Greenpeace News

Whale meat scandal: Many questions

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:26:47 GMT

Why would we believe the whaling industry when it says it is innocent? The institutions behind the Japanese whaling operation have apparently now investigated themselves and cleared themselves of any wrongdoing over the whale meat embezzlement scandal exposed by Greenpeace in May.

Australian smokestack occupied for 33 hours

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Over the weekend, four activists from Greenpeace Australia occupied the top of a 140-metre high smokestack for 33 hours enduring near freezing temperatures overnight. They began the two-hour descent yesterday, at Swanbank B coal fired power plant near Brisbane, leaving a message for Australia's leaders - "Go Solar!"- painted on the side of the smoke stack.

Eiffel Tower anti-nuclear protest

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:45:06 GMT

French state nuclear company Areva sponsored a ring of golden European Union stars for the Eiffel Tower, to mark France's term as EU president. Today, we added a nuclear hazard symbol.

Activists charged for exposing whale meat scandal

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Our Japanese activists Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki were charged with theft and trespass today by the prosecutor in Aomori after they exposed a major scandal around the embezzlement of whale meat from the Japanese government-sponsored Southern Ocean whaling programme.

Junichi and Toru continue to be held in detention in Aomori, where they have been since their arrest on June 10th, despite widespread international protest.

G8 - Environment Nil!

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:27:58 GMT

When you're in the business of saving the future - and you give yourself a specific deadline, such as 2050 - you need to make sure that every single day between then and now counts. Unfortunately, the G8 Summit was a waste of three whole days. Gathering in Toyako, Japan, G8 leaders offered nothing new on the food crisis, gave the wrong answer to rising oil prices and deferred climate action.

Mediterranean pirates busted by Greenpeace

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Activists aboard our ship Arctic Sunrise confronted an illegal vessel, the Luna Rossa, fishing with a driftnet this morning in international waters west of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea. The Luna Rossa’s crew immediately cut the net and fled from our ship at high speed.

Facing up to illegal forest destruction

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Illegal logging often happens in far-off places that are all too easily ignored. That's why we have brought the problem to the heart of Europe - with a 12-metre Amazon tree trunk placed in Brussels to highlight the role of Europe in fuelling the destruction of the world's rainforests.

Greenpeace blockades Australian coal-fired power station

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Greenpeace activists, including an ex-miner from the Hunter Valley, blockaded Australia's most polluting coal-fired power station to call for an Energy [R]evolution. Entering the plant in the early hours of the morning, 16 activists were able to lock themselves to the conveyors that distribute the coal.

Global protest over arrest of Japanese whale activists

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Global protest continues to mount with protests and vigils in front of Japanese embassies around the world and more than ~~180,000~~ ~~190,000~~ 200,000 letters being sent to the Japanese government demanding the release of Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki -- the Tokyo Two.

A network of Japanese lawyers have called the arrests a violation of human rights and a challenge to the freedom of expression in Japan.

Help Mister Splashy Pants rescue the Tokyo Two

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:56:36 GMT

Mister Splashy Pants just heard that two of his Greenpeace pals have been arrested. He, too, is amazed that they've been locked up for exposing the truth -- and he's going to do something about it. Are you?

TravellingAlberta.com offers one-of-a-kind oil sands vacation packages

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:48:46 GMT

As the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers embarks on a synchronized propaganda campaign aligned with Alberta's "rebranding" of its oil-extracting tar sands project, Greenpeace has launched its own website to paint the greenwash in its true colour: a deep, oily black.

Activists block restart of French nuclear reactor construction (Updated)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Twenty of our activists have successfully stopped construction of a new nuclear reactor being built in Flamanville, France, from restarting, for over 50 hours. Although building was halted because of safety problems, these are still unresolved.

Company scores plummet in Greener Electronics Guide

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

With expanded and tougher criteria on toxic chemicals, electronic waste and new criteria on climate change only Sony and Sony Ericsson score more than 5/10 in our latest Guide to Greener Electronics. Nintendo and Microsoft remain rooted to the bottom of the Guide.

Release our activists!

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:09:58 GMT

Philippine's leg of Quit Coal tour wraps up

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:07:36 GMT

“We believe there is no place for coal in a world beset by climate change and certainly there is no place for coal in Albay”

That was the statement of Governor Joey Sarte Salceda, setting the tone for our one month Quit Coal tour of the Philippines. Since the Rainbow Warrior arrived in the country we’ve taken our Quit Coal message to the places it needed to be heard, and generated real progress on the ground and in the corridors of power.

Japan holds whale activists without charge (Updated)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Japanese police have arrested two Greenpeace activists for exposing a whale meat scandal involving the government-sponsored whaling programme. The two activists, Junichi Sato, 31, and Toru Suzuki, 41, are being investigated for allegedly stealing a box of whale meat which they presented as evidence.

In the Red - fish that are best left in the ocean

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Far too often, we're left without answers when we're trying to find out if seafood on our supermarket shelves is sustainable -until recently it's been almost impossible to know. Now we are providing an international red list of fish that both consumers and retailers should avoid.

Landmark Amazon soya moratorium extended

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

We've received good news about the ongoing campaign to protect the Amazon rainforest: the landmark two-year-old "soya moratorium", brought about after we demonstrated that the rainforest was being cleared to make way for soya farming, has been extended for another year.

Illegal e-waste exposed

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A container of electronic waste (e-waste) from Port of Oakland in the US was intercepted in Hong Kong by Greenpeace activists. After months of research, we determined that the container was destined for Sanshui district in mainland China meaning that - under Chinese law - the import was illegal. Activists boarded the YM Success, pitched a tent on top of the containers and prevented the illegal e-waste from being offloaded.

Greenpeace occupies proposed Philippine coal station site

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Greenpeace activists from different countries, including the crew of the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior, and members of Responsible Ilonggos for Sustainable Energy (RISE) have established a "climate defenders camp" at the site of a proposed Philippines coal plant coal in Iloilo.