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Greenpeace confronts Dongwon’s destructive fishing in Korea
Sunday, 23 September 2012, 6:42 pm | Greenpeace
Yeosu, South Korea, 23 September 2012 — Activists from the Greenpeace ship Esperanza today occupied the dry dock where one of Dongwon's purse seine ships, MV Granada, is being repaired. The activists closed the dock with a large banner saying "Dongwon's ... More >>
Heatley Does a Mitt Romney to ‘Middle New Zealand’
Thursday, 20 September 2012, 3:54 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland 20/9/12: Greenpeace today hit back at Energy and Resources Minister Phil Heatley for his slight on those New Zealanders concerned about the Government’s rushed expansion of the fossil fuels sector in New Zealand. More >>
Arctic sea ice reaches lowest extent in recorded history
Thursday, 20 September 2012, 11:48 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Scientists from the US Government’s National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) overnight released preliminary figures suggesting that Arctic sea ice has reached its lowest recorded extent since satellite records began to be kept in 1979. More >>
Greenpeace reaction to Shell's statement on Alaskan drilling
Tuesday, 18 September 2012, 11:52 am | Greenpeace
In reaction to Shell's decision to abandon plans to drill for oil off Alaska this year, Ben Ayliffe, Senior Arctic Campaigner at Greenpeace International, said: More >>
Japan plans end to nuclear, but public still at risk
Saturday, 15 September 2012, 12:14 pm | Greenpeace
Tokyo, September 14, 2012 – Greenpeace Japan today cautiously welcomed the Japanese government’s landmark new ‘energy and environment strategy’ of zero nuclear reactors in the 2030s, but warned that 18 years is still too long to keep the country's ... More >>
Greenpeace activists’ sentencing adjourned
Thursday, 13 September 2012, 9:19 pm | Greenpeace
The presiding judge has adjourned sentencing to November 22nd, on the basis that Police are seeking reparation. More >>
New report debunks investors’ effort to greenwash
Tuesday, 11 September 2012, 4:24 pm | Greenpeace
Oakland, USA, 5 September, 2012 – An American owned company with a track record of illegality and links to private equity giant Blackstone Group threatens to destroy rainforests and dislocate local communities in Cameroon. A new report (1) from The ... More >>
Australia To Ban Super Trawlers
Tuesday, 11 September 2012, 3:46 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 11 September 2012 - Greenpeace congratulated the Australian Government today for showing the courage to prevent the Abel Tasman super trawler fishing in Australian waters. More >>
NZ snubs US conservation proposal for Last Ocean
Thursday, 6 September 2012, 4:28 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 6 September 2012 – The New Zealand Government has rejected a joint proposal with the US to protect Antarctica’s Ross Sea, sources have revealed to the Antarctic Ocean Alliance, which includes Greenpeace. More >>
Greenpeace welcomes H&M’s commitment to ban PFCs by 2013
Wednesday, 5 September 2012, 10:02 am | Greenpeace
Amsterdam, 4 September 2012: Global fashion retailer H &M has committed to a global ban on any further use of Perflourinated Compounds (PFCs) including all formulations (such as C8, C6 and C4) by 1 January 2013. Greenpeace Detox Campaigner Martin Besieux ... More >>
Greenpeace NZ charity status appeal for the public good
Monday, 3 September 2012, 1:15 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 3 September 2012 - Greenpeace New Zealand says it is appealing the Charities Commission ruling declining it charity status as a matter of principle. More >>
Shameful Kiwi connection to Aussie-bound deathship
Thursday, 30 August 2012, 4:03 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace activists blocking the world’s second largest factory fishing trawler, the FV Margiris, from arriving in Australia this morning have revealed that two New Zealanders have a controlling interest in the ship. More >>
EEZ law favours big polluters over NZ public
Tuesday, 28 August 2012, 4:51 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The Government’s new Exclusive Economic Zone legislation favours the country’s biggest polluters at the cost of ordinary New Zealanders, says Greenpeace. The new law fails to meet New Zealand’s international obligations to protect and preserve ... More >>
Arctic melt record will speed up global energy revolution
Monday, 27 August 2012, 1:49 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 27 August 2012 - The record melt of Arctic sea ice signals the urgency to replace fossil fuels with clean energy, says Greenpeace. More >>
Greenpeace International head boards Gazprom
Saturday, 25 August 2012, 1:17 pm | Greenpeace
Pechora Sea, 24 August, 2012 — This morning a team of Greenpeace International activists - including Executive Director Kumi Naidoo - boarded Gazprom’s ‘Prirazlomnaya’ Arctic oil platform to demand that the Russian company abandon its dangerous Arctic ... More >>
Greenpeace calls for rescue of Pacific tuna and marine life
Wednesday, 8 August 2012, 1:52 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace says immediate action needs to be taken to halt the decline of tuna stocks in the Pacific. The call was made at the start of the 8th Scientific Committee meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC SC8) in Busan, South ... More >>
Greenpeace calls for action to rescue Pacific tuna
Wednesday, 8 August 2012, 12:55 pm | Greenpeace
Busan, 8 August 2012 – Greenpeace says immediate action needs to be taken to halt the decline of tuna stocks in the Pacific. More >>
Facebook Makes Great Progress In Mission To 'Unfriend Coal'
Thursday, 2 August 2012, 9:37 am | Greenpeace
Facebook Makes Great Progress In Mission To 'Unfriend Coal' San Francisco, August 2, 2012 – Facebook has today set an important benchmark for the company to fulfill its goal to be fully powered by clean and renewable energy, Greenpeace International ... More >>
Guidelines for oil exploration won't protect marine life
Wednesday, 1 August 2012, 6:44 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The Government's Code of Conduct for minimising impacts of seismic testing were announced late this afternoon. More >>
Risky summer drilling programme canned
Wednesday, 1 August 2012, 5:31 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is hailing the news of the cancellation of an exploratory deep sea drilling operation - set for this summer - as the clearest sign yet that the Government must give up its single-minded fossil fuels agenda, in favour of winning New Zealand a ... More >>
