-
Ocean can’t wait, urgent action needed, says Greenpeace following Chief sci report
A long-awaited science report into New Zealand’s commercial fisheries has highlighted a lack of data on the ocean is one of the key problems with managing it, admitting we still know “frighteningly little” about a space we take so much from.
-
Winter grazing backdown shows Ardern Govt “owned” by big dairy
Greenpeace says the Labour Government’s delay in implementing already-weak intensive winter grazing regulations is yet another example of them buckling to New Zealand’s dirtiest industry.
-
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”.
-
Community, environmental groups support Te Pāti Māori proposal to ban seabed mining
Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM), Greenpeace and the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) today voiced their support for Te Pāti Māori’s call for a ban on seabed mining in Aotearoa.
-
Greenpeace calls for lower nitrate limit
Greenpeace has today launched a petition calling on the Minister of Health and the Government’s new water regulating body to lower the recognised ‘safe’ limit for nitrates in drinking water…
-
Fast action needed on deadly nitrates
Greenpeace is calling on the Government to take urgent action on nitrate levels in drinking water.
-
Another win for the movement against deep sea oil exploration
Greenpeace is celebrating the announcement that New Zealand Oil & Gas and its partner Beach Energy will relinquish their oil and gas exploration permit off the Oamaru coast as “another win for the climate, for wildlife and for people power”.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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…
