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In the run up to the 55th meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), 16 -19 June 2003 [1], more than 40 conservation and welfare groups have signed on to a joint statement in support of a new initiative that would see conservation moving centre stage.
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18.30pm Thursday 5th June, 2003. The Government today backed down and agreed to launch an enquiry into the use of Indonesian rainforest timber on the Home Office HQ site , 2 Marsham St, Westminster. In response eleven Greenpeace climbers who have occupied four 40 metre high cranes on the site for the past 2 days agreed to end their occupation and abseiled down from the cranes. The climbers (9 men and 2 women) were escorted off the site.
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Thursday 5th June, 2003. Greenpeace today rejected claims by Home Secretary, David Blunkett (1) that the Indonesian rainforest timber being used on the site of the new Home Office HQ has been sourced legally and is in line with Government policy. It accused him of condoning forest crimes.
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Wednesday 4th June, 2003 - London
At 6am this morning Greenpeace volunteers occupied the construction site of the new Home Office HQ at 2 Marsham Street, Westminster (1) and declared it an ancient forest crime scene. Eleven Greenpeace climbers scaled and occupied four huge cranes on the site and hung banners saying 'Rainforest Demolition Site'.
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The StopEsso UK coalition said today that the 22% shareholder vote against ExxonMobil on climate change at its annual meeting in Dallas should be a wake-up call for the company's anti-global warming stance.
The vote, worth around $44 billion worth of share value, called on ExxonMobil to report to shareholders on how it will mitigate the risks presented by climate change. Another, similar, resolution calling on the company to present a similar report on renewable energy, garnered 21%, up from last year's vote of 20.3%.
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Dallas, Texas. Business at the international headquarters of ExxonMobil, parent company of Esso, the world's most powerful company ground to a halt this morning as the Greenpeace Global Warming Crimes Unit converged on at their compound in Irving, Texas. The move comes as ExxonMobil's Board of Directors and international executives attempt to gather from across the world for tomorrow's Annual General Meeting.
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It's a case of once more unto the breach for the US administration. On 13th May, President Bush declared war on consumers by launching a trade war with Europe over GM foods.
A US spokesperson announced that they would, "file a World Trade Organisation (WTO) against the EU over its illegal five-year moratorium " on GM crops.
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7th May, 2003. Greenpeace today welcomed the United Nations Security Council's (UNSC) decision to end the role of the timber trade in fuelling the war machine of Liberian President Charles Taylor.
The UNSC decision, agreed last night, renewed existing embargoes on trade in arms and diamonds with Liberia and extended them to include a ban on all timber exports, with effect from 7th July 2003. The ban will affect trade in species including Liberian Azob, Sapelli, Iroko, African mahogany and African walnut'.
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