam, 11th November 2013 – The transport away from Murmansk of thirty men and women detained by Russia following a peaceful protest at an Arctic oil platform started at around 5:00am Monday, local time. Greenpeace International understands ... More >>
Photo: Oil Free Seas Flotilla departure
Monday, 11 November 2013, 4:22 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Three yachts, which are part of the the Oil Free Seas Flotilla, depart Auckland. They are the SV Vega, SV Friendship and SV Shearwater II. Other boats in the flotilla will depart from Wellington, Kaikoura and Bay of Islands later this week. They will ... More >>
Greenpeace releases new footage of Arctic Sunrise boarding
Saturday, 9 November 2013, 12:57 pm | Greenpeace
Amsterdam, 9 November 2013 – Greenpeace International today released previously unseen footage taken during the boarding and seizure of the ship Arctic Sunrise by armed Russian security officers following a peaceful Arctic oil protest. More >>
Russia fails to lift piracy charges against Arctic 30
Monday, 4 November 2013, 11:17 am | Greenpeace
Prosecuting authorities in Russia were under fire today after it was revealed that they have failed to lift charges of piracy against the Arctic 30, despite pledging to do so. More >>
Australians push NZ PM to ban shark finning
Tuesday, 29 October 2013, 9:07 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Sydney, 27 October 2013: Australians are being asked to join the campaign to pressure the New Zealand Prime Minister John Key to ban shark finning at a Greenpeace Australia ‘100% Brutal NZ’ mock shark fin soup stall at iconic Manly Beach in the lead ... More >>
Australians push NZ PM to ban shark finning
Sunday, 27 October 2013, 10:20 am | Greenpeace
Australians are being asked to join the campaign to pressure Prime Minister John Key to ban shark finning at a Greenpeace Australia ‘100% Brutal NZ’ mock shark fin soup stall at iconic Manly Beach today. More >>
Shell study backs Greenpeace in oil spill row
Friday, 25 October 2013, 1:41 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has just released the results of shallow water oil spill modelling by Shell Todd Oil for Taranaki on their website. Their blowout scenario is modelled on a spill of 10,000 barrels a day for 106 days. More >>
Anadarko Challenged to Release Oil Spill Data
Thursday, 24 October 2013, 3:31 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Oil driller Anadarko have today been challenged to release their own data showing the potential impact an oil spill could have on New Zealand. More >>
Deep-sea oil blowout could decimate favourite kiwi beaches
Wednesday, 23 October 2013, 8:59 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
A computer oil spill modelling report released today shows a deep-sea blowout could have devastating impacts on New Zealand's coastal waters and significant economic consequences. More >>
Global protests call for release of Arctic 30
Saturday, 19 October 2013, 2:09 pm | Greenpeace
Global protests call for release of Arctic 30 as masked men break into grounds of Greenpeace office More >>
