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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 >>
UK govt documents reveal Arctic spill impossible to clean up
Tuesday, 24 May 2011, 5:24 pm | Greenpeace
Two Greenpeace ships are in a tense stand-off with Danish navy commandos protecting an oil drilling operation in the freezing seas off Greenland. More >>
Micronesia makes legal history by challenging carbon emitter
Tuesday, 24 May 2011, 12:30 pm | Greenpeace
The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) has made legal history by challenging the development of one of Europe's largest coal-fired power stations, opening the door for climate-stricken nations to use international law to take action against major ... More >>
Budget Deals Another Blow To Clean Energy Race
Thursday, 19 May 2011, 4:55 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
New Zealand’s chances of winning a place in the global clean energy race have been dealt another blow by today’s budget, Greenpeace NZ says. More >>
Budget must dump damaging fossil fuel subsidies
Wednesday, 18 May 2011, 12:28 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Increased subsidies for fossil fuels are fiscally irresponsible and pose a major threat to our clean, green reputation and our economy, Greenpeace says. Greenpeace is calling on the Government to drop its focus on developing our fossil fuel resources ... More >>
Greenpeace Will Appeal Court Decision on Charitable Status
Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 5:35 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is appealing the High Court’s decision declining it the status of a charitable organisation. The High Court had upheld an earlier decision by the Charities Commission declining Greenpeace charitable status. More >>
Government subsiding costly damming project
Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 9:40 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 9th May 2011: Today’s announcement that the Government is considering a $400 million dollar subsidy for the stalled South Island damming project to irrigate and expand intensive dairy is a sign that the Government has an economic strategy ... More >>
Petrobras’ Oil Survey Ship Leaves Raukūmara Basin
Sunday, 8 May 2011, 7:47 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Petrobras’ Oil Survey Ship Leaves Raukūmara Basin – Don’t Come Back Now Y’Hear! More >>
Flotilla returns to oil survey zone after protests
Sunday, 8 May 2011, 2:22 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Wharekahika/Hick’s Bay, Sunday 8 May 2011: The flotilla opposing deep sea oil drilling with replenished supplies and crew quietly left Wharekahika this afternoon for the Raukūmara Basin. This followed a loud and festive protest of eighty people greeting ... More >>
EU must tackle destructive fishing to end discards
Thursday, 5 May 2011, 9:11 am | Greenpeace
Brussels, 3 May 2011 – Greenpeace has criticised a new scheme proposed by some EU countries to tackle the mounting problem of discards, as stakeholders from the fishing industry and civil society meet in Brussels today for a crucial discussion ... More >>
Change your tuna, Greenpeace says to NZ brands
Wednesday, 27 April 2011, 10:02 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
New Zealand brands of canned tuna are selling fish which has been caught using methods that are wiping out the main source of our tuna stocks from the Pacific and are killing endangered marine life, says Greenpeace. More >>
Flotilla harbours in Tauranga to support Captain Elvis
Tuesday, 26 April 2011, 1:47 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Tauranga, Tuesday 26 April 2011: The flotilla of boats opposing deep sea oil exploration off East Cape sailed into Tauranga this morning to support their fellow skipper Elvis Teddy, of te Whānau ā Apanui fishing vessel San Pietro. Elvis Teddy was arrested ... More >>
Iwi Fishing Boat Disrupts Oil Survey Ship (Images)
Saturday, 23 April 2011, 6:58 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Whakatāne, Saturday 23 April 2011: Today in the face of navy warship HMNZS Taupo, the crew of te Whānau ā Apanui’s fishing boat San Pietro went fishing at a safe distance in front of the deep sea oil survey ship, Orient Explorer. The longline ... More >>
