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China 'takes over' US in CO2 emissions - Greenpeace response

Last edited 19 June 2007 at 5:29pm
19 June, 2007

Reacting to a study released today claiming China emitted more carbon-dioxide than the United States in 2006, Greenpeace UK director John Sauven said:

Article tagged as: china, climate change, co2, emissions, press releases, USA

B&Q commit to selling good wood in China

Posted by jamie — 14 June 2007 at 11:14am - Comments

B&Q are to sell only certified timber in their Chinese stores

Not only are homes in the UK gradually becoming greener, their Asian equivalents could also heading in the same direction now that B&Q is removing all products containing illegal timber from their shelves in China.

Article tagged as: B&Q, china, DIY, forests, FSC, garden furniture, illegal timber, notcutts, papua new guinea, solomon islands, south east asia, wyevale

Illegal timber supplies axed by B&Q

Last edited 12 June 2007 at 11:20am
12 June, 2007

Beijing, China - Companies supplying China with illegal timber were dealt a major blow today when the world's third largest home improvement retailer, B&Q, announced a scheme to root out illegal supplies and guarantee within three years all products will be from certified responsible forestry programmes.

Two months ago, Greenpeace revealed that many timber species commonly sold in home improvement stores across China come from countries where up to 80 per cent of the logging is illegal and destructive.(1)

Article tagged as: B&Q, china, climate change, destructive logging, forests, garden furniture, illegal timber

Merbau's Last Stand

Last edited 17 April 2007 at 3:09pm
Publication date: 
17 April, 2007

This report warns that the tropical hardwood species merbau (or kwila) will be extinct within 35 years or less if action is not taken to stop the destructive logging and trade of the species.

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UK retailers contributing to extinction of rare rainforest timber species

Last edited 17 April 2007 at 12:16pm
17 April, 2007

A new Greenpeace report, Merbau's Last Stand (1), launched today warns that the tropical hardwood species merbau (or kwila) will be extinct within 35 years or less if action is not taken to stop the destructive logging and trade of the species.

Greenpeace has uncovered evidence suggesting that:

Article tagged as: allied carpets, boen, china, floors-to-go, forests, indonesia, junkers, merbau, new guinea, papua new guinea, press releases, tarkett

One fifth of US rice contaminated with illegal GM strain

Posted by jamie — 14 September 2006 at 8:00am - Comments
'Genetic engineering - hands off', the label says on a plate of rice contaminated with an illegal GM variety

'Genetic engineering - hands off', the label says on a plate of rice contaminated with an illegal GM variety

Up to one fifth of rice entering the EU is contaminated with an illegal genetically modified (GM) strain from the US. Those are the findings of the European Commission's own investigation into EU rice imports, following the admission in August by the US government that untested strains of GM rice had entered the food chain.

Article tagged as: bayer, china, germany, GM, GM food, rice, USA

GM rice contamination reaches the UK

Posted by jamie — 5 September 2006 at 8:00am - Comments
Greenpeace has discovered illegal GM (Genetically Modified) rice from China has contaminated food products brought in the UK.

Greenpeace has discovered illegal GM (Genetically Modified) rice from China has contaminated food products brought in the UK.

Illegal, genetically modified (GM) rice - unapproved for human consumption and containing a toxin that may cause allergic reactions in humans - has been found in food products in the UK, Germany and France.

Article tagged as: bayer, china, GM, GM rice, UK

Illegal experimental GE rice from China: now entering Europe's food chain

Last edited 4 September 2006 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
1 September, 2006

Summary

Genetically engineered rice, unapproved for human consumption, has been found in food products in France, Germany and the UK. This is in itself a cause for concern but when the strain of illegal GE rice is an experimental one that contains a toxin with potential allergenicity to the public, then this is truly alarming for a staple food that feeds half the world's population.

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Partners in Crime

Last edited 4 July 2006 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
7 April, 2006

The UK timber trade, Chinese sweatshops and Malaysian robber barons in Papua New Guinea's rainforests

Summary

How the UK timber trade is helping to destroy the magnificent rainforests of Papua New Guinea, via the Chinese timber mills and Malaysian timber companies.

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Article tagged as: china, destructive logging, forests, illegal timber, malaysia, PNG, reports, UK