Steve Abel
Disagreement over which emissions figures to use for dairy
Greenhouse gas emissions from dairy farms have increased to an all time high.
But emissions from the dairy cows themselves have dropped, which the industry says is the best measure to look at.
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Greenpeace lashes out at dairy industry over emissions
Greenpeace says despite all the promises the dairy industry makes about cleaning up their act, emissions continue to rise.
Stats NZ figures show greenhouse gas emissions from dairy farms increased… Audio
Greenpeace wants number of cows cut to reduce methane emissions
Greenpeace is urging the Government to take rapid action to reduce climate pollution from methane, through lower stocking rates and other measures.
The environmental group says the latest advice from… Audio
Greenpeace calls for end to synthetic nitrogen fertiliser
Greenpeace is calling on the government to phase out synthetic nitrogen fertiliser, as Fonterra faces accusations of contaminating drinking water with nitrates.
An RNZ investigation revealed that the… Audio
NZ examines pathway to reducing emissions as frustration grows
Increasing frequency and intensity of natural disasters in the Pacific is feeding a growing frustration on the ground for lack of global climate action. Audio
Climate Change Commission plan too little, to late - Greenpeace
If adopted fully by the government, the Climate Change Commission's plan to reduce emissions would represent the most dramatic attempt by New Zealand to fight climate change.
But Greenpeace says that… Audio
Five arrested in effort to stop native trees being cut down
Seasoned activist and Green Party candidate Steve Abel is among five people who were arrested on Tuesday while protesting the felling of mature native trees in Auckland.
Thirty native trees on a… Video, Audio
Greenpeace supports case against French nuclear testing
Greenpeace New Zealand is supporting French Polynesia's bid to hold France's government to account for its nuclear test legacy in the Pacific. Audio
Steve Abel
William Dart looks at Steve Abel's past recordings and gives his take on the new album Luck/Hope. Audio
The Sampler Summit: Leonard Cohen
Nick Bollinger convenes a Sampler Summit to discuss the latest album from octogenarian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen. He is joined by musicians Steve Abel and Hollie Fullbrook, and broadcaster Kim… Audio
Steve Abel in session
Songwriter and Greenpeace activist Steve Abel joins Nick Bollinger in the studio with his band to play a couple of songs from his new album Luck/Hope. Video, Audio
Luck/Hope by Steve Abel
Kirsten Johnstone reviews Steve Abel's third album Luck/Hope. Audio
The Sampler for 2 August
In The Sampler this week Nick Bollinger discusses a soulful sophomore set from Michael Kiwanuka, Kirsten Johnstone reviews the first new music in seven years from local singer, songwriter and social… Audio
Protesters cling to research ship's crossbar
Three Greenpeace protesters are tonight clinging to a crossbar high up on the research vessel Tangaroa and have defied at least three attempts by the police to talk them down. Audio
Stages: Auckland's subterranean and grungy Wine Cellar
Underneath St Kevin’s Arcade on Karangahape Road, red-lit, grungy and subterranean in feel, the Wine Cellar has been the venue for many musicians' first Auckland show. Audio
Free West Papua Concert
SJD, Steve Abel and Mara TK join a legion of fine local performers supporting the West Papua Action Group. Nick Atkinson talks to Maire Leadbeater and Paul Bensemann about a forgotten nation ruled… Audio
Climate campaigners go to high court over classification
A group of climate change campaigners are going to the High Court after their website was ruled an election advertisement. Audio
PEPANZ says a 'reality check' needed on oil disaster model
The oil industry is criticising a Greenpeace commissioned report it says lacks any credibility. Audio
Greenpeace says oil drilling risks huge catastrophe
Greenpeace says computer modelling it commissioned shows that IF oil wells to be drilled next month off the Taranaki and Otago suffer a Gulf of Mexico-style blowout, the environmental damage would be… Audio
Public to lose right to legally oppose deep sea oil exploration
Environmental lawyer Robert Makgill; Raewyn Peart, policy director at the Environment Defence Society and Greenpeace energy campaigner Steve Abel Audio