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Fonterra funded research tries to bury nitrate cancer risk
Greenpeace says research released by ESR and co-funded by dairy giant Fonterra excludes the most at-risk rural communities in its investigation into bowel cancer risk from nitrate in drinking water.
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Greenpeace calls for full Māui habitat protection as survey reveals further decline
A leaked Government report has revealed Māui dolphin numbers have declined further over the past five years, prompting Greenpeace to renew their call to protect the dolphins’ full habitat range.
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Backdown on winter grazing rules ‘delaying the inevitable’
Greenpeace is today condemning a Government decision to reverse rules that would protect water by regulating intensive winter grazing.
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Greenpeace activists deliver message to Talley’s bottom trawling ship
Thursday, August 12, Port Dunedin: Greenpeace activists have this evening underlined the call for bottom trawling to be banned on seamounts, confronting Talley’s ship the Amaltal Explorer as it headed…
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Expert review confirms key industry tool doesn’t reliably track water contamination
A new review out today of farm nutrient management system Overseer seriously damns the tool, and shows the model is leading to continued contamination of water and pollution of climate,…
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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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Delaying climate action on agriculture no longer an option
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has today released a report summarising the latest scientific understanding of the climate crisis, giving a stark warning of where we are headed…
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New Zealand exporting plastic waste to developing nations at an alarming rate
Following the release of new data on the quantity of New Zealand’s plastic waste exports to many developing nations, Greenpeace Aotearoa is renewing its call for a ban on plastic…
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Environmental, fishing groups renew call to ban bottom trawling on seamounts
Wednesday, August 4, Wellington: A coalition of environmental and fishing groups will this morning renew their call for bottom trawling to be banned on seamounts, as they present to the…
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Environmental report highlights deep-sea species at risk from bottom trawling
Thousands of ancient sea corals are destroyed each year according to a new environmental report, released today, highlighting what could be lost if we fail to stop bottom trawling on…