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Farmers challenge Fonterra's use of palm animal feed

Press release | September 9, 2009 at 0:00

Concerns expressed by Greenpeace over Fonterra’s links to deforestation in Indonesia and Malaysia and the threat those links pose to New Zealand’s clean, green reputation have been echoed by Federated Farmers.

Government fiddling while Planet burns

Press release | August 31, 2009 at 0:00

Greenpeace is warning that taxpayers will pay if there’s a price cap added to the current emissions trading scheme, but welcomed agreement by most Members of Parliament that climate change is real and action needs to be taken now.

Greenpeace ship sails to protect threatened Pacific tuna stocks

Press release | August 27, 2009 at 0:00

The Greenpeace ship Esperanza is sailing to the Western and Central Pacific Ocean to protect threatened Pacific tuna stocks (1), as the fishing industry reports record catches.

100,000 Join the Sign On cast of thousands

Press release | August 26, 2009 at 21:52

Over 100,000 New Zealanders have joined the Greenpeace Sign On campaign, which aims to generate an unprecedented level of support for John Key to sign on to a 40 per cent by 2020 emission reduction target at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen in...

Fonterra’s role in rainforest destruction exposed

Press release | August 22, 2009 at 23:45

Fonterra, the world’s largest dairy exporter, must take responsibility for the part it plays in rainforest destruction and the massive greenhouse gas emissions that result from this destruction in Indonesia and Malaysia, to feed NZ dairy cows,...

Tuna scientists find Pacific tuna stocks more threatened than ever - Greenpeace

Press release | August 22, 2009 at 0:00

Greenpeace is calling for urgent action in rescuing Pacific tuna fisheries after Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Science meeting concluded stocks are in bigger trouble than previously reported.

UN head of climate slams NZ emission reduction target

Press release | August 20, 2009 at 0:00

New Zealand’s highly conditional emissions reduction target of 10-20 per cent has been strongly criticised by the head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) , Dr Rajendra Pachauri.

Greenpeace delivers second sustainability message to Foodtown

Press release | August 12, 2009 at 3:18

Greenpeace, today, hung a large banner on a downtown Auckland Foodtown supermarket and called on it to implement a sustainable seafood policy (1) and remove bottom trawled species, like orange roughy, from its shelves.

Govt backs Sign On campaign premise at UN climate talks

Press release | August 12, 2009 at 0:00

Greenpeace has welcomed the New Zealand Government’s admission that developed countries as a whole must cut emissions by close to 40% by 2020.

World in grave danger under NZ Govt’s thinking

Press release | August 10, 2009 at 0:00

The Government cannot expect its emission reduction target range to go down well internationally, says Greenpeace.

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