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Unjust Conviction of Anti-Whaling Activists Upheld by Sendai
Wednesday, 13 July 2011, 10:09 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland 13, July, 2011 – Greenpeace today condemned Japan’s ongoing disregard for international human rights law, following the Sendai High Court’s decision to uphold convictions handed down to anti-whaling activists Junichi Sato and Toru ... More >>
REN21 Global Status Report on Renewable Energy
Tuesday, 12 July 2011, 2:32 pm | Greenpeace
Reacting to a new global report by the Renewable Energy Network (REN21) on the growth of renewable energy in 2010 to supply 16% of the world’s energy needs, Sven Teske, Renewable Energy Expert for Greenpeace International said: More >>
Greenpeace Blog : Will Pure Advantage Fulfill Its Promise?
Monday, 11 July 2011, 9:46 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Last Thursday I attended the launch of the new Pure Advantage campaign – a campaign led by some of New Zealand’s most successful business leaders and entrepreneurs. More >>
Greenpeace to support rail jobs rally tomorrow
Friday, 8 July 2011, 1:25 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Rail jobs will be an important part of the transition to a clean economy – and a clean economy is something the Government must start the move toward now, says Greenpeace New Zealand. A Greenpeace New Zealand representative will be speaking ... More >>
Pure Advantage campaign a great idea - Greenpeace NZ
Friday, 8 July 2011, 9:17 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland July 7 2011: Greenpeace is welcoming the launch of the Pure Advantage group’s campaign to have New Zealand capitalise on its potential to develop a strong, clean economy. More >>
Global renewable energy growth outstrips dirty alternatives
Friday, 24 June 2011, 11:34 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
A new report by Greenpeace International shows that since the 1990s, installations of wind and solar grew faster than any other power plant technology [1]. Together with the rest of the global expansion of sources of renewable energy, these new sources ... More >>
Government goes off the rails with 'green collar' job cuts
Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 11:10 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace announced today that it supports the Keep Kiwis Working and the Rail and Maritime Union (RMTU) campaigns to save 41 workers at the Hillside rail plant in Dunedin from losing their jobs. More >>
NZer part of breaking court injunction over deep sea oil
Saturday, 18 June 2011, 2:14 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenland, June 18 2011 – Greenpeace New Zealand employee Nick Young reports that the International Executive Director of Greenpeace, Kumi Naidoo, has been arrested and is being flown to Greenland after breaching an exclusion zone and scaling a controversial ... More >>
Global Head of Greenpeace Kumi Naidoo Faces Jail
Friday, 17 June 2011, 10:28 pm | Greenpeace
Greenland, June 17 2011 – The International Executive Director of Greenpeace, Kumi Naidoo, has entered an exclusion zone to scale a controversial Arctic oil rig 120km off the coast of Greenland. He is now demanding that the rig’s master orders an ... More >>
Greenpeace Blog: Polar bear to starboard
Wednesday, 15 June 2011, 12:45 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
We were trying to put two people ashore in Iqaluit - a small and isolated settlement on the East Coast of Canada. Why we were doing that is a story for another day but while we were there, something unforgettable happend. We were drifting amongst the ... More >>
Greenpeace Applauds Italy´s Rejection of Nuclear Energy
Tuesday, 14 June 2011, 5:11 pm | Greenpeace
Responding to the positive outcome at the Italian referendum today, Greenpeace applauds the message that the Italian people have given by voting loud and clear to banish nuclear power from any future energy mix in Italy. More >>
Greenpeace welcomes Foodstuffs change of tuna
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 9:54 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 7 June 2011 – Greenpeace welcomes today’s announcement by supermarket chain Foodstuffs, owner of the Pams brand, that it will be shifting the majority of its Pams canned tuna to more sustainable sources. More >>
Key’s support for lignite madness will be his legacy
Friday, 3 June 2011, 12:32 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland June 3 2011: In response to reported statements made by yesterday by Prime Minister John Key, Greenpeace New Zealand has condemned his support for digging up Southland’s lignite deposits as reckless, short-sighted and dangerous to our economy. More >>
Greenpeace vows to continue campaign as occupation ended
Thursday, 2 June 2011, 3:53 pm | Greenpeace
Greenland, Thursday 2 June 2011 – Greenpeace campaigners who scaled an Arctic oil rig and prevented deep water drilling off the coast of Greenland for four days have vowed to continue their campaign after climbers believed to be from the Danish navy ... More >>
Sealord urged to change its tuna
Wednesday, 1 June 2011, 3:25 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 1 June 2011 – Tuna stocks and other ocean life are being threatened by the fishing methods used to fill Sealord tuna cans, says Greenpeace. More >>
Government Shows It Has No Vision With Rail Loop Decision
Tuesday, 31 May 2011, 3:39 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Despite what it says to the contrary, the Government is not interested in true economic prosperity, as shown by today’s announcement not to support the building of Auckland’s rail loop, says Greenpeace New Zealand. More >>
New Zealander in middle of Arctic oil stand off
Tuesday, 31 May 2011, 3:18 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace NZ Web Manager Nick Young reports that the stand off with the Danish navy is currently “pretty tense”, but that Greenpeace’s activists are still preventing the deep sea oil rig the Leiv Eiriksson from starting to drill. More >>
Greenpeace takes action to stop deep water oil drilling
Monday, 30 May 2011, 2:01 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland May 30 2011: Greenpeace has evaded a Danish warship to scale and attach a survival pod beneath a controversial deep sea floating oil rig being towed into the Arctic, disrupting plans for extreme, final frontier drilling operations in the ... More >>
Greenpeace Prevents Arctic Oil Drilling Operation
Monday, 30 May 2011, 12:09 pm | Greenpeace
Environmental campaigners from Greenpeace have scaled the world’s most controversial oil rig and are hanging from the underside in an Arctic survival pod with enough food and water to stay there for ten days. Their action will prevent the rig starting ... More >>
More ‘stress’ needed to European nuclear safety tests
Thursday, 26 May 2011, 3:24 pm | Greenpeace
Options for so-called “stress tests” on Europe’s nuclear power plants will be discussed today by the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group and the European Commission. More >>
