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Reacting to news that Tony Blair has written to EU leaders warning that the world has ten to fifteen years to avert catastrophic climate change, John Sauven of Greenpeace said:
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The decision by Iceland to grant a commercial license to hunt whales makes no economic sense and should be retracted immediately said Greenpeace today.
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On Wednesday 11th October, Stop Climate Chaos coalition (SCC) turned up the heat on Prime Minister Tony Blair with the launch of its I Count campaign - highlighting that as Blair's premiership melts away, climate change is the most important single issue on which he can leave a lasting legacy.
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An innovative new solar powered refrigeration unit developed by Greenpeace International and six other international organizations, won the Environmental Pioneer in Refrigeration award in the 2006 Cooling Industry Awards. The SolarChill Vaccine Cooler & Refrigerator Project will enable vaccines to be stored in areas around the world without an adequate electricity supply.
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The Government's recent energy review, which backed a new generation of nuclear power plants, was 'legally flawed', according to documents given to the High Court by Greenpeace at the start of a legal battle today.
Lodging legal papers at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Greenpeace is arguing that the Government did not carry out the 'full public consultation' it had committed itself to before making a decision to back new nuclear power stations.
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Greenpeace calls for all supermarkets to stop selling beam trawled seafood
One year since Greenpeace challenged the sea food industry to clean up its act by dropping destructively fished species from their shelves, a new report released today shows that major retailers in the UK are leading a revolution that is transforming the entire fishing industry.
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The Stop Climate Chaos coalition is launching the I Count campaign in October 2006. The campaign will inspire the public to take personal and political action to help tackle climate change.
The coalition is also mounting I Count in the Square - the biggest event of the year to stop climate chaos on Saturday 4th November, 1-3pm, Trafalgar Square. Event line-up to be announced. People that can't come on 4th November can still count by signing up online (www.icount.org.uk) or texting 'I Count' to 84424.
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Illegally logged timber from the rainforests of Papua New Guinea is being used during renovation work at the Houses of Parliament.
Greenpeace investigators have found the timber, in the form of at least two tonnes of plywood, in the £5million restructuring of the Press Area. The rainforest wood is protecting floors, stairs and walls while work is being carried out.[1]
And this is the fourth time in as many years that Greenpeace has revealed that the Government is using illegal and unsustainable timber.[2]
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Food products illegally contaminated with genetically modified (GM) rice from China have been discovered in the UK, France and Germany, Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace revealed today.