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Rainbow Warrior Back From Bottom Trawling Protests
Tuesday, 14 June 2005, 9:34 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Nelson, Thursday 16 June 2005: The Rainbow Warrior will sail into Nelson Friday for a weekend of public open days and discussion, after nearly three weeks at sea highlighting the destruction of the deep sea by bottom trawling in international waters. More >>
'Claptrap' Substantiated With Concrete Evidence
Monday, 13 June 2005, 9:11 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Sunday, 12 June 2005: Last week Amaltal director Andrew Talley called Greenpeace assertions "unsubstantiated claptrap". Today, photos and footage taken by the Rainbow Warrior crew prove him and others supporting bottom trawling wrong. More >>
Deep Sea Conservation Coalition
Friday, 10 June 2005, 2:26 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Media Release:: Today the New Zealand arm of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (1) released a report and photographs that debunk the fishing industry's claims that the high seas bottom trawling industry is sustainable. More >>
Amaltal Miss the Boat with Dodgy Legal Tactics
Friday, 10 June 2005, 10:18 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Thursday, 9 June 2005: After two successful days disrupting destructive bottom trawling, the Rainbow Warrior has headed off to find bottom trawlers from other nations, including Australia. The Rainbow Warrior had already steamed away from the Ocean Reward on ... More >>
Greenpeace Again Halts Bottom Trawling
Wednesday, 8 June 2005, 2:40 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Tasman Sea, Wednesday 8 June 2005: For the second day in a row, Greenpeace has disrupted a New Zealand bottom trawler in international waters. Bottom trawling the sea floor is the biggest threat to life in the deep sea, and every trawl does incredible damage. More >>
Greenpeace Illustrates Bottom Trawling With Image
Wednesday, 8 June 2005, 10:06 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Monday 6 June 2005, Auckland: As the UN meeting to discuss ocean issues begins in New York, Greenpeace releases this image today to illustrate the destruction by bottom trawling. (It was obtained under the Official Information Act in New Zealand.) More >>
Warrior Takes Action Against Bottom Trawling
Tuesday, 7 June 2005, 4:58 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Tasman Sea, Tuesday, June 7: On the first day of United Nations' discussions on how to manage the Earth's oceans, Greenpeace has taken action against a vessel using the most destructive fishing method in the world, bottom trawling. More >>
Police Operative In The Amazon Exposes Corruption
Monday, 6 June 2005, 2:58 pm | Greenpeace
Manaus, Amazon, Brazil. 2nd June, 2005 - The Brazilian Federal Police carried out today a full-size operation in Mato Grosso which resulted in the dismantling of a gang responsible for defrauding logging authorisations in the State for 14 years. ... More >>
Greenpeace welcomes plan for biggest wind farm
Thursday, 2 June 2005, 5:32 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland: Thursday 2 June 2005 -- Greenpeace today applauded Meridian Energy's plans for New Zealand's biggest wind farm, proposed near Wellington and called on Mighty River Power to follow suit, dump their plans for Marsden B coal-fired power station ... More >>
Nuclear ambitions trump disarmament at UN meeting
Tuesday, 31 May 2005, 10:23 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace today condemned the lack of collective political will on the part of nearly 150 countries who failed to reach agreement on reducing the global arsenal of nuclear arms at the conclusion of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference ... More >>
Rainbow Warrior to campaign on deep sea life
Thursday, 26 May 2005, 11:41 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, Thursday 26 May 2005 In the lead up to the 20th anniversary of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior, Greenpeace's flagship vessel leaves today for international waters around New Zealand to highlight the destructive impacts of bottom trawling More >>
Greenpeace pulls plug on dirty electronics co.s
Tuesday, 24 May 2005, 9:12 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Geneva, 23 May 2005 - Greenpeace called on dirty electronics companies to clean up their act today, starting with toxic tech giant, Hewlett-Packard. At 08.00 this morning, 15 Greenpeace activists delivered a truckload of electronic waste to the company's ... More >>
MusiciansTogether For Rainbow Warrior Tributute
Monday, 23 May 2005, 1:46 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
July 10, 2005 marks the twentieth anniversary of the bombing of The Rainbow Warrior in Auckland and in recognition a remarkable recording of The Muttonbirds' 'Anchor Me' will be released on July the 4th, with proceeds to Greenpeace. More >>
NZ Musicians Together for Rainbow Warrior Tribute
Monday, 23 May 2005, 12:07 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
July 10, 2005 marks the twentieth anniversary of the bombing of The Rainbow Warrior in Auckland and in recognition a remarkable recording of The Muttonbirds' 'Anchor Me' will be released on July the 4th, with proceeds to Greenpeace. More >>
UNFCC Seminar of Governmental Experts
Thursday, 19 May 2005, 10:27 am | Greenpeace
Upon the conclusion of the informal climate talks in Bonn, Greenpeace reacted positively to both the tone and content of the discussions about future action to combat the growing threat of climate change. "Most countries seem to be willing to move ... More >>
Greenpeace welcomes report - wind energy potential
Monday, 16 May 2005, 11:43 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland: Monday, 16 May 2005: As Greenpeace made its submission to the Environment Court today in support of the Awhitu wind farm proposed at Waiuku, it also welcomed a report released today by the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority demonstrating ... More >>
*Power Co. tries Greenwash
Thursday, 5 May 2005, 5:10 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace protesters and local Ruakaka residents who would be affected by the proposed Marsden B coal-fired power station that MRP are pushing as “sustainable”, handed out leaflets which mocked MRP’s claims to sustainability to delegates. More >>
Power Co. Greenwash at Sustainability Conference
Thursday, 5 May 2005, 10:51 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, Thursday, 5 May 2005: Two "fast-spin" green-washing machines and a clothesline of green T-shirts emblazoned 'Coal', 'Mercury', 'Arsenic' and 'Climate Change' greeted the head of Mighty River Power (MRP) as he entered the Sustainability ... More >>
Power Co. tries Greenwash at Conference
Thursday, 5 May 2005, 10:24 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, Thursday, 5 May 2005: Two "fast-spin" green-washing machines and a clothesline of green T-shirts emblazoned 'Coal', 'Mercury', 'Arsenic' and 'Climate Change' greeted the head of Mighty River Power (MRP) as he entered the Sustainability ... More >>
Carbon tax doesn't reflect urgency on climate: Gr
Wednesday, 4 May 2005, 11:47 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Wellington, 4 May 2005: The carbon tax, while a welcome baby step, will not stop polluting, coal-fired power projects like Marsden B and our greenhouse gas emissions will still continue to climb, Greenpeace said today. More >>
