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Governments fail to protect bluefin tuna
Friday, 19 March 2010, 12:04 pm | Greenpeace
Doha, Qatar - March 18 2010, Greenpeace condemns the failure of governments meeting for at the CITES (Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species), to agree any measures to protect endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna. More >>
Nestle products play part in rainforest erosion
Thursday, 18 March 2010, 10:33 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Food and beverage company Nestle has overnight suspended direct contracts with its main supplier of palm oil, after a Greenpeace report was released implicating the company in the destruction of rainforest, which is pushing orangutans to the brink ... More >>
NZ Govt should save the whales, not whaling
Wednesday, 17 March 2010, 9:45 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
A mock weigh-in of a six metre replica whale ‘caught’ by John Key has appeared in front of his electorate office with Greenpeace calling on him to reject any deal that would legitimise commercial whaling. More >>
Government reneges on mining promises
Monday, 15 March 2010, 9:20 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
The Government’s assurances of "boutique" "surgical" mining in areas with low conservation value seem to have disappeared down a mine shaft, says Greenpeace. More >>
Govt insults Kiwis by supporting return to whaling
Monday, 8 March 2010, 2:36 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The New Zealand Government’s sell-out at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) could effectively see a return to commercial whaling, says Greenpeace. More >>
Outgoing minister leaves bad quota call in wake
Thursday, 25 February 2010, 5:04 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
A fish species about to be added to the New Zealand quota management system (QMS) has been dropped from sale by three of Canada’s eight major supermarket chains in the past year due to sustainability concerns, says Greenpeace (1). More >>
Plea For Fair Trial Of Whale Meat Activists
Friday, 12 February 2010, 11:44 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is calling on the Japanese ambassador to ensure the fair trial of two Greenpeace activists, following a UN report criticising Japan for breaching human rights during the pair’s detention. More >>
Greenpeace slams endangered catch quotas
Thursday, 11 February 2010, 2:15 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is calling for the closure of the southern bluefin tuna fishery and the immediate withdrawal of a “scandalous plan” to increase New Zealand’s quota for the critically endangered fish (1). More >>
Greenpeace warns of mining backlash
Tuesday, 9 February 2010, 4:27 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is warning the Government it could face civil disobedience and an international backlash if it proceeds with mining on conservation land. More >>
Whaling: Japanese Authorities Breach Human Rights
Monday, 8 February 2010, 5:27 pm | Greenpeace
The Japanese government breached a series of internationally guaranteed human rights by detaining two Greenpeace activists who had uncovered major corruption in the Japanese whaling programme, according to a working group of the United Nations Human Rights ... More >>
“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 >>
