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Shell starts Arctic drilling as ice levels plummet

Press release | September 10, 2012 at 9:39

Auckland 10/9/2012: The Shell-chartered drillship the Noble Discoverer – which actor Lucy Lawless and six other activists occupied for four days in New Plymouth in February - has begun drilling in the Chukchi Sea, off the coast of Alaska,...

Global renewable energy growth outstrips dirty alternatives

Press release | June 24, 2011 at 10:28

Auckland, June 24 2011: A new report by Greenpeace International shows that since the 1990s, installations of wind and solar grew faster than any other power plant technology [1]. Together with the rest of the global expansion of sources of...

Rena’s ghost birds to appear in main centres

Press release | April 11, 2012 at 17:03

Auckland, 5/4/12: This month a collection of original prints made from a little blue penguin and a diving petrel killed by the Rena disaster will go on a three-centre tour, going on public display in venues in Christchurch, Dunedin, and Wellington.

History of climate change litigation

Publication | June 28, 2007 at 0:10

A series of recent cases signal the rise of climate change litigation around the world. Most of the cases have cropped up in the United States, due to perceived inaction by national political authorities over issues of global warming. A...

Texan corporate Anadarko postpones New Zealand deep sea drilling plans

Press release | August 5, 2011 at 17:00

Auckland August 5 2011: Greenpeace NZ is celebrating the news today that Texan corporate Anadarko has postponed plans to drill test wells off the Taranaki and Canterbury coasts this summer.

New Zealander remains in middle of Arctic oil stand off

Press release | May 31, 2011 at 12:00

Auckland Tuesday May 31 2011: Greenpeace NZ Web Manager Nick Young reports that the stand off with the Danish navy is currently “pretty tense”, but that Greenpeace’s activists are still preventing the deep sea oil rig the Leiv Eiriksson from...

Lucy Lawless launches global campaign to save the Arctic: Greenpeace to plant a...

Press release | June 22, 2012 at 6:18

Auckland 22/6/12: At a press conference at the UN Earth Summit in Rio this morning (at approximately 01:30hrs NZ time), New Zealand actress Lucy Lawless launched an ambitious plan to declare a global sanctuary in the High Arctic.

Greenpeace welcomes ‘New Zealand’s Position in the Green Race’ report as a clear call...

Press release | June 11, 2012 at 9:27

Auckland 11/6/12: The release of Pure Advantage’s report on the clean opportunities presented by the global clean energy race is being described by Greenpeace New Zealand as a clarion call for action.

Good COP or bad COP: Greenpeace calls on Govt to stand up for the Pacific

Press release | November 7, 2017 at 7:08

Greenpeace is calling on the new Government to stand alongside New Zealand’s Pacific neighbours during the COP23 climate change summit, which kicked off last night.

Genesis’ plan to keep coal burning until 2030 stuns

Press release | February 14, 2018 at 14:09

In a move that has stunned environmentalists, Genesis Energy has announced a plan to keep burning coal for power generation until 2030.

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