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President Bush today said the solution to climate change lies in 'the power of human ingenuity.'
He claimed 'emerging technologies such as hydrogen powered vehicles, electricity from renewable energy sources and clean coal technology will encourage economic growth that is environmentally responsible.'
In response Greenpeace Executive Director Stephen Tindale said:
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Results from a study of common dolphin numbers in the English Channel during winter months have caused renewed concern for the future survival of these animals. WDCS, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, and Greenpeace are calling for a ban on sea bass 'pair trawling' in the Channel.
In a new report, researchers from WDCS have given a provisional estimate of 9,700 common dolphins in part of the Channel that overlaps the main fishing ground last winter when the survey was conducted.
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Industry bigwigs face huge protest at defiant party planned for day Kyoto became law. The international oil industry's most prestigious annual gathering was disrupted tonight after Greenpeace volunteers blockaded a £50-a-plate dinner at London's Grosvenor House Hotel.
The defiant function had been scheduled to take place on the day the Kyoto Protocol came into force and was set to host middle-eastern energy ministers and the heads of some of the world's most powerful companies.
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Greenpeace has launched a legal challenge in the High Court against the government in order to save dolphins from being caught and killed in large fishing nets.
The environmental group filed papers seeking a ban on all fishing boats from pair trawling for sea bass within 200 miles of the UK - a type of fishing which is responsible for the deaths of over 2,000 dolphins in the Channel every annual fishing season.
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As the Exeter climate change conference prepares to discuss the potential of capturing and dumping carbon (sequestration), Greenpeace expressed concern at reports that the government might throw money behind a plan to dump carbon dioxide under the oceans. Sir David King also suggested sequestration could be funded by the increased amount of oil that could be extracted from wells that have had captured liquid CO2 forced into them.
Greenpeace Chief Scientist Dr Doug Parr said:
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Greenpeace told Tony Blair in a Downing Street meeting on climate change that the ever-growing gap between his fine rhetoric on the one hand, and record of inaction and retreat on the other, means that he had lost credibility on climate change, an issue which he acknowledges is the single greatest threat facing civilisation.
The meeting was convened to discuss Blair's plans to lead international diplomatic efforts on climate change during 2005. He is due to address world business leaders tomorrow (Wednesday 26th) at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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The destruction of Finnish forests could mean Santa won't be able to make his round-the-world trip this Christmas. Rudolph and his reindeer friends usually fly Mr Claus and his sleigh of presents across the globe for the annual chimney-squeezing bonanza - but Lapland's most famous animals are increasingly threatened.
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Greenpeace today slammed the European Union for pushing cod closer to extinction in British waters.
Under pressure from Tony Blair's government, EU ministers ignored scientific advice calling for a halt to cod fishing for the third year in a row. They also threw out proposals to close some fishing grounds to protect cod stocks.
Even though scientists and environmentalists stress that the only way to save beleaguered cod stocks is to enforce a 'zero catch' allowance, EU fisheries ministers chose to leave the cod quota at last year's already high level.
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EU regulation would outlaw imports of illegally logged timber
Environmental groups including Greenpeace and WWF today presented a draft regulation to the EU that would outlaw illegal wood imports into the UK and Europe and promote sustainable forest management worldwide. The groups are calling for the regulation to become law. One hundred and sixty other global social and environmental organisations back the call for legislation.
