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New Website Urges Kiwis To Say Yes To Wind
Thursday, 10 February 2005, 12:25 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
A website to support and promote the use of wind power in New Zealand has been launched by Greenpeace, and endorsed and supported by national environmental groups: the Environment and Conservation Organisation of New Zealand (ECO), the Royal Forest and Bird Protection ... More >>
Whangarei locals and national environment groups
Wednesday, 9 February 2005, 11:33 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Wednesday 9 February 2005: Local residents, local Iwi, Greenpeace NZ and other national environmental groups opposed to the Marsden B coal power project have formally called on the Minister for the Environment, Ms Marian Hobbs, to "call-in" Mighty ... More >>
Ministerial call-in of Marsden B urged
Wednesday, 9 February 2005, 12:40 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Wednesday 9 February 2005: Local residents, local Iwi, Greenpeace NZ and other national environmental groups opposed to the Marsden B coal power project have formally called on the Minister for the Environment, Ms Marian Hobbs, to "call-in" Mighty River Power's ... More >>
Africa's rainforest depend on cutting corruption
Monday, 7 February 2005, 10:45 am | Greenpeace
Congo-Brazzaville, 5 February 2005 - Greenpeace doubts that the well-intentioned pledges to protect the Congo Basin's forests made by African heads of state and French President Jacques Chirac at the Brazzaville 'forest Summit' today will be followed ... More >>
Majority of EU retailers say no to GE
Friday, 4 February 2005, 1:25 pm | Greenpeace
What do the major European food retailers and producers think about genetically engineered (GE) food? In a new Greenpeace report, we asked them. Of the 60 top companies we contacted, 49 of them won't use GE in their own brands, and they've gone on record ... More >>
World Economic Forum 2005: Taking Responsibility?
Friday, 28 January 2005, 10:45 am | Greenpeace
Davos, Switzerland 27 January 2004- As the most powerful and influential exponents of the economic world gather together in a new edition of the World Economic Forum (WEF), under the slogan "Taking Responsibility for Tough Choices", Greenpeace ... More >>
GP, Jose Bové Protest Against GE Soy On High Seas
Wednesday, 26 January 2005, 12:58 am | Greenpeace
Paris/Amsterdam, 25 January 2005 - This morning the Greenpeace-ship Esperanza intercepted the bulk carrier 'Golden Lion' 140 nautical miles off the coast of Portugal. The Golden Lion is transporting 30.000 tons of genetically engineered soy from Argentina ... More >>
GE free Chicken Games at KFC Headquarters
Wednesday, 22 December 2004, 11:25 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 22 December 2004: Chicken suit clad activists are to compete in a Christmas Games event outside New Zealand’s biggest fast food chicken company Restaurant Brands (KFC) in Penrose, Auckland today (1). Events will include the organic egg and spoon ... More >>
Climate talks end in disappointment
Monday, 20 December 2004, 9:35 am | Greenpeace
Buenos Aires, 18th December 2004 - Greenpeace today expressed disappointment at the outcome of the climate talks in Buenos Aires, and anger at the USA and Saudi Arabia for their deliberate tactics of obstruction and delay. The agreement means that discussions ... More >>
Greenpeace News: Bring on the judges!
Friday, 17 December 2004, 8:38 am | Greenpeace
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 16 December 2004 - Climate liability and litigation in ten cases covering seven countries around the world is highlighted today at United Nations climate talks. These initiatives have been taken by fourteen US States, twenty-eight ... More >>
A wake up call to the crisis in our oceans
Wednesday, 8 December 2004, 8:34 am | Greenpeace
London, 7 December 2004 -- Greenpeace today welcomed the findings of the UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution’s (RCEP) investigation into the environmental effects of marine fisheries. More >>
Greenpeace Welcomes Indian Action On Bhopal
Friday, 3 December 2004, 10:41 am | Greenpeace
Bhopal, India, 2 December 2004 - The people of Bhopal need action now not another survey or PR stunt Greenpeace warned today in response to the Indian Government's announcement that it is to commission a Bhopal contamination survey as a "first ... More >>
Justice Must Be Served In Bhopal
Friday, 3 December 2004, 10:34 am | Greenpeace
Bhopal, India, 2 December 2004 - Greenpeace activists around the world are remembering the world's worst industrial disaster, twenty years after a toxic gas leak killed and maimed thousands in the Indian city of Bhopal (1). Bearing candles and photos ... More >>
Groups Protest Against Dioxin at Parliament
Friday, 3 December 2004, 10:11 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Parliament, Wellington: The groups here today represent Dioxin Investigation Action Group, SWAP – Sawmill Workers Against Poisons, Vietnam Vets. Te Waka Kai Ora and by proxy all peoples of Aotearoa/NZ. More >>
General Assembly Fails To Protect Deep Sea Life
Thursday, 18 November 2004, 8:55 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland- 17 November 2004--Deep sea life will not get the protection it needs from the United Nations, despite calls from thousands of scientists, millions of environmentalists and numerous countries attending today’s United Nations General Assembly debate, ... More >>
United Nations fails to protect deep sea life
Wednesday, 17 November 2004, 8:58 am | Greenpeace
New York, Tuesday 16th November: Deep sea life will not get the protection it needs from the United Nations today, despite calls from thousands of scientists, million of environmentalists and numerous countries attending today’s United Nations General ... More >>
KFC Customers Willing To Pay More For Non-GE Feed
Monday, 15 November 2004, 12:41 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland 15 November 2004: Greenpeace increased pressure on the kiwi icon of fast food chicken today by releasing a poll showing that the majority of KFC customers would prefer to eat Non-GE fed chicken and would be prepared to pay more for it. More >>
No New Logging In Congolese Rainforests
Friday, 12 November 2004, 10:14 am | Greenpeace
Kinshasa / Brussels, 11 November 2004-On the eve of a major international conference (1) on the future of Congo's (DRC) rainforests, Greenpeace urges the international community to help the Congolese government protect its rainforests and the millions ... More >>
Greenpeace Image: KFC = "Kiwi For Cheapskates"
Tuesday, 9 November 2004, 2:23 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace activists at Auckland's Royal Oak KFC outlet where they were inviting KFC customers to sign postcards asking KFC to commit to sourcing chickens fed on non-GE soy. For more background see… KFC "Kiwi For Cheapskates" over GE ... More >>
KFC "Kiwi For Cheapskates" over GE soy feed
Wednesday, 3 November 2004, 1:29 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, Wednesday 3 November 2004: Greenpeace today launched a new campaign demanding that the icon of fast food chicken, KFC, commit to GE free chicken feed. More >>
