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Filipino Giants taunt Spanish Colonialists: Our Climate; Our Energy; Our Choice

Press release | 18 July, 2002 at 2:00

The 5 metre papier mache protestors, and a traditional Filipino 25-piece string band, were on hand to welcome the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise, on the first stop of the South East Asia Choose Positive Energy tour. The tour promotes clean...

European energy company Alstom dumping dirty technology on South

Press release | 3 July, 2002 at 2:00

On the day of its annual general meeting French-UK company Alstom - a major supplier of the highly controversial and corruption-tainted Three Gorges Dam of China - is now being targeted over its involvement in dirty coal fired power stations in...

Greenpeace launches renewable energy global tour

Press release | 26 June, 2002 at 2:00

In the lead up to the Earth Summit in Johannesburg in August, the Greenpeace flagship, the Rainbow Warrior, today began the first leg of the "Choose Positive Energy Tour" - a global journey to support the development renewable energy around the...

Defending Our Oceans, Protecting the Whales

Press release | 18 November, 2005 at 1:00

We are facing a growing wave of ocean extinction; our seas have reached a tipping point, with scores of species, fish, birds and mammals edging toward extinction (1). In response, Greenpeace is launching its most ambitious ship expedition ever to...

Cattle ranching biggest driver of Amazon deforestation

Feature story | 29 January, 2009 at 17:15

At the World Social Forum in Belém in the heart of the Amazon we’ve released evidence confirming cattle ranching to be the biggest driver of Amazon deforestation. Greenpeace Brazil has produced a series of maps which show in greater detail than...

Activists board coal shipment in Spain

Feature story | 6 October, 2008 at 2:00

At 2am this morning, four Greenpeace activists boarded the Windsor Adventure, a coal cargo ship importing coal from Colombia into Spain. Activist painted “Quit Coal” on the side of the ship as it entered Gijon, one of the biggest coal harbours in...

Defending our Mediterranean tour launches

Feature story | 29 April, 2008 at 2:00

The Mediterranean Sea is a global treasure. Rich seagrass meadows and rocky reefs dominate its coastal zone while an awe-inspiring array of underwater mountains (seamounts), cold seeps and trenches are found on its seabed.

Hitting the emergency stop button on coal

Feature story | 15 November, 2007 at 1:00

Before dawn this morning our activists occupied and took peaceful direct action to shut down a coal-fired power plant in Australia - locking onto the conveyor system to prevent coal from feeding the plant.

Whalers ram Greenpeace ship

Feature story | 8 January, 2006 at 1:00

This morning our ship the Arctic Sunrise was deliberately rammed and damaged by the Nisshin Maru, the factory ship of the Japanese whaling fleet. Straight after the ramming, the Nisshin Maru began to steam away from the "scene of the crime".

2m hectares of Amazon saved!

Feature story | 11 November, 2004 at 1:00

The Brazilian government has stood up to the powerful forces of illegal loggers and greedy soya and beef barons in the Amazon by creating two massive protective reserves. This means increased sustainable use of the forest by local people and...

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