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Greenpeace gives Valentines message to Japan
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 12:49 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
14 February 2007--Greenpeace activists today handed out Valentines day cards and flowers to Japanese tourists arriving in the country in Christchurch and Auckland, and flowers to the Japanese Embassy in Wellington, with the message: "We love Japan ... More >>
Japan's Pro Whaling Meeting Opens In Tokyo Today
Tuesday, 13 February 2007, 4:07 pm | Greenpeace
13 February 2007—The Japanese government's meeting of predominately pro-whaling IWC members in Tokyo should be called a "commercialisation" not a "normalisation" meeting, Greenpeace said today. More >>
Normalisation? Call it commercialisation
Tuesday, 13 February 2007, 10:09 am | Greenpeace
13 February 2007The Japanese government's meeting of predominately pro-whaling IWC members in Tokyo should be called a "commercialisation" not a "normalisation" meeting, Greenpeace said today. More >>
Greenpeace Condemns Violence in the Southern Ocean
Tuesday, 13 February 2007, 9:42 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Southern Ocean, 12th February 2007: This afternoon the Greenpeace vessel Esperanza received a distress call from the Japanese whaling fleet's unarmed sighting vessel, the Kaiko Maru. More >>
Marsden not to proceed?
Monday, 12 February 2007, 9:40 am | Greenpeace
Auckland, 11 February, 2007 -- Greenpeace today called on Mighty River Power to clarify what it plans to do with its proposal to re-fire Marsden B on coal, following a news report over the weekend which suggested it may drop the project. More >>
Greenpeace - Hazardous Effects Of Electronics
Friday, 9 February 2007, 11:22 am | Greenpeace
Amsterdam, February 8th 2007 – Greenpeace today released ‘Cutting Edge Contamination: A study of environmental pollution during the manufacture of electronic products’ (1). The report shows that some of the electronics industries’ biggest brands, ... More >>
Illegal Fishing Threatens World's Last Cod Stocks
Thursday, 8 February 2007, 10:02 am | Greenpeace
Amsterdam, 7 February 2007: - Thousands of tons of illegally caught cod from the Barents Sea WAS landed in Dutch harbours in 2006, according to a new report released by Greenpeace Netherlands today (1). A lack of effective national legislation and ... More >>
Global pusher of GE rice must admit defeat
Wednesday, 7 February 2007, 9:59 am | Greenpeace
Amsterdam 6 February 2007 - - The global rejection of genetically engineered rice is revealed today as 41 of the world’s biggest exporters, processors and retailers issued written commitments to stay GE free. The worldwide tide of opposition is reflected ... More >>
Climate Change confirmed - now take action
Friday, 2 February 2007, 2:59 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Paris, France, EMBARGOED 09:30 CET 2 February 2007 -Greenpeace challenged Governments to step up to the plate and take immediate action, after the strongest warnings yet from the international scientific community on the threat of dangerous climate change ... More >>
Global online campaign to save whales
Thursday, 1 February 2007, 3:19 pm | Greenpeace
In a bid to save 945 whales from the harpoons of Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean this year, Greenpeace is harnessing the power of the World Wide Web and has launched a multi-faceted global online campaign. More >>
Marsden B hearing today in Whangarei
Tuesday, 30 January 2007, 2:46 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Whangarei, Tuesday 30 December, 2007: Greenpeace's bid to stop proposed coal fired power station Marsden B continued today by presenting a submission against Mighty River Powers (MRP) plan to put a coal conveyor belt across conservation land. More >>
Global Energy Strategy For Tackling Climate Change
Friday, 26 January 2007, 9:32 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
International, New Zealand 25th January 2007 - Renewable energy, combined with efficiencies from the 'smart use' of energy, can deliver half of the world's energy needs by 2050, according to one of the most comprehensive plans for future sustainable energy provision, ... More >>
To Japan, With Love
Thursday, 25 January 2007, 1:54 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
To Japan, With Love – A message from Greenpeace And the Biggest Ever Crew to Sail to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary More >>
Endangered Whales Hunted, Stockpiled Left Rotting
Wednesday, 24 January 2007, 9:19 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
January 23th 2007: The Icelandic government's claims of sustainable whaling were harpooned today, after Greenpeace revealed that around 200 tonnes of meat and blubber from endangered fin whales are still in storage, waiting to be tested for chemical ... More >>
Endangered Whales Huntedand Left to Rot
Tuesday, 23 January 2007, 3:00 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The Icelandic government's claims of sustainable whaling were harpooned today, after Greenpeace revealed that around 200 tonnes of meat and blubber from endangered fin whales are still in storage, waiting to be tested for chemical contamination and ... More >>
Greenpeace: New Global Recruitment Drive
Wednesday, 17 January 2007, 11:14 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is inviting Pacific Islanders to harness the power of cyberspace, through a new global “recruitment drive” to find 30,000 new campaigners to defend whales. More >>
Ship Arrives in Auckland Before Whaling Campaign
Monday, 8 January 2007, 11:38 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace ship The Esperanza will arrive in Auckland tomorrow morning, to prepare for the organisation's campaign against the Japanese Government's whaling programme in the Antarctic's Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. More >>
Ship will stop in Auckland en route to save whales
Wednesday, 20 December 2006, 1:09 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The Greenpeace ship Esperanza is en route to the Southern Ocean as part of a massive global campaign to stop whaling in the Sanctuary. More >>
NZ Govt taking the right approach on whaling
Monday, 18 December 2006, 3:33 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace today congratulated the New Zealand Government for leading a 27-country protest to the Japanese Government over its upcoming Antarctic whaling plans. More >>
Agriculture Must Pull its Weight on Climate Change
Monday, 18 December 2006, 2:18 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 18 December, 2006: Greenpeace today called on the agriculture sector to play its part in addressing climate change as the Government released its proposals for dealing with the greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and forestry. More >>
