2012 Press Releases

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Official radiation monitoring stations in Fukushima unreliable: Greenpeace

Press release | 23 October, 2012 at 6:00

Tokyo, Japan, October 23, 2012 – Following new radioactive contamination checks in Fukushima City and the heavily contaminated Iitate(1) last week, Greenpeace has found that official monitoring stations systematically underestimate the radiation...

US farmers warn EU: do not follow GE path to agricultural Armageddon

Press release | 22 October, 2012 at 12:55

Warsaw, 22 October 2012 – European agriculture will be irreparably damaged if the European Commission were to follow the US and authorise the cultivation of herbicide-tolerant genetically engineered (HTGE) crops, Greenpeace warned today. The...

Financial risks for investors in the ZE PAK SA IPO

Press release | 19 October, 2012 at 15:42

Warsaw, 19 October 2012 — Greenpeace and CEE Bankwatch are contacting analysts and investors to warn them that participating in the ZE PAK SA initial public offering in Poland could leave buyers exposed to significant financial risk.

Greenpeace activists occupy Taiwan shipbuilding yard to protest overfishing

Press release | 12 October, 2012 at 11:00

Kaohsiung, Taiwan, October 12, 2012 – Ten Greenpeace activists occupied the largest shipbuilding yard in Taiwan on Friday, accusing the Taiwanese government of undermining international fishing agreements set up to combat the global overfishing...

Greenpeace activists evade security at Swedish nuclear power plants

Press release | 10 October, 2012 at 15:04

Stockholm, October 10, 2012 – Exposing the vulnerability of Swedish nuclear power plants, at least seven Greenpeace activists stayed more than 24 hours undetected at two sites following a test of their security procedures.

South Korea again bars Greenpeace staff from country to silence nuclear critics

Press release | 8 October, 2012 at 10:30

Seoul, South Korea, 8 October 2012 - Greenpeace International nuclear campaigners have again been denied entry to South Korea, making it crystal clear the government in Seoul is trying to silence nuclear critics.

Dutch court grants Greenpeace right to stage peaceful protests against Shell

Press release | 5 October, 2012 at 18:49

Amsterdam, October 5, 2012 -- Royal Dutch Shell has failed in its bid to win a sweeping injunction against two offices of Greenpeace, a setback to the company’s attempt to end protests by the environmental group over Arctic oil drilling.

Destruction of Indonesia’s peatland forests and orangutan habitat continues despite...

Press release | 27 September, 2012 at 13:54

27 September 2012, Ketapang, Indonesia: Environmental activists have proof that Indonesia’s peatland forests, habitat for endangered orangutans, continue to be destroyed after the discovery this morning of fresh forest clearing by a plantation...

Greenpeace demands Japan end commercial whaling as new financial woes emerge

Press release | 26 September, 2012 at 7:34

Tokyo, September 26, 2012 – Greenpeace Japan and the Dolphin & Whale Action Network, a Japanese NGO, today demanded that the Japanese government end taxpayer subsidies for its unprofitable whaling industry as reports revealed that ongoing...

Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior ends two weeks of joint fisheries surveillance with...

Press release | 24 September, 2012 at 14:15

Maputo, 24 September 2012 – The Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior ended on Monday its two week cooperation with the Mozambican Ministry of Fisheries. The organisation had been patrolling the country’s waters and facilitating inspections of...

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