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Emissions Reduction Plan must cut big dairy pollution to be credible
Greenpeace Aotearoa says that to be credible, the Government’s upcoming Emissions Reduction Plan must cut climate pollution from intensive dairy – New Zealand’s biggest climate polluter.
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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
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Intensive winter grazing rule changes cave in to intensive dairy
Greenpeace says the Government’s updated intensive winter grazing rules cave in to intensive dairy and are a missed opportunity to improve environmental management and animal welfare. Greenpeace Aotearoa…
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Tide shifts against seabed mining as Tuvalu withdraws support
Greenpeace is thrilled that Tuvalu has rescinded its support of deep sea mining saying it adds growing weight for a call to caution about the emerging industry
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State of Environment report buries dairy’s deadly nitrate harm in endnotes
Greenpeace says the latest State of the Environment report acknowledges that industrial dairy is driving environmental breakdown, but seems to have cut mention of the cancer and preterm birth risks…
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Agriculture still tops emissions, so where’s the action?
Greenpeace says today’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory release from the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) underlines the case for halving the bloated dairy herd.
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Call received to freeze Russian oligarch assets in Aotearoa
Alongside the veteran protest yacht Vega today in Auckland’s Waitematā Harbour, Greenpeace Aotearoa Programme Director Niamh O’Flynn presented a petition to Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control, Phil Twyford, calling…
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New Zealand sabotaged critical climate action advice by IPCC
Records show that New Zealand officials argued against recommendations for a shift to plant-based diets in the crucial ‘Summary for Policymakers’ version of IPCC Working Group’s latest climate change mitigation report to world governments.
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Hon Phil Twyford to accept petition to Freeze Oligarch Assets
On Monday 11th April in Auckland, Greenpeace will present a petition to Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control, Phil Twyford calling on the New Zealand Government to “freeze oligarch assets”…
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Greenpeace incredulous over James Shaw’s dairy denial
Greenpeace has taken aim at the Minister for Climate Change and co-leader of the Green Party, James Shaw, over his recent comments regarding cow numbers in New Zealand.
