The Greenpeace flagship, Rainbow Warrior, sailed into Port Melbourne this morning after three days of trying to prevent a ship, Rhein, from delivering 6300 tonnes of unlabelled genetically engineered (GE) soy.
Protestors once again met the cargo ship, The Rhein, as it entered Melbourne last night carrying 6300 tonnes of unlabelled genetically engineered (GE) soy.
It took eight hours, a powerful tugboat and the specialist division of the water police to end the Rainbow Warrior’s blockade of the GE (genetically engineered) soy ship The Rhein in Port Kembla Harbour. Despite the arrest of the Warrior’s captain, Greenpeace’s campaign against GE soy didn’t slow down.
Greenpeace's campaign to have the Australian poultry industry stop using genetically engineered (GE) feed moved a step closer to reality in Newcastle today, when Ingham accepted a symbolic load of GE-free soy from the Rainbow Warrior.
Greenpeace activists painted "Stop GE imports" on a ship’s hull as it entered Brisbane early this morning. The ship, Rhein, was carrying 13,000 tons of genetically engineered (GE) soy meal destined for animal feed.
Australian food icon Margaret Fulton welcomed the Greenpeace flagship, Rainbow Warrior, when it sailed into Sydney harbour this morning. The ship is here as part of a global campaign to promote a future free from genetically engineered (GE) food.
The world’s tallest tree-sit ends today after five months of campaigning by Greenpeace and the Wilderness Society to save Tasmania’s Styx Valley – home of the world’s tallest hardwood trees.
