Greenpeace

Greenpeace exists because this fragile earth deserves a voice.

Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning organisation that acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace.

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Key Issues - Climate

Greenpeace - Latest News [Page 83]

Offshore oil – another bad joke from Government

Tuesday, 1 June 2010, 4:41 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand

Auckland, Tuesday June 1, 2010 - In the midst of one of the worst oil spills in history the Government’s offshore oil exploration announcement sounds like a bad joke, says Greenpeace. More >>

Company Refuses to Transport Unsustainable Seafood

Thursday, 27 May 2010, 2:04 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand

The world’s largest container shipping company, Maersk, refuses to ship a number of at-risk marine species including several caught by New Zealand fisheries, reports Greenpeace. More >>

Company Refuses To Ship At-Risk Marine Life

Thursday, 27 May 2010, 1:52 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand

The world’s largest container shipping company, Maersk, refuses to ship a number of at-risk marine species including several caught by New Zealand fisheries, reports Greenpeace. More >>

Greenpeace rates green electronic companies

Thursday, 27 May 2010, 9:43 am | Greenpeace New Zealand

Auckland, 27 May 2010 - Version 15 of Greenpeace’s Guide to Greener Electronics (1) sees Samsung, Toshiba and Dell, all picking up penalty points for backtracking on their self proposed timelines to eliminate some of the worst toxic substances ... More >>

Accept sched 4 failure, come back with better idea

Wednesday, 26 May 2010, 2:02 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand

The Government would be wise to chalk up its schedule 4 mining plans as an idea it got horribly wrong, says Greenpeace in its submission on the proposals. More >>

Save the whales rally in Wellington on June 2

Tuesday, 25 May 2010, 11:24 am | Greenpeace New Zealand

Auckland, 25 May 2010 - A public rally in front of parliament next Wednesday, June 2, will deliver thousands of petitions urging the Government to save whales, not whaling. More >>

Greenpeace Budget Response

Thursday, 20 May 2010, 3:43 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand

Today’s budget confirms the Government has completely failed to understand that New Zealand’s economic future is intrinsically tied to our environment, says Greenpeace. More >>

One third of National voters oppose mining plans

Thursday, 20 May 2010, 1:48 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand

According to the most substantive poll on the mining issue to date, the Key Government’s mining plans are opposed by 30% of those who voted National in at the last election (1). More >>

Greenpeace Activists Arrested

Wednesday, 19 May 2010, 10:11 am | Greenpeace New Zealand

Police have arrested four Greenpeace activists at Fonterra’s Clandeboye dairy factory near Timaru, after they succeeded in blocking coal deliveries to the plant for nearly 10 hours. More >>

Activists: we’ll stay until Fonterra accepts

Tuesday, 18 May 2010, 4:58 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand

One of the four activists who are locked to equipment in the coal depot at Fonterra’s Clandeboye factory near Timaru says it’s now up to Fonterra to take action to protect the climate and New Zealand’s clean green brand by switching to cleaner fuel options ... More >>

Greenpeace blocks Fonterra coal use

Tuesday, 18 May 2010, 12:40 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand

Greenpeace activists have blocked the coal depot of Fonterra’s Clandeboye factory near Timaru, using a truckload of alternative fuel, saying the company is damaging the climate by burning coal when cleaner solutions exist. More >>

Greenpeace Anti-Whaling Activists Face Jail

Saturday, 15 May 2010, 10:42 am | Greenpeace

Despite yet another day of compelling evidence of major corruption in the Japanese government whaling programme, Greenpeace activists Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki have been warned by their lawyers that they still run a serious risk of a custodial sentence. More >>

Over 40,000 In March Against Govt's Mining Plans

Sunday, 2 May 2010, 12:12 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand

“For 40,000 Kiwis to turn out and be prepared to speak with one voice, must tell the Government something,” said Greenpeace ambassador and anti-mining marcher Robyn Malcolm. More >>

Lucy Lawless, Robyn Malcolm link climate, mining

Friday, 23 April 2010, 4:09 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand

Sign On campaign ambassadors Lucy Lawless and Robyn Malcolm were at the site of a proposed coal mine in the Paparoa National Park today, drawing the link between the Government’s Schedule 4 mining plans and climate change. More >>

Endangered whales to be hunted in whaling proposal

Friday, 23 April 2010, 1:15 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand

Greenpeace supporters have set up a whale graveyard in front of the Beehive in reaction to further details released today of a proposal which could legitimise commercial whaling and allow hunting to continue in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. More >>

Endangered whales will be Hunted

Friday, 23 April 2010, 12:49 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand

Greenpeace to set up whale graveyard at Parliament

Friday, 23 April 2010, 12:27 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand

Greenpeace supporters will set up a whale graveyard in front of the Beehive at 12.30pm in reaction to further details released today of a proposal being considered by the International Whaling Commission which could legitimise commercial whaling and allow ... More >>