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We March! GE Free rally confirmed
Tuesday, 8 October 2002, 4:52 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace and the Auckland GE Free Coalition have confirmed a GE Free rally and march for November 16 in Auckland. More >>
Giant Auckland banner: Keep the Cup Nuclear Free
Tuesday, 8 October 2002, 3:07 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace today hung a banner from the cliffs of Torbay, Auckland with the message ‘Keep the Cup Nuclear Free’ to show opposition to the French nuclear industry’s involvement in the Cup. More >>
Greenpeace activists continue Areva protest
Monday, 7 October 2002, 10:03 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
For the second day on Friday Oct 4, Greenpeace handed information about Areva, anti-nuclear pennants and nuke-free NZ biscuits to the spectator boats watching the Louis Vuitton Cup. More >>
GE ‘Polluter Pays’ Principal Paramount
Monday, 7 October 2002, 9:56 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland Friday 4 October: “The suggestion by Pacific Seeds regional boss Howard Morris that New Zealand taxpayers should pay for the cost of someone else’s GE pollution is ridiculous,” said Steve Abel, Greenpeace GE campaigner. More >>
Welcome for Fonterra’s organic dairy
Thursday, 3 October 2002, 12:41 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland 3 October 2002: Fonterra’s pursuit of organic dairy is good news for the environment, human and livestock health and New Zealand’s agricultural economy, Greenpeace said today. More >>
Greenpeace open letter to Areva
Wednesday, 2 October 2002, 4:20 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
My name is Bunny McDiarmid and I work for Greenpeace on the nuclear campaign. Our organisation is opposed to the activities of the company you represent because of the negative impact they have on human health and the environment and the serious ... More >>
Greenpeace targets French nuclear team in Auckland
Tuesday, 1 October 2002, 9:17 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland: Greenpeace activists in kayaks protested nuclear company Areva’s involvement in the America’s Cup as DefiAreva left the Viaduct Basin today. More >>
River blockade to protest Amazon destruction
Friday, 20 September 2002, 9:11 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace today joined close to 600 traditional Amazon rainforest communities in blocking the Jaraucu River to protest against forest destruction and demand the creation of an Extractive Reserve (1). Protesters unfurled a 17-meter banner, which read: ... More >>
Greenpeace alerts NZ farmers to GE disaster in US
Wednesday, 18 September 2002, 11:02 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
A damning new report from the UK Soil Association demonstrates that GE food crops have been a practical and economic disaster, estimated to have cost the US economy at least NZ$ 25 billion between 1999 and 2001 in farm subsidies, lower crop prices, ... More >>
Flotilla peacefully protests plutonium ship
Wednesday, 18 September 2002, 7:52 am | Greenpeace
Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, Tuesday 17th September 2002, For the second time in as many days, yachts from the Nuclear Free Irish Sea Flotilla have protested the transport of nuclear materials through the Irish Sea. This morning at 8.30 a.m. six of the ... More >>
Brazilian companies steps to secure non- GE status
Monday, 16 September 2002, 9:50 am | Greenpeace
Brazilian food companies take steps to secure strict non- GE status Major meat exporter Perdigão bans GE from all products More >>
Communities Oppose Polluting Incinerator
Monday, 16 September 2002, 9:34 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Communities in South Auckland, together with Greenpeace advise that a public meeting is being held to discuss the unlawful operation of the Auckland airport incinerator. The incinerator is polluting people and the environment with dioxins and other chemicals. More >>
Plutonium ships spotted off the coast of Madeira
Wednesday, 11 September 2002, 2:51 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Dublin/New Zealand September 11, 2002 - Greenpeace and the Nuclear Free Irish Sea Flotilla warned that the arrival of the two nuclear freighters in the Irish Sea is imminent as the ships have been spotted west of the Portuguese island of Madeira. ... More >>
Uncertain Energy Future Does Nothing For Climate
Monday, 9 September 2002, 9:09 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
5 September 2002: Greenpeace shares Business New Zealand’s concerns about the country’s future energy uncertainty. More >>
Greenpeace Questions Guilty For Rio+10 Failure
Friday, 6 September 2002, 11:01 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Activists want to know why governments failed at Johannesburg to ensure a sustainable future to the planet, through clean, renewable energy More >>
Summit draws to a close, climate change continues
Thursday, 5 September 2002, 10:54 am | Greenpeace
Vienna/Johannesburg, 9 September 2002¯Greenpeace activists this morning unfurled a banner with the motto "Climate change powered by Esso, Shell, BP" on Pasterze Glacier in the Hohe Tauern mountain range (Carinthia, Austria). This action ... More >>
Greenpeace Act After Earth Summit Failure
Thursday, 5 September 2002, 10:49 am | Greenpeace
Durban,4 September 2002: On the final day of the Earth Summit, Greenpeace activists did what governments have failed to do at the Johannesburg meeting and took action to demand "Clean Energy Now" at a notorious oil refinery in Durban. More >>
Safety scandal guts Japanese nuclear industry
Friday, 30 August 2002, 4:46 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Tokyo/Auckland, August 30, 2002: Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has joined British Nuclear Fuels Ltd (BNFL) as nuclear companies which cannot be trusted, due to their lies and safety cover-ups. More >>
Corporate Criminal Exposed By NZer At Earth Summit
Friday, 30 August 2002, 9:36 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Johannesburg, 30 August, 2002: Greenpeace activists including New Zealander Chris Hay, today spotlighted one of the world’s most notorious corporate criminals – Dow Chemical – by signposting and fencing off an open toxic waste discharge pipe at a ... More >>
Kia ora Team France Adieu Areva
Friday, 30 August 2002, 9:35 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland 28 August: Greenpeace today welcomed the America's Cup French Team to New Zealand but added that the major team sponsor, nuclear company Areva was not welcome. More >>
