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Greenpeace - Latest News [Page 92]
Supreme Court decision a blow for the climate
Friday, 19 December 2008, 4:58 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Friday 19 December 2008 - A serious blow has been dealt to the climate with a Supreme Court decision just handed down in the Genesis Energy/ Greenpeace case. More >>
Greenpeace Good Wood Guide launched
Friday, 19 December 2008, 9:54 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland 17th December 2008 – Greenpeace today launched its online Good Wood Guide together with an updated ranking of outdoor furniture retailers. The guides are aimed at helping New Zealanders ensure they are not destroying rainforests or our climate ... More >>
New Zealand Singled Out As ‘Stumbling Block’
Tuesday, 16 December 2008, 10:48 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace today challenged the New Zealand Government to take responsibility for action on climate change at the highest level, in the days and months leading to next year’s crucial UN climate meeting in Copenhagen. More >>
NZ 'Stumbling Block' As UN Climate Talks Close
Monday, 15 December 2008, 9:23 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 14 December 2008 ” Greenpeace today challenged the New Zealand Government to take responsibility for action on climate change at the highest level, in the days and months leading to next year's crucial UN climate meeting in Copenhagen. More >>
Kiwis say "arrest me too" in bid to end whaling
Wednesday, 10 December 2008, 4:11 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Wellington December 10 2008 - Greenpeace today set up an anti-whaling stand outside the Japanese embassy in Wellington where during the lunch hour around 150 people had 'mug shot' style photos taken that read "co-defendant, arrest me as well ... More >>
Young Pacific Islander stands up to world leaders
Tuesday, 9 December 2008, 4:20 pm | Greenpeace
"This may be your meeting but my home is drowning," Young Pacific Islander stands up to world leaders. More >>
Don't flush our climate down the John
Tuesday, 9 December 2008, 10:23 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace deposited over 30 porcelain toilets on parliament grounds with a globe inside each one and the message: "don't flush our climate down the John". More >>
After 50 hours activists leave coal stack
Friday, 5 December 2008, 10:01 am | Greenpeace
Konin, Poland, 4 December 2008 – Having spent two days atop the 150 metre chimney stack of the Patnów power plant to highlight the catastrophic impact that coal-fired power stations are having on the climate, the 11 Greenpeace climbers came down today ... More >>
An open letter to Kevin Rudd
Thursday, 4 December 2008, 2:22 pm | Greenpeace
There is growing and disturbing speculation that the Federal Government’s soon-to-be announced interim target for emissions reductions will be in the range of 5 to 15 per cent by 2020. More >>
Protests Continue against coal ship in Denmark
Thursday, 4 December 2008, 2:00 pm | Greenpeace
Copenhagen, Denmark, 3 December 2008 – Greenpeace activists are blocking the ship Hanjin Imabari, carrying coal from Richards Bay, South Africa to the Danish coal plant Enstedværket, in Aabenraa, from offloading its many tonnes of coal. Activists ... More >>
NGO’s Sceptical on New Timber Legality Scheme
Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 10:27 am | Greenpeace
A timber legality scheme announced today by Rimbunan Hijau (RH) and the Papua New Guinea Forest Industries Association (PNGFIA) was met with scepticism by Greenpeace and two leading PNG environmental NGO’s. More >>
"Quit coal, Save the Climate"
Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 10:23 am | Greenpeace
Early this morning, 11 Greenpeace activists scaled a 150-metre high chimney at the Pątnów power plant in Poland to hang a banner reading "Quit coal, save the climate". More >>
“Quit Coal” says Greenpeace - Poland
Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 9:02 am | Greenpeace
Konin, Poland, 2 December, 2008 – Early this morning, 11 Greenpeace activists scaled a 150-metre high chimney at the Pątnów power plant in Poland(1) to hang a banner reading “Quit coal, save the climate”. Greenpeace is calling on the Polish government ... More >>
One year until Climate D Day - NZ on the outer
Monday, 1 December 2008, 3:44 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
New Zealand is likely to find itself increasingly isolated at the UN climate talks starting today in Poznan, Poland, according to Greenpeace. More >>
Global coal costs of €360 billion in 2007
Friday, 28 November 2008, 10:03 am | Greenpeace
Warsaw, Poland – 27 November 2008 - Greenpeace today released an analysis showing that the global cost of coal was at least €360 billion last year alone. The report, “The True Cost of Coal” (1), released with the independent Dutch Institute CE ... More >>
Poznan Op-Ed
Wednesday, 26 November 2008, 3:45 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
One year ago, at the tail end of a searingly hot day on the Balinese peninsula of Nusa Dua, governments from around the world agreed on a plan to save the climate. They pledged that by December 2009, they’ll have nailed down an agreement to achieve ... More >>
Greenpeace Green Electronics guide 2008
Tuesday, 25 November 2008, 9:28 am | Greenpeace
24 November 2008 - Now in its tenth edition, the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics shows that most consumer electronics companies have been slow to get serious about climate change. More >>
Rainbow Warrior Impounded by Dutch Police
Wednesday, 19 November 2008, 2:42 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The Rainbow Warrior boarded by the Dutch Police. After a day of protest inside and outside the E.on power station in Rotterdam, the police stormed the Rainbow Warrior, searched and took the details of all the crew onboard. More >>
NZ - friend or foe of the US?
Wednesday, 19 November 2008, 11:00 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
New Zealanders should be seriously alarmed at the prospect of the National-led government damaging the country's relationship with the United States over its stance on climate change. More >>
Paris: Activists Dump 5 Tons Of Bluefin Tuna Heads
Tuesday, 18 November 2008, 9:42 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace activists have today dumped some 5 tonnes of dead bluefin tuna heads in front of the French Fisheries Ministry in Paris to protest the continued mismanagement of the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery. More >>
