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New Bottom Trawling Report ‘wake-up Call For Deluded Fishing Industry’, Say Environmentalists
Thursday, 16 November 2023, 3:02 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
An authoritative new report reveals the considerable carbon cost of bottom trawling, with environmentalists calling it a "damning wake-up call" for the commercial fishing industry. The report, released today by the Parliamentary Commissioner for ... More >>
Brownlee Plays The Fossil Fool At Pacific Islands Forum - Greenpeace
Friday, 10 November 2023, 11:02 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is condemning Gerry Brownlee’s "unscrupulous" defence of plans to reopen offshore oil and gas exploration while speaking to media at the Pacific Islands Forum in the Cook Islands. Pacific Governments and civil society organisations ... More >>
Shell Hits Greenpeace With Intimidation Lawsuit: Threatening $8.6m Damages Claim; Protest Ban To Silence Climate Demands
Thursday, 9 November 2023, 6:41 pm | Greenpeace
Dutch oil giant Shell has launched an intimidation lawsuit against Greenpeace UK and Greenpeace International, demanding that the organisation stop all protests at Shell infrastructure, at sea or in port, anywhere in the world, forever. Greenpeace ... More >>
Fonterra’s New Scope 3 Emissions Reduction Roadmap Just "polishing A Turd" - Greenpeace
Thursday, 9 November 2023, 10:57 am | Greenpeace
Dairy giant Fonterra has today announced on-farm (Scope 3) emissions reduction targets, but Greenpeace Aotearoa says the dairy giant’s proposed ‘climate roadmap’ is little more than "polishing a turd" because it contains no real measures ... More >>
Keep NZ First Out Of Fishing And Ocean Portfolios, Urges Greenpeace
Friday, 3 November 2023, 2:06 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is urging the National Party to keep New Zealand First out of any oceans or fisheries portfolios - citing previous examples of Winston Peters’ party pandering to fishing industry interests and blocking much-needed ocean protection. With the ... More >>
Luxon’s Threat To Roll Back Climate Action At Odds With Emissions Targets
Wednesday, 1 November 2023, 3:49 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace Aotearoa is calling on Prime Minister-elect Christopher Luxon to commit to real climate action, as reports reveal New Zealand is now at risk of not meeting its Paris Agreement emissions reduction targets. "It’s not enough for New ... More >>
New IEA Report Proves Luxon’s Oil And Gas Plan "nonsensical" - Greenpeace
Wednesday, 25 October 2023, 10:57 am | Greenpeace
As the International Energy Agency releases yet another report signalling the coming end of the fossil fuel industry, Greenpeace is condemning Luxon’s "foolish" plan to bring back new offshore oil and gas exploration. The IEA’s World Energy ... More >>
Greenpeace To Luxon: New Oil And Gas Exploration Can’t Happen In A Climate Crisis
Monday, 16 October 2023, 12:05 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace Aotearoa’s message to Prime Minister-elect Christopher Luxon is that starting new oil and gas exploration in the middle of a climate crisis is a crime against life on Earth, and the people of Aotearoa will rise up against it, just like ... More >>
ACT Party Agriculture Policy "Out Of Touch With Reality" - Greenpeace
Thursday, 5 October 2023, 10:09 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa is condemning the ACT Party’s agricultural policy, which would strip back a range of environmental regulations for the sector. Greenpeace says the policy is badly out of touch with reality. Christine Rose, Greenpeace spokesperson, ... More >>
Bottom Trawling Ban Can’t Avoid Fishing Areas, Says Greenpeace
Tuesday, 3 October 2023, 9:04 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace has welcomed Labour’s support for banning bottom trawling on seamounts but warns the ‘devil is in the detail’, reminding political leaders that meaningful ocean protection means urgently banning the method from where it does the most harm. ... More >>
Greenpeace "baffled" As Green Party Leaves Biggest Polluter Out Of Policy Priorities
Monday, 2 October 2023, 2:40 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is issuing a "please explain" to the Green Party after action on agricultural emissions was left off its list of policy priorities, released yesterday. "The dairy industry is New Zealand’s biggest polluter, responsible for driving ... More >>
New IEA Report A Warning That National Must Abandon Offshore Oil Drilling Policy - Greenpeace
Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 10:06 am | Greenpeace
Following the release of the International Energy Agency (IEA) ‘Net Zero Roadmap Update' yesterday, Greenpeace Aotearoa says that the National Party is out of touch with its promise to reverse the 2018 ban on new offshore oil and gas exploration. ... More >>
Labour’s Climate Manifesto - Commendable Condiments But Missing The ‘main Meal’
Monday, 25 September 2023, 2:47 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa says the Labour Party’s Climate Manifesto, launched today, reads like a shopping list of condiments that has missed off the main meal: action on New Zealand’s biggest climate polluter, intensive dairy. "There are many ... More >>
Nordic Plastics Report: The Planet Needs Higher Ambition - Greenpeace Aotearoa
Friday, 22 September 2023, 1:04 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
A report from the Nordic Council of Ministers on recommendations to address plastic production doesn’t go far enough, according to Greenpeace Aotearoa. The Nordic Council of Ministers published a report to provide modeling of 15 policy interventions ... More >>
Orange Roughy Catch Limit A Good Start, But Seamount Trawling Ban Necessary, Say Environmentalists
Thursday, 21 September 2023, 2:42 pm | Greenpeace
Environmentalists have welcomed news that the orange roughy catch will be cut by 40%, but say the need for a bottom trawling ban on seamounts is more urgent than ever. Oceans and Fisheries Minister Rachel Brooking announced a cut to the orange ... More >>
Greenpeace Herds Cows To Fonterra HQ, Calls For Climate Action
Thursday, 21 September 2023, 10:52 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace activists have corralled a herd of ‘disaster cows’ in front of Fonterra’s Auckland HQ on the dairy giant’s annual reporting day as the dairy giant announced an increased after-tax profit of $1.577 billion compared with $583 million the previous ... More >>
Greenpeace Celebrates New Zealand’s Commitment To Global Ocean Treaty
Tuesday, 19 September 2023, 8:25 pm | Greenpeace
News that New Zealand will be an early signer of the Global Ocean Treaty is being celebrated by Greenpeace this week, who are calling it a win for nature, global cooperation and people power. The historic Treaty, which UN member states agreed to in March ... More >>
Greenpeace Welcomes Labour’s Household Solar And Community Energy Policy
Monday, 18 September 2023, 10:18 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is welcoming the Labour Party’s commitment to offer households a $4,000 rebate on solar and battery installation, alongside more support for community energy schemes. Greenpeace had previously criticised the Labour Government’s partnership ... More >>
National Party ‘Reckless’ On Agriculture And Climate - Greenpeace
Friday, 15 September 2023, 6:53 am | Greenpeace
The National Party has pledged to strip back environmental protections in its primary sector growth policy, released on Thursday afternoon. Greenpeace is calling it a major step backwards that threatens New Zealanders’ right to swimmable rivers, ... More >>
New Greenpeace Report Reveals Shocking Extent Of Threats To Ocean Health
Thursday, 14 September 2023, 12:44 pm | Greenpeace
A major new analysis of the threats facing the world’s oceans has been released by Greenpeace today, in a report that also sets out a political roadmap for protecting 30% of the ocean by 2030. Called 30x30: From Global Ocean Treaty to Protection at ... More >>
