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Greenpeace USA: Picasso On The Beach
Tuesday, 20 January 2004, 10:34 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Monday 19th January, 2004: Over a thousand people gathered this weekend on South Beach, Miami to create a massive 'human art' image in creative protest against the unprecedented prosecution of Greenpeace by the Bush Administration. More >>
Increased Scepticism Over The Economics Of Whaling
Thursday, 15 January 2004, 10:25 am | Greenpeace
Reykjavik, January 14th 2004 -The market for whale meat is small and decreasing in whaling nations Iceland, Norway and Japan due to changed eating habits and fear of environmental toxins. A future export of Icelandic whale meat must be considered ... More >>
GE onions: Risky waste of taxpayers money
Monday, 22 December 2003, 8:53 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 20 December, 2003: Greenpeace today criticised the decision of ERMA to approve Crop and Food’s GE onions. “This is an experiment that ERMA themselves concede has little environmental or economic benefit and is a waste of research funding (1) ... More >>
Rules in place, Russia must join Kyoto now
Monday, 15 December 2003, 10:27 am | Greenpeace
Milan At the close of the climate negotiations in Milan, Greenpeace called upon Russia to do the right thing, and join the 120 other nations that have ratified the Kyoto Protocol. Russia's ratification is required for the Kyoto Protocol to enter into ... More >>
Arnotts Australasia Goes GE Freeagain!
Friday, 12 December 2003, 11:29 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 13 December, 2003: Just two weeks after the GE free commitment of food giant Goodman Fielder in New Zealand, Aussie biscuit giant Arnott's has made a strong ongoing commitment to sourcing non-GE crop derived ingredients and animal products ... More >>
New Symbol To Express Concern About Climate Change
Tuesday, 9 December 2003, 1:50 pm | Greenpeace
The International Climate Symbol is being launched during the Climate Change Conference (CoP 9) with a fashion show today by WWF, UNEP, Greenpeace and with support from the Dutch Ministry of the Environment. More >>
Disappearing Ice Sends A Warning For Climate
Monday, 8 December 2003, 10:52 am | Greenpeace
Milan, December 5, 2003: Ice in the polar regions, Greenland and in glaciers around the world is melting at an alarming rate as global temperatures increase, and could have radical implications for the future global climate, according to an upcoming ... More >>
Russia Clarifies Position On Kyoto Protocol
Thursday, 4 December 2003, 9:25 am | Greenpeace
Milan, Italy * The recent statement by Russia's deputy economy minister, Mukhamed Tsikhanov, clarifies that Russia is still moving towards ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, according to Greenpeace and WWF, participating in the Climate Change Conference ... More >>
Climate Change Wake Up Call Needed for West Coast
Wednesday, 3 December 2003, 3:18 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, Wednesday 3 December 2003: A report by NIWA released yesterday warned that 90% of Westport could be inundated in up to one metre of water during a one in a hundred year flood. Greenpeace warns this could be the tip of the iceberg for the ... More >>
Russian Politicking Over Kyoto Hot Air
Wednesday, 3 December 2003, 11:31 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Milan, Italy - The statement of a Russian economic advisor against the Kyoto Protocol was nothing more than pre-election bluster, ahead of Moscow's Duma election this Sunday, according to WWF and Greenpeace, participating in the Climate Change Conference ... More >>
Russian Election Politicking Over Kyoto Protocol
Wednesday, 3 December 2003, 8:43 am | Greenpeace
The statement of a Russian economic advisor against the Kyoto Protocol was nothing more than pre-election bluster, ahead of Moscow's Duma election this Sunday, according to WWF and Greenpeace, participating in the Climate Change Conference in Milan. More >>
Kyoto Protocol Alive And Kicking
Tuesday, 2 December 2003, 1:00 pm | Greenpeace
Milan, Italy: As nations from around the world gather in Milan for the next round of the Kyoto Protocol talks, environmental groups confirmed that the multilateral effort to combat climate change was alive and kicking, despite the efforts of the ... More >>
Images: GE Free Food Guide launch
Tuesday, 25 November 2003, 3:05 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Caption: Shop GE Free for Christmas - Greenpeace Christmas elves hand out the fourth edition of the GE Free Food Guide in Queen Street, Auckland. - Copyright: Greenpeace/Fotopress More >>
Another food heavyweight goes GE free
Tuesday, 25 November 2003, 10:45 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland - Another of New Zealand’s biggest food companies; Goodman Fielder (1), has joined Australasian food heavyweights Heinz Watties and Unilever in the green (non-GE) section of the Greenpeace GE Free Food Guide. Volunteers dressed as Christmas ... More >>
Incineration Ban - First Step in Right Direction
Monday, 17 November 2003, 5:41 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, Monday 17 November, 2003: Greenpeace International senior scientist Pat Costner supports the Ministry for the Environment’s (MFE) proposed ban on high temperature hazardous waste incineration but believes it doesn’t go far enough. More >>
Biggest NZ retailer says no to GE
Thursday, 6 November 2003, 2:35 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 5 November 2003: Greenpeace today commended Foodstuffs (Pams) on the announcement of their new non-GE policy. “This non-GE commitment by the owners of the Pams and Budget brands is great news for New Zealand consumers,” said Greenpeace GE Campaigner ... More >>
GE onions: stupidity and shoddiness pointless risk
Tuesday, 4 November 2003, 9:48 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Christchurch, Tuesday 4 November, 2003: “These GE onions are a stupid idea (1), shoddily proposed (2) for an experiment that won’t even answer any important questions, it is both pointless and risky and ERMA will do themselves the final dishonour if they ... More >>
Greenpeace Appalled at Giant Coal Mine Approval
Monday, 3 November 2003, 3:52 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace says the thumbs up given by the Waikato Regional Council for a giant new coal mine near Huntly, Awaroa 4, is appalling and that the RMA process which lead to its approval, was abused. More >>
People’s GE Moratorium Launch Begins New Phase
Wednesday, 29 October 2003, 9:38 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Wellington, Wednesday, 29 Oct 2003: Key groups campaigning against GE release in New Zealand will today deliver a strong message that “the battle is not over” as they launch the next phase of the GE Free campaign: The People’s Moratorium. More >>
Government ''We Are Ready For GE'' Made Farce
Tuesday, 28 October 2003, 7:01 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, Sunday 26 October, 2003: “The latest GE bread to Japan contamination incident makes a total farce of government claims that New Zealand is ready for lifting the GE moratorium,” said Greenpeace GE spokesperson Steve Abel today. More >>
