News & Stories - Page 31 of 75
Filtered results
-
Climate Commission advice must tackle intensive dairy emissions
The Climate Change Commission must address agriculture emissions, in particular climate pollution caused by the intensive dairy industry, says Greenpeace Aotearoa.
-
National’s farm policy will make drinking water contamination and climate change worse
Greenpeace condemns the National Party’s new agriculture policy, saying that it will fail to address the climate crisis and health impacts caused by intensive dairying.
-
Tschüss, Atomkraft: the end of nuclear power in Germany
After decades of protests, the era of nuclear power in Germany has ended. Roland Hipp, Managing Director of Greenpeace Germany, looks back – and with joy into the future.
-
3 reasons the Willow Project Arctic oil drilling project was approved
The Willow Project lies within a vast, 23 million-acre area known as the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. A global movement to Stop Willow has sprung up involving TikTok campaigns, stop willow petitions and much more.
-
Stronger action needed to ensure ETS fit for purpose
Greenpeace welcomes the Climate Change Commission’s latest recommendations on Emissions Trading Scheme settings, saying further action is needed, including making recommendations binding, and bringing agriculture into the ETS.
-
Why using more fertiliser and feed does not necessarily raise dairy farm profits but does increase harm to the climate
New Zealand is in an unusual position in the developed world when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions. About half of all emissions come from agriculture, and almost a quarter…
-
Is National’s ‘Electrify NZ’ renewable energy policy any good?
After years of nothing but crickets from National on climate change, party leader Christopher Luxon finally launched a policy promising to deal with the greatest existential threat of our time - but is it any good?
-
Greenpeace welcomes National’s renewable energy policy, but fossil fuel exploration and agriculture remain key concerns
Greenpeace is welcoming the National Party’s new renewable energy policy - ‘Electrify NZ’ - with its focus on increasing renewable electricity generation to replace coal, gas and petrol-fuelled transport.
-
Who’s farming the farmers?
What was dairy farming like before Fonterra? Wendy Reid remembers back to what it was like growing up on a mixed dairy, pig, sheep farm.
-
NZ support for climate justice at UN must translate to action at home
An international pathway has been established to connect human rights to climate change action, thanks to a Vanuatu-led resolution passed overnight with unanimous support at the United Nations General Assembly. For NZ, this support must translate to urgent climate action at home.