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Last edited 19 March 2003 at 9:00am
The Greenpeace web team hand-delivered almost 8,000 email messages to Tony Blair's office at No. 10 Downing Street this week.
We believe internet users have the right to send the Prime Minister an email - especially when it concerns an issue as serious as the war on Iraq.
Since Tony Blair doesn't have an email address, we set one up for him (Tony.Blair@uk.greenpeace.org). Thousands of people used this address to urge the Prime Minister not to go to war.
Last edited 18 March 2003 at 9:00am
Greenpeace and other anti-war groups today urged people to join a mass demonstration outside Parliament today when MPs debate whether to go to war against Iraq.
People are being urged to come to parliament and ask to speak to their MP, then to join a No War protest in Parliament Square.
Last edited 17 March 2003 at 9:00am
Greenpeace today comprehensively rejected the Attorney General's statement that the UK has the legal authority to attack Iraq.
Lawyers for Greenpeace have undertaken a line by line analysis of the legal arguments put forward in the Attorney General's statement and concluded that they do not constitute a legal basis for going to war without the backing of the UN.
Kate Harrison, Legal Advisor for Greenpeace UK said, "The Attorney General's statement shows that the government is scrabbling around for a legal justification for going to war."
Last edited 13 March 2003 at 9:00am
A new report for waste managers and local authorities detailing how to deal with the small fraction of household waste that is currently non-recyclable will be published by Greenpeace Environmental Trust on March 17. Cool Waste Management shows how the process of Mechanical and Biological Treatment is a safer and cleaner alternative to burning rubbish in polluting incinerators or burying it in landfill sites.
Last edited 5 March 2003 at 9:00am
Krebs debate 'as legitimate as a marriage guidance seminar run by Henry the Eighth'
Last edited 24 February 2003 at 9:00am
Greenpeace today welcomed announcements in the government's Energy White Paper outlining a 60% carbon cut by 2050 and effectively announcing an end to the UK nuclear power industry, and applauded the efforts of Patricia Hewitt and Margaret Beckett in promoting sustainable energy. However the group warned that the dropping of firm targets for renewable energy from the Paper could put investment into renewable energy projects at risk.
Last edited 23 February 2003 at 9:00am
Greenpeace UK says oil giant is shoulder to shoulder with Bush on war and global warming
Civil disobedience by peace campaigners has this morning seen the UK operation of the world's most powerful company severely disrupted across seventeen counties.
Last edited 13 February 2003 at 9:00am
Fourteen Greenpeace volunteers who were arrested following a peaceful protest at Marchwood military base on Tuesday, 4th February, 2003 appeared at Lyndhurst Magistrates Court in the New Forest on February 13th at 9.45am.
All of the volunteers pleaded not guilty to the charges (1), arguing that they have the right to peacefully protest against the planned war against Iraq.
Last edited 12 February 2003 at 9:00am
Greenpeace announced today that they would seek an annulment of the European Commission's decision to approve the £50m rescue aid given to British Energy by the UK government late last year. If successful, this legal challenge could deal a fatal blow to efforts to rescue British Energy from falling into administration. The closure of British Energy's power plants may be the only legal solution to the crisis.
Last edited 5 February 2003 at 9:00am
Responding to Geoff Hoon's announcement in Parliament today that the government will allow the United States to use UK facilities, including the Fylingdales military base in Yorkshire, for their 'Star Wars' system, Stephen Tindale, Executive Director of Greenpeace UK said,
"It is disgraceful that the government is using the cover of impending war with Iraq to push through this decision to back Bush's aggressive plans for developing a 'Star Wars' missile defence system".
