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Oil Companies Lacking ‘Expertise’ and ‘Financial Ability’ Set to be Handed Drilling...

Press release | May 17, 2013 at 14:47

PM ‘Misled’ New Zealand, say Greenpeace Prime Minister John Key has misled the nation about oil industry safety standards, Greenpeace said today, as an amendment to the controversial Crown Minerals Bill is set to allow companies with no...

Greenpeace Budget Response: Meridian Sell-Off Could Cost Economy Billions

Blog entry by NBennet | May 16, 2013

Responding to today’s Budget, which includes plans to sell off New Zealand-owned Meridian Energy, Nathan Argent, Greenpeace’s chief policy advisor, said: “The half-baked decision to sell clean energy gem Meridian could lose the economy...

2013 Budget Must Back Kiwi Innovation

Blog entry by NBennet | May 16, 2013

Backing home-grown clean energy in today’s Budget could kick-start a multi-billion dollar bonanza for New Zealand’s economy, creating tens of thousands of jobs. Investing just $500million in clean energy innovation could see the...

The world’s slowest emergency response

Blog entry by Karli Thomas | May 16, 2013

If you don’t like the idea of New Zealand becoming the first country to oversee the extinction of a marine dolphin, you should be very worried. I sure am. Six months ago, the NZ Government sought public feedback on its emergency...

Greenpeace Budget Response: Meridian Sell-Off Could Cost Economy Billions

Press release | May 16, 2013 at 14:16

Responding to today’s Budget, which includes plans to sell off New Zealand-owned Meridian Energy, Nathan Argent, Greenpeace’s chief policy advisor, said: “The half-baked decision to sell clean energy gem Meridian could lose the economy...

Budget Must Back Kiwi Innovation

Press release | May 14, 2013 at 12:47

Budget Must Back Kiwi Innovation, Say Greenpeace. Backing home-grown clean energy in Thursday’s Budget could kick-start a multi-billion dollar bonanza for New Zealand’s economy, creating tens of thousands of jobs, say Greenpeace.

Carbon dioxide reaches levels never seen by humans

Blog entry by Stephanie Tunmore | May 14, 2013

The levels of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reached 400 parts per million for the first time in human history. The last time levels were this high global average temperatures eventually reached 3 or 4C° higher than now,...

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