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Greenpeace today welcomed the commitment made by UK publisher MQ Publications (MQP) to phase out pulp produced from the world's last remaining ancient forests from its books.

Commenting on the government's announcement that it will allow substantially more CO2 to be emitted by Britain under the Emissions Trading Scheme, Greenpeace Executive Director Stephen Tindale said:

Greenpeace today welcomed the long awaited decision by the Russian Parliament, the Duma, to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. Russian ratification brings the number of countries who have ratified to the level required to bring the global agreement to protect the climate into law.

Michael Howard was today confronted by a polar bear angry at the opposition leader's attempt to scupper a proposed wind farm in his constituency. The polar bear carried a placard saying 'HOWARD YOU LIKE YOUR HOME TO MELT?' and 'WE NEED THIS WIND FARM'.

Greenpeace calls on Government to act on sound scientific advice

Greenpeace today called for Fisheries Minister Ben Bradshaw not to cave in to fishing industry pressure and heed calls from scientists to grant zero quotas for cod fishing next year. The International Council for Exploration of the Sea (ICES) today advised that all cod fishing should be halted in the North Sea, Irish Sea and west of Scotland as stocks are well below recommended levels.

The growing offshore wind power industry could bring up to 76,000 new jobs to the UK with up to 38,000 of them in the North East region of England according to a new report released today.(1)

The report has already been welcomed by the Prime Minister and two of Britain's major trade unions: the GMB and Community.

Hundreds of species face extinction in the Finnish forests in the coming years without further revision of the Finnish Forest Certification System (FFCS). This is the key finding of the report "Certifying extinction? - An assessment of the revised standards of the FFCS" which was released today jointly by Greenpeace, the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation and the Finnish Nature League.

Wind farm will be built after Tory wrecking effort defeated

The Scarweather Sands offshore windfarm will now be built after the proposed project scaled its last remaining hurdle in the Welsh Assembly. Assembly Members today blocked an effort by Tories to have a decision by the Assembly planning committee overturned. Opponents of the clean energy project have now run out of options to defeat the proposal.

05-10-2004 Greenpeace today warned that the world's largest mountain range, which lies under the sea, and the multitude of wildlife it supports, including giant squid, is being destroyed by destructive fishing practices.

The mountain range, which is made of many underwater mountains, or 'seamounts', stretches from Iceland to the Azores and is threatened by bottom trawling, a method of fishing that ploughs up the ocean floor.

Greenpeace today welcomed the news that the Russian government has given the green light to the climate change treaty, the Kyoto Protocol today.(1) The final decision on whether Russia will ratify the treaty now rests with the Duma. If it votes in favour, the Kyoto Protocol will enter into force and become international law.(2) Greenpeace International climate campaigner, Steve Sawyer, said: "As the Earth is battered by increasing storms, floods and droughts, President Putin has brought us to a pivotal point in human history today.