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Greenpeace Press Releases

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Defending Our Oceans Is Not a Crime in Taiwan

Press release | February 10, 2012 at 12:18

Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 10 February 2012- Greenpeace East Asia oceans campaigner Yufen Kao received a not guilty verdict in Taiwanese court today, on charges of aggravated defamation brought by Taiwanese shipping company Chang Soon, owner of the... Read more >

UN awards “Forest Hero” Prize to Greenpeace Campaign Director Paulo Adario

Press release | February 9, 2012 at 1:30

New York, February 8, 2012 – The United Nations will honour Greenpeace Brazil’s Amazon Campaign Director Paulo Adario as a “Forest Hero” at a ceremony in New York on February 9th, in celebration of his work in defense of the Amazon Rainforest. Read more >

Google leads latest Greenpeace climate ranking of IT industry

Press release | February 8, 2012 at 7:30

Amsterdam, February 8th 2012 -- Greenpeace today released the 5th edition of its Cool IT Leaderboard (1), which sees Internet search engine giant Google overtaking on climate issues, followed by Cisco and Ericsson. Read more >

Fukushima: Nuclear shutdown needed - not cold shutdown PR smokescreen

Press release | December 16, 2011 at 12:04

Tokyo, December 16, 2011 — Responding to today’s announcement by the Japanese government and officials from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant operator TEPCO that the reactor has reached cold shutdown status, Junichi Sato, Executive Director of... Read more >

Facebook commits to clean energy future

Facebook commits to clean energy future

Press release | December 15, 2011 at 6:23

Amsterdam, 15 December 2011 - Greenpeace and Facebook today announced that they will collaborate on the promotion of renewable energy, encourage major utilities to develop renewable energy generation, and develop programmes that will enable... Read more >

Greenpeace and Palau government bust pirates in Palau shark sanctuary

Press release | December 9, 2011 at 7:56

Palau, 8 December 2011 - Palauan fisheries officials have boarded and detained a Taiwanese fishing vessel suspected of illegal fishing activities during a joint patrol with Greenpeace of the Pacific Island nation’s exclusive economic zone. The... Read more >

Incompetent Decontamination Effort Risking Health of Fukushima Residents

Press release | December 7, 2011 at 6:02

Fukushima, Japan, December 7, 2011 – Nine months after the triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Greenpeace today renewed its demand for urgent relocation of pregnant women and children living in contaminated areas of Fukushima... Read more >

Greenpeace, Japanese NGOs Demand End To Whaling Subsidies

Press release | December 6, 2011 at 7:18

Tokyo, Japan, 6 December, 2011 – Greenpeace joined other Japanese non-governmental organisations today in publically condemning the Japanese government’s increased financial support for its “scientific” whaling fleet (1), as it departed for the... Read more >

Greenpeace occupies Global Business Day to name and shame the ‘Dirty Dozen’...

Press release | December 5, 2011 at 10:06

Durban, 5 December 2011 – At the beginning of the second week of the UN climate talks in Durban, Greenpeace activists and supporters along with other NGOs converged on the Global Business Day conference to name and shame The Dirty Dozen1 carbon... Read more >

Durban climate talks: US must stand aside

Press release | December 3, 2011 at 10:55

“This is not a dress rehearsal, a week of belligerence, bickering and backstabbing needs to now give way to real deals about the future of our planet. Those who are not interested in saving lives, economies and environments, like the US, must now... Read more >

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