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Carbon capture and storage a "scam"
Monday, 12 May 2008, 1:10 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 12 May 2008 – Big business and policy-makers must not succumb to the elusive promise of carbon capture and storage (CCS) to solve the climate crisis, says Greenpeace in a major new report (1). More >>
Greenpeace Exposes Tuna Pirate in the High Seas
Saturday, 10 May 2008, 1:14 pm | Greenpeace
Pacific Ocean, Friday 9 May 2008: Today Greenpeace exposed an illegal tuna purse seiner, the Queen Evelyn 168, in a pocket of international waters between Papua New Guinea and the Federated States of Micronesia. This Philippines-flagged vessel was ... More >>
National shows its climate colours
Friday, 9 May 2008, 2:03 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland May 9 2008 – The National Party is finally revealing its true colours on climate change and it's clear it's the party for big business polluters, says Greenpeace. More >>
Greenpeace Response To Heartland PR – May 8 2008
Thursday, 8 May 2008, 3:07 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
It is perfectly understandable that the Heartland Institute is upset –it’s been revealed as completely misrepresenting esteemed scientists to make its case. But there is no need for it to take its embarrassment out on Greenpeace. More >>
NZ Scientists Want Names Off Climate Skeptics List
Wednesday, 7 May 2008, 5:06 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace says it's a sign of how desperate climate sceptics are that they've used the names of eminent New Zealand scientists to falsely back their cause. More >>
Greenpeace: Don't subsidise polluting industries
Wednesday, 7 May 2008, 2:00 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
That's the message Greenpeace took to Parliament's Finance and Expenditure Committee today when it presented its submission on the Government's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and Renewables Preference Bill (1). More >>
Taxpayers to foot bill for Govt backdown
Tuesday, 6 May 2008, 4:23 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland May 6 2008 – New Zealanders will pay through their taxes for the Government's capitulation to big business, warns Greenpeace. More >>
Delay won't help consumers or the climate
Monday, 5 May 2008, 7:13 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland May 5 2008 – Delaying the transport component of the emissions trading scheme won't help householders, but it will help trucking and oil companies, says Greenpeace. More >>
Greenpeace Frees Pacific Marine Life
Sunday, 4 May 2008, 12:10 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Pacific Ocean, Saturday, May 3 2008: Today Greenpeace freed sharks, tuna, marlin and an endangered Olive Ridley turtle from the hooks of a Taiwanese longline vessel (1) fishing in the international waters of the Pacific. More >>
dairy sector sanctions offshore deforestation
Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 3:17 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is accusing the dairy sector of environmental irresponsibility after the Green Party revealed the sector is contributing to tropical rainforest destruction by importing huge quantities of palm kernel for cattle feed. More >>
Democracy undermined by spying
Monday, 21 April 2008, 10:12 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, Monday 21 April: Greenpeace is shocked at the arrogance shown by Gavin Clark, of Thompson and Clark Investigations (TCIL) after they were exposed for the second time trying to pay someone to spy and undermine the activities of the Save ... More >>
Greenpeace Paints Stern Of US Tuna Fisher
Monday, 21 April 2008, 10:04 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace took action against the US purse seiner, Cape Finisterre, in a pocket of international waters between Pacific Island countries. Activists painted the vessel with the words "Tuna overkill" and held a banner reading 'Marine reserves NOW'. More >>
Greenpeace Acts To End Overfishing Of Pacific Tuna
Friday, 18 April 2008, 9:34 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is in the Pacific to defend the pockets of international waters between Pacific Island Countries as marine reserves from rapacious fishing fleets intent on fishing out the world's last tuna stocks - the world's favourite fish. More >>
Illegal Shipment Of Amazon Timber Seized In Brazil
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 10:31 am | Greenpeace
A shipment of Amazonian timber bound for Europe has been seized, the Brazilian Environmental Authority (IBAMA) announced today. The confiscation comes just weeks after Greenpeace exposed the trade in illegal timber between Brazil and Europe. More >>
Greenpeace Welcomes IPCC Renewable Energy Report
Friday, 11 April 2008, 11:33 am | Greenpeace
"The IPCC's special report on renewable energy will not come a moment too soon. This independent and thorough assessment should provide further evidence that renewable technology can meet the world's energy needs without fuelling climate change." More >>
Parody: Sarkozy Marries Merkel, Screws The Climate
Friday, 11 April 2008, 10:49 am | Greenpeace
A "wedding cortege" of the most-polluting German cars travelled along the Champs Elysée in Paris today, stopping in various showrooms to distribute invitations to the marriage of French President Sarkozy and Germany's Angela Merkel. More >>
Greenpeace reveal Dairy expansion out of control
Tuesday, 8 April 2008, 11:36 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace has today revealed the extent of climate-damaging dairy conversion in New Zealand with an activity in the central North Island in which 30 volunteers are currently replanting over 1000 trees on land cleared for dairy farming. More >>
Video: Malcolm Evans Creates A Greenpeace Cartoon
Friday, 4 April 2008, 5:05 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Photo + Video: Renowned political cartoonist Malcolm Evans puts paintbrush to billboard over climate change in Wellington where the Greenpeace flagship the Rainbow Warrior is currently docked. More >>
Cartoonist Evans Makes Live Billboard For Climate
Thursday, 3 April 2008, 1:02 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Wellington Thursday 3 April, 2008 – Renowned political cartoonist Malcolm Evans (1) will do a live billboard drawing in central Wellington today, as part of calls for stronger climate policies from New Zealand's political leaders. More >>
Webcast: Sean Plunket Chairs Climate Policy Debate
Wednesday, 2 April 2008, 10:56 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Sean Plunket to chair political debate on board the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior : Live video WEBCAST More >>
