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The world is watching: the Virtual March

Feature story | June 22, 2005 at 14:17

ULSAN, Korea, Republic of — Whale song erupted across Lotte Plaza in Ulsan, South Korea, as the World's very first "Virtual March" to save the whales was unveiled this evening, loud enough for any IWC delegates not in attendance to hear. ...

Dolphin-killing trawlers stopped from fishing

Feature story | March 3, 2005 at 5:30

ENGLISH CHANNEL, United Kingdom — Last season UK government observers witnessed two vessels, the Ocean Star and Ocean Crest, killing more than 150 dolphins while trawling for sea bass. But the government didn't lift a finger to stop it. So we...

Where are the Pacific tuna?

Feature story | August 27, 2004 at 5:30

We thought the Western and Central Pacific tuna fishery was the last healthy tuna fishery in the world. Despite concerns about over-fishing due to the rapid expansion of the industrial fleets, the conventional wisdom was that the fishery was...

Greenpeace climbers net Barcelona landmark

Feature story | June 4, 2004 at 5:30

BARCELONA, Spain — Tourists got more than they bargained for this morning when they turned up at Spanish architect Gaudi's landmark cathedral, Sagrada Familia, in Barcelona. Greenpeace activists, clinging to the famous spires like orange-clad...

Greenpeace: Dhamra Port immediate threat to endangered Olive Ridley Turtle

Feature story | November 19, 2004 at 5:30

PARADIP, India — Greenpeace today called upon Indian authorities to take urgent and proactive steps for the protection of Olive Ridley Turtle mass nesting sites and the natural heritage of the Orissa coast, at a media briefing on board Rainbow...

Why were the TATAs let off the hook?

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On World Oceans Day, India demands Justice for whales and their defenders

Press release | June 8, 2010 at 19:38

NEW DELHI, India — In an expression of solidarity with Japan’s ‘Tokyo Two’ undertrials, Greenpeace today unfurled a banner saying “Activism is Not a Crime” at the capital’s ‘Gyarah Murti’ sculpture, depicting the Dandi March led by Mahatma Gandhi...

Congress upset over Earth Day initiative in Kolkata

Press release | April 23, 2010 at 18:31

KOLKATA, India — An awareness initiative undertaken by Greenpeace India to commemorate Earth Day has attracted the wrath of the Congress Party in Kolkata. With municipal elections looming, Congress officials are upset over hoardings that portray...

Ratan Tata to talk turtles with Greenpeace

Feature story | August 27, 2009 at 5:30

Ratan Tata, Chairman of India’s largest business chain, the Tata Group, has agreed to meet Greenpeace representatives for talks on the Orissa Dhamra port-Olive Ridley Sea Turtle controversy. Both sides would fix a date for the meeting.

Whaling fleet prevented from killing whales

Feature story | January 21, 2008 at 17:48

Following a 10-day search in Antarctic waters, the Greenpeace ship Esperanza confronted Japan’s whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary last week. After a high speed chase over hundreds of miles the factory ship Nisshin Maru was...

Fake whale science from ship to shore

Feature story | January 21, 2008 at 17:46

The Greenpeace ship Esperanza continues to prevent whaling as we shadow the Japanese fleet's factory ship, Nisshin Maru. Our crew today sent a message, direct from the Southern Ocean, linking the scandal of whaling to a host of other scandals...

Whaling fleet prevented from killing whales

Feature story | January 17, 2008 at 18:14

Following a 10-day search in Antarctic waters, the Greenpeace ship Esperanza confronted Japan’s whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary last week. After a high speed chase over hundreds of miles the factory ship Nisshin Maru was...

Greenpeace activists blockade TATA office, demand the Company keeps promise to save...

Press release | July 17, 2007 at 5:30

MUMBAI, India — In the absence of evidence that the TATAs will honour their commitment towards protecting their habitat, the 'olive ridley sea turtles' intensified their protest today by directly taking the issue to Bombay House, the headquarters...

Corus UK urged to save turtles

Press release | July 3, 2007 at 5:30

LONDON/BOMBAY, United Kingdom — True to their migratory nature, endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles showed up in the UK today, calling on the TATAs at their recently acquired Corus Steel offices in London, urging them to drop their plans to...

Pirate ship in chains

Feature story | July 3, 2007 at 13:39

EEMSHAVEN, Netherlands — The notorious Russian pirate fish cargo ship, the Mumrinskiy, has been chained to the docks in the Dutch port of Eemshaven by activists to stop it from engaging in illegal activities with pirate fisheries and facilitating...

Turtles invade Taj Land's End, seek new home

Press release | June 27, 2007 at 5:30

MUMBAI, India — Under threat of displacement by Tata's mega port at Dhamra in Orissa, four 'Olive Ridley Sea Turtles' sought refuge in the swimming pool of the Taj Land's End Hotel (a Tata concern) at Bandra. Tongue in cheek, the turtles opened a...

Greenpeace asks TATAs to “Take a turtle-friendly look at life”

Press release | June 19, 2007 at 5:30

MUMBAI, India — Challenging TATAs insurance slogan “Take a new look at life” four turtles appeared at the Mumbai Office of TATA AIG Life Insurance, asking for insurance cover to protect them from Tata’s proposed port at Dhamra in Orissa. The...

Ratan Tata, Kya Hua Tera Vaada?

Feature story | June 19, 2007 at 5:30

MUMBAI, India — “Ratan Tata, Kya Hua Tera Vaada?” was the line that thousands of Mumbai’s citizens have been reading aloud, with smiles on their faces, over the last few days. The Tata’s response to the Greenpeace-commissioned rapid biodiversity...

Whaling season over

Feature story | March 1, 2007 at 12:17

Today the whaling fleet crossed the 60 degree latitude, leaving the whaling grounds behind - at least for this season. Officials in Tokyo have finally acknowledged publicly that the deadly fire crippling the fleet's factory ship means an early...

Revealed: Icelandic whale in storage, landfill

Feature story | January 28, 2007 at 5:30

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — In Iceland we have discovered an unprecedented amount of the whale meat from the recent hunt has not been used. Even whaling captain Sigurður Njálsson has said the meat is unfit for domestic consumption. 200 tonnes of the...

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