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Demand Carved in Ice Says FREE ARCTIC 30
Monday, 23 September 2013, 11:59 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace campaigners have delivered a demand carved in ice, saying FREE ARCTIC 30, to the Russian Embassy in Wellington this morning. They were joined by concerned Wellingtonians in calling for the release of 30 Greenpeace activists, including two ... More >>
Demand Carved in Ice Says FREE ARCTIC 30
Monday, 23 September 2013, 9:39 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace campaigners have delivered a demand carved in ice, saying FREE ARCTIC 30, to the Russian Embassy in Wellington this morning. They were joined by concerned Wellingtonians in calling for the release of 30 Greenpeace activists, including two ... More >>
Russian allegations of piracy ‘unjustified and desperate’
Sunday, 22 September 2013, 11:23 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Earlier today, Greenpeace International strongly rejected an allegation of piracy leveled at its ship Arctic Sunrise in the Russian Arctic, describing it as a desperate attempt to justify the illegal boarding of its ship in international waters. More >>
Greenpeace ship remains under control of Russian authorities
Saturday, 21 September 2013, 2:15 pm | Greenpeace
Amsterdam, September 20, 2013: The crew of the Greenpeace icebreaker Arctic Sunrise remain in the custody of Russian authorities following an armed boarding of the ship in international waters yesterday. The ship has now been under armed guard since ... More >>
Greenpeace Climbers Arrested, Shots Fired In Russian Arctic
Friday, 20 September 2013, 4:01 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Pechora Sea, September 18, 2013 - Two Greenpeace International activists have been arrested after climbing a Gazprom oil platform in the Russian Arctic, during a peaceful protest that has prompted a disproportionate use of force by the Russian Coast Guard. More >>
100 Shark Fins in Wellington Waterfront on Black Friday
Friday, 13 September 2013, 9:24 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Wellington, 13 September 2013 – One hundred shark fins have appeared in a lagoon on the capital city's waterfront, close to Te Papa, on Black Friday. More >>
Greenpeace sounds the alarm on the state of Philippine tuna
Monday, 9 September 2013, 3:16 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace today warned major tuna industry players in the Phillippines that unless drastic measures are put into place to halt the decline of the world’s tuna stocks there will be no future for their mutli-billion peso businesses. More >>
Government delays put Maui’s dolphin at further risk
Friday, 6 September 2013, 4:56 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The New Zealand Government’s continued delays to protect Maui’s dolphin moves the species closer to extinction, says Greenpeace. The Government’s long overdue threat management plan for Maui’s dolphin was this afternoon re-opened for another ... More >>
Kiwi Stars Criticise Key’s Government
Wednesday, 4 September 2013, 8:59 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
A star-studded array of New Zealanders has joined forces to criticise the government in a new campaign to be launched this (Wednesday) evening. More >>
Pacific Tuna Stocks In Alarming Decline - Greenpeace
Monday, 19 August 2013, 6:04 pm | Greenpeace
Pohnpei, Micronesia, August 19, 2013 - Pacific tuna stocks are experiencing further decline and current management measures are failing to restore stocks, a ten-day meeting of the Scientific Committee of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries ... More >>
Japan must explain how it will stop water leaks at Fukushima
Friday, 9 August 2013, 12:32 pm | Greenpeace
Japan's government urgently needs to explain how it plans to take responsibility for the leakage of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant and seek international help to draw up a clear action plan to resolve the crisis, Greenpeace said. More >>
Court Ruling On Shell’s Arctic Oil Spill Response Plan
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 2:11 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Amsterdam, August 6, 2013 -- Commenting on Monday’s ruling by a federal judge in Anchorage that Shell’s oil spill plans for drilling in Alaska’s Beaufort and Chukchi seas don’t violate environmental laws, Greenpeace International Arctic ... More >>
Report Provides Roadmap to Transform Pacific Tuna Fisheries
Monday, 5 August 2013, 2:06 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Suva/Sydney, August 5, 2013 – A new report, launched today by Greenpeace Australia Pacific, provides a blueprint for how Pacific Island governments and regional bodies can promote a more sustainable and locally owned and operated tuna fishery in the ... More >>
Greenpeace: It's Simple, Simon
Friday, 19 July 2013, 11:06 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Minister of Energy Simon Bridges was just the other day branded the “Justin Bieber of the cabinet”. One can only guess that’s either because of his crooning at the Parliamentary karaoke nights, or that he wants to see his “name up in lights ... More >>
Minister in ‘Pants on Fire’ Accusations on Capital Billboard
Tuesday, 16 July 2013, 4:18 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Energy minister Simon Bridges’ failure to clear his name in response to allegations he has misled Parliament has been highlighted in one of the capital city’s most prominent sites this week. More >>
Greenpeace Women Reach Shard’s top
Friday, 12 July 2013, 9:14 am | Greenpeace
After 15 hours of arduous climbing on the sheer face of Western Europe’s tallest building, six women climbers from Greenpeace finally reached the top of the Shard at 07.08pm today. The climbers were cheered by crowds gathered at the foot of the ... More >>
Photos show fires at palm oil sites
Saturday, 29 June 2013, 12:32 pm | Greenpeace
Jakarta, June 28, 2013 – Greenpeace International today released new photographic and satellite evidence of recent peatland fires in and around the palm oil concession areas of Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) members operating in Riau, Indonesia. More >>
Toxic pesticides revealed in traditional Chinese herbs
Monday, 24 June 2013, 7:00 pm | Greenpeace
Beijing, June 24, 2013 – Greenpeace East Asia tests on 65 traditional Chinee herbal products have exposed a toxic cocktail of pesticide residues, some of them illegal in China, highlighting the need to end the use of industrial agricultural chemicals. More >>
Time For the World Bank to Fund a Clean Energy Future
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 2:42 pm | Greenpeace
Time For the World Bank to Fund a Clean Energy Future – Greenpeace Amsterdam, June 19, 2013 - In response to the World Bank's latest climate change report, Turn Down The Heat: Climate Extremes, Regional Impacts, and the Case for Resilience , ... More >>
Greenpeace criticises resumption in Icelandic whaling
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 6:36 pm | Greenpeace
Reykjavik, June 19, 2013 – Greenpeace has strongly criticised the resumption of commercial fin whaling by Icelandic whaler Kristján Loftsson, whose company plans to hunt up to 180 fin whales this summer in an operation backed by the Icelandic ... More >>
