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Greenpeace ships depart Southern Ocean
Monday, 23 January 2006, 10:10 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, Friday 20 January 2006: The two Greenpeace ships that have been shadowing the whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean are preparing to leave as the organisation switches the focus of the campaign to the corporates behind the commercial whaling ... More >>
Sealord - say 'no' to whaling
Friday, 20 January 2006, 11:56 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, January 20, 2006: Greenpeace is today launching an international campaign asking Sealord to persuade 50% shareholder company Nissui to get out of commercial whaling. Greenpeace New Zealand whales campaigner Pia Mancia said that many New Zealanders ... More >>
Harpoon knocks Greenpeace activist overboard
Wednesday, 18 January 2006, 4:31 pm | Greenpeace
Sydney Sunday, 15 January, 2006 : In a dramatic incident in the Southern Ocean last night a Greenpeace activist was dragged into the sea by a harpoon rope. More >>
A victory for the whales
Wednesday, 18 January 2006, 4:29 pm | Greenpeace
Argentina — Our Argentine Ocean Defenders have hit Nissui in their pockets. Nissui own about one third of Kyodo Senpaku -- the people who run the Japanese whaling fleet. Our cyberactivists have convinced a major Nissui client in Argentina not to buy from ... More >>
Families invited to help save the whales
Tuesday, 17 January 2006, 8:32 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, January 16, 2006: Greenpeace New Zealand will mark an international day of action on whaling tomorrow (Tues) with a family beach dig in Auckland. More >>
French Asbestos carrier blocked
Friday, 13 January 2006, 4:49 pm | Greenpeace
Mediterranean — France thinks it can get away with dumping a warship containing hundreds of tonnes of toxic materials like asbestos, PCBs, lead and mercury in India. We say that's illegal toxic dumping -- so we have boarded the warship to prevent it getting ... More >>
'Coal Pact' agree: let greenhouse pollution double
Friday, 13 January 2006, 4:40 pm | Greenpeace
Sydney Thursday, 12 January, 2006 : Greenpeace today condemned the just-concluded Asia-Pacific 'Coal Pact' as a coal trade show that, far from tackling climate change, will allow greenhouse pollution to spiral out of control. More >>
Japanese Whaling ship caused collision
Friday, 13 January 2006, 4:39 pm | Greenpeace
Southern Ocean Thursday, 12 January, 2006 : In response to the posting of video footage of the Nisshin Maru/Arctic Sunrise ramming incident on the internet, Greenpeace reiterates that the larger ship was at fault. More >>
Greenpeace to 'Coal Pact': Prove how you'll reduce
Thursday, 12 January 2006, 3:17 pm | Greenpeace
Sydney Wednesday, 11 January, 2006 : US and Australian delegates attending today’s Asia-Pacific climate conference in Sydney are trying to ‘hoodwink’ the public by claiming that voluntary agreements to make coal cleaner would be all we need to tackle ... More >>
Tackle climate change and save the whales
Thursday, 12 January 2006, 3:15 pm | Greenpeace
Southern Ocean Wednesday, 11 January, 2006 : As 'Coal Pact' meetings begin in Sydney, Greenpeace whaling protesters in the Southern Ocean called on Australia and Japan to take concerted action to tackle climate change to help preserve the environment ... More >>
Howard lacks courage to tackle climate change
Thursday, 12 January 2006, 3:13 pm | Greenpeace
Sydney Thursday, 12 January, 2006 : In response to Prime Minister Howard's statement this morning, Greenpeace climate and energy campaign leader, Catherine Fitzpatrick said: More >>
GP Ocean Defenders: And then there were two...
Friday, 23 December 2005, 9:31 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Blog post from Lally On board the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise in the Southern Ocean More >>
New Zealanders in whales confrontation
Thursday, 22 December 2005, 9:27 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, December 21, 2005: Greenpeace is tonight confronting the Japanese whaling fleet after finding it in the middle of slaughtering whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, south of New Zealand. More >>
Govt throws drowning polar bears a lump of coal
Wednesday, 21 December 2005, 4:25 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
**Auckland**, 20 December, 2005:* In the wake of the costliest disaster year on record (1), and scientific projections of more rapid temperature rises and more severe impacts from climate change the Government is going backwards on climate change action, says ... More >>
Explosion at Leningrad–due to bad management
Monday, 19 December 2005, 9:23 am | Greenpeace
St.Petersburg. 16 December 2005—Greenpeace today stated that bad management and the use of obsolete equipment are to be blamed for the explosion in the smelting furnace of Ekomet-C Nuclear Power Plant last night. Three persons were seriously injured ... More >>
Greenpeace ends protest against toxic Clemenceau
Wednesday, 14 December 2005, 11:12 am | Greenpeace
Toulon, France. 13 December 2005—Greenpeace today ended its protest against the French Navy air carrier Clemenceau when the remaining activist came down from the ship’s mast over 25 hours after the demonstration to end dirty ship breaking in Asia ... More >>
Greenpeace calls on France to scrap Clemenceau
Tuesday, 13 December 2005, 9:39 am | Greenpeace
Toulon, France. 12 December 2005 – Four Greenpeace climbers today successfully climbed to top of the loading crane at the Port of Toulon, where the Clemenceau, a French Navy air carrier is berthed and preparing to depart to India where it will be finally ... More >>
Kyoto Protocol moves ahead
Monday, 12 December 2005, 3:56 pm | Greenpeace
Montreal, Canada 9 December 2005 - Greenpeace today congratulated the 157 countries, who have ratified the Kyoto Protocol, as they moved the landmark climate change treaty towards deeper emissions reductions after 2012. More >>
Kyoto Protocol moves ahead as Bush's tactics fail
Sunday, 11 December 2005, 11:12 am | Greenpeace
Montreal, Canada 9 December 2005 - Greenpeace today congratulated the 157 countries, who have ratified the Kyoto Protocol, as they moved the landmark climate change treaty towards deeper emissions reductions after 2012. More >>
Rainbow Warrior mooring lines severed
Friday, 9 December 2005, 9:26 am | Greenpeace
Map Ta Phut, Thailand, 8 December, 2005- Three Greenpeace crew members from the organisation's flagship the Rainbow Warrior today were dropped into the Map Ta Phut port waters after BLCP coal plant staff cut the ship's mooring lines while police refused to ... More >>
