All articles by Amanda Larsson
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Catastrophic deluge should be named a climate disaster
Greenpeace is today calling for the North Island’s extreme rain and flooding event to be named as a climate disaster. “As our friends, family and neighbours across Auckland and the…
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Greenpeace welcomes Minister Mahuta’s decision to sanction billionaire oligarch Alexander Abramov
Greenpeace Aotearoa is welcoming the Government’s decision to sanction influential Russian oligarch Alexander Abramov, but is also calling for the sanctions to go further.
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Greenpeace renews call on Ardern to freeze Russian oligarch Alexander Abramov’s assets
In response to the latest moves by Russia to annex areas of Ukraine, the New Zealand Government has signalled that it will impose more sanctions on Russians who support the…
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Submission on SH1 Fast-Track Application by Greenpeace Aotearoa and Generation Zero
This is a joint submission by Greenpeace Aotearoa, Inc. and Generation Zero on the application by Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency and Transpower New Zealand Limited for Stage 1B1 of…
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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…