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Taking the deep sea oil battle to the high court
I was in court yesterday with the Greenpeace lawyers and will be again today. But rather than defending ourselves after taking direct action as we so often are, this time…
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Greenpeace launches landmark expedition to bottom of the Antarctic Ocean
Greenpeace has today launched a campaign calling for the creation of the largest protected area on Earth - a 1.8 million square kilometre ocean sanctuary in the Antarctic.
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Former President and NASA scientist confirmed as witnesses in Greenpeace trial
A world authority on climate science has told the New Zealand Government they’re “planning to put the wrong people on trial” for an offshore oil exploration protest.
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New Zealanders will soon have to compete with the dairy industry for freshwater, report reveals
Our future access to fresh water has been brought into question by a report, published this morning, which explores how New Zealand will be affected by climate change.
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We’ll be back vows Greenpeace after successful pipeline protest in Canterbury
Tonight Greenpeace activists have brought their pipeline protest in Canterbury to a successful end.
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Why Petrobras has no right(s) to drill for deep sea oil off the East Cape
While the oil industry has no moral right to be opening up new, extreme frontiers in its search for the last few drops of oil; given the damage climate change will do to life on this planet - it’s also apparent that the industry may not have a legal right either.
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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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Top 10 reasons why Arctic oil drilling is a really stupid idea
Shell would have us believe that it’s all very safe and there’s nothing to worry about but here’s our 10 reasons Arctic oil drilling is a really bad idea: It’s…
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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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Lucy Lawless joins climate change survivor in protest against Statoil’s Arctic oil exploitation
Barents Sea, Norway - 11 peaceful activists from the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise have taken to the water in inflatable boats to oppose the Statoil Songa Enabler oil rig, 275 km North off the Norwegian coast, in the Arctic Barents sea.
