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October 10, 2009
Greenpeace today called for the arrest of the captain of the Japanese ship Koyo Maru 3, which was caught fishing illegally in the Cook Islands.
October 10, 2009
Greenpeace has renewed its call for John Key and dairy giant Fonterra to stop the import of palm based animal feed because of its devastating climate impact, by painting a large slogan reading “Fonterra climate crime” on a shipment in the Port of Taranaki. [See images here.]
October 08, 2009
Norway's newly re-elected Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has just announced a 40% emission reductions target at the UN climate talks in Bangkok, upping the pressure on developed countries like New Zealand to do the same.
October 01, 2009
Encouraging news from HP and Apple shows their positive response to Greenpeace’s campaign for greener electronics. HP is rewarded in the latest edition of Greenpeace’s Guide to Greener Electronics for putting a PC on the market that is virtually free of PVC (vinyl plastic) and brominated flame retardants (BFRs). Only the power supply unit and cable still contain these hazardous substances.
September 28, 2009
WHAT: The second to last round of UN climate change negotiations before Copenhagen. (This week is Bangkok, then Barcelona (2-6 November) then Copenhagen (December 7-18)). It will be the first round of negotiations following New Zealand’s announcement of an emissions trading scheme that will allow New Zealand’s greenhouse gas pollution to keep increasing.
September 17, 2009
John Key’s Government today admitted that production of palm kernel animal feed is helping destroy Indonesian and Malaysian rainforests.
September 16, 2009
Greenpeace activists have blocked a shipment of palm kernel animal feed from Indonesia, entering Tauranga Port and destined for Fonterra dairy farms. They are calling on John Key to halt imports of the product due to its impact on climate change and address intensive dairy farming in New Zealand.
September 16, 2009
Greenpeace activists removed by police from blockading a shipment of palm kernel animal feed at Tauranga port say their actions have highlighted Fonterra’s climate crime and are continuing their calls to John Key to force the multinational to stop future imports.
September 14, 2009
New Zealand’s revised emissions trading scheme is an insult to New Zealand’s environmental reputation and sends a clear international message that we’re not serious about tackling climate change, says Greenpeace.
September 12, 2009
Activists from the Greenpeace ship Esperanza, campaigning to end the destruction of the world’s oceans, today unfurled banners saying “Marine Reserves Now” and ”No Return from Overfishing” after witnessing Japanese purse seiner Fukuichi Maru scoop tuna in a pocket of international waters in the Pacific where key tuna stocks are threatened with collapse.
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