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Whiskas Embroiled in Modern-Day Slavery Scandal
Cat owners who buy Whiskas for their pet may unwittingly be funding modern-day slavery and destructive fishing methods, Greenpeace New Zealand says today.
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Landcorp Ditches Industrial Dairy Plans Over Pollution Fears: Greenpeace Response
Responding to news that state-owned company Landcorp, the country’s biggest dairy farmer, is set to ditch industrial dairy plans in Waikato, Genevieve Toop, Greenpeace’s agriculture campaigner, said:
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Palm oil: who’s still trashing forests?
How ‘clean’ is the palm oil used by major brands around the world? Today, we’re releasing the results of our investigation into which companies are keeping promises to stop deforestation in Indonesia for palm oil. Take a look now to see who’s keeping up - and who’s lagging way behind.
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Climate action “a matter of life and death” after February temperatures smash global records
The month of February has experienced a whopping temperature rise never seen before in the history of record-keeping, according to just-released global satellite data.
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This Far, No Further
Investigations by Greenpeace have shown industrial fishing fleets using destructive bottom trawling are invading previously pristine areas of the Barents Sea in the Norwegian Arctic. As climate change steadily diminishes…
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Peaceful civil disobedience for #RealClimateAction
Join us on Monday 21 March for a non-violent peaceful act of civil disobedience at SkyCity Convention Centre, co-ordinated by Greenpeace in the tradition of Te Whiti and Tohu, and Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr.
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Greenpeace launches civil disobedience campaign against NZ’s largest oil event
Greenpeace is calling for members of the public to take part in a co-ordinated demonstration of peaceful civil disobedience at the annual petroleum conference at SkyCity in Auckland.
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Huntly coal fired power station closure
This morning Russel Norman, Greenpeace’s executive director, has demanded that ‘Genesis Energy must close Huntly’s coal-fired generators by 2018.’
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Government’s failing oil agenda hits hurdle as all NZ exploration plans are trashed
As of last month, there was not a single petroleum company searching for oil in New Zealand using exploratory drilling.
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Greenpeace activists convicted but receive no further punishment over 10-hour occupation of the Tangaroa
The five Greenpeace activists who stormed on board a New Zealand Government climate research ship that was found to be searching for oil have been discharged – and will receive no punishment – after being convicted at the Auckland District Court today.
