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Activists, Lucy Lawless arrested for drillship occupation
Monday, 27 February 2012, 11:40 am | Greenpeace
The occupation of an Arctic-bound Shell drillship by six Greenpeace activists including actor Lucy Lawless ended this morning after police climbed the ship’s drilling tower and arrested the group. More >>
Activists Vow to Continue Arctic Drill Ship Occupation
Saturday, 25 February 2012, 7:20 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 25 February 2012 — Actor Lucy Lawless and Greenpeace New Zealand activists this afternoon vowed to continue their occupation of Arctic bound Shell drillship Noble Discoverer into a third day. More >>
Lucy Lawless Occupies Arctic Drilling Ship
Friday, 24 February 2012, 9:49 am | Greenpeace
At 7am this morning actor Lucy Lawless joined Greenpeace New Zealand activists in stopping a Shell-contracted drillship from departing the port of Taranaki for the remote Arctic, where its exploratory oil drilling programme threatens to devastate ... More >>
Pressure Grows on Sealord as US Food Giant Changes its Tuna
Wednesday, 15 February 2012, 12:22 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 15 February 2012 – Pressure is growing on Sealord to change its tuna sourcing policy following big moves by one of the largest food retailers in the United States, says Greenpeace. More >>
Greenpeace Blog - Steve Abel on Oil Enthusiasm
Tuesday, 24 January 2012, 1:58 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Recently some commentators have revealed something about the way their brain functions in singing the praises of new fossil fuels. We shouldn’t be surprised that oil companies are excited about oil, though the Sunday Star Times seems to think it warrants ... More >>
Rena ‘ghost birds’ appear in Auckland
Monday, 12 December 2011, 12:20 pm | Greenpeace
Auckland, December 12th 2011 - This morning 150 original art prints made from a little blue penguin killed by the Rena disaster appeared along Auckland’s Khyber Pass Road. The prints are accompanied by the message ‘Rena did this. Deep sea oil drilling ... More >>
Cottonsoft's barrage of PR
Saturday, 10 December 2011, 6:47 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Well, it's fair to say that a week is a long time when it comes to campaigning and no more so than when you're up against one of the world's most notorious rainforest destroyers. In the last weeks we have seen a volley of wild claims , accusations ... More >>
Report shows carbon footprint of Fonterra’s PKE imports
Sunday, 4 December 2011, 3:06 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland 4 December 2011: A new report released today by Greenpeace New Zealand reveals that the 1.4 million tonnes of palm kernel expeller (PKE) imported into New Zealand during the 2010/2011 dairy season, could have produced up to 8.9 million tonnes of ... More >>
Kiwi’s footage of tuna scandal gains global audience
Friday, 2 December 2011, 12:22 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 2 December 2011 - A New Zealand whistleblower’s shocking footage of marine life dying at the hands of industrial tuna fishers in the Pacific Ocean has gained a global audience. More >>
Durban climate talks: Last Chance for the USA
Monday, 28 November 2011, 1:17 pm | Greenpeace
On the eve of the opening of the latest round of UN climate talks in Durban, South Africa, Greenpeace today declared that it is time for our Governments to stop listening to the carbon-intensive polluting corporations, and start listening instead to the ... More >>
Hacktivists Make A Solid Statement
Saturday, 26 November 2011, 12:18 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
This morning we received a call from a journalist asking whether it was Greenpeace that had subverted the Solid Energy website: solidenergy.co.nz The site had been redirected to an alternate page that carries an anti-lignite mining video message ... More >>
Pirates of the Pacific caught in illegal tuna fishing
Friday, 25 November 2011, 4:48 pm | Greenpeace
Activists from the Greenpeace ship Esperanza have demonstrated against tuna vessels operating illegally in an area known as the Pacific Commons (1) near Indonesia. More >>
Greenpeace: Cottonsoft toilet rolls has rainforest fibres
Wednesday, 23 November 2011, 11:22 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland 23/11/2011: Greenpeace today released further evidence showing how tissue products made by Cottonsoft, a subsidiary of Indonesian paper giant Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), are contaminated with rainforest fibres. More >>
Greenpeace rebuffs Cottonsoft attack
Monday, 21 November 2011, 3:03 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 21st November 2011: Greenpeace today confirmed that it stands 100 per cent behind the investigation which proved that samples of toilet paper manufactured by Cottonsoft contain Indonesian rainforest fibre. More >>
Greenpeace releases shocking whistleblower tuna fish footage
Thursday, 17 November 2011, 11:07 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 17 November 2011 - Greenpeace today released shocking footage and images of whales and a marlin and ray dying at the hands of industrial tuna fishers in the Pacific Ocean (1). More >>
Greenpeace Releases Shocking Whistleblower Footage
Thursday, 17 November 2011, 11:02 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 17 November 2011 - Greenpeace today released shocking footage and images of whales and a marlin and ray dying at the hands of industrial tuna fishers in the Pacific Ocean (1). More >>
Drilling through the lies
Wednesday, 16 November 2011, 12:54 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Brazil’s first taste of a deepwater oil drilling blowout this week has demonstrated one thing above all else – just like you can’t trust the nuclear industry neither can you trust the word of big oil. More >>
Petrobras field the source of serious deep sea oil leak
Tuesday, 15 November 2011, 4:39 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Petrobras, the Brazilian oil company that is intending to drill for oil in up to 3100 metres of water off the East Cape, is the part-owner of an oil field northeast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where a serious oil leak has developed. More >>
French Nuclear Giant EDF Convicted Of Spying On Greenpeace
Friday, 11 November 2011, 3:49 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 11 November 2011: A French court today convicted the French state electricity company, Electricité de France SA (EDF), on charges of spying on Greenpeace France. The company was fined €1.5 million, and ordered to pay €500,000 in damages to ... More >>
APP On The Attack Still Won’t Abandon Rainforest Destruction
Thursday, 10 November 2011, 2:51 pm | Greenpeace
A few days ago we revealed that Asia Pulp and Paper, the world’s most notorious rainforest destroyer and owner of the NZ Cottonsoft toilet paper brand , has lost more customers. Lots of big clients have walked away because APP keeps on using Indonesian ... More >>
