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A view from Waitangi by Mike Smith
Over the last couple of days I’ve been getting calls from friends, colleagues and media organisations wanting to know what was happening at Waitangi this year. Here’s what I’ve been telling them.
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“Burning our future”: Genesis’ plan to burn dirty fuels at Huntly for next 20 years revealed
Genesis Energy has been granted consents to replace Huntly Power Station’s coal-fired Rankine units at any time it likes for the next 20 years.
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New Zealand’s promise “dead in the water” as Paris Climate Agreement comes into force
Greenpeace New Zealand is calling for a summer of action to highlight what it’s calling the Government’s “sham plan” to meet the Paris Climate Change Agreement, which came into force today.
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This is not a drill. Greenpeace calls for a summer of action
This is huge. After years of local community opposition and relentless pressure by us, Statoil has pulled the plug on its Reinga basin drilling plans in Northland. This is a momentous victory that thousands of people like you helped make possible. And it’s a huge cause for celebration for the Northland communities, who for years…
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Greenpeace on PCE report into agricultural emissions
In response to the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment's report “Climate change and Agriculture: Understanding biological greenhouse gases”, Greenpeace Sustainable Agriculture Campaigner Genevieve Toop said:
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Key’s drilling plan “in freefall” as NZ’s biggest offshore oil prospector bails
In the wake of last week’s reports that oil giant Shell is having a firesale of its New Zealand assets, prospecting company ION Geophysical has also now relinquished its oil surveying permits, which covered almost half of New Zealand’s waters.
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Government oil programme in death throes as oil giant Shell looks to bail out of NZ
The revelation that Shell has advised its investment bank to offload its $1 billion New Zealand portfolio is another big nail in the coffin of the Government’s petroleum agenda, according to Greenpeace New Zealand.
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National’s “climate denialist” policies will undermine Paris Agreement
New Zealand’s ratification of the Paris Agreement won’t be worth the paper it’s written on unless the Government abandons its “climate denialist” policies, says Greenpeace.
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Genesis Energy’s link to organised crime scandal “highly disturbing” says Greenpeace
Genesis Energy has been named as one of a dozen New Zealand companies that bought large numbers of fraudulent carbon credits from Russia and the Ukraine, it has been revealed.
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Drought is real… but dams and irrigation are not the answer
There’s no question about it - drought is causing serious problems for our farmers and communities.
