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Background to UK climate sceptic
Friday, 16 November 2007, 1:37 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
A recent Greenpeace New Zealand briefing examines in more detail the concerted campaign by the New Zealand Business Roundtable, Greenhouse Policy Coalition and other business groups to undermine solutions to climate change. More >>
Big business turns to long-time UK climate sceptic
Friday, 16 November 2007, 11:25 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland 15 November 2007 – Greenpeace visibly demonstrated today that the New Zealand Business Roundtable, Greenhouse Policy Coalition and other business groups have their heads in the sand over climate change. (1). The organisation hung a banner ... More >>
More of the same from business lobby
Tuesday, 6 November 2007, 9:34 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace New Zealand has slammed a report, commissioned by business lobbyists, which calls for the proposed emissions trading scheme to be weakened More >>
NZers take on fight against climate change
Thursday, 25 October 2007, 5:36 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland October 25 - A major new campaign being launched tomorrow aims to get tens of thousands of New Zealanders active in tackling climate change. More >>
Terrorism Suppression Act needs reviewing
Thursday, 25 October 2007, 11:15 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland – October 24 - Greenpeace says amendments to the Terrorism Suppression Act, which are currently before Parliament, should be halted while a review of the Act itself is carried out, in the wake of last week's disturbing police raids. More >>
Institute's approach to climate change out of step
Wednesday, 24 October 2007, 10:54 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland October 24 – A New Zealand Institute report suggesting New Zealand follow not lead in solutions to climate change is irresponsible and grossly out of step with the debate, says Greenpeace. More >>
Groups join to back emissions trading scheme
Monday, 22 October 2007, 5:29 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
21 October 2007 - Five of the country's leading environmental organisations have joined forces to respond to recent business criticisms of the Government's emissions trading scheme. More >>
Greenpeace To Forum: Focus On Fisheries, Climate
Thursday, 18 October 2007, 10:11 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace activists today showcased their parting message to Pacific Island leaders with a large banner reading DROWNING ISLANDS STOLEN FISH visible from the leaders' departing aircraft as they flew from Nukualofa to Vavau for their retreat. Greenpeace ... More >>
Greenpeace Comment on Police Raids
Monday, 15 October 2007, 4:03 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace New Zealand said today it has no involvement with, nor knowledge of the alleged activities which have sparked police raids around the country. More >>
Drowning Islands Stolen Fish
Monday, 15 October 2007, 11:20 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Tonga, Monday, October 15, 2007 As dawn broke in Nukualofa, Tonga on the eve of the Forum Island leaders plenary, Greenpeace show-cased the dire impacts of collapsed tuna fisheries and drowning Pacific nations through a banner display in the ocean ... More >>
Govt's energy vision bold but no silver bullet
Thursday, 11 October 2007, 4:08 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland- Thursday 11 October – Greenpeace has labelled the Labour-led government's new energy strategies as "a massive stride in the right direction", but says details are lacking and the strategies are no silver bullet in the fight against climate ... More >>
New Website: Pacific Whales Tracked By Greenpeace
Thursday, 11 October 2007, 1:33 pm | Greenpeace
Suva, Fiji, 10 October 2007. Greenpeace today announced the launch of the "Great Whale Trail", a website which uses satellite tracking to show the migration of threatened humpback whales from their breeding grounds in the South Pacific to their feeding ... More >>
Greenpeace Tracks Whales From Space
Wednesday, 10 October 2007, 3:23 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The tracking project will produce vital scientific data on the whales' movements, habitat use and population structure. The website is also a window through which the public can follow their progress and learn more about the range of threats to ... More >>
Genesis Energy and Greenpeace to face off
Wednesday, 10 October 2007, 3:07 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Genesis Energy and Greenpeace will face off in the Court of Appeal tomorrow, in a case that could have major implications for climate change. More >>
Pacific Stolen Fish Removed From Supermarkets
Wednesday, 10 October 2007, 9:47 am | Greenpeace
An Austrian food discounter Norma has stopped selling tuna from companies involved in pirate fishing in the Western and Central Pacific. Norma supermarkets have returned canned tuna produced by Spain's Albacora company to the supplier. More >>
Taxpayers pay for big business to pollute
Friday, 21 September 2007, 10:01 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, New Zealand — Greenpeace welcomed the announcement of an emissions trading scheme intended to tackle climate change, but is alarmed that there are no targets set for reduction of our greenhouse gas emissions and thus no guarantee that emissions ... More >>
Agreement On Forests Fails To Tackle Deforestation
Monday, 10 September 2007, 11:57 am | Greenpeace
A new agreement signed at APEC between Indonesia and Australia on forests would do little to tackle deforestation and climate change which need global action, Greenpeace said today. More >>
APEC declaration a Sydney distraction from action
Sunday, 9 September 2007, 2:23 pm | Greenpeace
Only binding targets to reduce greenhouse emissions can save the world from the dangerous impacts of climate change but APEC leaders have instead chosen to support only vague and voluntary goals, Greenpeace said today. More >>
APEC declaration a Sydney distraction from action
Sunday, 9 September 2007, 2:15 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Only binding targets to reduce greenhouse emissions can save the world from the dangerous impacts of climate change but APEC leaders have instead chosen to support only vague and voluntary goals, Greenpeace said today. More >>
Russia Uranium Sales No Solution To Climate Change
Friday, 7 September 2007, 2:56 pm | Greenpeace
"Russia has failed to live up to its commitments to disarm its nuclear arsenal under the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty and there is a real risk that Australian uranium will be used to free up Russia's own uranium supplies for weapons production." More >>
