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Time to put power in the hands of people, not big energy companies
Last week’s blackouts are just another symptom of an electricity market that is failing to deliver for New Zealanders or the climate. It’s time for the Government to step in…
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Power blackouts the inevitable result of decades of underinvestment in renewables
Greenpeace is calling on the Government to urgently unlock new investment in distributed solar, wind power and battery storage following news that unprecedented electricity demand caused blackouts in parts of…
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Cyclists are people like you, on bikes
Something strange has happened to the perception of cyclists and cycling in the more than 200 years they’ve been around. Once a novelty, bike riding has moved from being a…
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Net Zero and Offsets won’t solve the climate crisis and here’s why
This is a historical moment in time – a crisis that requires governments to act together in an unprecedented way to ensure a future for all life on Earth. It…
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Climate policy that relies on a shift to electric cars risks entrenching existing inequities
At the end of this month, the Climate Change Commission will deliver its final advice to government, outlining how New Zealand can reach its climate targets.
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The idea of ‘green growth’ is flawed. We must find ways of using and wasting less energy
As countries explore ways of decarbonising their economies, the mantra of “green growth” risks trapping us in a spiral of failures. Green growth is an oxymoron.
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Electric vehicles announcement a baby step for the climate
More electric vehicles for the public sector is a small step in the right direction. But in the face of the climate crisis, it's just a tiny baby step at a time when this Government has both the mandate and the means to move leaps and bounds ahead on clean transport.
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Budget 2021: Found billion dollars a second chance to build back better
Greenpeace is calling on Finance Minister, Grant Robertson to use the recently uncovered $926 million of unspent Covid Recovery funds to make good on Labour’s election promise to ‘Build Back…
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Why New Zealand should invest in smart rail before green hydrogen to decarbonise transport
Green hydrogen is being touted as an alternative to fossil fuels in New Zealand. The government has invested NZ$8.4 million to explore its potential and $19.9 million in a hydrogen…
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Aotearoa one step closer to a safer, more resilient future with surrender of last South Island oil permit
Greenpeace is celebrating the announcement that New Zealand Oil & Gas will relinquish their deep sea exploration permit off the south coast of the South Island as “another win for the climate, for wildlife and for people power”.
