Press release

Greenpeace to Jacinda – expect the expected

Greenpeace says the acid test of Jacinda Ardern’s second term will be her Government’s ability to deal with global crises.

No more excuses for Government inaction on climate and nature

This morning New Zealanders are waking up to a fresh Government – one that has no good reason to put off action on nature and climate.

MfE report shows Govt action needed to reduce agribusiness emissions

A new report released today by the Ministry for the Environment highlights how the climate crisis is already affecting Aotearoa, and underscores the need for urgent action on New Zealand’s…

New Govt must phase out synthetic fertiliser: study finds it is driving climate catastrophe

Friday, 9 October: A major new paper, just published in the prestigious science journal Nature, shows that the overuse of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser is pushing levels of nitrous oxide –…

Greenpeace activists climb Fertiliser Association building to highlight industrial dairying’s role in climate crisis

Greenpeace activists have scaled the office building of the Fertiliser Association in Wellington, to highlight the role of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser in driving industrial dairying and furthering the climate crisis.

Greenpeace welcomes Greens’ transport policy, calls for climate to be bottom line

Greenpeace has welcomed the Green Party’s transport policy announced today, but is seeking assurances that the Greens will make clean transport a bottom line in any potential coalition agreement.

Swedish oil company Preem cancels oil expansion plans following mass protest

Swedish oil company Preem announced today it will cancel its plans to expand their oil refinery Preemraff. Preem raffs expansion has been the single biggest climate issue

Tiwai deal must come with strings attached

Greenpeace is disappointed that Jacinda Ardern is buckling under pressure from Rio Tinto to provide cheap power for its Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter. The environmental organisation says the deal needs…

National promises dirty rivers and more fuel for climate fires

Greenpeace is calling the National Party’s newly announced agriculture policy “tantamount to climate denial” and “a promise for more dirty rivers.”

Arctic in decline: sea ice minimum reaches second lowest extent on record

According to the National Snow and Ice Data Centre, the 2020 Arctic sea ice minimum extent was likely reached on 15 September at 3.74 million square kilometers.