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Major deep sea mining company goes bankrupt
A company which had dreams of becoming the world’s largest deep sea mining company has declared bankruptcy. Norwegian company, Loke Marine Minerals, aimed to hold licences in the Pacific and…
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Palm kernel: what’s the problem?
Palm kernel expeller or PKE is a rainforest-destroying animal feed that’s fed to dairy cows when there is not enough grass to feed them. Greenpeace is campaigning for Fonterra to…
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Greenpeace vs. Energy Transfer’s SLAPP: What happens after the North Dakota trial?
An interview with Greenpeace International General Counsel Kristin Casper
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Greenpeace bringing free drinking water nitrate testing to Ashburton District this weekend
Greenpeace Aotearoa will be offering its free drinking water testing service in Ashburton and Methven this Friday and Sunday. This is the first time the organisation’s water testing programme has…
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A hostile takeover of nature by a former tobacco lobbyist: What you need to know about the Government’s RMA reforms
The National-led Government has announced plans to rewrite the laws that protect our environment – putting private property rights ahead of the health of nature and our communities.
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‘Desperate and deceitful’- deep sea mining frontrunner turns its back on Pacific nations
Greenpeace has slammed deep sea mining frontrunner The Metals Company (TMC) as “desperate and deceitful” after it announced plans to bypass procedure at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) by applying…
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40 years since evacuation due to US nuclear tests, Greenpeace and displaced Rongelap community honour commitment to nuclear and climate justice fight
Forty years since the Greenpeace ship the Rainbow Warrior evacuated the people of Rongelap Island to Mejatto due to decades of US government nuclear weapons testing, Greenpeace and the displaced…
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From Rongelap to Mejatto – Rainbow Warrior helped move nuclear refugees
Forty years ago, the Rainbow Warrior helped Rongelap islanders, long suffering from post-war US nuclear test radiation, move 250km to Mejatto Island, one of the islands currently being visited as…
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New deep sea mining study shows ecosystem recovery from mining could take centuries
A new study shows that the damage from deep sea mining would be so severe that any recovery from mining could take hundreds of years.
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Deep-sea mining would also threaten sea life by dumping debris into the thriving midwater zone
Alexus Cazares-Nuesser, University of Hawaii
