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Greenpeace Action Alert – Protestors In Japan
Tuesday, 16 May 2000, 9:15 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Last Tuesday, four Greenpeace volunteers were put in jail after taking action to end toxic pollution from the world's largest incinerator in Tokyo. In addition on Thursday, the police raided the Greenpeace office in Tokyo and our flagship "The ... More >>
Scoop Images: Tokyo, Dioxin Capital Of The World
Friday, 12 May 2000, 8:11 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Images of the banner that the four Greenpeace activists hung in Japan. The activists were arrested and are still in custody. Yesterday Japanese police raided the Rainbow Warrior searching for evidence – see... http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0005/S00072.htm ... More >>
Japanese Police raid Rainbow Warrior
Friday, 12 May 2000, 9:31 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland/Tokyo, 11 May 2000 – The Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior was raided today at 08h10 local time by 50 Japanese Police officers. The Japanese authorities were looking for evidence against the four Greenpeace activists arrested on Tuesday ... More >>
Greenpeace’s opposition to logging not changed
Friday, 12 May 2000, 12:23 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Mayor O’Dea’s implication that Greenpeace supports logging on the West Coast is inaccurate, claimed Greenpeace today. Globally Greenpeace is campaigning to halt illegal logging in the Amazon as part of a long-standing international forestry campaign. ... More >>
Scoop Images: Greenpeace Tests Radioactive Waste
Friday, 28 April 2000, 5:39 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The following three images show the Greenpeace operation to test waste from Cogema's nuclear reprocessing plant discharge at Raz Blanchard. Greenpeace discovered alarmingly high levels of radioactivity during its tests and has called for an end to discharges ... More >>
Greenpeace calls for end to radioactive discharges
Friday, 28 April 2000, 4:33 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, April 28, 2000 - Greenpeace has called on the French government to immediately halt radioactive discharges from the giant La Hague nuclear reprocessing complex. The call came after a scientific sampling operation revealed that dangerous radioactive ... More >>
Greenpeace Still Waiting On Nestle
Thursday, 20 April 2000, 1:22 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
April 20, 2000 – Auckland: Greenpeace is still waiting on Nestle to make a commitment to remove genetically engineered (GE) ingredients from their products, after Nestle refused to join Greenpeace at an organic breakfast outside Nestle’s Headquarters ... More >>
Voluntary Moratorium on GE - a poor start
Tuesday, 18 April 2000, 9:52 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
A voluntary moratorium on genetically engineered field trials is a poor start for the Royal Commission, and calls into question the integrity of the process, Greenpeace stated today. Environment Minister Marian Hobbs today gave the long awaited announcement ... More >>
Greenpeace's BP Amoco Resolution On Climate Change
Friday, 14 April 2000, 4:05 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
REQUISITION by shareholders for giving notice of intended resolutions and for circulation of statement on business to be dealt with at the BP Amoco plc 2000 AGM More >>
GreenPeace BP Amoco AGM Speech - Matthew Spencer
Friday, 14 April 2000, 10:10 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
1. Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen. My name is Matthew Spencer. I am a shareholder, but I want to build on the theme of choice from another perspective. Simon has explained what choices Resolution 12 presents from the perspective of a professional investor. ... More >>
13% Of BP Amoco Vote Support Greenpeace Resolution
Friday, 14 April 2000, 9:24 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
April 14, 2000. Auckland: The highest vote for an environmental resolution anywhere in the world was achieved when BP Amoco shareholders voted on a resolution initiated by Greenpeace, at the BP Amoco Annual General Meeting in London yesterday (overnight ... More >>
Greenpeace Takes Northstar Battle To BP Boardroom
Thursday, 13 April 2000, 7:13 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
GREENPEACE TAKES ITS OPPOSITION TO NORTHSTAR TO THE BP AMOCO BOARDROOM AUCKLAND April 13, 2000 – A coalition of environmentalists and investors from Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom, have combined to challenge BP Amoco's lack ... More >>
Greenpeace Activists Continue Arctic Confrontation
Wednesday, 12 April 2000, 12:40 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, April 12, 2000 – Another five Greenpeace activists have been arrested in the Arctic, as Greenpeace continues to confront the construction of BP’s controversial Northstar offshore oil project. (1) More >>
New Zealander Arrested In Icy Action
Tuesday, 11 April 2000, 3:04 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
NEW ZEALANDER ARRESTED IN ICY ACTION April 11, 2000. Auckland—New Zealander, Tanya Popp of Coromandel, has been arrested while attempting to protect the sensitive and fragile Arctic environment from climate change. More >>
Overturn Trade Ban On Whaling - GPeace
Monday, 10 April 2000, 10:44 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 9th April 2000: As the Japanese whaling fleet offloaded its cargo of 439 minke whales hunted illegally in the protected Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, Greenpeace called on Japan and Norway to withdraw their proposals to resume an international ... More >>
Coca-Cola and McDonald's claims a cop out
Friday, 7 April 2000, 11:59 am | Greenpeace
Sydney. Thursday April 6, 2000: Greenpeace calls on Olympic sponsors McDonald's and Coca-Cola to install only HFC-free Greenfreeze refrigeration at the Sydney 2000 Olympics site in compliance with the Environmental Guidelines. More >>
GE Commission: The First Real Environmental Test
Friday, 7 April 2000, 10:53 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
The status of genetically engineered (GE) field trials whilst the Royal Commission of Inquiry on GE takes place will be the first real test of the new Government’s commitment to environmental protection, warned Greenpeace today [1]. An announcement ... More >>
Olympic sponsors dirtying the Green Games
Friday, 7 April 2000, 12:18 am | Greenpeace
SYDNEY. 6 APRIL, 2000: Greenpeace has revealed that two of the major sponsors of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, McDonald’s and Coca-Cola, are undermining the Environmental Guidelines for the world’s first Green Games. More >>
Greenpeace Reveals Pirate Landing Of Toothfish
Thursday, 6 April 2000, 10:24 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 6th April 2000 – Greenpeace exposed a well-known illegal fishing vessel, the Belize-flagged Rita, landing its catch of 90 tonnes of toothfish in Port Louis, Mauritius late last night (NZ time). Greenpeace has called on the Mauritian authorities ... More >>
Europe On Climate Change Leaves NZ Wanting
Thursday, 6 April 2000, 9:29 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
April 5, 2000 – Auckland. Greenpeace today congratulated Jeanette Fitzsimons, MP, on gaining government support for her Energy Efficiency & Conservation Bill. However, Greenpeace warned that energy efficiency is just the first small step to ... More >>
