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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 >>
Decision to go to Copenhagen the easy part
Thursday, 3 December 2009, 10:02 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland December 3 2009- Greenpeace says John Key has made the right decision to attend the Copenhagen climate talks, but is warning him against relying on New Zealand’s current climate policies as a figleaf. The Prime Minister has bowed to domestic and ... More >>
Global head of Greenpeace urges Key to Copenhagen
Monday, 30 November 2009, 1:04 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The International Executive Director of Greenpeace International has written personally to Prime Minister John Key, urging him to attend the UN climate talks in Copenhagen.(1) In the letter, Kumi Naidoo (2) said: “There is still enough time to reach a fair, ... More >>
NZ Company in Indonesian rainforest destruction
Friday, 27 November 2009, 12:38 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Spicers Paper New Zealand has been linked with Sinar Mas which Greenpeace has labelled as one of the leading forest and climate destroyer in Indonesia. Earlier this year Fonterra was implicated in the palm industry’s clearing and burning of rainforests ... More >>
Palm Kernel And Coal Climate Crimes To Fonterra
Tuesday, 24 November 2009, 1:42 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
A human chain of protesters piled sacks labelled ‘Fonterra palm kernel’ and ‘Fonterra coal’ outside Fonterra’s corporate headquarters today in protest of greenhouse gas emissions caused by the dairy giant’s intensive farming practices. More >>
Protest brings climate crimes to Fonterra’s door
Tuesday, 24 November 2009, 1:30 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
A human chain of protesters piled sacks labelled ‘Fonterra palm kernel’ and ‘Fonterra coal’ outside Fonterra’s corporate headquarters today in protest of greenhouse gas emissions caused by the dairy giant’s intensive farming practices. This comes ... More >>
Palm kernel and coal crimes to Fonterra’s door
Tuesday, 24 November 2009, 1:06 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
A human chain of protesters piled sacks labelled ‘Fonterra palm kernel’ and ‘Fonterra coal’ outside Fonterra’s corporate headquarters today in protest of greenhouse gas emissions caused by the dairy giant’s intensive farming practices. More >>
Key to Copenhagen money goes to youth instead
Monday, 23 November 2009, 12:04 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace will give the money it raised to help get John Key to Copenhagen to two youth delegations instead. Nearly $5,000 was raised through cakestalls, sausage sizzles, donations and auctions to help get the Prime Minister to the UN climate talks, as ... More >>
Europe: Nuclear Expert Warns Of Safety Flaws
Monday, 23 November 2009, 10:43 am | Greenpeace
An independent expert, commissioned by Greenpeace, has concluded that two nuclear reactors, currently under construction in Finland and France, suffer from serious safety flaws. More >>
Final voyage of the Japanese whaling fleet?
Thursday, 19 November 2009, 3:52 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Innoshima, Japan, 19 November, 2009 - Following a week of potentially crippling budgetary reviews and a high-profile visit from US President Barack Obama to Japan, shortly after 10am today the so-called ‘scientific’ whaling fleet crept out of port, ... More >>
Update: Nuclear Madness Reaches Finland
Thursday, 19 November 2009, 1:01 pm | Greenpeace
The cargo ship Happy Ranger made port in Finland today, carrying its cargo of steam generators from France, intended for a nuclear reactor under construction at Olkiluoto. In addition, it is also carrying a protest camp, complete with eight Greenpeace activists ... More >>
