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UK Govt Slammed For Authorising Drilling
Sunday, 3 October 2010, 12:52 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace condemned a UK government decision made late last night to grant the first consent for deep water oil drilling in UK waters since the Gulf of Mexico oil as bizarre. Greenpeace is preparing to take legal action to prevent further permits. More >>
Greenpeace Swimmers Continue to Stop Oil Drilling
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 2:07 pm | Greenpeace
For over 30 hours Greenpeace swimmers and campaigners in kayaks have impeded the progress of the giant oil drilling ship the Stena Carron which is destined to begin a dangerous deep water drilling programme in the North Atlantic. More >>
Orange Roughy off the Market in Canada
Monday, 27 September 2010, 4:41 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
None of Canada’s major supermarket chains will be selling orange roughy after leading retailers dropped the species due to sustainability concerns, Greenpeace reports. Last week Canadian retailer Metro announced it would remove a number of seafoods ... More >>
Canadians say ‘no’ to orange roughy
Monday, 27 September 2010, 2:55 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
None of Canada’s major supermarket chains will be selling orange roughy after leading retailers dropped the species due to sustainability concerns, Greenpeace reports. More >>
Fonterra statement backs up Greenpeace claims
Thursday, 23 September 2010, 4:09 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is condemning dairy giant Fonterra’s weak ‘claim’ that “it believes” its palm kernel animal feed comes from sustainable sources. More >>
Greenpeace protest posed no threat - Director
Thursday, 23 September 2010, 10:46 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace says a box locked into a lift at the Fonterra building during this morning’s protest played a sound recording and posed no threat. More >>
Greenpeace barricades Fonterra HQ
Thursday, 23 September 2010, 10:44 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace activists have barricaded the entrance to Fonterra’s corporate headquarters in Princes St, Auckland. More >>
Greenpeace Barricade Fonterra HQ
Thursday, 23 September 2010, 9:21 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace activists have barricaded the entrance to Fonterra’s corporate headquarters in Princes St, Auckland. More >>
Fonterra’s implication in rainforest destruction
Tuesday, 21 September 2010, 11:37 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 21 September 2010 – Following new evidence, Greenpeace demands that Fonterra and the Government put an end to New Zealand’s importation of palm kernel grown on areas of destroyed rainforest. More >>
Not too late for Govt to embrace clean energy
Thursday, 2 September 2010, 4:39 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
As the deadline for submissions on Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee’s Draft Energy Strategy draws to a close (at 5pm Thursday), Greenpeace is telling the Government that it is not too late to embrace the global Clean Energy revolution ... More >>
Greenpeace Calls For Urgent Action To Save Pacifi
Sunday, 22 August 2010, 1:36 pm | Greenpeace
Auckland, 21 August, 2010 – Greenpeace is calling on the New Zealand Government to support a plan to make the Pacific's tuna fisheries sustainable following further reports of declining stocks. More >>
Greenpeace Urges NZ Government To Follow Australia
Tuesday, 10 August 2010, 3:10 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 10th August 2010: Greenpeace is welcoming the Australian Government’s announcement today of a detailed legal framework for imported wood in contrast to the New Zealand Government’s very weak voluntary code of practice. More >>
NZ Key To Saving Ross Sea And Antarctic Toothfish
Friday, 6 August 2010, 4:35 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
New Zealand must stop fishing for Antarctic toothfish in the Ross Sea says Greenpeace. A report released today says the Ross Sea is in critical need of protection as a marine reserve and should be off limits to all fishing and industrial activity. More >>
NZ key to saving Ross Sea and Antarctic toothfish
Friday, 6 August 2010, 10:51 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
New Zealand must stop fishing for Antarctic toothfish in the Ross Sea says Greenpeace. More >>
NZ increasing bottom trawled fish limits
Thursday, 29 July 2010, 12:12 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 29 July 2010 – Greenpeace says a plan to increase the catch limits of several bottom trawled New Zealand fish species highlights how out of touch the Ministry of Fisheries is with international markets. More >>
Greenpeace: The need to move beyond petroleum
Wednesday, 28 July 2010, 1:27 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Following Greenpeace UK’s successful action against BP’s petrol stations in London (see below), Greenpeace is reminding the New Zealand Government that, like BP, it needs to move beyond the prevailing 19th century mindset regards fossil fuels. More >>
Activists are shutting down BP stations in London!
Wednesday, 28 July 2010, 11:33 am | Greenpeace
Forty-six BP petrol station's in central London were shut down today and re-branded with signs announcing: 'Closed. Moving beyond petroleum' and featuring the new, 'oilier' BP logo. More >>
BP Stations Shut Down In London
Wednesday, 28 July 2010, 9:22 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Following Greenpeace UK’s successful action against BP’s petrol stations in London (see below), Greenpeace is reminding the New Zealand Government that, like BP, it needs to move beyond the prevailing 19th century mindset regards fossil fuels. More >>
Oily People Send Warning Over Offshore Drilling
Sunday, 25 July 2010, 1:36 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace volunteers covered themselves in ‘oil’ today to send a strong message to the Government to stop its plans for the drilling of new deep water oil wells off New Zealand’s coast. More >>
Greenpeace welcomes u-turn on mining
Tuesday, 20 July 2010, 12:08 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace today welcomed the Government’s about-face on Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee’s plans to allow the mining of this country’s most precious Schedule 4 protected public conservation lands. And Greenpeace congratulates the huge number ... More >>
