press releases
Last edited 23 June 2000 at 8:00am
Four Greenpeace volunteers today ended their vigil occupying the MV Enif at London's Tilbury docks in the face of a legal injunction from the owners of the ship. The volunteers were immediately arrested by police after climbing down from the top of a crane. The 75 hour vigil was the longest in the history of Greenpeace in the UK and was partt of a global campaign to stop the traffic in criminal timber from the Amazon rainforest. The volunteers are demanding that the ship's cargo of criminal rainforest plywood is returned to the Amazon.
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At the meeting the two remaining whaling countries, Japan and Norway, will bitterly oppose the creation of a South Pacific Whale Sanctuary (SPWS) as proposed by Australia and New Zealand. Although the sanctuary has the support of all the countries in the region, the move may be blocked by the votes cast by the eastern Caribbean countries, all of which receive aid packages from Japan and all of which vote with Japan on every occasion.
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Greenpeace climbers pass 72 hour landmark in vigil on criminal timber ship
Three Greenpeace volunteers were arrested today when police boarded the Greenpeace vessel Beluga as it lay alongside the criminal timber ship MV Enif. Ironically, one volunteer was arrested for criminal damage for daubing a small amount of white paint on the side of the MV Enif despite the fact that the ship contains 1700 tonnes of criminal timber from the Amazon. Greenpeace was attempting to rename the ship 'Amazon Crime'
Last edited 22 June 2000 at 8:00am
Four Greenpace volunteers today began their second day of occupatio of the MV ENif to prevent it from unloading its cargo of criminal timber from the Amazon rainforest at London's Tilbury docks. The volunteers who have spent over 48 hours on top of the ship's crane, are demanding that the cargo of rainforest plywood is returned to the Amazon and donated to local communities from the areas where it was logged.
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| Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant |
Greenpeace today called on Minister Joe Jacob to unite with Denmark in international moves to end nuclear discharges from Sellafield.
Last edited 21 June 2000 at 8:00am
Six Greenpeace volunteers today began their second day of occupation of the MV Enif to prevent it from unloading its cargo of criminal timber from the Amazon rainforest at London's Tilbury docks. The volunteers, who have been in action since 11.30 am Tuesday, are demanding that the cargo of rainforest plywood is returned to the Amazon and donated to local communities from the areas where it was logged.
Last edited 21 June 2000 at 8:00am
The artist Andy Goldsworthy has released 13 giant snowballs on the streets of the City of London.
The 6-7 foot snowballs will be left to melt and public reactions recorded via webcam's for broadcast on this site and at www.eyestorm.com.
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| Boarding the MV Enif |
At 11.30am today, 6 Greenpeace volunteers boarded the MV Enif to stop criminalimports of wood from the Amazon rainforest. The volunteers attached themselves to the bow of the ship in the Thames Estuary, north of Sheerness, to prevent it from unloading at London's Tilbury Docks.
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Greenpeace research unveils nuclear legacy
Paris, 19 June 2000 Greenpeace today released new images of the legacy of radioactive waste dumping at sea from ships. The shocking footage was taken in the Hurd Deep, in UK territorial waters just off the Channel Islands and some 15km north-west of Cap de La Hague (France).
Last edited 16 June 2000 at 8:00am
The Royal Commission has published their long awaited report on fossil fuels and climate change. The Commision endorses the principle that limits should be placed on the burning of oil coal and gas and calls for massive cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. The report also confirms that renewable energy can replace large amounts of fossil fuels as an energy source.
