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Climate activist Rosemary Penwarden found guilty but remains undeterred
Grandmother and climate activist Rosemary Penwarden was today found guilty of two charges brought against her for sending a satirical letter notifying oil industry conference speakers that the 2019 PEPANZ…
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National Party genetic engineering policy a dangerous joke
Greenpeace is slating the National Party’s announcement that it would abandon New Zealand’s GE Free status “just to provide yet another means of delaying climate action.”
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National Party’s agricultural emissions policy just more predatory delay
Greenpeace is condemning the National Party’s agricultural emissions policy as “yet more predatory delay”, saying that “the policy is an abject failure to address agricultural emissions and tackle the escalating…
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We need more climate activists like Rosemary Penwarden
Climate activist and Dunedin grandmother Rosemary Penwarden is appearing in court today over charges brought against her for peaceful protest of the 2019 oil industry conference in Queenstown.
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Taxing urea better than He Waka Eke Noa but stronger action needed
Greenpeace Aotearoa is calling out the agriculture industry’s “undue influence” over the Government’s agricultural emissions policy, saying “predatory denial and delay” have stalled emissions pricing
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Greenpeace unveils giant art installation ahead of Global Plastics Treaty talks
Greenpeace and artist Benjamin Von Wong today unveiled a five-metre tall art installation entitled #PerpetualPlastic Machine as Global Plastics Treaty talks resume.
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New report calls out toxic hazards of recycled plastic as Global Plastics Treaty negotiations resume
A new report from Greenpeace USA provides a catalog of peer-reviewed research and international studies concluding that recycling actually increases the toxicity of plastics.
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Greenpeace with several hapū of Ngāruahine appear in Court of Appeal tomorrow to challenge hydrogen expansion of fertiliser factory
Greenpeace, with several hapū of Ngāruahine, will be in the Court of Appeal in Wellington tomorrow at 10am to challenge the awarding of consent for hydrogen expansion of synthetic nitrogen…
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The UN urged to stop the fossil fuel industry sabotaging new Global Plastics Treaty
Over 150 civil society groups and scientists from around the world have signed on to an open letter urging the UN to protect Global Plastics Treaty negotiations.
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Greenpeace applauds move to reduce coal use at Glenbrook Steel Mill
Greenpeace is applauding the government’s announcement that it will invest in a transition away from coal to electricity at Glenbrook Steel Mill. The move would mean 800,000 tonnes of CO2…
