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NGO’s Sceptical on New Timber Legality Scheme
Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 10:27 am | Greenpeace
A timber legality scheme announced today by Rimbunan Hijau (RH) and the Papua New Guinea Forest Industries Association (PNGFIA) was met with scepticism by Greenpeace and two leading PNG environmental NGO’s. More >>
"Quit coal, Save the Climate"
Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 10:23 am | Greenpeace
Early this morning, 11 Greenpeace activists scaled a 150-metre high chimney at the Pątnów power plant in Poland to hang a banner reading "Quit coal, save the climate". More >>
“Quit Coal” says Greenpeace - Poland
Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 9:02 am | Greenpeace
Konin, Poland, 2 December, 2008 – Early this morning, 11 Greenpeace activists scaled a 150-metre high chimney at the Pątnów power plant in Poland(1) to hang a banner reading “Quit coal, save the climate”. Greenpeace is calling on the Polish government ... More >>
One year until Climate D Day - NZ on the outer
Monday, 1 December 2008, 3:44 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
New Zealand is likely to find itself increasingly isolated at the UN climate talks starting today in Poznan, Poland, according to Greenpeace. More >>
Global coal costs of €360 billion in 2007
Friday, 28 November 2008, 10:03 am | Greenpeace
Warsaw, Poland – 27 November 2008 - Greenpeace today released an analysis showing that the global cost of coal was at least €360 billion last year alone. The report, “The True Cost of Coal” (1), released with the independent Dutch Institute CE ... More >>
Poznan Op-Ed
Wednesday, 26 November 2008, 3:45 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
One year ago, at the tail end of a searingly hot day on the Balinese peninsula of Nusa Dua, governments from around the world agreed on a plan to save the climate. They pledged that by December 2009, they’ll have nailed down an agreement to achieve ... More >>
Greenpeace Green Electronics guide 2008
Tuesday, 25 November 2008, 9:28 am | Greenpeace
24 November 2008 - Now in its tenth edition, the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics shows that most consumer electronics companies have been slow to get serious about climate change. More >>
Rainbow Warrior Impounded by Dutch Police
Wednesday, 19 November 2008, 2:42 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The Rainbow Warrior boarded by the Dutch Police. After a day of protest inside and outside the E.on power station in Rotterdam, the police stormed the Rainbow Warrior, searched and took the details of all the crew onboard. More >>
NZ - friend or foe of the US?
Wednesday, 19 November 2008, 11:00 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
New Zealanders should be seriously alarmed at the prospect of the National-led government damaging the country's relationship with the United States over its stance on climate change. More >>
Paris: Activists Dump 5 Tons Of Bluefin Tuna Heads
Tuesday, 18 November 2008, 9:42 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace activists have today dumped some 5 tonnes of dead bluefin tuna heads in front of the French Fisheries Ministry in Paris to protest the continued mismanagement of the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery. More >>
Japanese Whaling Fleet Departure Marked By Crisis
Tuesday, 18 November 2008, 9:30 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace activists this morning marked the departure of Japan's whaling fleet from the port of Innoshima with banners reading "Whaling on Trial", another in Japanese outlining the whaling's multi-million dollar drain on Japan's taxpayers. More >>
Climate Change Minister missing in action
Monday, 17 November 2008, 4:50 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland 17 November 2008 - The National Party’s press release detailing Cabinet posts makes no mention of the environment and climate change portfolios, nor the MP who’s rumoured to be heading them. More >>
National/ACT agreement economic self-sabotage
Sunday, 16 November 2008, 4:47 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 16 November 2008 - Greenpeace is warning that National and ACT's agreement on confidence and supply shows both parties could risk a trade backlash by lowering New Zealand's environmental standards and procrastinating over climate change. More >>
Activists prevent oil tankerloading in Indonesia
Saturday, 15 November 2008, 10:42 am | Greenpeace
Dumai/Jakarta, 14 November 2008 - Greenpeace today prevented the loading of crude palm oil on the Isola Corallo, a Rotterdam-bound tanker in Dumai, Indonesia’s main palm oil export port. Greenpeace is calling upon the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm ... More >>
Japan's Whaling Programme In Disarray
Thursday, 13 November 2008, 12:03 pm | Greenpeace
Japan's whaling industry is in deep crisis, even before the fleet prepares to leave port for its annual hunt in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, with new revelations of financial and image problems. More >>
Climate change - Nowhere to Hide
Monday, 10 November 2008, 10:53 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland November 10 2008 - Greenpeace is urging the newly elected National Party not to be held hostage to ACT's Rodney Hide over climate change policy. More >>
Greenpeace call on Belgium and E.ON to quit coal
Saturday, 8 November 2008, 1:26 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Antwerp, 7 November 2008 - More than 80 activists placed thousands of windmills with the message to “Quit Coal” at the site of E.ON’s proposed coal fired power-plant in Antwerp Harbour. The action illustrates the choice facing Flemish authorities: ... More >>
Anti-Whaling Activists Face Prosecution In Japan
Wednesday, 5 November 2008, 12:25 pm | Greenpeace
Ending the political prosecution of two Greenpeace activists in Japan will become the central focus of a global mass mobilisation campaign against the Japanese Government's whale hunt in the Southern Ocean Whaling Sanctuary. More >>
Greenpeace Ramps Up Whales Campaign In Japan
Tuesday, 4 November 2008, 3:39 pm | Greenpeace
Tokyo, Japan, 4 November 2008 – Greenpeace announced today the next phase of its campaign to end lethal whaling by ramping up its activities in Japan. More >>
Fed Farmers bites the hand that feeds
Tuesday, 4 November 2008, 10:33 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace has challenged Federated Farmers to tell consumers in its high yield export markets that it doesn't give a toss about climate change. More >>
