Wellington, June 8 NZPA - The Government risks being left behind if it continues with the "new era" of coal mining and oil drilling, Greenpeace says.

Wellington, May 18 NZPA - Environmental activists today blocked the coal depot of Fonterra's factory near Timaru, using a truckload of wood pellets, to protest the company's continued used of coal.

By Maggie Tait of NZPA Wellington, March 24 NZPA - The Economist magazine has criticised the Government's decision to mine on protected land in part of an article lashing the country's green credentials.

Wellington, Aug 23 NZPA - The Greens are calling on the Government and Fonterra to reduce the importation of palm kernel feed.

Wellington, Aug 20 NZPA - Climate Change Minister Nick Smith is rejecting criticism by a top United Nations climate scientist that the Government's emissions reduction target is disappointing, inadequate and unambitious.

Wellington, Aug 11 NZPA - Greenpeace says it will not give up on its campaign for a more ambitious greenhouse gas emissions target after the Government announced it would be seeking a reduction target of between 10 percent and 20 percent below 1990 levels by 2020.

Wellington, April 24 NZPA - One of New Zealand's top climate scientists, Jim Salinger, has been fired from his job at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa).

Wellington, April 22 NZPA - Greenpeace is appalled the Government could turn a small piece of a conservation park into a coal mine.

Wellington, April 22 NZPA - Greenpeace is appalled the Government could turn a small piece of a conservation park into a coal mine.

Wellington, Dec 15 NZPA - Climate negotiations minister Tim Groser has defended the Government's call for better treatment of agricultural emissions in the next global climate treaty.