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How does plastic get into the ocean?
We know our oceans and coastlines are choking on plastic. We’ve all seen plastic bottles, food wrappers and plastic bags polluting beaches, and been horrified by the stories of marine creatures like seabirds and whales starving when their stomachs become packed full of plastic.
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Ruataniwha dam down but not out… yet
The proposed Ruataniwha Dam is the poster child of Big Irrigation.
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Stopping deep sea oil: Vanessa’s blog
Climate Campaigner Vanessa Atkinson is on board one of the Stop Deep Sea Oil flotilla vessels. This is her account of life on board… Sunday 10 April As the sun…
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New HSBC ‘no deforestation’ policy first step towards sustainable palm oil finance
HSBC today published a new ‘No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation’ policy covering its financing of palm oil companies. [1]
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Statoil: licensed to spill
This morning Greenpeace activists barricaded shut Statoil’s new Wellington office before the Norwegian oil giant has fully opened for business. And the reason: to send a very clear message to…
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Greenpeace welcomes Hawke’s Bay anti-dam council
Greenpeace has welcomed the preliminary results of the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council election, saying the new council's top priority must be to ditch the Ruataniwha dam.
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DairyNZ’s latest water plan a gutless betrayal
Shortly after Fonterra released its highly criticised freshwater plan last week, Dairy NZ has followed suit and released their “strategy” to clean up New Zealand's rivers.
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Top 5 movies set in the Arctic
With a stunning landscape and incredible wildlife including polar bears, seals and Arctic foxes, it’s no wonder that Arctic movie sets trump anything filmed in sunny Hollywood. We took a…
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Seabirds and Oil Spills
Across the centuries and across cultures, the albatross has captured human imagination. They are just one of the iconic seabirds found in the rich waters surrounding New Zealand. Together…
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NZ Govt energy policy: fiscal idiocy and atmospheric self-harm
As the IPPC report predicts dire consequences for New Zealand, our politicians talk only about ‘adaptation’ to Climate Change while carving up NZ for more fossil fuel exploration and maintaining an 'all of the above' approach to energy that even Simon Bridges thinks is just good rhetoric.
