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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.
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A Global Plastic Treaty can end the age of plastic
Climate-crisis-fueled storms have hit New Zealand hard this year. In January, we suffered unprecedented extreme weather and flooding. We saw firsthand one of the causes of the climate crisis: single-use plastic.
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Concerning aspects around deep sea mining
Proponents of mining our deep ocean seafloor justify the need for this hugely destructive process largely by claims that the minerals from the deep are needed for batteries for electric cars.
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Protect the deep sea: join the Global Day of Action!
Autumn is ending, winter is coming, and the Global Day of Action season is starting! Just a few weeks before governments meet again in Jamaica to decide whether to allow…
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Greenpeace unveils giant art installation ahead of Global Plastics Treaty talks
Greenpeace and artist Benjamin Von Wong today unveiled a five-metre tall art installation entitled #PerpetualPlastic Machine as Global Plastics Treaty talks resume.
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Using art to tackle the plastic pollution crisis
In 2016, I embarked on a creative journey, a quest fuelled by a deep-seated concern for our oceans – choked with plastic. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch had recently commanded international…
