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Intensive winter grazing rule changes cave in to intensive dairy
Greenpeace says the Government’s updated intensive winter grazing rules cave in to intensive dairy and are a missed opportunity to improve environmental management and animal welfare. Greenpeace Aotearoa…
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Greenpeace legal submission on “greenwashed” Kapuni hydrogen project
Greenpeace has filed notice to be heard as an Interested Party on a legal appeal by Taranaki iwi Ngāti Ruanui opposing a Kapuni fertiliser project given approval under the Ardern Government’s Covid-19 fast-track consenting legislation.
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Greenpeace joins legal action on greenwashed Kapuni hydrogen fertiliser project
Greenpeace has filed notice to be heard as an Interested Party on a legal appeal by Taranaki iwi Ngāti Ruanui opposing a Kapuni fertiliser project given approval under the Ardern…
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There are too many cows. Halve the herd.
Since the start of the dairy boom in the 1990s, cow numbers in New Zealand have doubled. Read this op-ed to find out more
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Why is the Convention on Biological Diversity COP15 so important for biodiversity?
Biodiversity, or “biological diversity”, is a term used to describe the enormous variety of life on our planet. Biodiversity is crucial to life on our planet, where all life forms…
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Chernobyl: Putin’s war in Ukraine renews nuclear dangers and memories of 1986 disaster
Tuesday 26 April marks the anniversary of one of the most significant events in the history of Ukraine and all of Europe. On that day in 1986, a routine safety test…
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The game changers on climate
Earlier this month leading climate scientists issued their landmark report on climate solutions, directly to world governments, saying it’s “now or never” if we are to meet the Paris Agreement 1.5°C warming
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A tribute to Earth – in pictures
I am often asked, what drives me in my fight for the planet? Indeed, it has been difficult and frustrating to see the damage that humans have, and are continuing…
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Tide shifts against seabed mining as Tuvalu withdraws support
Greenpeace is thrilled that Tuvalu has rescinded its support of deep sea mining saying it adds growing weight for a call to caution about the emerging industry
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State of Environment report buries dairy’s deadly nitrate harm in endnotes
Greenpeace says the latest State of the Environment report acknowledges that industrial dairy is driving environmental breakdown, but seems to have cut mention of the cancer and preterm birth risks…