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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 >>
Greenpeace welcomes Waiuku wind farm win
Friday, 9 September 2005, 1:56 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace today applauded the Environment Court's decision to allow the Awhitu wind farm, at Waiuku near Auckland to go ahead. More >>
IAEA deliberately downplays Chernobyl death toll
Friday, 9 September 2005, 10:19 am | Greenpeace
Geneva, Switzerland, 7 September 2005 - Greenpeace, today, accused the International Atomic Energy Agency of deliberately trying to down play the death toll of the Chernobyl accident as part of the nuclear industry's continued attempt to portray itself as ... More >>
Greenpeace shuts down Europe's largest coal port
Friday, 9 September 2005, 10:18 am | Greenpeace
Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 8 September 2005 - The Greenpeace ship "Argus" today protested at Europe's largest coal import harbour in Rotterdam blocking cranes from unloading imported coal from South Africa, Indonesia, US and Australia. The ... More >>
Connell, National at loggerheads over forestery
Wednesday, 7 September 2005, 2:41 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The National Party's spokesperson on Forestry, Brian Connell, has misled the New Zealand public on his forestry policy, Greenpeace said today. More >>
Biofuels target step in right direction
Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 3:59 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
*Auckland, Tuesday 30 August:* Greenpeace today welcomed the Government’s announcement on a mandatory sales target for biofuels as a small step in the right direction. More >>
Argentinean ancient forests trashed for GE Soya
Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 9:55 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace 'Jaguars' using motorbikes and helicopters place themselves between bulldozers and forest Pozo del Tumé, Salta, Argentina. 29 August 2005 - Greenpeace today stopped two bulldozers from clearing the forest to expand the GE Soya frontier further into ... More >>
Greenpeace occupies Turkish coal power plant
Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 9:54 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Canakkale, Turkey. 29 August 2005 - Greenpeace activists today scaled the cooling tower at state-owned 'Can' coal-fired power station (1) in protest at the Turkish Government's continuing obsession with fossil fuel energy sources despite their proven ... More >>
Labour's Fisheries Policy Gets Mostly Thumbs Up
Monday, 29 August 2005, 2:19 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, Monday 29 August 2005: Today Greenpeace congratulated the Minister of Fisheries for taking the issue of bottom trawling and New Zealand's role in governance of international waters seriously, following the release of Labour's Fisheries Policy. More >>
Voting for your future
Monday, 29 August 2005, 1:58 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Vote for the Environment: ECO, Forest & Bird, Greenpeace launch vote for the environment ratecard for elections More >>
Greenpeace Alarmed At DOC Withdrawal
Thursday, 11 August 2005, 4:21 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland 10 August, 2005 – Greenpeace today said it was alarmed to learn that the Department of Conservation has pulled back from its opposition to Marsden B after meetings were quietly held with Mighty River Power. More >>
