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EU destroying deep sea life

Feature story | October 18, 2004 at 5:30

NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN, Ireland — The needless, excessive destruction of the high seas was exposed after our activists beamed back disturbing footage of deep sea carnage on a European Union (EU) trawler.

Bush suppresses GE crop warnings

Feature story | October 18, 2004 at 5:30

MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Monsanto and the US Government have been telling the world that genetically engineered crops pose no contamination threat to natural indigenous species. But Greenpeace has learned from a leaked report that NAFTA disagrees...

Greenpeace ship SV Rainbow Warrior to tour the East Coast of India

Feature story | October 15, 2004 at 5:30

BANGALORE, India — In the world's oceans, scientists have discovered strange and mysterious creatures in the darkest depths that are found nowhere else on the earth. But these creatures and their habitat are today threatened by myriad human...

Peace Prize goes green

Feature story | October 8, 2004 at 5:30

NAIROBI, Kenya — Wangari Maathai has planted tens of millions of trees, opposed genetically modified organisms and titanium mining in her native Kenya, and won numerous awards for her environmental activism. She has also been beaten, harassed,...

SCMC Panel Slams Hindustan Lever With a Rs. 50 Crore Penalty for Mercury Pollution of...

Feature story | October 8, 2004 at 5:30

CHENNAI, India — The Supreme Court Monitoring Committee on Hazardous waste (SCMC) has done it again. The Committee members clearly appalled at the state of the affairs at the Hindustan Lever’s now shut down Mercury thermometer factory plant at...

Bayer Stalls for Time to Answer Critical Issues on Food Safety

Feature story | October 6, 2004 at 5:30

MUMBAI, India — Bayer continued to stonewall Greenpeace requests for information on their work with dangerous Genetically Modified (GM) food crops today. Five days after a protest by Greenpeace, at a meeting organized at the company’s convenience...

Chapati Chor Monsanto's Wheat Patent Withdrawn in Europe : Bio-pirates Beware!

Feature story | October 4, 2004 at 5:30

BANGALORE, India — In a clear victory for Greenpeace and Indian farmers, European Patent office (EPO) on 23rd September revoked the patent on Indian 'Nap Hal' wheat variety following a legal opposition filed by Greenpeace at the EPO in February...

Bayer Bluffs at the End of Day Long Direct Action by Greenpeace

Feature story | October 1, 2004 at 5:30

MUMBAI, India — 11 hours after six Greenpeace activists chained themselves to the gates of Bayer Crop Science headquarters in Mumbai yesterday, demanding information on Bayer’s recent dangerous experiments with the infamous CRY 9C gene on popular...

Putin gives Kyoto green light

Feature story | September 30, 2004 at 5:30

MOSCOW, Russian Federation — George Bush's Government is out in the cold over Kyoto - and it's that old Cold War enemy, Russia, that's put it there. The Russian government today moved closer towards ratifying the crucial climate change treaty. ...

DOW-Carbide Reminded of Bhopal Liabilities at Paris Fashion Fair

Feature story | September 21, 2004 at 5:30

PARIS, France — Two Bhopali youngsters, Sanjay and Rani Niloufer, survivors of the world's worst industrial disaster, joined Greenpeace activists to display images of the ongoing tragedy in Bhopal at the opening of an international textile...

Hyderabad Youth Bear Witness To Patancheru's Criminal Industrial Pollution

Feature story | September 17, 2004 at 5:30

HYDERABAD, India — “The future belongs to the youth and yet it is ironical that we are ones most kept out of important events and decisions that are shaping that very future,” says Salil Mukhia, Greenpeace India campaigner. As part of Greenpeace...

About the Sandalwood Tree

Feature story | September 10, 2004 at 5:30

BANGALORE, India — Sandalwood …Santalum album – Shiri Gandha – Chandana – Aninditha - Arishta Phalam - Bhadhrashraya – Sarpavasa – Chandrakanta – Gandhasara – Thailaparna - Malayaja – what names ! More than sixty are listed, each more...

Extreme weather warnings

Feature story | September 9, 2004 at 5:30

Hurricane devastation in the US, flash floods in Japan and a UK village washed into the sea. As climate change gathers pace, devastation caused by extreme weather is becoming more common. Take a visual tour of storm and flood destruction.

Solar Lanterns Light up Lives of Young Survivors of Bhopal Tragedy

Feature story | September 9, 2004 at 5:30

BHOPAL, India — The International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal (ICJB) today launched Project Chirag an income-generation initiative for young survivors of the world’s worst industrial disaster. The ICJB has decided on having “hope” and...

Greenpeace Jaguars Caged

Feature story | August 31, 2004 at 5:30

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Our team of Greenpeace Jaguars, who have been protecting the ancient forests of Argentina from the expansion of Genetically Engineered soya, have been arrested while documenting the deforestation in northern Argentina...

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