Posts by Christine Rose
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Heartache and hope: A tour of South Island dairy farming
The Greenpeace Aotearoa agriculture campaign addresses head-on, New Zealand’s biggest climate polluter: the industrial dairy industry which poisons rivers, contaminates drinking water and blazes the climate.
21 June 2022 -
Sea level rise data highlights the need to act on dairy pollution
Explosive new sea level rise data released on the weekend highlights the urgency of acting on climate pollution from New Zealand’s intensive dairy industry
2 May 2022 -
There are too many cows. Halve the herd.
Since the start of the dairy boom in the 1990s, cow numbers in New Zealand have doubled. Read this op-ed to find out more
26 April 2022 -
Latest IPCC report demonstrates action needed on dairy
For New Zealand, where our biggest climate polluter is the dairy industry with its massive reliance on synthetic fertiliser, real climate action means halving the herd and cutting synthetic nitrogen…
5 April 2022 -
Climate floods a stark reminder that intensive dairying must end
The latest storms and “climate floods” devastating Tairāwhiti / Gisborne and surrounding areas, are another stark reminder for the Ardern Government that intensive dairying must end
25 March 2022 -
Climate Change Commission on trial
The Climate Change Commission is being taken to court for providing advice not consistent with the science of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees.
28 February 2022 -
Netherlands announces €25bn plan to cut livestock numbers: NZ can do the same
Greenpeace says the announcement shows NZ is falling behind and needs to take bold action
17 December 2021 -
The case for sinking He Waka Eke Noa
It’s important that we measure and manage dairy industry greenhouse gas emissions in particular, which are 23% of the country’s total. However, He Waka Eke Noa just doesn’t cut it.
16 December 2021 -
Climate Emergency Fund misses the mark on agriculture
Greenpeace Aotearoa says the Government’s announcement today of a mediocre ‘Climate Emergency Response Fund’ makes a start, but is no substitute for action to tackle the country’s biggest polluter, industrial…
15 December 2021 -
Submission on the Kapuni Green Hydrogen Fast-Track Application
This is the joint submission of Greenpeace Aotearoa, the Environmental Defence Society and Forest & Bird (the organisations) on the application by Hiringa Energy Limited and Ballance Agri-Nutrients Limited for…
3 December 2021