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“Smart Grids”- 21st Century Climate Infrastructure
Friday, 5 February 2010, 11:23 am | Greenpeace
There’s no need to worry that renewable energy can’t keep the lights on, concludes a new study by Greenpeace and the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC). More >>
Global Wind Market Booms, Greenpeace Reacts
Thursday, 4 February 2010, 10:22 am | Greenpeace
Commenting on the news that 37 GW [1] of new wind energy was added to the world's grids in 2009 Greenpeace International energy expert Sven Teske commented: "As the world looks to build an economic recovery this boom shows that wind energy is the ... More >>
Copenhagen Accord Recycles Old Climate Commitments
Monday, 1 February 2010, 10:17 am | Greenpeace
With the passing of the Copenhagen Accord's 31 January deadline for its supporters to submit their pledges to curb greenhouse gas emissions, the absence of strengthened commitments has failed to meet the Accord's stated objective of taking action to ... More >>
Two defence witnesses to put whaling on trial
Saturday, 16 January 2010, 2:04 pm | Greenpeace
Aomori, Japan, January 15, 2010 – The prospect of putting the Japanese whaling programme on trial and defending the principle of peaceful civil disobedience moved a step closer today. Following repeated denials of key defence evidence, the legal ... More >>
Greenpeace Climate Protesters Released
Thursday, 7 January 2010, 1:42 pm | Greenpeace
Danish police today released from custody four Greenpeace climate protesters who have endured 20 days of pre-trial detention in Copenhagen prison following a harmless peaceful protest staged on the evening of 17 December. Their release comes a day ... More >>
Greenpeace Climate Heroes imprisoned over Xmas
Thursday, 24 December 2009, 9:48 am | Greenpeace
Four Greenpeace climate activists will spend Christmas and New Year in Copenhagen prison after the High Court there this afternoon rejected appeals to release them from Danish police custody. Greenpeace condemned the High Court's decision. More >>
Copenhagen: Historic failure will live in infamy
Monday, 21 December 2009, 2:19 pm | Greenpeace
The most progressive US president in a generation comes to the most important international meeting since the Second World War and delivers a speech so devoid of substance that he might as well have made it on speaker-phone from a beach in Hawaii. His aides ... More >>
Leaders Have Failed To Act To Avoid Catastrophe
Sunday, 20 December 2009, 1:35 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
A weak outcome has so-far emerged from the UN climate talks. The deal is not ambitious, unfair, not legally binding and likely to put the world on a path to at least a 3C temperature rise. More >>
Greenpeace Delivers Message To World Leaders
Friday, 18 December 2009, 12:43 pm | Greenpeace
Thursday 17 December 2009: As the Copenhagen Climate Summit reaches its penultimate night, Greenpeace activists joined Heads of State from over 120 countries on their way to dinner with the queen at the Danish Parliament. In a 3 vehicle convoy, just ... More >>
John Key hints at leadership at Copenhagen
Friday, 18 December 2009, 10:13 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace today welcomed the positive tone of John Key’s opening speech to the climate change negotiations in Copenhagen (1) and urged him to back his words with a fresh approach to the negotiations. “Key’s words stand in stark contrast to ... More >>
NZ’s emission reduction target downgraded
Wednesday, 16 December 2009, 4:47 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland Wednesday 16 December - The target ranking system (1) John Key has been relying on (2) to claim New Zealand’s placed well at the climate talks in Copenhagen has just changed the ranking of New Zealand’s target to “inadequate”- the worst ... More >>
Spicers stops imports of destructive paper imports
Wednesday, 16 December 2009, 1:49 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 16 December 2009 – Greenpeace has welcomed the announcement by Spicers Papers New Zealand that it is phasing out paper products from Indonesia due to public concerns about environmental and sustainability issues. More >>
NZ needs to clean up attitude at climate talks
Wednesday, 16 December 2009, 11:25 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
New Zealand is bringing a bad attitude to the climate talks in Copenhagen, thinking it can bully small and vulnerable states which are already suffering in the front line of climate change. “How dare the Government attack countries that are simply ... More >>
Threat To Pacific Tuna Greater Than Ever
Monday, 14 December 2009, 10:38 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace today slammed the refusal of Asian distant water fishing nations Korea, China, Taiwan and Japan to agree effective new measures to urgently halt the decline of tuna stocks at the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission More >>
President Obama Must Earn Nobel Peace Prize
Monday, 14 December 2009, 10:35 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace today congratulated US President Barack Obama on winning the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize and urged him to use the award's prestige to help secure an ambitious, fair, and legally binding treaty at the UN Climate Summit. More >>
Those pesky Danes
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 11:46 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Submitted by Geoff Keey on Thu, 10/12/2009 - 10:48 The political battles in the negotiations have begun. More >>
Copenhagen Opportunity Must Not Be Wasted
Tuesday, 8 December 2009, 9:15 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
The New Zealand delegating team in Copenhagen has the chance to help shape the course of human history over the next two weeks and it must not waste it, says Greenpeace. More >>
Lucy Lawless to perform today at Sign On concert
Monday, 7 December 2009, 12:27 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland December 5 2009 – Greenpeace’s Sign On climate campaign will today culminate in a march and free public concert in Auckland featuring top New Zealand bands and Sign On ambassadors performing. More >>
Thousands March In Support Of Copenhagen Summit
Sunday, 6 December 2009, 9:35 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland Saturday December 5, 2009 – Thousands of people turned out today in support of John Key taking strong action at the Copenhagen climate talks. More >>
Concert For Greenpeace Climate Campaign
Saturday, 5 December 2009, 11:43 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland December 5 2009 – Greenpeace’s Sign On climate campaign will today culminate in a march and free public concert in Auckland featuring top New Zealand bands and Sign On ambassadors performing. More >>
