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Germany Re-Negotiate EU Biotech Patent Directive
Thursday, 19 October 2000, 10:15 am | Greenpeace
Brussels/Hamburg, 18th October, 2000 – The German Government today issued a statement saying that the controversial EU Biotech Patent Directive (98/44/EC) is not adequate to deal with the rapid developments in the field of biotechnology and therefore needs ... More >>
Rainforest Alert Update
Tuesday, 17 October 2000, 3:19 pm | Greenpeace
More than 3000 people have sent letters to the Premier of British Columbia to object to logging in the ancient temperate rainforest. And about 2000 people have sent letters to the CEO of International Forest Products. This is a great response in less than ... More >>
Aventis unable to assure Royal Commission
Tuesday, 17 October 2000, 8:10 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 16 October 2000 – Today, the opening day of the Formal hearings for the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Genetic Modification, panelists heard that once Genetically engineered crops were introduced there was no assurance of genetic purity ... More >>
Greenpeace: Nuclear Power Debate Relaunched
Monday, 16 October 2000, 9:56 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Condemns The European Commission's Attempts To "Re-Launch The Debate On Nuclear Power". More >>
Greenpeace puts Dioxin Elimination on the map!
Thursday, 12 October 2000, 1:36 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
WELLINGTON, OCTOBER 12: Greenpeace’s call for the government to aim to eliminate dioxins is enhanced by a powerful new data-base driven website. More >>
Link: New Zealand Parliament – a toxic hotspot?
Thursday, 12 October 2000, 1:33 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
WELLINGTON, OCTOBER 12. Greenpeace has today cordoned off part of Parliament Buildings to highlight the fact that unless the New Zealand government changes its current position it could become the worst toxic hotspot in the country. More >>
“Life Science” Brand Fails To Win Over Public
Thursday, 12 October 2000, 9:48 am | Greenpeace
London/Basel, 11 October 2000 – Novartis and Astra Zeneca will today effectively accept that their involvement in genetically engineered (GE) agricultural products has damaged their shareholder values by merging and floating off their agribusiness ... More >>
Radioactive Soil Delivered To Duma
Tuesday, 10 October 2000, 9:57 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace And Russian Villagers Deliver Radioactive Soil To Duma In Call For An End To Government Plans To Import Thousands Of Tons Of Radioactive Waste More >>
International Failure To Curb Illegal Fishing
Tuesday, 10 October 2000, 9:54 am | Greenpeace
Rome, 7th October 2000 --- Governments from over 40 countries participating in an international conference this week failed to adopt a plan to effectively stop the plundering of ocean resources by pirate fishing vessels - denounced Greenpeace. Instead, ... More >>
More patents on life set to go ahead - Greenpeace
Monday, 9 October 2000, 10:38 am | Greenpeace
More patents on life set to go ahead - Greenpeace demands EU Patent Directive to be scrapped More >>
The Eliminate Dioxin Drive
Wednesday, 4 October 2000, 4:44 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
CHRISTCHURCH: Greenpeace has today launched its Eliminate Dioxin Drive which will highlight the extent of dangerous dioxin pollution around New Zealand, and call on the government to eliminate dioxins. More >>
New Zealand government put on the ‘hotspot’
Sunday, 1 October 2000, 10:23 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace will put the New Zealand government on the ‘hotspot’ from 9am on Monday, October 2. More >>
28 Greenpeace Volunteers Acquitted In GM Trial
Thursday, 21 September 2000, 10:26 am | Greenpeace
London, 20th September, 2000 Twenty-eight Greenpeace volunteers were acquitted today of criminal damage at Norwich Crown Court, Eastern England. The volunteers had gone on trial on September 4th on charges relating to a Greenpeace action at Lyng, Norfolk, ... More >>
Better Public Process In GE Inquiry Needed
Wednesday, 20 September 2000, 4:12 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Wednesday 20 September 2000, Auckland, New Zealand Greenpeace yesterday sent a clear message to the Minister for the Environment, Marian Hobbs, calling on the Minister to considerably improve the public process for the Royal Commission of Inquiry on ... More >>
WTO Still In Need Of Environmental Reform
Wednesday, 20 September 2000, 9:53 am | Greenpeace
Geneva, 18 September 2000: Greenpeace considers today’s ruling by the World Trade Organisation (WTO), that the French ban on asbestos imports does not violate its trade rules, to be a step in the right direction but warns that the WTO still has ... More >>
NZ Position Could Indirectly Help Nuclear Industry
Tuesday, 19 September 2000, 9:50 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
In the midst of global concern over climate change there is one group that is rubbing its hands together with glee - the nuclear power industry. Unlike coal and gas-fired power stations, nuclear plants don’t emit carbon dioxide, leading the nuclear industry ... More >>
US takes first step toward sanctions against Japan
Thursday, 14 September 2000, 1:24 pm | Greenpeace
WASHINGTON, September 13—The White House today officially began the process for imposing economic sanctions against Japan for its continued whaling program. Greenpeace commends President Clinton and Secretary of Commerce Norman Mineta for taking this first crucial ... More >>
Greens Stop GE Trees
Wednesday, 13 September 2000, 3:26 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 13 September 2000 Carter Holt Harvey today told Greenpeace in a letter that they will not plant genetically engineered trees out in the open environment after Greenpeace raised concerns with the company directly in June. Carter Holt Harvey ... More >>
Let the Games be Green : Rainbow Warrior Arrives
Friday, 1 September 2000, 10:48 am | Greenpeace
In a festive welcome, Greenpeace’s best known ship, the SV Rainbow Warrior II, sails into Sydney Harbour at lunchtime today, with a message to carry the Green Games torch beyond Sydney 2000. More >>
Cyber-action against Japanese scientific whaling
Wednesday, 30 August 2000, 5:53 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Today 19 Greenpeace offices around the world are sending a clear message to Japan condemning its expanded 'scientific' whale hunt in the North Pacific. In New Zealand, Greenpeace has designed a ‘cyberaction’, for the general public to take action, by ... More >>
