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Greenpeace Inflatables Harassed by Japanese
Wednesday, 23 January 2008, 9:10 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
After delaying the refuelling of the Japanese whaling fleet's factory ship Nisshin Maru this morning, Greenpeace inflatables returned to document boxes of whale meat being transferred to refuelling and cargo vessel Oriental Bluebird, and to continue ... More >>
Greenpeace blocks whalers from refueling
Tuesday, 22 January 2008, 2:14 pm | Greenpeace
On the eleventh day of successfully preventing the Japanese whaling fleet from killing whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary [1], activists from the Greenpeace ship Esperanza today blocked the fleet's factory ship from being refuelled. More >>
Japanese govt admits Greenpeace hindering hunt
Tuesday, 22 January 2008, 9:24 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Tokyo, January 22, 2008: At a press conference in Tokyo yesterday afternoon the administrative vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Toshiro Shirasu told reporters that the whaling fleet has not resumed hunting because Greenpeace is following their ... More >>
Japan's "Fake" Whaling Programme begins to Crumble
Monday, 21 January 2008, 1:44 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Southern Ocean, January 18, 2008: Echoing a series of scandals which have beset the Japanese government over the past twelve months, Greenpeace activists today sent a message direct from the Southern Ocean back to Tokyo, as pressure mounts inside ... More >>
Another Japanese whaling ship leaves
Friday, 18 January 2008, 4:21 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Southern Ocean, January 18, 2008: A second ship from the Japanese government whaling fleet has left the hunting grounds as the Greenpeace ship Esperanza continues to keep the fleet's mother ship, Nisshin Maru out of action More >>
Greenpeace: Car Industry Green Claims A Fairy Tale
Friday, 18 January 2008, 12:38 am | Greenpeace
As automobile shows opened in Brussels and Vienna today, Greenpeace challenged the European car manufacturers to stop undermining a proposal for more fuel efficient cars, and instead take real action to lower the climate impact of their fleets. More >>
Japanese Fleet Driven Out Of Southern Ocean
Monday, 14 January 2008, 10:08 am | Greenpeace
Southern Ocean, Sunday January 13th 2008 – After a high speed chase over hundreds of miles through fog and increasingly rough seas, the Greenpeace ship Esperanza this morning drove the Japanese whaling fleet out of the Southern Ocean hunting grounds. More >>
Greenpeace Confronts Japanese Whalers In Southern Ocean
Monday, 14 January 2008, 10:07 am | Greenpeace
Southern Ocean, 12 January 2008 – Following a 10-day search in Antarctic waters, the Greenpeace ship Esperanza today confronted Japan's whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. More >>
Stop Agriculture From Killing The Climate
Wednesday, 9 January 2008, 12:06 am | Greenpeace
Industrial agriculture is killing the climate. But it is possible to turn this key source of greenhouse gas emissions into a carbon sink, our new report 'Cool Farming: Climate impacts of agriculture and mitigation potential' reveals. More >>
Greenpeace captures rare Humpback recordings
Tuesday, 8 January 2008, 4:17 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Southern Ocean, January 8, 2008: An international team aboard the Greenpeace ship Esperanza, currently searching for the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean, has made a rare series of humpback whales recordings in Antarctic waters. More >>
Humpbacks To Be Spared The Harpoon -- For Now
Saturday, 22 December 2007, 12:28 am | Greenpeace
The Japanese government has confirmed a rumour first reported at the Greenpeace weblog, that they have abandoned plans to kill humpback whales in the Southern Ocean this season. More >>
Fisheries Council Locked Out, Ought To Be Sacked
Tuesday, 18 December 2007, 9:40 am | Greenpeace
The European Fisheries Council ought to be sacked. That was one message from 200 Greenpeace activists from 14 European countries this morning when they blocked the seven entrances to the EU building where the Fisheries Council was due to meet. More >>
Is Japan Secretly Planning A New Whaling Ship?
Monday, 17 December 2007, 5:38 am | Greenpeace
All around the world, increasing numbers of people are urging Japan to give up its whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. Back in Japan however, there is evidence that plans are emerging to build a brand new whaling factory ship. More >>
We love Japan but not pseudo science
Friday, 14 December 2007, 2:41 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
We love Japan but not pseudo science Suva, Fiji - December 14, 2007: Japan’s recent stonewalling tactics at the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) meeting (1) in Guam, the continuous sabotaging of the climate change discussions ... More >>
Clash Of The Consoles: Battle For A Green Future
Wednesday, 12 December 2007, 6:33 am | Greenpeace
The iconic figures of Nintendo's Mario, Microsoft's Master Chief and Sony's Kratos are the lead characters in our new website, 'Clash of the Consoles', where gamers can urge game console makers to go green. More >>
Mister Splashy Pants the whale - you named him
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 11:42 am | Greenpeace
International — Out of 11,000 submissions in our competition to name the humpback whales we were tracking on their migration to the Southern Ocean, we narrowed it down to the final 30. Over 150,000 people then voted for their favourite name. Mister ... More >>
Mister Splashy Pants Whale Named, Now Save Him
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 7:21 am | Greenpeace
Out of 11,000 submissions in our competition to name the humpback whales we were tracking on their migration to the Southern Ocean, we narrowed it down to the final 30. Over 150,000 people then voted for their favourite name. More >>
Ireland Plans To Ban Incandescent Lightbulbs
Friday, 7 December 2007, 9:10 am | Greenpeace
The Irish Government, announced today what will be in effect the EU's first ban on energy-wasting incandescent lightbulbs. This simple but historic step comes as governments meet in Bali to discuss next steps on tackling the global climate emergency. More >>
Habbo: Generation C & Greenhouse Gases Vs. Drugs
Thursday, 6 December 2007, 8:59 am | Greenpeace
Despite teens in every country pointing fingers at North America for the crisis (except in Asia where they blame themselves), a quarter of North American teens are still not sure if global warming is even a problem. More >>
Greenpeace applauds thermal moratorium
Tuesday, 4 December 2007, 1:19 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace today congratulated the Government for leading the way on renewable electricity with a ten year moratorium on thermal generation. More >>
