February 2005

Next Harry Potter to save ancient forests

Posted by admin - 23 February 2005 at 9:00am - Comments

Hedwig delivers an 'owler' to Harry Potter's publishing company, Bloomsbury

JK Rowling's UK publisher Bloomsbury has just confirmed to Greenpeace that 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' will be printed on a part ancient forest friendly paper. This will be the first best selling book to be printed on such a paper in the UK.

Dead dolphin found

Posted by darren - 22 February 2005 at 4:49pm - Comments

Dead dolphin found by our ship, MV Esperanza

We've just found a dead dolphin bearing the tell tale signs of being killed in a large fishing net, floating 18 miles south of Plymouth.

Observers onboard our ship, MY Esperanza, spotted the dolphin at 9.10am and, after battling gale force winds, were eventually able to bring the dolphin onboard.

Hedwig the owl asks for help in saving muggle ancient forests

Posted by admin - 22 February 2005 at 9:00am - Comments

Hedwig the owl visited JK Rowling's UK publisher Bloomsbury today on behalf of the Greenpeace Book Campaign. He asked them to print Harry's latest adventure, 'Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince', which is due out this summer, on ancient forest friendly paper.

By taking such a step Bloomsbury would be helping to protect some of the world's last ancient forests and the muggle creatures that depend on them.

Esperanza sets sail to protect dolphins

Posted by darren - 17 February 2005 at 6:20pm - Comments

MV Esperanze sets sail

Our ship, the MY Esperanza, has just set sail from Falmouth to investigate dolphin deaths in the English Channel.

Every year hundreds of dolphins are killed by pair trawlers and other destructive fishing - their corpses are washing up on beaches in south west England right now.

Activists disrupt oil industry annual jamboree

Posted by bex - 16 February 2005 at 9:00am - Comments

Volunteers hold "climate crime scene" tape

On the day the world finally enacted Kyoto, the oil industry tried to hold a huge party to say, 'we don't care, it's business as usual'. We hope for at least one evening they've been forced to face the reality of what they're doing.

Global oil trading stopped

Posted by bex - 16 February 2005 at 9:00am - Comments

A policeman and a Greenpeace volunteer

Today is a day for action. After a long and arduous process the Kyoto Protocol comes into force and business as usual is not an option.

Thirty-five Greenpeace volunteers halted trading on the global oil market by occupying the International Petroleum Exchange in London. They entered the high security building near Tower Bridge shortly before 2pm, just as the world market in Brent crude was about to switch to London.

Government in the dock over dolphin deaths

Posted by darren - 10 February 2005 at 6:30pm - Comments

Dead Dolphin in the Channel

We've just launched a legal challenge against the government to help save dolphins from being caught and killed in large fishing nets.

Our legal team has filed papers in the High Court seeking a ban on all fishing boats from pair trawling for sea bass within 200 miles of the UK. This type of fishing involves two boats dragging a huge net between them. Last year, government observers witnessed UK pair trawlers catching and killing 169 dolphins.

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