Otago Regional Council’s Audit & Risk committee votes to divest from all fossil fuel investments
Today the Otago Regional Council’s Audit & Risk committee voted in favour of recommending the Otago Regional Council divests from all fossil fuel investments. The move comes after climate campaigners …
PR: 500,000-strong coalition releases election scorecards
6 September: A new coalition has launched election scorecards, assessing the ability of the major parties to respond to the social and environmental crises facing Aotearoa. Te Pāti Maori and …
PR: Renewable energy should be funded by making polluters pay
8 August: Climate justice organisations say that the renewable infrastructure Aotearoa needs should be resourced directly by the Government - funded by making corporate polluters pay. This comes in response to today’s announcement the Government and Blackrock have collaborated to create a $2 billion renewable energy fund.
PR: Protestors urge Vietnam to release detained climate activist
22 June: Protestors today delivered a statement of concern to the Vietnamese Embassy in Wellington, protesting the detainment and arrest of climate activist Hoang Thi Minh Hong. The activists are …
PR: Environmental advocacy & health groups call for Airport to be Kept in Public Hands
9 May: Three of NZ’s key climate & health advocacy groups - 350 Aotearoa, OraTaiao: NZ Climate and Health Council, and Generation Zero - have come out strongly against a full or partial sale of Auckland Council’s airport shares.
PR: More than 750 public buildings still waiting for funding to transition to clean energy
350 Aotearoa has released a map of state sector buildings across Aotearoa, which outlines the status of fossil-fuelled public buildings - ‘unfunded’, ‘funded’, or ‘transitioned’.
PR: People power has forced the Government to break-up with coal
May 3: Today the Government announced further projects covered by the State Sector Decarbonisation Fund, mainly covering the healthcare and tertiary education sector.