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EU farmers ditch GM crops
Wednesday, 23 February 2011, 10:13 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Brussels, 22 February 2011-- Industry data released on Tuesday is expected to confirm that farmers are abandoning GM crops in Europe, following a trend of increasing public rejection in the EU, said Greenpeace. The International Service for the Acquisition ... More >>
Japan’s Whaling Fleet Recall Should Be Final
Monday, 21 February 2011, 9:16 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is demanding that Japan’s Government finally end its commercial whaling programme and re-open an investigation into corruption scandals inside the industry, following today’s announcement by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ... More >>
Japan’s Whaling Fleet Recall Should Be Final: Greenpeace
Friday, 18 February 2011, 7:20 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 18 February 2011 - Greenpeace is demanding that Japan’s Government finally end its commercial whaling programme and re-open an investigation into corruption scandals inside the industry, following today’s announcement by the Ministry of ... More >>
Quota increase puts tuna on track to extinction
Thursday, 17 February 2011, 4:32 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The increased quota for southern bluefin tuna puts the species on the fast track to extinction, says Greenpeace. The Ministry of Fisheries announced this afternoon that the quota for southern bluefin tuna will be increased for the second year in ... More >>
Southern Bluefin Tuna at Risk, says Greenpeace NZ
Thursday, 17 February 2011, 4:29 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The increased quota for southern bluefin tuna puts the species on the fast track to extinction, says Greenpeace. More >>
EU sets weak fuel efficiency law for vans
Wednesday, 16 February 2011, 9:26 am | Greenpeace
A new fuel efficiency law for vans is set to be rubber stamped by the European Parliament today. If approved, van manufacturers will have to reduce emissions to 175 grams CO2 per kilometre by 2017 and 147g by 2020. Average emissions from new vans sold ... More >>
Greenpeace PKE action continues in Port Taranaki
Tuesday, 8 February 2011, 4:45 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Saturday February 5 2011, New Plymouth: Four Greenpeace activists remain inside the cranes on the palm kernel bulk carrier MV Great Motion. One of the five Greenpeace activists who boarded the ship has been removed, and placed under arrest, after five ... More >>
Government must now decide on palm kernel
Tuesday, 8 February 2011, 4:43 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Sunday February 6, 2011, New Plymouth: Greenpeace says that yesterday’s action on board the MV Great Motion leaves the Government with no option but to decide on what its policy is on palm kernel, and that the only option is to put a stop to its ... More >>
Greenpeace activists stop palm kernel shipment
Tuesday, 8 February 2011, 4:41 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace activist Drew Hahn hangs off the anchor chain of the Great Motion. One activist is on the ship’s anchor chain. Another four are occupying the ship’s cranes. The MV Great Motion has 10,000 tonnes of palm kernel on board. It is at anchor ... More >>
A celebration of soils
Tuesday, 8 February 2011, 12:12 pm | Greenpeace
Indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers over several decades has been sucking life out of Indian soils, and thereby putting the country’s food security at stake. But the government has continued to mindlessly promote chemical fertilizers through ... More >>
Drought weakens Amazon's ability to withstand climate change
Tuesday, 8 February 2011, 12:07 pm | Greenpeace
Severe drought could turn the Amazon rainforest into a source of carbon emissions contributing to climate change, rather than a carbon sink absorbing emissions. More >>
Government must now decide on palm kernel
Sunday, 6 February 2011, 1:13 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Sunday February 6, 2011, New Plymouth: Greenpeace says that yesterday’s action on board the MV Great Motion leaves the Government with no option but to decide on what its policy is on palm kernel, and that the only option is to put a stop to its ... More >>
Greenpeace action continues in Port Taranaki
Saturday, 5 February 2011, 6:44 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Four Greenpeace activists remain inside the cranes on the palm kernel bulk carrier MV Great Motion. One of the five Greenpeace activists who boarded the ship has been removed, and placed under arrest, after five and a half hours on the anchor chain. More >>
Energy Summit briefing - renewables key to growth
Friday, 4 February 2011, 11:25 am | Greenpeace
Renewable power and energy efficiency are at the heart of this week’s energy summit – forming a headline section in leaked draft conclusions, according to media reports. This reflects the increasing importance of renewables in power production, job creation ... More >>
Re-Opening of Whale Meat Embezzlement Investigation Urged
Friday, 28 January 2011, 1:27 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is calling for the official investigation into systematic embezzlement(1) within Japan’s whaling program to be re-opened following disciplinary action against whaling officials for accepting whale meat ‘gifts’ from Kyodo Senpaku, the company ... More >>
Briquette plant a crime of Global Significance
Tuesday, 25 January 2011, 1:36 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, Tuesday 25th January 2011: If Solid Energy’s newly announced briquette plant ever goes into production, it will be a crime of global significance, for which New Zealand’s biggest company, Fonterra, and the New Zealand Government, will be ... More >>
Clash between renewables, coal and nuclear set to grow
Wednesday, 19 January 2011, 11:09 am | Greenpeace
*Brussels, 18 January 2011 -*A Greenpeace report launched today demonstrates how Europe can switch to a smooth-running electricity grid powered almost entirely by green energy. It shows for the first time what an intelligent grid for Europe by ... More >>
US oil spill report a warning for NZ
Wednesday, 12 January 2011, 5:02 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is calling on the Government to pay heed to President Obama’s commissioned report on the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill – and cancel all new offshore oil drilling tenders and permits. This comes as the official report into the disaster by The National ... More >>
US oil spill report a warning for NZ
Wednesday, 12 January 2011, 3:53 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is calling on the Government to pay heed to President Obama’s commissioned report on the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill – and cancel all new offshore oil drilling tenders and permits. More >>
Greenpeace says legal bid alone not enough to stop whaling
Wednesday, 15 December 2010, 4:14 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 15 December 2010 – Greenpeace says Governments needs to look beyond a legal bid to stop Japan whaling in the Southern Ocean whale sanctuary. Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully announced today that the New Zealand Government has decided ... More >>
