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One step forward, two steps back at Pacific Forum
Thursday, 27 October 2005, 5:01 pm | Greenpeace
"The decision to develop a regional agreement on bottom trawling is a step forward to address this destructive practice. This lays the groundwork for Pacific countries to be leaders in supporting the international call for a ban on high seas bottom ... More >>
Pacific leaders called on to protect deep sea life
Wednesday, 26 October 2005, 8:38 pm | Greenpeace
Port Moresby, Wednesday, October 26, 2005 Greenpeace today urged leaders attending the Pacific Island Forum to send a strong message of concern and support for urgent interim measures being discussed at the UN level on high seas bottom trawling. More >>
True Security for the Pacific
Tuesday, 25 October 2005, 5:28 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace today challenged leaders attending the Pacific Islands Forum to address the real threats to people in the Pacific and to set them on the path to true energy security. More >>
China could become the world leader in wind power
Tuesday, 18 October 2005, 12:37 am | Greenpeace
Hong Kong, 17 October 2005 - China is in a position to become the world leader in wind power, according to a Greenpeace report released today. Wind Guandong, a study of wind power potential in the heavily industrialized Guandong province in southern ... More >>
Greenpeace appeals Marsden B decision
Monday, 17 October 2005, 8:30 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, Monday 17 October 2005: Greenpeace today lodged an appeal to the Environment Court over the decision by Commissioners acting for Northland councils to allow the coal station to go ahead. More >>
UN World Food Day - Asians Call for Ban on GE Rice
Friday, 14 October 2005, 4:35 pm | Greenpeace
Bangkok, 14 October 2005 -- A coalition of 17 organisations from across Asia today issued a World Food Day statement calling for a global ban on the introduction of genetically engineered (GE) rice. More >>
Greenpeace boards ship importing rainforest timber
Wednesday, 12 October 2005, 9:27 am | Greenpeace
Livorno/Rome, 11 October 2005 -- Today 30 Greenpeace activists boarded a ship carrying rainforest timber at the Italian port of Livorno. Eight activists, dressed as gorillas, climbed two of the ship’s cranes to prevent its cargo from being unloaded. More >>
Greenpeace - GE Crops Out Of Control in Romania
Tuesday, 11 October 2005, 8:58 am | Greenpeace
Bucharest - Massive illegal cultivation of genetically engineered (GE) crops threatens farmers and the economy in Romania. At a Greenpeace press conference today in Bucharest, Monsanto's former general manager in Romania warned that Romanian authorities have ... More >>
Who won the Peace Prize? Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde?
Monday, 10 October 2005, 9:54 pm | Greenpeace
Oslo, Norway — The Nobel Peace Prize, founded on a fortune made from explosives, has gone to the agency whose job it is to promote nuclear power without promoting nuclear weapons, and the man who heads it. Anybody with that job probably deserves ... More >>
Australian farmer falls prey to GE contamination
Monday, 10 October 2005, 9:49 pm | Greenpeace
The first confirmed case of genetically engineered (GE) contamination in a field of commercial canola has struck a Victorian farmer. The incident opens up a legal mine-field for farmers and threatens Australian export markets. More >>
Rainbow Warrior kick-starts Asia Energy Tour
Monday, 10 October 2005, 10:15 am | Greenpeace
Hong Kong, Sunday, 9 October 2005-- Greenpeace called for an Asian clean energy revolution today at the launch of its upcoming ship tour aboard its flagship, the Rainbow Warrior. The environmental group said urgent action was needed to tackle global warming. More >>
Greenpeace Tackles Climate Change In Egypt
Wednesday, 5 October 2005, 8:38 am | Greenpeace
Cairo, Egypt - Greenpeace today reached Egypt on the final leg of its 'Peaceful Energy Tour' in the Mediterranean region. Campaigners will be visiting Cairo and Alexandria to highlight the threats and impacts of climate change in Egypt. More >>
US nuclear warplans fly around the internet
Monday, 3 October 2005, 9:29 pm | Greenpeace
Washington, DC, UNITED STATES — "Even in an unclassified world this is not the kind of thing you want flying around the Internet," says Pentagon spokesman Lawrence DiRita. He was talking about a document, yanked from a Pentagon website ... More >>
EU ready to lead the way to a clean energy future
Wednesday, 28 September 2005, 10:32 am | Greenpeace
Strasbourg / Brussels, 27 September 2005 -. The 'Greenpeace Energy Revolution Scenario'(1), launched today by Greenpeace, shows that Europe can phase out nuclear power and, at the same time, reduce its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 30 per cent by 2020 ... More >>
Greenpeace Protests Atomic Agency's NUKE Promotion
Tuesday, 27 September 2005, 9:46 am | Greenpeace
Vienna, Austria - At the opening of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Annual General Meeting today, Greenpeace denounced the role of the Atomic Agency in promoting nuclear power and thereby aiding the spread of nuclear weapons. Greenpeace ... More >>
Marsden B decision – a giant leap backwards
Monday, 26 September 2005, 4:48 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, Monday 26 September 2005: Greenpeace today condemned the decision by Commissioners acting for two Northland Councils for allowing Marsden B coal fired power station to go ahead. More >>
Carbon Capture limits in combating climate change
Monday, 26 September 2005, 10:44 am | Greenpeace
Montreal, Canada - Greenpeace today welcomed a Special Report on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) calling it a long awaited clarification of the limits of the technology as a means to combat ... More >>
Barents Sea: Greenpeace intercepts pirate vessel
Wednesday, 21 September 2005, 8:50 am | Greenpeace
Barents Sea, 20 September 2005 Greenpeace today confronted another unregulated bottom trawler, the 'Kerguelen', and prevented her from setting her nets in the international section of the Barents Sea, known as the 'Loophole'. More >>
Atlantic Fisheries Crisis A Warning For Pacific
Tuesday, 20 September 2005, 3:31 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
As major fishing nations sit down around the table in Estonia, today to further divide up the dwindling fish stocks of the once rich waters of the Northwest Atlantic, Greenpeace warned that the same could happen to Pacific fisheries. More >>
Greenpeace exposes pirate fishing on the Arctic
Tuesday, 20 September 2005, 9:24 am | Greenpeace
Barents Sea, 19 September 2005--Greenpeace today stopped the Togo-flagged, factory trawler 'Murtosa', from illegally fishing for cod in the international section of the Barents Sea known as the "Loophole". Campaigners on board the Greenpeace ... More >>
