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National Party genetic engineering policy a dangerous joke
Greenpeace is slating the National Party’s announcement that it would abandon New Zealand’s GE Free status “just to provide yet another means of delaying climate action.”
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Genetic engineering is a neo-colonial technology undermining food and seed sovereignty
Kenya recently lifted its 10-year ban on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines GMOs as organisms (plants, animals or microorganisms) whose genetic material (DNA) has been altered in a way…
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National Party’s agricultural emissions policy just more predatory delay
Greenpeace is condemning the National Party’s agricultural emissions policy as “yet more predatory delay”, saying that “the policy is an abject failure to address agricultural emissions and tackle the escalating…
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We need more climate activists like Rosemary Penwarden
Climate activist and Dunedin grandmother Rosemary Penwarden is appearing in court today over charges brought against her for peaceful protest of the 2019 oil industry conference in Queenstown.
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Towards a food system that protects the soil, the water and the climate
Right now there are people across Aotearoa who are using ecological farming methods to produce healthy food for today and tomorrow.
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The fight against single use plastic in the NZ healthcare sector
The healthcare sector is largely escaping scrutiny for favoring single use plastics.
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Nitrate contamination caused by the dairy industry puts rural people at risk
Safe and healthy drinking water is a basic human right, and no one should fear their water is unsafe to drink. But that’s the reality for many people in rural…
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Honouring Takaparawhau 45 years after the Bastion Point occupation eviction
Last week Greenpeace Aotearoa attended Takaparawhau 45, a symposium for Papatūanuku held by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei.
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Taxing urea better than He Waka Eke Noa but stronger action needed
Greenpeace Aotearoa is calling out the agriculture industry’s “undue influence” over the Government’s agricultural emissions policy, saying “predatory denial and delay” have stalled emissions pricing
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Why is waste to energy incineration a bad idea for Aotearoa?
The dirty truth about waste to energy incineration is that it just doesn’t stack up.
