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Greenpeace Highlights Chemicals In Toxics-Map
Friday, 1 June 2001, 4:43 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace’s updated and revamped toxics map is up and running. Hot on the heels of the New Zealand Government signing the Stockholm Convention, an international treaty which aims to eliminate deadly dioxins, Greenpeace has launched its toxics-map ... More >>
Government Signs Treaty - Now Outlaw Dioxins
Thursday, 24 May 2001, 2:12 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland: May 23 2001: Greenpeace congratulates the Government on their commitment to sign the Stockholm Convention. The Convention requires nations to take action to eliminate the 12 dangerous chemicals known as the dirty dozen. Greenpeace now ... More >>
Global Action Against Sources of POPs Poisons
Tuesday, 22 May 2001, 5:33 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace Takes Global Action Against Sources of POPs Poisons and Urges Governments to do the Same More >>
Most NZ Food companies going GE free already
Monday, 21 May 2001, 11:07 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
19 May 2000 Auckland. Greenpeace’s updated version of the True Food Guide launched today, shows that many NZ food companies have swung in favour of a GE free policy. More >>
Activists Dump On Bush’s Energy Scam
Friday, 18 May 2001, 2:27 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland: 18 May 2001— Greenpeace activists dumped five tons of coal and five oil and nuclear waste drums outside the Vice President Cheney’s residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington today to protest the Bush/Cheney Energy Plan. Activists ... More >>
Greenpeace Presents Evidence On Nuclear Free Zones
Wednesday, 16 May 2001, 3:53 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
16th May 2001, Wellington - Greenpeace has brought John Large from the UK to New Zealand to appear before the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee hearings on the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone Extension Bill on May 17th. Greenpeace is making ... More >>
Coca Cola Breaks Ranks, Others Run For Cover
Tuesday, 15 May 2001, 3:26 pm | Greenpeace
One month after Greenpeace sent a letter on the Kyoto Protocol to the 100 largest companies in the United States, about 20 international headquarters and a number of national subsidiaries have responded. Only one of these responders supported the ... More >>
Greenpeace Acts On Climate Change
Wednesday, 9 May 2001, 4:46 pm | Greenpeace
Gladstone, Queensland Tuesday May 8, 2001: As the CSIRO launches its most devastating report on climate change impact in Australia, Greenpeace is attempting to halt the first shipment from Australia’s worst new source of greenhouse pollution – shale ... More >>
Caribbean Support For Sth Pacific Whale Sanctuary
Friday, 27 April 2001, 3:55 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 27th April 2001 - A week after Pacific Island countries declared their unanimous support for the proposed South Pacific Whale Sanctuary, a new poll (1) shows Eastern Caribbean people also support the proposed Sanctuary by a margin of ... More >>
Toxic Pollution In Baltic Above Critical Levels
Tuesday, 24 April 2001, 9:04 am | Greenpeace
St Petersburg, Russia. 23rd April 2001: Greenpeace today warned that pollution levels in the Baltic are above critical levels and that the entire region is a global toxic hotspot. The warning was issued in St Petersburg at the launch of a tour of the Baltic, ... More >>
Pacific makes progress on South Pacific Whales
Monday, 23 April 2001, 8:48 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Samoa/Auckland, April 22, 2001: Greenpeace applauds the decision of Pacific Islands’ environment ministers and officials to support the progress of the proposed South Pacific Whale Sanctuary at a meeting in Samoa this weekend. More >>
Thailand bans the release of all GE crops
Monday, 9 April 2001, 5:58 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Bangkok/New Zealand, 9th April 2001 - Thailand's declaration as Genetically Engineered (GE) free is a first in the Asian region. More >>
Cogema Allowed To Unload Australian Spent Fuel
Wednesday, 4 April 2001, 8:51 am | Greenpeace
COGEMA ALLOWED TO UNLOAD AUSTRALIAN SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL BUT GREENPEACE TO LAUNCH NEW LEGAL CHALLENGE More >>
Leadership Needed Now To Save Kyoto Protocol
Saturday, 31 March 2001, 5:36 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 31th March, 2001: Greenpeace New Zealand congratulates the New Zealand government on its continued commitment to ratifying the Kyoto Protocol by mid 2002 and its intention to urge the United States to remain involved in the Kyoto Protocol ... More >>
GreenPeace Calls On EU To Stop Greenwashing
Wednesday, 28 March 2001, 9:00 am | Greenpeace
Brussels – 27th March 2001: Greenpeace accused the EU Council of greenwash today for attempting to classify an established health hazard as a source of renewable energy in the Draft EC Directive on Renewables. The EU is advocating the use of incineration ... More >>
GreenPeace Calls For GE-Free Seas
Wednesday, 28 March 2001, 8:59 am | Greenpeace
Boston/London/Ottawa, 27th March, 2001 – Greenpeace activists today sealed off a research facility containing genetically engineered (GE) salmon, owned by A/F Protein, in Prince Edward Island, Canada. The international environmental organisation demanded ... More >>
GE 'Golden Rice' not to be released for five years
Wednesday, 21 March 2001, 9:01 am | Greenpeace
Genetically engineered 'Golden Rice' not to be released into the environment within the next five years admits International Rice Research Institute More >>
Bush Caves In To Fossil Fuel Industry
Thursday, 15 March 2001, 2:28 pm | Greenpeace
Amsterdam: March 14th 2001: Greenpeace reacted with shock today at US President George Bush’s abrupt decision to back off from campaign promises to cut carbon dioxide emissions from US power stations. His pre-election pledge was reiterated just last week by ... More >>
Evidence Supports A Ban On The Release Of GMOs
Tuesday, 13 March 2001, 3:23 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
13 March 2001, Wellington – After five months of submissions to the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification Greenpeace believes that the evidence clearly supports a ban on the release of GMOs into New Zealand’s environment. More >>
Plutonium Ships Sighted Off Southern Australia
Friday, 2 March 2001, 3:40 pm | Greenpeace
Sydney, 1 March, 2001 – The two British-flagged ships carrying plutonium fuel from Europe to Japan were sighted today 300 nautical miles south-west of Tasmania in southern Australia, Greenpeace Australia announced today. The ships, the Pacific Pintail and ... More >>
