press releases
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Porto de Moz (Para, Brazil), 22 November 2003 - Greenpeace today protested against industrial level forest exploitation in the remote Porto de Moz region of Brazil's Para State. Activists painted "Crime" on 6,000 cubic metres of logs and on a barge used to transport logs, and marked the area with yellow tape as a "Forest Crime" scene.
Last edited 19 November 2003 at 9:00am
- First offshore wind electricity flows ashore
- Prime Minister and Greenpeace hail future 'transformed by clean energy'
- Greenpeace and npower launch development fund for renewables
The UK's vast wind power potential will become a reality today (21 November 2003) when Britain's first major offshore wind farm begins to deliver electricity ashore.
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President George W Bush is visiting the UK this week. Prior to his arrival, he told the BBC that protestors didn't worry him, adding that they were "lucky" to live in a country "where people are free to say anything".
Yet George Bush's administration is prosecuting an entire organisation - Greenpeace - for the peaceful activities of its members.
Last edited 14 November 2003 at 9:00am
Royal Naval ships from Britain are being scrapped in developing countries, with no regard for the environment or the health of the people employed to dismantle them.
At the same time, the Britsh Government acted quickly to make sure ghost ships' from the US were stopped from being scrapped in UK waters. This is blatant hypocrisy - Britain should look after its own toxic ships, just as the US should deal with its own ghost fleet.
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The Government was condemned today for operating a double standard over the breaking of naval ships in Britain. The Government and Environment Agency acted quickly to stop the breaking of the so-called 'ghost ships' from the US while simultaneously exporting old Royal Naval vessels abroad to be broken under appalling conditions.
Last edited 12 November 2003 at 9:00am
The results of the GM Public Debate (dubbed 'GM Nation?') sums up the UK public's essential rejection of GM. The government launched the 'GM Nation?' exercise amid allegations that Downing Street was ignoring huge public disquiet over the proposed genetic modification of food and crops. Over 37,000 people took part, with 86 per cent of people firmly opposing the growing GM crops in the UK.
We also did some polling and submitted our results to the GM Public Debate committee. Again there was an overwhelming rejection of GM.
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The UK campaign to get GM out of our food has been really successful. Due to public pressure, supermarkets and food producers have removed GM ingredients from their products and no GM crops will be grown in the UK in the foreseeable future.
However, one loophole remains - GM animal feed. The GM that was going into our food is now being dumped on the animal feed market.
One area is particularly problematic - dairy cow feed.
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Hobart, Tasmania, 12 November 2003: A Tasmanian forest has today seen the start of the world's highest tree occupation. A 65 metre high treehouse is being occupied by activists from around the world in an effort to prevent the world's tallest hardwood trees being logged for woodchip. Organisers at Greenpeace have dubbed the treehouse a Global Rescue Station.
Last edited 11 November 2003 at 9:00am
This Tuesday (11th November) UCATT (Britain's construction workers' union) and Greenpeace will join forces to launch a new initiative to ensure that UK construction companies stop fuelling illegal logging and the destruction of the world's last remaining ancient forests.
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A fleet of Japanese ships is to start whaling in the Antarctic by exploiting a loophole in an international agreement, Greenpeace said today.
The fleet, due to set sail shortly, is claiming that they are whaling for scientific research. However, according to Greenpeace, they are instead hunting whale meat to sell on the open market.
Willie Mackenzie, Greenpeace Oceans Campaigner, said: "The Government of Japan must call a halt to this.
