successes

Success as government's nuclear plans ruled unlawful

Posted by jamie — 15 February 2007 at 9:00am - Comments

The government's decision to back nuclear power was ruled as unlawful by the High Court

In a major blow to the government's plans to reinvigorate nuclear power in the UK, the High Court has ruled their decision to back a programme of new nuclear power stations was unlawful.

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McVictory

Posted by admin — 25 July 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

Giant chickens invaded McDonald's in April to protest at their involvement in Amazon destruction

In an historic deal that has impacts far beyond the golden arches and into the global agricultural market, McDonald's is now the leading company in the campaign to halt deforestation for the expansion of soya farming in the Amazon.

Article tagged as: agriculture, amazon, brazil, cargill, mcdonalds, moratorium, soya, successes, supermarkets

Greenpeace welcome Morrison's pledge to green their seafood buying policy

Last edited 20 March 2006 at 9:00am
20 March, 2006

Greenpeace today scored another success in their campaign to 'green' supermarket seafood buying policies as Morrison's agreed to change their policy.The move means that the four biggest UK supermarkets have now committed to sourcing their seafood from sustainable sources.

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Victory: Toxic warship Clemenceau turned back to France

Last edited 15 February 2006 at 9:00am
French military vessel Clemenceau

French military vessel Clemenceau

 

French President Chirac has announced a dramatic recall of the asbestos-laden warship Clemenceau - it will be turning around and going back to France. Our actions, emails to Chirac and an embarrassing international scandal left France with little choice but to abandon the misguided attempt to dump its own toxic mess on India.

"This is a huge victory for the environment, and for the campaign headed up by us and other organisations," said Pascal Husting, Greenpeace France Executive Director.

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Enormous reserve protected from chainsaws in Canada

Posted by admin — 7 February 2006 at 9:00am - Comments

A grizzly bear swimming in the waters of Knight Inlet, British Columbia

It's rare that success comes on such a scale so this is one worth celebrating. The provincial government of British Columbia in Canada has announced the protection of 2 million hectares of ancient forest with strict ecological management for the rest.

Article tagged as: canada, forests, great bear rainforest, protected areas, successes

HarperCollins goes green

Posted by admin — 22 November 2005 at 9:00am - Comments

Great news! HarperCollins has adopted a new paper purchasing policy which commits the company towards phasing out paper from ancient and endangered forests and towards ancient forest friendly solutions like recycled and FSC certified paper for all of its books. HarperCollins has worked with the Greenpeace Book Campaign to develop this policy.

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More good news on the Book Campaign from Egmont Books

Posted by admin — 25 August 2005 at 8:00am - Comments

Kensuke's Kingdom: cover detail

We're celebrating more good news for our Book Campaign, as leading childrens' publisher Egmont Press has announced plans to publish its first novel on Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) paper.

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Random House announces 'ancient forest friendly' policy

Posted by admin — 4 July 2005 at 8:00am - Comments

Random House, one of the biggest publishing houses in the UK has gone public with a commitment towards making its book production 'ancient forest friendly'. This is a major step in helping to ensure the survival of the world's last ancient forests.

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Victory: Bayer pulls out of GM research in India

Last edited 17 November 2004 at 9:00am
Traditional farming in India

Traditional farming in India

In a major blow to the future of genetically modified (GM) crops in the developing world, GM company Bayer has announced that it has stopped all its work on creating new GM crops in India. This is the biotech giant's third defeat this year proving just how unsustainable and unwanted GM agriculture is.

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