All articles by Amanda Larsson
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Time to put power in the hands of people, not big energy companies
Last week’s blackouts are just another symptom of an electricity market that is failing to deliver for New Zealanders or the climate. It’s time for the Government to step in…
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Power blackouts the inevitable result of decades of underinvestment in renewables
Greenpeace is calling on the Government to urgently unlock new investment in distributed solar, wind power and battery storage following news that unprecedented electricity demand caused blackouts in parts of…
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Electric vehicles announcement a baby step for the climate
More electric vehicles for the public sector is a small step in the right direction. But in the face of the climate crisis, it's just a tiny baby step at a time when this Government has both the mandate and the means to move leaps and bounds ahead on clean transport.
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Budget 2021: Found billion dollars a second chance to build back better
Greenpeace is calling on Finance Minister, Grant Robertson to use the recently uncovered $926 million of unspent Covid Recovery funds to make good on Labour’s election promise to ‘Build Back…
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Cautious applause from Greenpeace on Government’s coal boiler ban
Greenpeace is welcoming today’s announcement from the Government banning new coal boilers for industrial processing, but remains concerned that New Zealand’s biggest climate polluter – industrial agriculture – has yet…
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Greenpeace Aotearoa submission on the Climate Change Commission’s Draft Advice
Our vision is a world where people and nature are thriving - where our homes, schools, business and transport are powered by clean energy from the sun, wind and water; where our food is grown in ways that regenerate the land, store carbon in the soil, clean up rivers and bring back wildlife; where both…
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Climate and health – what’s the link?
For those who missed it - a climate newsflash from the clever people keeping us safe from Covid - if we make the improvements we need to keep the world from overheating, we also improve the health and wellbeing of our nation - big time.
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Greenpeace submission on renewable energy consultation
To the Energy Markets team at MBIE,
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Will OMV get away with palming off the dying Maari oil field to Jadestone Energy without cleaning up their mess?
OMV’s had enough of oil. Well, that’s what they say. But, um, no..not quite. It seems they’ve just had enough of the Maari oil field. They’d like to keep drilling…
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Five ways NZ will be much better if Jacinda makes good on her promise to Build Back Better
Jacinda Ardern pledged, on election night, to build back better. With her landslide election win, there really is no excuse not to. So, what could Aotearoa New Zealand look like in ten years’ time, if the Labour-led Government makes good on this promise?