Greenpeace activists scale Fonterra dairy factory in dramatic climate protest

Greenpeace activists have scaled Fonterra’s Te Rapa Dairy Factory, unfurling a 160 square metre banner reading ‘Fonterra’s methane cooks the climate.’

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The weather and the police closed in quickly.

Our climbers are now down off the building, but we will continue with our campaign to push @Fonterra to cut emissions by phasing out PKE and synthetic nitrogen fertiliser to reduce cow numbers.

This is a #ClimateCrisis, and Fonterra… pic.twitter.com/24kmEFFSLj
— Greenpeace Aotearoa (@GreenpeaceNZ) October 8, 2024

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A new investigation has revealed that meat and dairy methane emissions rival Big Oil’s

REPORT: Turning down the heat https://t.co/UGSpYSbiAh via @GreenpeaceNZ #TooManyCows #ClimateCrisis
— Nick Young (@nickofnz) October 8, 2024

Today, we took action to highlight the disproportionate role that @Fonterra and the Dairy industry play in driving the #ClimateCrisis with methane emissions. #TooManyCows pic.twitter.com/vKM3OqTsWx
— Greenpeace Aotearoa (@GreenpeaceNZ) October 8, 2024

It is not too late to take meaningful action on climate change. Fonterra's giant dairy herd is only sustained through the excessive use of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser and palm kernel.Fonterra could cut methane emissions by ending reliance on palm kernel and synthetic nitrogen fertiliser.
— Greenpeace Aotearoa (@greenpeacenz.bsky.social) 2024-10-08T21:35:22.902Z

Not only is carbon dioxide at record levels, so is methane. The largest source of anthropogenic methane is livestock production – meat and dairy agribusiness. Methane's warming over 20 years is 80 times worse than C02. That is why @GreenpeaceNZ climbed @Fonterra's factory this…
— Russel Norman (@RusselNorman) October 8, 2024

Today, we've taken action to highlight @Fonterra's huge role in the climate crisis.

See more here:https://t.co/zU5DFv6dFW #TooManyCows #ClimateCrisis
— Greenpeace Aotearoa (@GreenpeaceNZ) October 8, 2024

My mate @ecomanda is hanging out on the Te Rapa milk powder factory calling out @Fonterra for being NZ’s worst climate polluter. Go you brave climbers!#TooManyCows #ClimateChange https://t.co/yXCeNGNGKW
— Niamh O'Flynn (@Niamh_OFlynn) October 8, 2024

We have the chance to pull the climate emergency brake by cutting methane emissions now. If the world reduces cow numbers, we can slow down climate change and prevent the worst climate catastrophes.Fonterra is NZ's biggest polluter and must take action.
— Greenpeace Aotearoa (@greenpeacenz.bsky.social) 2024-10-08T20:17:10.174Z

Coming to you live from Fonterra’s Te Rapa milk powder factory. Fonterra is NZ’s worst climate polluter. They need to cut their methane emissions now. pic.twitter.com/sleR2S2iTL
— Amanda Larsson (@ecomanda) October 8, 2024

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Greenpeace activists scale Fonterra’s Te Rapa dairy factory in dramatic climate protest https://t.co/j4fWhkPoLd #TooManyCows #ClimateCrisis #DirtyDairy pic.twitter.com/pa7qmYcPUN
— Greenpeace Aotearoa Press (@nzgreenpeace) October 8, 2024

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We’re visiting ⁦@Fonterra⁩ today. Stay tuned for more.#toomanycows #dirtydairy #climatechange pic.twitter.com/FsLxN0qtAH
— Greenpeace Aotearoa (@GreenpeaceNZ) October 8, 2024

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