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Europe: landmark law on toxic chemicals voted in
Tuesday, 22 November 2005, 7:22 pm | Greenpeace
Strasbourg, France — European politicians have voted on a landmark law to better regulate toxic chemicals. There was good news that the law will force the replacement of toxic chemicals with safer alternatives but pressure from polluting industry ensured ... More >>
Greenpeace activists attacked in Philippines
Friday, 11 November 2005, 2:10 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Zambales, Philippines, 10 November 2005 – A German Greenpeace activist participating in a peaceful protest against the Masinloc coal power plant outside Manila was horrendously beaten by local plant personnel and three other Greenpeace activists from New Zealand ... More >>
Arrests for peaceful protest in Phillippines
Friday, 11 November 2005, 11:10 am | Greenpeace
Twelve Greenpeace activists and volunteers from New Zealand, Australia, China and the Philippines were arrested and charged today for trespassing on the Masinloc coal power plant in Zambales, Philippines. The 12 were released without any bail posted. More >>
Japanese Whalers leave for Southern Ocean
Wednesday, 9 November 2005, 9:14 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace New Zealand is calling on the Fisheries Agency of Japan and the companies behind it to recall the whaling fleet that has just left the port of Shimonoseki in Japan to hunt whales in the Southern Ocean whale sanctuary. More >>
Whaling fleet leaves for the Southern Ocean
Tuesday, 8 November 2005, 2:58 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace New Zealand is calling on the Fisheries Agency of Japan to recall the whaling fleet that has just left the port of Shimonoseki in Japan heading for the Southern Ocean whale sanctuary. More >>
Greenpeace Mourns Passing of Rod Donald
Monday, 7 November 2005, 8:19 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace today mourned the loss of one of New Zealand?s great activists with the death of Green Party co-leader, Rod Donald. More >>
Nationwide bottom trawling roadshow ends in Wgtn
Tuesday, 1 November 2005, 11:30 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Wellington’s the final town to hear first hand of the devastating impacts of bottom trawling for orange roughy and other deep sea species from Greenpeace. More >>
Greenpeace launches Clean Energy Guide
Tuesday, 1 November 2005, 8:48 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Whangarei Tuesday 1st November -- Greenpeace today launched New Zealand's first 'Clean Energy Guide' that ranks electricity companies according to their current and future impact on the climate, on a simple thermometer-shaped fridge magnet. More >>
No new logging in green heart of Africa
Monday, 31 October 2005, 10:35 am | Greenpeace
DRC/Paris 28 October 2005 -- Greenpeace welcomed a decree (1) by President Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to reform the Congolese logging sector this week. More >>
Greenpeace releases annual figures for 2004
Monday, 31 October 2005, 10:30 am | Greenpeace
Amsterdam 28 October 2005—Greenpeace today published its combined annual summary of income and supporter accounts for 2004, which show a slight decrease in supporter figures and a stable income for the international environmental organisation. More >>
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 >>
