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Russian claims over boat ramming 'a fantasy' - Greenpeace
Thursday, 10 October 2013, 8:51 am | Greenpeace International
Greenpeace International has branded as ‘a fantasy’ claims by Russia’s Investigative Committee that activists endangered the safety of Russian security officers in the course of a peaceful protest at a Russian Arctic oil platform. More >>
Greenpeace responds to latest Russian allegations
Thursday, 10 October 2013, 8:49 am | Greenpeace International
We can only assume the Russian authorities are referring to the medical supplies that our ships are obliged to carry under maritime law. More >>
Greenpeace to file criminal complaint over seizure of ship
Tuesday, 8 October 2013, 9:37 am | Greenpeace International
Greenpeace International has revealed today that it intends to file a criminal complaint with the police over the illegal seizure of its ship the Arctic Sunrise. More >>
Rights groups critical of charges, global protests Saturday
Friday, 4 October 2013, 9:13 am | Greenpeace International
A further 15 Greenpeace International activists and a Russian freelance photojournalist were today charged with piracy in Murmansk. This means that all 28 activists from the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise, as well as two freelancers, now face the charge. ... More >>
Piracy Charge Against Arctic Activists 'An Assault'
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 8:59 am | Greenpeace International
The Russian state prosecutor today laid charges of piracy against a Greenpeace activist who protested against oil drilling in the Arctic. More >>
Greenpeace International to appeal Russian court rulings
Friday, 27 September 2013, 10:38 am | Greenpeace International
Greenpeace International condemned a series of Russian court rulings today which left dozens of activists in custody pending investigations into a peaceful Arctic oil protest. The group insisted it would not be intimidated and its lawyers would ... More >>
Greenpeace dismisses Russian allegations of piracy
Sunday, 22 September 2013, 9:42 am | Greenpeace International
Greenpeace International has strongly rejected an allegation of piracy leveled at its ship Arctic Sunrise in the Russian Arctic, describing it as a desperate attempt to justify the illegal boarding of its ship in international waters. More >>
Greenpeace Activists Being Held Without Charge By Russia
Friday, 20 September 2013, 2:48 pm | Greenpeace International
Pechora Sea, September 19, 2013 - Greenpeace International continues to seek the release of activists Sini Saarela (Finland) and Marco Weber (Switzerland) who are being held by the Russian Coast Guard following a peaceful protest against Gazprom’s ... More >>
Greenpeace Activists Scale Gazprom Drilling Platform
Thursday, 19 September 2013, 2:05 pm | Greenpeace International
Pechora Sea, September 18, 2013 – Two Greenpeace International activists have been arrested during a protest in the Russian Arctic, while two others are now scaling Gazprom’s oil drilling platform to stop it becoming the first company to produce ... More >>
New Findings On Palm Oil Forest Destruction, Forest Fires
Tuesday, 3 September 2013, 5:03 pm | Greenpeace International
Jakarta, 3 September 2013 - The palm oil sector was the single largest driver of deforestation in Indonesia between 2009-2011, accounting for about a quarter of the country’s forest loss, revealed Greenpeace International in new mapping analysis ... More >>
Japan Must Act Now to Stop Leaks of Radioactive Water
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 2:25 pm | Greenpeace International
Amsterdam, August 6, 2013 - Leaking radioactive water at the Fukushima nuclear power plant has now been declared an "emergency" by Japan's Nuclear Regulatory Authority. In response, Dr. Rianne Teule, nuclear campaigner at Greenpeace International, ... More >>
Shipping Companies Commit to Send Whale Meat Back to Sender
Friday, 12 July 2013, 2:06 pm | Greenpeace International
Hamburg / Germany, 11th july 2013 – The renewed protests by greenpeace activists against the transit of whale meat via the harbour of Hamburg was successful: In the late evening the Taiwanese shipping company "Evergreen Line" announced ... More >>
Greenpeace Finds Illegal DRC Wood At Danzer Czech Facility
Tuesday, 2 July 2013, 1:51 pm | Greenpeace International
Amsterdam, July 1, 2013 – Greenpeace has found an illegal shipment of endangered wood from the Democratic Republic of Congo at a veneer-processing factory in the Czech Republic run by the controversial Swiss timber group Danzer. More >>
Greenpeace: Working Together For a Stronger FSC
Thursday, 27 June 2013, 2:13 pm | Greenpeace International
Amsterdam, June 26, 2013 – Greenpeace International has today published the first set of a series of new case studies highlighting both the positive side of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) system and the areas where the FSC needs to improve to ... More >>
Palm Oil Companies Must Come Clean On Fire Hotspots
Tuesday, 25 June 2013, 2:33 pm | Greenpeace International
Jakarta, June 22, 2013 – Greenpeace International analysis of NASA hotspot data in Sumatra over the past 10 days (11-21 June) has revealed hundreds fire hotspots in palm oil concessions that are owned by Indonesian, Malaysian and Singaporean companies. More >>
Indonesian President meets Greenpeace leader
Saturday, 8 June 2013, 10:08 am | Greenpeace International
Jakarta, 7 June 2013 – Greenpeace International Executive Director Kumi Naidoo met with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on board the Greenpeace ship, the Rainbow Warrior, in Jakarta today, to express Greenpeace’s support for the ... More >>
Sealord promise to end destructive tuna fishing welcomed
Thursday, 30 May 2013, 10:44 am | Greenpeace International
Greenpeace has today applauded a decision from New Zealand fishing brand Sealord to remove a destructing fishing method from its supply chain of canned skipjack tuna by early 2014 and urged the wider industry to follow suit. More >>
Greenpeace Welcomes FSC Decision to Disassociate from Danzer
Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 10:39 am | Greenpeace International
Amsterdam, May 21, 2013 – Greenpeace International welcomes the Forest Stewardship Council’s (FSC) decision to disassociate itself from the timber multinational Danzer Group following a complaint that one of the company’s former subsidiaries was involved ... More >>
Pacific Tuna Boats Struggle For Survival: Greenpeace
Monday, 13 May 2013, 2:13 pm | Greenpeace International
Honiara, May 13, 2013 – Local tuna boat operators targeting albacore in the South Pacific are under threat of being pushed out of operation altogether due to the steady growth in numbers of subsidized foreign fishing vessels. (i) More >>
IOTC fails to protect vulnerable Indian Ocean albacore tuna
Saturday, 11 May 2013, 1:12 pm | Greenpeace International
Greenpeace International condemned on Friday the lack of action by Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) members to halt the decline of the region's most vulnerable tuna species and for adopting inadequate measures to protect sharks. More >>
