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What is bottom trawling, and why is it bad for the environment?
Bottom trawling is a method of fishing that involves dragging heavy, weighted nets across the sea floor to catch fish. It’s a method favoured by commercial fishing companies because it can catch large quantities but it is incredibly damaging to the seafloor and indiscriminate in the way it kills.
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There is some-fin special about the oceans
Alex Hearn is a professor of Marine Biology and joined the Greenpeace Galápagos expedition onboard the Arctic Sunrise.
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How the fast-track law could expose future NZ governments to expensive trade disputes
Resources Minister Shane Jones has reportedly asked officials for advice on whether oil and gas companies could be offered “bonds” as compensation if drilling rights offered by the present government…
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Just 56 multinationals are responsible for more than half of the world’s plastic pollution – Coca-Cola is the worst
A new study has shown that just 56 big multinationals are responsible for more than half of the world’s plastic pollution, with six responsible for a quarter of that, based…
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Climate change and human rights: how a landmark legal victory in Europe could affect NZ
A seven-year campaign by a group of over 2,000 Swiss women – average age 73 – recently ended with a European Court of Human Rights decision variously described as a…
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Greenpeace submission on the Fast-track Approvals Bill
Greenpeace strongly opposes the Fast Track Approvals Bill. The draft legislation is anti-democratic, anti-transparency and creates vulnerability to corruption. It lacks any semblance of environmental protection, and in fact, removes existing protections.
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Antarctica’s sea ice hit another low this year – understanding how ocean warming is driving the loss is key
Craig Stevens, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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A 20-year ‘mega-drought’ in Australia? Research suggests it’s happened before – and we should expect it again
Droughts can have dramatic effects in Australia – decimating agriculture, threatening water resources and devastating the environment. Much of Australia is drought-prone, and the risk is expected to increase as…
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What global deep sea mining negotiations are missing
Solomon Pili Kahoʻohalahala, known as Uncle Sol, is a member of the Greenpeace International delegation at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) meeting in Jamaica, where governments are gathering to decide…
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Luxon bulldozes on in war on nature with 90-day ‘hit list’
Greenpeace is calling the Government’s new policy priority list “the next onslaught in the war on nature” following Christopher Luxon's announcement this morning.