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Oily people point to a dirty reality
The pictures coming from the Gulf of Mexico are horrible; birds covered in oil, enormous plumes of crude lying just below the surface; thousands of barrels worth of oil gushing…
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Remember the Rainbow Warrior and the Marshall Islands
Today is the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior by the French secret service in Auckland’s Marsden Wharf. It is the day we remember our colleague Fernando Pereira who was killed in the attack. He was just 35.
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PETITION: Sign the deep water oil drilling in NZ waters
Imagine if the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster happened in NZ waters.
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Brownlee and oil – relics of a dying age
In the film Amazing Grace set in the 19th century there is a scene where the British Parliament is debating the end of slavery. Members of that Parliament argue that the end of slavery would have massive economic impacts that would harm Britain and therefore, as unpleasant as it is, slavery must continue.
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March Against Mining Auckland on May 1, 2010
More than 40,000 people marchup Queen Street against John Key's National Government’s mining plans which include a proposal to open up protected areas within national parks to miners.
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Over 40,000 In March Against Govt’s Mining Plans
Over 40,000 People Turned Out For A March Against The Government’s Mining Plans.
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March Against Mining announced for 1st May in Auckland
A coalition of environment groups including Greenpeace, has announced a public march against the Government’s mining plans on May 1 in Auckland.
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For the greater good
Adrian Leason was one of the three ploughshares activists acquitted by a jury recently in the Waihopi Spy base story. Following the verdict, Leason summed up what has been a…
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Fonterra’s Climate Crimes: A call to action
Just before dawn this morning Greenpeace activists shut down a mine pit at the Southland ‘New Vale’ lignite coalmine. This was the third of a series of actions targeting Fonterra’s…
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Fonterra implicated in rainforest destruction
A Greenpeace investigation has revealed that the iconic New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra is implicated in Indonesian and Malaysian rainforest destruction, dead orangutans and driving global greenhouse gas emissions.
