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Due to the complicity of the Mexican government, the ship "Ikan Altamira" returned to the port of Veracruz, Mexico. Escorted by the military this afternoon, it began unloading its 40,000 tonnes of GE contaminated corn, even though this violates the Biosafety Protocol, an international agreement signed by the Mexican government.
Last edited 12 September 2003 at 8:00am
As the World Trade Organisation meeting in Mexico looks set to leave developing countries at the mercy of the US and biotech companies like Monsanto, Greenpeace stopped the first shipment of genetically engineered maize entering Mexico after a new international law came into force yesterday allowing countries to reject GMOs.
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Two 'citizen's juries' today handed down their verdict on GM crops - and both agreed the 'moratorium' on commercialisation in the UK should be continued.
Two independent juries were held simultaneously, in Newcastle upon Tyne and St Albans. The members of the public who volunteered to take part in the GM Jury project heard evidence from a wide selection of expert witnesses over a six week period.
Public disquiet surrounding GM food is revealed in the GM Jury's report, published on September 8th.
Last edited 28 August 2003 at 8:00am
Greenpeace today urged the UK Government to do more to enforce international fishing regulations that aim to protect endangered species.
The call comes following a high-seas chase that culminated in the capture of a suspected pirate vessel loaded with millions of pounds worth of the endangered Patagonian toothfish.
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A poll of tourists released today shows that Porthcawl's visitor industry could actually benefit from the construction of the Scarweather Sands wind farm three miles off its coast.
Over the bank holiday weekend tourists visiting the town's beaches were shown photo-montages created by independent landscape architects that demonstrate what the wind farm would look like from the shore at Rest Bay. Visitors were asked whether they would be more likely to return on holiday to Porthcawl, just as likely or less likely, if the development went ahead.
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Concerns raised about Sellafield 'clean up' leading to increase in radioactive discharges to Irish Sea
Greenpeace today said that BNFL's plans to close the THORP spent fuel reprocessing plant at Sellafield by 2010, bringing its end forward by 14 years, do not go far enough.
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The ministers' meeting of the WTO in Cancun, Mexico took place from 10-14 September 2003 and failed to reach an agreement.
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) promotes free trade for the gain of private interests, over and above our health and the environment. Greenpeace is opposed to the globalisation that is increasing corporate power, evidenced by the agenda of the WTO.
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19th August 2003
The UK's vast wind power potential moved a step closer to realisation today with the installation of the first turbine at what will become the country's first major offshore wind farm.
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The Greenpeace flagship, Rainbow Warrior is en route to Iceland to campaign against the hunting of minke whales, which the Icelandic government is attempting to justify on "scientific" grounds.
Gerd Leipold, Executive Director of Greenpeace International said: "No science justifies the killing of whales. This is simply an underhand attempt by the Icelandic government to resume commercial whaling."
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Almost 15,000 people voted in our GM-o-Meter polls, with an overwhelming majority saying they want food to be free from all GM ingredients.
This week we sent the results to the Government's GM Public Debate, because we want them to know the public won't swallow GM.
The GM Public Debate ran from June to July, supposedly to let the public have their say on GM foods. Despite the Government's best efforts to make sure the debate wasn't advertised, thousands of people got involved and had their say.
