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NZ’s Climate Change Commission needs to account for the huge potential health benefits of reducing emissions
The Climate Change Commission’s recent draft report and recommendations has helped to kick-start an extremely important process.
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Greenpeace submission on renewable energy consultation
To the Energy Markets team at MBIE,
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How the polar vortex is causing temperatures to plummet and what we can do
Record-breaking frosty temperatures, ice and heavy snowfalls have gripped huge areas of the Northern Hemisphere this winter. For example, cities in East Asia such as Beijing and Seoul shivered in…
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Low traffic neighbourhoods: what are they and who are they for?
With more low traffic neighbourhoods being introduced, including recently announced changes to Queen Street in Auckland, here's a useful look at one of the most common criticisms against them, and whether or not it holds up from our colleagues in the UK.
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RMA replacement must protect environmental bottom lines
Whatever replaces the RMA must effectively regulate our most polluting industry - dairying. That means stopping nitrate pollution entering freshwater from milk processing, synthetic nitrogen fertiliser and too many cows.
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33,000 people call for Govt to cut synthetic nitrogen fertiliser
On Parliament’s first sitting day of the year, Greenpeace has today delivered a petition with the names of 33,000 New Zealanders calling for the Government to phase out synthetic nitrogen fertiliser.
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An Environmental Crisis in Borneo
The island of Borneo was once described as pristine and lush, renowned for its natural beauty and biodiversity. Often called as the lungs of Southeast Asia, it now depicts a tragic tale of greed and destruction.
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NZ’s dirtiest industry – dairy – gets the biggest free pass in draft climate plan
Greenpeace has welcomed key parts of the Climate Change Commission’s report, but says the ambition falls short of what could be called “transformational” and continues a long tradition of giving…
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Overpopulation and Environmentalism
The flawed, dangerous idea of population control redirects the blame for societal problems to those with the least power to address them. Like any racist narrative, ‘population control’ has real-life consequences.
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Tropical Cyclone Yasa’s climate-charged 345 km/h winds cut a path of destruction through Fiji’s two major islands
Tropical Cyclone Yasa struck with wind gusts up to 345 km/h overnight as it tore through Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, destroying homes and schools and forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents.
