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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 >>
Supreme Court Rejects Tokyo Two Appeal
Thursday, 19 November 2009, 12:59 pm | Greenpeace
The Tokyo Supreme Court today denied a special appeal for disclosure of evidence in the trial of Greenpeace activists Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki, upholding a string of human rights violations committed against them and reinforcing the flawed nature ... More >>
Tying the Copenhagen knot or catching bouquets?
Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 1:44 pm | Greenpeace
URL: http://www.signon.org.nz/blog/tying-the-copenhagen-knot-or-just-catching-bouquets More >>
Tuna Commission Gets Worse? Fails On Bluefin Tuna
Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 1:00 pm | Greenpeace
Recife, Brazil, Monday 16 November 2009 -- The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) has failed once again to act beyond the interests of a few tuna fishing and farming industries, warned Greenpeace today. Again it has approved ... More >>
New Greenpeace International Executive Director
Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 12:49 pm | Greenpeace
Johannesburg, South Africa, 16 November 2009 -- On becoming Greenpeace International ExecutiveDirector, prominent human rights activist Dr. Kumi Naidoo today warned world leaders that there can be no excuse for not attending the upcoming UN Copenhagen ... More >>
Lawless and Salinger offer nearly $5,000 to Key
Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 10:03 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Actress Lucy Lawless and top climate scientist Jim Salinger will visit Parliament today to present Prime Minister John Key with nearly $5,000 to help get him to the Copenhagen climate talks in December. A fundraising drive to get “Key to Copenhagen” ... More >>
Greenpeace: Protest at Fonterra Headquarters
Tuesday, 17 November 2009, 11:00 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Southland, Tuesday 17 November 2009 – The four Greenpeace activists arrested today after closing down a Southland lignite coalmine say they succeeded in drawing attention to Fonterra’s expanding use of coal for milk processing. They labelled the burning ... More >>
Greenpeace Activists Shut Down Fonterra Coal Mine
Tuesday, 17 November 2009, 10:21 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Southland, 17 November 2009 - Greenpeace activists have shut down a pit of a Southland lignite coalmine used by Fonterra to help fuel operations at its nearby Edendale dairy factory, labeling it another Fonterra climate crime. The activity at the New ... More >>
Greenpeace calls for protest outside Fonterra
Tuesday, 17 November 2009, 9:59 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
The four Greenpeace activists arrested today after closing down a Southland lignite coalmine say they succeeded in drawing attention to Fonterra’s expanding use of coal for milk processing. They labelled the burning of around 450,000 tonnes of coal ... More >>
Greenpeace activists shut down coal mine
Tuesday, 17 November 2009, 9:40 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace activists have shut down a pit of a Southland lignite coalmine used by Fonterra to help fuel operations at its nearby Edendale dairy factory, labeling it another Fonterra climate crime. The activity at the New Vale mine, near Gore, comes ... More >>
Greenpeace Activists: Obama Must Address Climate
Friday, 13 November 2009, 5:08 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 13 November 2009 - An international team of Greenpeace activists, in the heart of Indonesia's threatened rainforests, has called on United States President Barack Obama to take urgent action on climate change. The call has been made as Obama ... More >>
