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World Climate Change Conference 2003

Posted by bex — 4 October 2003 at 8:00am - Comments
Greenpeace activists launch a banner at the World Climate Change Conference in Moscow

Greenpeace activists launch a banner at the World Climate Change Conference in Moscow

Article tagged as: climate change, esso, hachette, impacts, IPCC, kyoto protocol, russia, stop esso, UN

Activists block waste train bound for Sellafield

Posted by bex — 23 September 2003 at 8:00am - Comments
Italian activist arrested after stopping a nuclear waste train bound for Sellafield

Italian activist arrested after stopping a nuclear waste train bound for Sellafield

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Crew update:Willie Mackenzie, on board the Rainbow Warrior

Last edited 18 September 2003 at 8:00am
An anti-whaling stencil on a wall in the North Icelandic port town of Akureyri

An anti-whaling stencil on a wall in the North Icelandic port town of Akureyri

The small town of Husavik in north Iceland is more picturesque than any postcard could depict. Clean, brightly coloured houses greet you cheerfully, whatever way you aproach the town. The most noticeable thing about Husavik though is the whales. Whales are everywhere. On signposts, buildings, boats, shops - the town has reinvented itself as 'the whale-watching capital of Europe'.

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Rainbow Warrior returns to Iceland

Last edited 5 September 2003 at 8:00am
In front of an Icelandic whaling ship, during our first expedition in 1978

In front of an Icelandic whaling ship, during our first expedition in 1978

Our flagship, the SV Rainbow Warrior, has arrived in Iceland - twenty five years after Greenpeace's first visit - to protest against whaling.

Iceland recently announced the resumption of a 'scientific whaling' programme. We believe there is absolutely no reason to go whaling. We also refute the Icelandic government's claim that it is whaling in the name of 'science' - considering the whale meat is likely to be sold on the commercial market.

The Rainbow Warrior will be touring around different Icelandic ports, and its crew will be welcoming local people on board, and hosting public meetings to present the case against whaling.

When we launched our whales campaign, commercial hunting was the single biggest threat to cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises). Since then, many other threats have emerged. Now, the planet's oceans and the life they contain are facing a crisis. A return to commercial whaling would be devastating.

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Jury ponders GM crops

Last edited 29 August 2003 at 8:00am
Hertfordshire jurors in discussion

Hertfordshire jurors in discussion

A diverse group of people agreed to take part in an independent 'citizens' jury' on GM.

The GM Jury project was designed to help shape the Government's decision over the commercialisation of GM crops in the UK. The Government's GM Public Debate has been widely criticised for its lack of public involvement.

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January 25th 2005: Lord Ron Oxburgh, Charman of Shell UK, delivers the latest Greenpeace Business Lecture

Last edited 29 August 2003 at 8:00am
Lord Ron Oxburgh, Charman of Shell UK

Lord Ron Oxburgh, Chairman of Shell UK

Ken's vision for a low carbon London

Watch excerpts from Ken's speech.

It's the capital of the UK, the biggest energy demand centre in the country and the largest city in Europe. And it can slash its CO2 emissions, gas consumption and reliance on fossil fuels without nuclear power.

That was London Mayor Ken Livingstone's message when he laid out his vision for a low carbon London at a Greenpeace Business lecture in March 2006. The mayor called for the government to invest in decentralised energy (DE) instead of wasting taxpayers' money on nuclear power - "the failed technology of the past".

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Take action: Make sure the UK says 'no' at the WTO

Last edited 27 August 2003 at 8:00am
Greenpeace volunteers stop a train full of GM maize in its tracks

Greenpeace volunteers stop a train full of GM maize in its tracks

The United States wants to force-feed the world genetically modified (GM) organisms.

On May 13, 2003 the US government filed a complaint in the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the European Union's (EU) de facto moratorium on genetically modified organisms.

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Oceans in crisis

Last edited 27 August 2003 at 8:00am
A Greenpeace diver frees a sunfish from a fishing net

A Greenpeace diver frees a sunfish from a fishing net

Although oceans cover more than two-thirds of the planet's surface, it is clear that our oceans are limitless no more. For too long access to marine life has been largely open for use by anyone possessing the means to exploit it.

Rapid advances in technology have meant that the ability, reach and power of vessels and equipment used to exploit marine life now far outweigh nature's ability to maintain it. If left unchecked, this will have tragic consequences.

Article tagged as: hachette, oceans, overfishing, whaling

We do like to be beside the seaside...

Posted by bex — 26 August 2003 at 8:00am - Comments
A Greenpeace volunteer polling beachgoers at Porthcawl

A Greenpeace volunteer polling beachgoers at Porthcawl

Article tagged as: hachette, renewable energy, wind power

Coalition calls for Iceland to stop whaling

Last edited 15 August 2003 at 8:00am
A dead whale at an Icelandic whaling station, from our first expedition in 1978

A dead whale at an Icelandic whaling station, from our first expedition in 1978

Greenpeace has joined forces with a range of animal welfare and conservation groups to express outrage at Iceland's decision to resume whaling.

The groups below issued a statement calling on Iceland to abandon its whaling programme immediately.

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