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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,…
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Alarm raised after Govt “quietly” delays fishing boat camera rollout
Thursday, Jan 31: Greenpeace is raising the alarm after the Government has again delayed the rollout of cameras on fishing boats, this time until August. The decision was quietly notified…
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Greenpeace condemns Japan government’s “sneaky” withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission
Tokyo, Japan – Greenpeace condemns the Japanese Government’s formal announcement today to officially withdraw from the International Whaling Commission (IWC), with the intention to resume commercial whaling in its territorial…
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Antarctica: Making the World’s Largest Park Larger
This is a story of how a few pioneers went to one of the most remote regions on Earth just to get a seat at the bargaining table of Antarctic…
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Forest destroying products and producers
A lot has happened since Greenpeace has been fighting forest destruction for palm oil. Apple invented the iPhone. Shell went into – and pulled out of – the Arctic. Spain,…
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Greenpeace fury at Mackenzie Dairy decision
Greenpeace is furious at a council decision to let the controversial mega dairy farm in the Mackenzie turn on it’s irrigators before all the conditions of the resource consent are…
