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Greenpeace frees ocean life from Pacific longliner

Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Greenpeace ship Esperanza freed tuna, sharks, marlin and an endangered sea turtle from a Taiwanese longliner on Saturday. The vessel was fishing in the Pacific Commons, the international waters we want to see protected as a marine reserve.

30,000 Australians demand the Treasurer stops fueling climate change

Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Greenpeace delivered a giant clear Perspex wind turbine to Treasury and filled it with postcards signed by the 30,000 Australians who have demanded the government stops fueling climate change in next week's budget.

Tuna overkill

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:56:54 GMT

Activists from the Esperanza have confronted a US fishing vessel hauling up a huge catch in international waters.

Time's running out for tuna

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Tuna stocks in the Pacific are running out due to overfishing from illegal and commercial fishing fleets.

551 whales too many

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

After five months at sea, the Japanese whaling fleet recently arrived in Japan having taken around half the number of whales from the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary as planned, but still 551 whales too many.

April 08

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:03:12 GMT

Our balloon calls for more than hot air

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Prime Minister Rudd wants to stop dangerous climate change and we want to give him the chance to show that all his talk is not just hot air. So, at dawn today, the Greenpeace hot air balloon delivered a message to Kevin in spectacular fashion: "Save the climate - No future in coal".

GE canola approval process corrupt

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The NSW committee investigating whether genetically engineered (GE) canola should be grown was stacked with pro-GE advocates, prompting calls for an enquiry.

Whalers' plans to take 985 whales foiled

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:07:14 GMT

Japanese whalers have announced that they are struggling to harpoon their quota this year. As the season draws to a close, they have caught less than half the 985 whales they targeted.

Your taxes fueling climate change

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

At least $9 billion of Australian taxpayers' money goes to fossil fuel company handouts every year. The coal industry even gets a $300 million discount on diesel fuel. It's a legacy of the Howard government that Kevin Rudd can ditch in the May federal budget.

Activists show GE crops know no borders

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Two days after the NSW government announced it would join Victoria in commercially growing genetically engineered (GE) crops, Greenpeace activists enter a GE canola field trial in Victoria and unfurl a banner saying “GE CANOLA KNOWS NO BORDERS”.

New Monsanto movie

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A new movie has dealt another severe blow to the credibility of US based Monsanto, one of the biggest global chemical companies and the provider of seed technology for 90% of the world’s genetically engineered (GE) crops.

Whales face next threat

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:12:48 GMT

The next big threat to whales is a push by pro-whaling countries, like Japan, to gain control of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to force a resumption of commercial whaling.

March 08

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:47:29 GMT

Turning a blind eye to GE contamination

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Multinational companies such as Bayer and Monsanto are turning a blind eye to cases of genetically engineered (GE) crop contamination on a global scale, according to an international report released this week.

Feb 08

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:41:54 GMT

Whale lovers make a splash in Japan

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Greenpeace whales campaign is building momentum, not on the high seas but in the Japanese corridors of power.

PR smokescreen lifts on coal industry's false solution

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), the technological poster child for the future of the global coal industry, has just had its biggest supporter pull the rug out from under its feet.

Public opposition to whaling increases in Japan

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Every year the Japanese government spends $US 4.7 million of taxpayers' money to subsidise the whaling industry. However, 87% of Japanese people are completely unaware of what their taxes are funding, according to a new Greenpeace commissioned, opinion poll.

Japan resumes scandalous whale hunt

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Japanese whaling fleet has again defied world opinion and resumed whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.

The Australian Customs vessel, the Oceanic Viking, reports that the Fisheries Agency of Japan’s whaling fleet has killed at least five whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.