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Exposed - Korea's secret plans for new whale meat factory

Feature story | April 8, 2005 at 14:25

ULSAN, Korea, Republic of — Ulsan, host city of this year's International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting, is enthusiastically building a whale museum and a brand new marine park in anticipation. But we have uncovered plans, noticeably absent...

Greenpeace petitions the OERC for Renewable Energy Uptake

Feature story | April 8, 2005 at 5:30

BHUBANESWAR, India — The Orissa Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) today heard the petition and arguments filed by Greenpeace, to ensure minimum of 10 percent of uptake of electricity from Renewable Energy sources in the state.

Jarigindi Chalu! Bahut Ho Gaya! Enough is Enough!

Feature story | April 8, 2005 at 5:30

HYDERABAD, India — Even as Greenpeace activists in Europe began toxic patrols to prevent export of single hull tankers to Asian beaches for breaking, Greenpeace India activists confronted the Andhra Pradesh Government at the secretariat in...

Greenpeace EU Market Report 2005 cautions India on GM Food

Feature story | April 8, 2005 at 5:30

NEW DELHI, India — Venturing into growing Genetically Modified (GM) crops could cost Indian farmers their entire European market, cautioned Greenpeace at the release of a new market report titled “No Markets for GM Labelled Food in Europe.” The...

Fishing families in Kakinada need your help.

Feature story | March 30, 2005 at 5:30

KAKINADA, India — The beautiful beach of Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh) may soon turn into a scrapyard for old, toxic ships, threatening the lives of local people and the nearby Coringa nature reserve.

Wrong GE Maize sold for four years

Feature story | March 24, 2005 at 5:30

WASHINGTON, DC, United States — In an article published today in Nature magazine, Syngenta has admitted that they sold hundreds of tonnes of the wrong GE maize in the United States over the past four years.

Illegal log shipment blocked

Feature story | March 23, 2005 at 5:30

PORTO, Portugal — The cargo ship Skyman had nearly made its delivery of more than a quarter million US dollars worth of illegal Amazonian logs. Nearly. But as it sailed into Portugal, Greenpeace activists rappelled from a bridge at the port...

Bahut Ho Gaya! Greenpeace and pollution-impacted communities call for action on World...

Feature story | March 22, 2005 at 5:30

NEW DELHI, India — Water water everywhere, but not a drop that was fit to drink. Schoolchildren who joined Greenpeace and pollution-impacted communities at today’s World Water Day rally in New Delhi would never dare to take a sip from the pots of...

Bahut Ho Gaya! Greenpeace and pollution-impacted communities call for action on World...

Feature story | March 22, 2005 at 5:30

NEW DELHI, India — On the occasion of World Water Day, Greenpeace activists, along with representatives of pollution-impacted communities from different states of India, staged a massive public rally in New Delhi to protest the absence of any...

Activists in Delhi for World Water Day rally

Feature story | March 18, 2005 at 5:30

NEW DELHI, India — Greenpeace and pollution impacted communities from Bhopal (MP), Kodaikanal (Tamil Nadu), Eloor (Kerala), Paradip (Orissa), Patancheru (Andhra Pradesh) and Delhi are coming together on this World Water Day (March 22, 2005) in...

Golden Rice is a technical failure standing in way of real solutions for vitamin A...

Feature story | March 17, 2005 at 5:30

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Five years after the hype on the so called "Golden Rice" started, Greenpeace claims that this project is a technical failure, not suited to overcome malnutrition and worse, is drawing funding and attention away from the...

Climate Change is Happening! Glacier Retreats is a fact!

Feature story | March 11, 2005 at 5:30

BANGALORE, India — Climate change is a hot topic these days. In more ways than one. For us at Greenpeace it gets particulary hot when the fossil-fuel corporation use paper-back fiction, fantasy advertising and cynical columnists to fib-off what...

A Journey to Oblivion? Orissa and its Olive Ridleys!

Feature story | March 10, 2005 at 5:30

BHUBANESHWAR, India — Olive Ridleys are elusive, and their numbers are dwindling fast enough to sound alarm bells in the ears of conservationists, scientists and concerned individuals. So to be on the trail of the Ridley is sharing a worldwide...

GEAC – Protector or Perpetrator?

Feature story | March 7, 2005 at 5:30

NEW DELHI, India — The overwhelming evidence on the failure of Bt cotton in Andhra Pradesh and gross regulatory failure of Bt Cotton across the country has forced the GEAC not to renew Monsanto’s permission for Mech- 12, Mech- 162 and Mech –184...

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...

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