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End-of-life plastic solutions not as important as source reductions
The announcement from Government this morning that it will invest $40 million into converting plastic waste into new products has been called a positive step by Greenpeace, but has left them asking where the ambition is for tackling plastic at its source.
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There’s a giant oil rig on the horizon
Thursday, June 13: A drill rig commissioned by oil giant OMV has arrived in New Zealand, a little over a year after the Government issued a ban on new oil…
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Farmers have been mollycoddled long enough
The way the Federated Farmers have been speaking recently I can’t help but wonder if a few of their lobbyists have been sneaking into meetings of Extinction Rebellion. Trading their…
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Dairy and fertiliser lobbies will pop champagne over PCE report
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s (PCE) just-released report, Farms, Forests and Fossil Fuels, looks to have been influenced by the agricultural lobby, says Greenpeace. Senior Campaign and Political Advisor,…
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LIVE FEED: School Strikes For Climate
Tomorrow on Friday 15th March young people all over the world will be walking out of school to Strike for the Climate. This movement, inspired by a 16 year old…
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Greenpeace disturbed by directive to stop criticising companies
Tuesday, 12 March: Greenpeace has been told to take down “provocative” billboards about synthetic nitrogen fertiliser. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled against a series of Greenpeace billboards…
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Meet the women taking on some of the world’s biggest climate polluters
These inspiring, determined, and hopeful women are fighting to hold oil, gas and coal companies accountable for climate change. (L-R) Desiree Llanos Dee, Veronica ‘Derek’ Cabe, Marielle Trixie Bacason, with…
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Why care about Nitrogen? Ask the United Nations
The United Nations has placed Nitrogen pollution on a hit list of the top five new environmental crises facing the globe. A move which has huge implications for New Zealand…
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Three reasons why plastics won’t save the oil industry
As electric vehicles and cheap solar panels cut into the demand for petroleum-based fuels, an increasingly desperate oil industry has been banking on plastics to drive future demand growth. Here are three…
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Transpower issues “game changing” report on solar
A new Transpower report into the future of electricity has been labelled “the most disruptive study to emerge in the New Zealand energy space”. The country’s electricity grid operator, Transpower,…
