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Govt plan for Hawke’s Bay glosses over dam risks
A regional growth plan announced by the Government in the Hawke’s Bay today ignores the environmental fallout of the Ruataniwha Dam and the fact taxpayers will be burdened with the cost of building it, says Greenpeace.
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Drought is real… but dams and irrigation are not the answer
There’s no question about it - drought is causing serious problems for our farmers and communities.
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NZ Government must move fast to ban killer microbeads
Environment Minister Nick Smith is set to hold a meeting to discuss options for banning noxious microbeads from personal care products in New Zealand.
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US ship decision a victory for people power
The US Government’s decision to send a warship to New Zealand is a huge victory for people power, Greenpeace said today.
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New Zealand “must act fast” in wake of record-smashing new temperature data
In the wake of today’s revelation by one the world’s foremost climate institutes that the planet has just experienced the hottest six months on record, the Executive Director of Greenpeace New Zealand is calling on the NZ Government to act urgently.
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NZ’s electricity watchdog afraid of the sunlight?
This week the Electricity Authority – New Zealand’s supposed power watchdog – decided it wasn’t keen on being stuck in the middle of public and private interests anymore, so it picked a side.
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New Zealand’s electricity watchdog gives green light to kill solar electricity
New Zealand’s electricity watchdog is not fit for purpose and is working with big energy companies to destroy the future of rooftop solar power in New Zealand, according to Greenpeace NZ.
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IWC paper reveals Government and fishing industry cover up dolphin deaths
The New Zealand Government must act to protect our dolphins after a new scientific report to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) says that twenty times more New Zealand dolphins are killed by the NZ fishing industry than the public is being told about. In addition the IWC has criticized the New Zealand Government for failing…
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7 ways bottom trawling is bad for the seabed
Overfishing. Millions of tons of sea life find themselves engulfed in trawl nets each year. Trawling has been done so intensively that it’s depleted many kinds of fish in many parts of the world. Catches must be strictly managed or in a few years there’ll be little left.
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Investment company requests urgent access to ratepayers’ $80m for controversial dam
An investment company is demanding the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council hand over $80 million of ratepayer money for a controversial and polluting dam, prior to formal checks and balances being completed.
