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Positive start on climate policy – test to come
Tuesday, 4 July 2006, 5:08 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace says there are many positive aspects, including the important role of renewable energy in the Government’s recently announced climate and energy policy programmes. However, there are also some areas of concern which could distract attention ... More >>
Greenpeace rounds up 'wall of death' fishing nets
Sunday, 25 June 2006, 3:18 pm | Greenpeace
Italy, June 23, 2006-- Greenpeace activists aboard the Rainbow Warrior early this morning confronted Italian fishing pirates in the Mediterranean sea, some 65 kilometres south of the Italian island of Ponza, confiscating a section of the 8 kilometre long ... More >>
Taxpayers and consumers to pay for pollution
Sunday, 25 June 2006, 2:33 pm | Greenpeace
Amsterdam/Hamburg, 23 June 2006 - Today Greenpeace criticized the Governments of Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom for their failure to mandate serious cuts in CO2 emissions from their industrial and energy sectors.[JdB1] A new report, ... More >>
Whalers Win Vote Towards Commercial Whaling
Monday, 19 June 2006, 12:56 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
St Kitts/Auckland, Monday 19 June 2006: Japan and the whaling lobby have finally gained a simple majority vote at the IWC. The IWC passed by one vote (1) a declaration (2) that the "IWC has failed to meet its obligations…" its commitments to "normalizing ... More >>
Whalers fail to harpoon conservation at IWC
Sunday, 18 June 2006, 2:04 pm | Greenpeace
StKitts and Nevis:16 June 2006: Greenpeace today breathed a sigh of relief as pro-whaling nations led by Japan failed to gain a majority during the opening day of the International Whaling Commission’s (IWC) annual meeting, in St Kitts. The international environmental ... More >>
Greenpeace Ship Banned from St Kitts
Wednesday, 14 June 2006, 12:06 am | Greenpeace
St Kitts, Caribbean/Auckland, Wednesday 14 July 2006: The Greenpeace ship the Arctic Sunrise has been refused entry to St Kitts, where it was due to arrive two days ago, ahead of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting that will begin on Friday. ... More >>
Radioactive Waste Leak in Champagne Water Supply
Thursday, 8 June 2006, 2:45 pm | Greenpeace
Radioactive Waste Leaking into Champagne Water Supply PARIS - May 30 - Greenpeace today revealed that France's iconic sparkling wine, Champagne, is threatened by radioactive contamination leaking from a nuclear waste dumpsite in the region. Low levels of ... More >>
10 football pitches of ocean floor devastated each 4 secs
Thursday, 8 June 2006, 2:44 pm | Greenpeace
Amsterdam 7th June 2006 - As the kick-off to the football world cup approaches, Greenpeace has revealed the shocking fact that every four seconds, marine life in an area of ocean floor the size of ten football fields is wiped out by high seas bottom trawlers. ... More >>
De Villepin visit to reactor project protested
Tuesday, 6 June 2006, 10:05 am | Greenpeace
Helsinki, Monday June 5th 2006 - Greenpeace activists this morning protested during the visit of the French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin to Finland. Activists raised an inflatable nuclear reactor in front of the parliament with the banner: ... More >>
Pacific nations have opportunity to end whaling
Tuesday, 30 May 2006, 3:29 pm | Greenpeace
Sydney, Tuesday 30 May, 2006: Greenpeace today urged Pacific Island nations to vote for whale conservation at the upcoming International Whaling Commission (IWC), as Environment Minister Ian Campbell today travels to the Pacific in a bid to secure ... More >>
Kyoto Countries take vital step
Sunday, 28 May 2006, 1:32 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Bonn, Germany May 25, 2006 - The Parties to the Kyoto Protocol have taken the first step towards agreeing new and deeper cuts in Co2 emissions for the period after Kyoto's first commitment period ends in 2012. At a meeting late last night in Bonn, delegates ... More >>
Radioactivity in ground water over 7x limits
Wednesday, 24 May 2006, 10:09 am | Greenpeace
Radioactive waste from a storage facility in Normandy, France is leaking into groundwater and is being used by local farmers for their dairy cattle, according to a report published today by French laboratory ACRO (1). Water contamination from the CSM waste ... More >>
US commodities giant slammed for Amazon crimes
Tuesday, 23 May 2006, 8:53 am | Greenpeace
London/Paris 22 May 2006 - To mark the UN's International Day for Biological Diversity today, Greenpeace activists continued their global actions against the world's largest privately-owned company, US commodities giant, Cargill, for destroying the Amazon ... More >>
Greenpeace shuts down soya export terminal
Saturday, 20 May 2006, 2:59 pm | Greenpeace
Sao Paulo/London 19 May 2006 - A team of climbers from the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise shut down Cargill's illegal soya export facility in the heart of the Amazon rainforest today. The soya, which is exported to Europe as animal feed, is grown ... More >>
Polish GE seed ban big step towards sustainability
Friday, 19 May 2006, 9:11 am | Greenpeace
Poland 18th May 2006 - Greenpeace welcomed the ban on the sale of genetically engineered (GE) seeds, which was approved yesterday by the President of Poland Lech Kaczynski. The signing by the President was the final step for the GE ban to come into force, ... More >>
KFC exposed for trashing the Amazon rainforest
Friday, 19 May 2006, 9:10 am | Greenpeace
Sao Paulo/Rio, Brazil 17th May 2006 - Greenpeace volunteers unfurled a 300 square metre banner in a massive area of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest this morning with the words 'KFC - Amazon Criminal' - in advance of Kentucky Fried Chicken's (KFC) ... More >>
Oz Nuclear expansion means Australian waste dumps
Wednesday, 17 May 2006, 9:54 am | Greenpeace
Sydney, Tuesday 16 May, 2006: The Pacific will become a nuclear highway and Australia the world's nuclear waste dump if John Howard's nuclear fuel leasing plan is taken seriously in North America this week, Greenpeace said today. More >>
Greenpeace warns of Australian PM's nuclear plans
Tuesday, 16 May 2006, 12:41 am | Greenpeace
Sydney, Tuesday 16 May, 2006: The Pacific will become a nuclear highway and Australia the world's nuclear waste dump if John Howard's nuclear fuel leasing plan is taken seriously in North America this week, Greenpeace said today. More >>
Canberra not trusted on uranium trade with India
Thursday, 11 May 2006, 1:10 pm | Greenpeace
Sydney, Thursday May 11, 2006: Australian overtures to pave the way for uranium sales to India, reported in The Australian newspaper today, have raised alarm bells with Australian environmentalists. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19097027-601,00.html More >>
$1Bn Clean Energy Fund Not enough Says Greenpeace
Monday, 8 May 2006, 11:13 am | Greenpeace
Hyderabad, 06 May 2006: As a direct result of intense campaigning by Greenpeace and the Solar Generation during the 39th Annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank, the ADB today announced a "pipeline of clean energy projects worth $1 billion by ... More >>
