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Inghams food product GE contaminated
Thursday, 5 June 2003, 9:23 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, Thursday, 5 June 2003: Greenpeace today released results that show an Ingham frozen chicken product on sale in New Zealand is contaminated with genetically engineered (GE) soy ingredients (1). Earlier in the year, tests also revealed the ... More >>
Stop Gambling with our Nuclear Free Future!
Thursday, 29 May 2003, 4:12 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland 29 May 2003 - Greenpeace today sent a pack of its nuclear playing cards to the Minster of Trade Negotiations and leaders of the opposition parties to remind them of the dangers posed by nuclear arsenals, and to demand that they stop playing ... More >>
The Grubby Side of Solid Energy
Thursday, 29 May 2003, 11:38 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 28 May 2003: Greenpeace criticised SOE Solid Energy for advocating so-called clean coal power stations and misleading the public about the dirty nature of it’s mining operations. More >>
Renewable Energy Future For NZ
Friday, 23 May 2003, 12:30 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
As the colder winter weather settles in, the Government has this week announced a plan to avoid future energy crises but it leaves the door wide open for more polluting fossil fuels that contribute to global warming and climate change. More >>
New Hope for Whales at IWC 55
Wednesday, 21 May 2003, 2:52 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, May 21st 2003: A new initiative to be introduced by 18 countries to this year’s June meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Berlin will greatly strengthen the ability of the IWC to protect the world’s cetaceans - whales, ... More >>
Missed opportunity in energy fiasco
Tuesday, 20 May 2003, 3:12 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace today expressed disappointment that the Government missed the opportunity to lead New Zealand to a clean, renewable energy future in its reaction to the electricity crisis and has left the door open for more dirty old coal and its fossil fuel friends. More >>
Switch on to Renewable Energy
Thursday, 15 May 2003, 10:09 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
As the energy crisis deepens, Greenpeace today released its vision for a renewable energy future for New Zealand, and a paper outlining how wind and renewable energy can supply all our electricity needs. More >>
NZ Govt backs US war on European consumers
Wednesday, 14 May 2003, 3:27 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The New Zealand Government should immediately withdraw its support for the US case to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over the de-facto genetic engineering (GE) moratorium in Europe. The case is an attack on the majority of European consumers, ... More >>
Aussie Labour Governments Stop GE Food Crops
Friday, 9 May 2003, 3:21 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
As the New Zealand Government pushes through legislation to further enable commercial release of genetically engineered (GE) crops, Australian state governments are ensuring that Australia will remain free from GE food crops for at least another year (1). More >>
Hodgson Sees Solution in the Wind
Friday, 9 May 2003, 12:38 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Friday 9 May 2003, Auckland - Today Greenpeace congratulated Pete Hodgson on his support for renewable energy projects after the announcement of Te Apiti wind farm project by Meridian Energy. More >>
Greenpeace Activist News, Vol. 3
Thursday, 8 May 2003, 10:24 am | Greenpeace
In this action packed issue, nuclear playing cards, a war update, attack of the speech bubbles, threats to African forests and beaches, a blubber victory, GE wheat in Canada, dirty oil in Australia, and ... have you cast your Webby vote for Greenpeace yet? More >>
Shuffle the pack and spot the proliferator!
Friday, 2 May 2003, 11:55 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland/Geneva 2 May 2003 - Greenpeace has created a deck of cards to help the public, governments and weapons inspectors identify the real weapons proliferators. More >>
Zoom on Doom: Easy-to-find Nuclear Weapons Map
Thursday, 1 May 2003, 3:53 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Since the US and the UK are having such a hard time finding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, we thought we'd lend a hand by providing this easy guide to the nukes we know about. More >>
Greenpeace stands by resolution of conflict
Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 5:57 pm | Greenpeace
Sydney, Wednesday April 30, 2003: Greenpeace today stood by its actions surrounding the departure of the HMAS Sydney on April 8, as eight activists from the organisation were fined in relation to the incident, in a hearing at Sydney’s Downing Centre local ... More >>
Image: Arrests At Auckland Airport Pollution Depot
Tuesday, 29 April 2003, 4:34 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Arrests At Auckland Airport Pollution Depot - Auckland, Tuesday, April 29, 2003; 3.00pm: Three Greenpeace activists have been arrested after police cut them away from blockading the entry point of the Auckland International Airport Incinerator. ... More >>
Activists Arrested: Incinerator Entrance Blocked
Tuesday, 29 April 2003, 3:40 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, Tuesday, April 29, 2003; 3.00pm: Three Greenpeace activists have been arrested after police cut them away from blockading the entry point of the Auckland International Airport Incinerator. More >>
“Legal” dioxin levels at Auckland Airport
Tuesday, 29 April 2003, 10:56 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, Tuesday 29 April 2003 – Auckland airport’s “legal” levels of dioxin will not protect the community from these poisonous chemicals known to cause cancer, birth defects and endometriosis, Greenpeace said today, as it shut down the facility. More >>
Government in Perilous Denial of GE Facts
Thursday, 17 April 2003, 5:44 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, Thursday, 17 April, 2003: Despite efforts to disguise it, two government reports on GE released today expose the degree to which the Government is blundering towards what could be an economic and agricultural disaster in allowing the contamination ... More >>
Govt. GE Strategy Mimics Monsanto’s Failing One
Thursday, 17 April 2003, 10:08 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, Thursday 17 April, 2003: On the same day the New Zealand Government releases its reports on the economic and co- existence issues relating to genetically engineered (GE) crops here, a new report on the world’s biggest GE crop producer, Monsanto, ... More >>
Monsanto Investors Face Catastrophic Risk
Thursday, 17 April 2003, 10:05 am | Greenpeace
Berlin/New York, April 16th, 2003 The agrochemical giant Monsanto has received the lowest possible environmental and strategic management rating of a triple-C from Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, a global environmental and social investment research ... More >>
