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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 >>
Dow’s NZ Corporate Crime Revealed At Earth Summit
Wednesday, 28 August 2002, 1:47 pm | Greenpeace
Johannesburg, 28 August 2002: At the Earth Summit today, Greenpeace launched a damning report on industry corporate crime around the world, including a case study on the Dow Chemicals site in New Plymouth, New Zealand. The report is supported by an exhibition ... More >>
Halt GE Cows Until ERMA Reviewed
Tuesday, 27 August 2002, 3:01 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 27 July 2002: Greenpeace today called for a halt to AgResearch’s GE cow application in response to the Prime Minister’s announcement yesterday that ERMA11 Environmental Risk Management Authority should be reviewed. More >>
Images: Oz Parliament Climate Change Protest
Tuesday, 20 August 2002, 10:30 pm | Greenpeace
Canberra/Auckland, Tuesday August 21, 2002: In a peaceful protest today, three Greenpeace climbers, including New Zealander Michael Simpson, scaled the flagpole at Parliament House in Canberra, urging the Australian Government to ratify Kyoto now. More >>
Greenpeace climbers scale Australian Parliament
Tuesday, 20 August 2002, 2:47 pm | Greenpeace
Canberra/Auckland, Tuesday August 21, 2002: In a peaceful protest today, three Greenpeace climbers, including New Zealander Michael Simpson, scaled the flagpole at Parliament House in Canberra, urging the Australian Government to ratify Kyoto now. More >>
Toxic Contamination In Floods Threatens Population
Friday, 16 August 2002, 9:39 am | Greenpeace
Amsterdam/Prague, 15 August 2002 ¯Greenpeace today confirmed flooding at two dioxin-contaminated buildings at the Spolana chemical factory outside Prague. Ninety per cent of the company sites are under water and the mercury-contaminated area has been flooded ... More >>
GE corn reveals new MAF regime inadequate
Friday, 9 August 2002, 3:15 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 9 August, 2002: The second incident of GE corn grown in New Zealand would not have been prevented under the new Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) seed testing regime, Greenpeace stated today. More >>
Franz Josef Highlighted As Global Warming Casualty
Thursday, 8 August 2002, 11:31 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Svalbard, Arctic Circle/Auckland 8 August 2002: New Zealand’s Franz Josef glacier is one of six glaciers worldwide highlighted as showing signs of retreat from climate change, Greenpeace revealed today. More >>
Philippines Province Rejects Coal
Wednesday, 7 August 2002, 11:17 am | Greenpeace
Tuesday August 6, 2002, Manila: Philippine government officials confirmed today that the proposed 50 megawatt coal-fired power station for Pulupandan in the province of Negros was officially “dead” and that renewable energy was the solution to the ... More >>
Greenpeace Welcomes French Decision Against Areva
Tuesday, 6 August 2002, 2:58 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 6 August 2002: A decision in favour of Greenpeace by the French High Court has dealt a blow to Areva's attempt to use the law to censor criticism of the company. More >>
Greenpeace Chairman Steps Down
Friday, 2 August 2002, 2:54 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland 2 August 2002: Gordon Jackman announced that he was stepping down as Chair of Greenpeace at the Board meeting held today in Auckland. More >>
Plutonium Ships Run From Protest
Monday, 22 July 2002, 10:22 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Tasman Sea, July 22 2002. The Nuclear Free Flotilla successfully delivered its message of protest to the two armed UK nuclear freighters this morning, despite the freighters best efforts to sneak through the flotilla's line in the dead of night. More >>
