Greenpeace Aotearoa
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Greenpeace exists because this fragile Earth deserves a voice. It needs solutions. It needs change. It needs action.
By using taxes to subsidise the polluters, New Zealand is going backwards while the rest of the world goes forward, the Green Party said today.
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Kiwi comedian and actor Rhys Darby has released a poem on YouTube, calling for New Zealand to reduce its emissions by 40 per cent by 2020.
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The continued use of highly toxic substances in game consoles has been highlighted in three satirical videos released on the popular Kotaku gaming site.
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On the eve of the 24th anniversary of the Rainbow Warrior bombing, Greenpeace has announced work is about to start on a purpose-built Rainbow Warrior III, incorporating the latest in green-marine technology.
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Leading Australian wine writer Max Allen and award-winning winemaker from Margaret River, Vanya Cullen, have joined Greenpeace to launch the first Alcoholic Drinks Edition of the True Food Guide to genetically engineered (GE) free shopping.
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In Sydney on Tuesday July 7th, Greenpeace is launching the first True Food Guide Alcoholic Drinks edition, the only shopping guide for genetically engineered (GE) free alcoholic drinks.
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Three of the world’s largest PC companies are failing in their commitments to phase out toxic chemicals in their products according to the the latest edition of Greenpeace’s 'Guide to Greener Electronics' (1) released today.
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Claims today by New Zealand supermarkets that they are doing enough to ensure that the seafood they sell is from sustainably managed fisheries just don't stack up, says Greenpeace.
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Government claims today that New Zealand’s oceans are “teeming with fish” and that the quota management system (QMS) is working are rubbish, says Greenpeace (1).
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Supermarkets risk a backlash from concerned customers if they dont stop selling unsustainably-caught fish, Greenpeace is warning.
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The latest edition of Greenpeace’s ‘Guide to Greener Electronics’ ranking (1) shows a disappointing slump from some major companies in the toxics category, but an overall improvement on climate change criteria.
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Greenpeace today launched its online Good Wood Guide together with an updated ranking of outdoor furniture retailers.
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Now in its tenth edition, the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics shows that most consumer electronics companies have been slow to get serious about climate change.
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Auckland, 17 September 2008 - Five leading brands are making significant progress in greening their electronics products, Greenpeace's latest Guide to Greener Electronics released today reveals (1).
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Based on information available on Apple's website (1), it seems the company known for innovation has missed an opportunity to reinvent its new 3G iPhone in green.
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New projections of future climate change in New Zealand are a timely reminder of the urgency of strong climate policy, says Greenpeace.
A guidance manual released today by the Ministry for the Environment provides the latest projections of likely impacts of climate change on New Zealand, and advice for councils on tackling the effects.294 views
Genesis Energy and Greenpeace will face off in the Supreme Court tomorrow, in a case that could have major implications for climate change in New Zealand.
Last December, a Court of Appeal ruling removed a crucial legal control on polluters’ greenhouse gas emissions in New Zealand.552 views
Greenpeace says it's encouraged to see Federated Farmers President Charlie Pederson finally going in to bat for strong climate policy in New Zealand.Â
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Nationals attempt to delay the emissions trading scheme (ETS) and undermine a partial ban on thermal power stations is unacceptable, and a strong indication the party puts big business backers ahead of tackling climate change, says Greenpeace.Â
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Greenpeace welcomes today's Green Party announcement that all state houses will be properly insulated within five years but warned initiatives like this could be at risk if big polluters get their way.
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The National Party is finally revealing its true colours on climate change and it’s clear it’s the party for big business polluters, says Greenpeace.
National is trying to get rid of a 10-year partial ban on new thermal generation, which is contained in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) legislation currently before Select Committee.365 views
Big business and policy-makers must not succumb to the elusive promise of carbon capture and storage to solve the climate crisis, says Greenpeace in a major new report.
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Greenpeace says it's a sign of how desperate climate sceptics are that they've used the names of eminent New Zealand scientists to falsely back their cause.
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Dont subsidise polluting industries at the expense of ordinary New Zealanders and the planet.Â
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Delaying the transport component of the emissions trading scheme won't help householders, but it will help trucking and oil companies, says Greenpeace.Â
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New Zealanders will pay through their taxes for the Governments capitulation to big business, warns Greenpeace.
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Greenpeace is accusing the dairy sector of environmental irresponsibility after the Green Party revealed the sector is contributing to tropical rainforest destruction by importing huge quantities of palm kernel for cattle feed.
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Greenpeace today welcomed the release of the Green Partys six-point plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from coal, and urged Labour and National to support it.Â
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TAUPO — Greenpeace has today revealed the extent of climate-damaging dairy conversion in New Zealand with an activity in the central North Island in which 30 volunteers are currently replanting over 1000 trees on land cleared for dairy farming.Â
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Renowned political cartoonist Malcolm Evans (1) will do a live billboard drawing in central Wellington today, as part of calls for stronger climate policies from New Zealands political leaders.
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LYTTELTON — Greenpeace says it's pleased to have highlighted the contribution New Zealand is making to climate change through a coal shipment action in the Port of Lyttelton today.
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LYTTELTON — Greenpeace ship the Rainbow Warrior has blocked a shipment of export coal from leaving the Port of Lyttelton.
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AUCKLAND — This morning Greenpeace launched a giant, planet-replica hot air balloon from Bastion Point in Auckland, with the wording: “Target Climate Change.” The activity ties in with the start of a six week ship tour aboard the iconic Rainbow Warrior, which is currently in port in Auckland.
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Greenpeace has used a hard-hitting report into the Government's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to launch a six-week, nation-wide ship tour aboard the iconic Rainbow Warrior.
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Iconic Greenpeace ship the Rainbow Warrior will kick off a six-week tour of New Zealand in Auckland early next month.
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It will be interesting to see if National’s Energy Strategy, due to be presented to the party’s caucus this evening, contains any reference to “sexy coal”, says Greenpeace.
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Greenpeace and the Indonesia Human Rights Committee today released the 'Guide to Forest Friendly Outdoor Furniture Retailers' (1) which shows that the majority of outdoor timber furniture sold in New Zealand is contributing to the destruction of tropical forests in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
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Environmental problems caused by New Zealand’s export industries of farming and fishing are damaging New Zealand’s clean green image, a groundbreaking Government report revealed today.
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The latest Greenpeace GE Free Food Guide reflects a strong ongoing non-GE position from New Zealand food companies and an unprecedented anti-GE stance from Australasia’s largest food company.
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 At a press conference in Tokyo yesterday afternoon the administrative vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Toshiro Shirasu told reporters that the whaling fleet has not resumed hunting because Greenpeace is following their fleet in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary (1).
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