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Labour and National fail environmental test
Monday, 3 November 2008, 12:25 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
New Zealand's two biggest political parties have failed the environment test, put to them by two major New Zealand environmental groups. More >>
Illegal Logging in Papua New Guinea
Saturday, 1 November 2008, 2:27 pm | Greenpeace
Malaysian logging giant Rimbunan Hijau (RH) admitted yesterday that its rights to log the vast Kamula Doso forest area in Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) Western Province were awarded illegally. More >>
Solution to Indonesia’s rapid forest destruction
Saturday, 1 November 2008, 12:11 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Jakarta, Indonesia, 31 October 2008 – Greenpeace this morning launched its Forests for Climate initiative, the pioneering solution to reduce deforestation, tackle climate change, preserve global biodiversity and protect the livelihoods of millions of forest ... More >>
Would John stop this udder madness?
Thursday, 30 October 2008, 11:39 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Another inappropriate dairy conversion has occurred in New Zealand - this time on John Key's front lawn. A dwindling pine forest, some dairy cows, several stumps and a truckload of Ready Lawn now adorn the land at Mr Key's Helensville electorate office. ... More >>
Inappropriate dairy conversion on John Key's lawn
Thursday, 30 October 2008, 10:27 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
A dwindling pine forest, some dairy cows, several stumps and a truckload of Ready Lawn now adorn the land at Mr Key's Helensville electorate office. A large billboard reads: "Would John stop this climate crime?" More >>
Japanese Whaling Ship Outlawed By Panama
Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 12:11 pm | Greenpeace
Amsterdam, October 28th 2008: The Oriental Bluebird, re-supply and transport ship of Japan's whaling fleet, has been de-flagged and fined, following a legal ruling by Panamanian authorities. More >>
Activists forcibly removed from logging equipment
Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 11:33 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Police have removed the four Greenpeace activists who'd halted a major land conversion in the Central North Island by locking on to forest logging equipment. More >>
Greenpeace halts forest conversion to dairy
Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 10:29 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace has halted a major land conversion in the central North Island, locking on to forest logging equipment and using rotary hoes to plough 4m-high letters reading CLIMATE CRIME into fresh pasture. More >>
Greenpeace Calls On Philips To Take Back & Recycle
Thursday, 16 October 2008, 10:24 am | Greenpeace
As Philips business relations gathered for the Philips Simplicity Event in Moscow’s Red Square to celebrate its 110 years on the Russian market, Greenpeace activists unveiled a banner with the text “Philips: simply take back & recycle”. More >>
Greenpeace Indonesia Tour Spotlights Deforestation
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 10:39 am | Greenpeace
Jakarta/Jayapura -Greenpeace today embarked on the Indonesian leg of its "Forests for Climate" ship tour, to shine the spotlight on the rampant destruction of the Paradise Forests - the last remaining ancient forests of Southeast Asia. More >>
'Quit Coal' - action against coal ship in Spain
Monday, 6 October 2008, 2:50 pm | Greenpeace
At 2am this morning, four Greenpeace activists boarded the Windsor Adventure, a coal cargo ship importing coal from Colombia into Spain. Others painted "Quit Coal" in English and Spanish on the ship. The action was in protest against the Spanish government ... More >>
Online List Tracks "Pirate" Fishing Vessels
Friday, 3 October 2008, 9:57 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace today launched an online database of fishing vessels involved in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and the companies that own them. More >>
Clean Streams sham shows need for dairy shift
Thursday, 2 October 2008, 11:49 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
The failure of the Clean Streams Accord shows the urgency of a shift to less intensive dairying in New Zealand, says Greenpeace. More >>
National policy ignores the obvious - again
Thursday, 25 September 2008, 3:07 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland 25 September 2008 – Greenpeace welcomes National Party plans to research the reduction of on-farm greenhouse gas emissions in New Zealand, but says there's plenty for farmers to be getting on with in the meantime. More >>
National's forestry policy ignores the obvious
Wednesday, 24 September 2008, 2:29 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland 24 September 2008 - National needs to tackle corporate dairy farming's role in deforestation if it wants to truly improve forestry in New Zealand, says Greenpeace. More >>
Leading Brands Make Progress In Greening Products
Wednesday, 17 September 2008, 10:27 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Five leading brands are making significant progress in greening their electronics products, Greenpeace's latest Guide to Greener Electronics released today reveals (1). More >>
Broken Promises of Logging Companies
Monday, 15 September 2008, 8:05 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Exposes Broken Promises of Logging Companies and Debt Bondage Port Moresby, 15 September 2008, Today Greenpeace released documentation of the many broken promises of logging companies in Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) Gulf and Western Provinces. More >>
ETS: Thank god that's over; now to the climate...
Thursday, 11 September 2008, 10:36 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland 10 September 2008 – Greenpeace is calling on political parties to outline their future plans for tackling climate change, now the emissions trading scheme (ETS) has been passed into law. More >>
Court Deals Major Blow to UK Coal fired power plan
Thursday, 11 September 2008, 9:24 am | Greenpeace
London, United Kingdom, 10 September 2008 - British Government Ministers suffered a blow to their energy plans today as six Greenpeace UK volunteers were acquitted of criminal damage by a Crown Court jury in a case that centred on the contribution ... More >>
Armed Police End Peaceful Greenpeace Protest
Sunday, 7 September 2008, 10:29 am | Greenpeace
Paia, Papua New Guinea, 6 September 2008: Greenpeace’s successful crane-top protest on the logging ship Harbour Gemini ended peacefully when six police armed with M16 rifles removed the activists. Other Greenpeace activists were painting “Moratorium ... More >>
