Greenpeace

Greenpeace exists because this fragile earth deserves a voice.

Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning organisation that acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace.

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Greenpeace - Latest News [Page 116]

Acclaimed writers on Greenpeace tour of threatened

Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 3:10 pm | Greenpeace

Helsinki. 12 April 2005 - A group of acclaimed European writers will today join Greenpeace on a tour of northern Finland to witness first hand the destruction of ancient forests. The forests are being decimated to make pulp and paper for the international market. ... More >>

Wind could supply 10% of electricity in Europe

Tuesday, 5 April 2005, 8:29 am | Greenpeace

Amsterdam, 4 April 2005 - Launched today, the Greenpeace report "Offshore Wind - Implementing a new Power House for Europe" is a strategic blueprint that outlines how offshore wind farms will be able to supply about 10% of Europe's electricity ... More >>

Nuclear Waste Shipment in the Tasman

Friday, 1 April 2005, 1:31 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand

Auckland -- Friday 1 April 2005 -- A ship carrying high level radioactive waste is expected to be going through the Tasman as early as this weekend, Greenpeace warned today. More >>

U.S. plutonium transport arrives in Normandy

Wednesday, 16 March 2005, 11:57 am | Greenpeace

Paris, 15 March 2005 - A cargo of 140 kilograms of U.S. weapons-grade plutonium (1) has completed the first leg of its controversial journey from France to the U.S. The armed convoy left the Areva plutonium fuel factory at Marcoule, north of Avignon, ... More >>

Japan: Greenpeace Protest Against American Airbase

Monday, 14 March 2005, 9:14 am | Greenpeace

Henoko, Okinawa (Japan) – Today a flotilla of fishing boats and Greenpeace joined in a protest at sea at the proposed site of a new American military airbase. The proposed base would be built on top of a coral reef, destroying important marine ... More >>

Greenpeace activist threatened with death

Wednesday, 9 March 2005, 8:21 am | Greenpeace

Vienna, 8 March 2005 - Greenpeace activist and leading nuclear opponent in Bulgaria, Albena Simeonova, has received threats on her life due to her public opposition to the construction of a nuclear power plant in Belene, north of the country. The environmental ... More >>

Mighty River should listen to Genesis - Greenpeace

Thursday, 3 March 2005, 2:26 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand

Today's announcement from Genesis Energy that it's putting on hold its plans to build two coal-fired power stations at Huntly should be taken on board by Mighty River Power with Marsden B, Greenpeace said today. More >>

Greenpeace takes to Sami reindeer forests

Thursday, 3 March 2005, 8:20 am | Greenpeace

Inari, Lapland/Amsterdam 02 March 2004: Greenpeace today announced that it would be stepping up its campaign to protect remaining ancient forests in Finland by establishing a Forest Rescue Station in the last Sámi reindeer forests of Arctic Lapland. This ... More >>

Activists To Descend From MarsdenB 9 Day Protest

Thursday, 24 February 2005, 8:55 am | Greenpeace New Zealand

Ruakaka, Thursday 24 February, 2005: This morning, on the ninth successive day of occupation, the remaining trio of originally four activists who ascended Marsden B early on the morning of Wednesday 16 - the day Kyoto came into force - will be ... More >>

New Zealand's Kyoto Integrity At Stake

Wednesday, 23 February 2005, 5:58 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand

It is extremely concerning that the Government does not consider a near-doubling of our C02 emissions from coal-fired power stations an issue of national significance. More >>

Toxic discharge pipe highlighted

Wednesday, 23 February 2005, 3:35 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand

Marsden Point, Wednesday 23 February: Today a trio of Greenpeace divers took to the sea to highlight the underwater area that Mighty River Power's plans to discharge its pollution. Meanwhile the trio of protesters who ascended the proposed Marsden ... More >>

Greenpeace activist in court over Marsden B

Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 2:14 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand

Whangarei, Tuesday 22 February, 2004: As the Greenpeace Marsden B rooftop occupation continues into day seven, Greenpeace activist Gareth Moon has appeared in the Whangarei District Court. He entered no plea and has been remanded until 10 March for charges ... More >>

500 Protest on 'Stop Marsden B-each Day Out'

Monday, 21 February 2005, 9:24 am | Greenpeace New Zealand

Marsden Point, Whangarei - 20 February 2005 - Today is the fifth day of the Greenpeace occupation of Marsden B. At midday, around 500 people marched and gathered on the beach beneath the dormant power station in protest at Mighty River Power's plans ... More >>

Greenpeace outlines toxic ash legacy of Marsden B

Friday, 18 February 2005, 10:45 am | Greenpeace New Zealand

As activists on the roof of Marsden-B began the third day of their occupation, local people, with a Greenpeace ground team, wearing 'TOXIC WASTE PATROL' patches, marked out the 50 hectare perimeter of Marsden B's proposed toxic coal ash pile with yellow ... More >>

Industry scuttles progress on safe ship disposal

Friday, 18 February 2005, 9:29 am | Greenpeace

Amsterdam, London - Greenpeace and the Basel Action Network (BAN) condemned the special joint United Nations meeting (1) on shipbreaking as an utter failure today. The meeting was hijacked by the shipping industry interests throughout, blocking any attempts ... More >>

Greenpeace Celebrates Kyoto

Thursday, 17 February 2005, 4:50 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand

Kyoto, Japan, 16 February 2005 - Greenpeace launched a series of events around the world today welcoming the dawn of a new era for climate protection. The Kyoto Protocol is now law and lays the ground for the international community to take the first ... More >>