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Government’s agriculture research fund pitiful
Responding to the Government’s announcement that it will be setting up a new $400,000 scholarship programme for agricultural greenhouse gas research, Greenpeace sustainable agriculture campaigner, Genevieve Toop, says:
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Greenpeace’s Taitu crew plead not guilty in historic climate court case
Greenpeace and the activists charged under the ‘Anadarko Amendment’ after swimming in front of the world’s largest seismic oil ship, have pleaded Not Guilty.
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Greens Ban the Bag policy needs to happen sooner
Greenpeace is welcoming the Green Party’s commitment to ban single-use plastic bags.
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Greenpeace tells farming leadership- show us the substance
Greenpeace is welcoming the farming leadership’s acknowledgement that the problem with our waterways is greater than previously admitted.
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Greenpeace activists stop Statoil rig drilling in the Arctic
A New Zealander is among a group of activists who have halted a Statoil rig drilling in the Arctic.
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Microbead policy a “good start” – Greenpeace urges Government to ban the bags.
Greenpeace is welcoming the Government’s latest announcement on microbeads as a good start.
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Super Fund’s $950m fossil fuel divestment an “aha” moment for NZ economy
Greenpeace is calling the New Zealand Superannuation Fund’s just-announced $950 million divestment from big polluters an “aha” moment for the country’s economy.
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Big Irrigation’s “death-grip” costs farmers more than water charge would: Greenpeace
“Farming leadership and politicians are scaremongering by using false facts on water pricing proposals in their latest effort to keep the dairy industry free of accountability for polluted rivers,” says Greenpeace’s Senior Campaign Advisor Steve Abel.
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NZ Govt implicated in oil industry’s multi-year covert spy operation on Greenpeace
Greenpeace New Zealand’s Executive Director, Dr Russel Norman, is calling on the Government to “categorically deny” any knowledge of a covert spy operation that saw staff at the environmental organisation being watched daily, for years.
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Labour’s Plan to Cull Irrigation Fund a Watershed Policy for Clean Rivers
Greenpeace have welcomed Labour’s commitment to ditch National’s $480 million taxpayer fund for new irrigation schemes.
