June 2005

Japan vows to fight for a return to commercial whaling

Posted by darren - 29 June 2005 at 11:58am - Comments

International Whaling Commission meets in Korea 2005

As the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting ends in Korea, anti-whaling nations emerge victorious. The commission firmly rejected the Japanese government proposal that would have seen a return to commercial whaling.

Article tagged as: IWC, japan, whaling

Virtual march: the world is watching

Posted by darren - 20 June 2005 at 11:11am - Comments

The virtual march begins in Ulsan, Korea

Over the weekend, the World's first "virtual march" started in the city of Ulsan, South Korea, host to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) annual meeting.

Article tagged as: IWC, virtual march, whaling

Amazon soya king receives Golden Chainsaw award

Posted by admin - 20 June 2005 at 8:00am - Comments

Brazilian TV presenters about to award the 'Golden Chainsaw' to soya king Blairo Maggi

 

Thanks to the over 30,000 international web supporters who voted in our web poll, Blairo Maggi, the world's biggest soya farmer and governor of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, was awarded the 'Golden Chainsaw Award' by Greenpeace last week.

A clear winner with over 37 per cent of the vote, Maggi came ahead of Brazilian President Lula da Silva, recently criticized for failing to stem the level of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.

Article tagged as: agriculture, amazon, blairo maggi, brazil, forests, golden chainsaw, soya

Legal challenge to protect dolphins

Posted by darren - 17 June 2005 at 11:32am - Comments

UK pair trawlers Ocean Star and Ocean Crest fishing in the English Channel, February 2005

We returned to the High Court to challenge the government over its failure to prevent the deaths of thousands of dolphins every year.

The hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice resumed after being adjourned in July. The Judge has now heard all the evidence and now we're waiting for a verdict.

South Korea scraps whale meat factory plans

Posted by darren - 16 June 2005 at 10:46am - Comments

Flying over the proposed whale meat factory in Ulsan, Korea

Exciting news has reached our whale embassy! The plans for the proposed whale meat factory have been shelved days before the International Whaling Commission (IWC) is due to meet.

The decision was reported in a South Korean newspaper and is a courageous move by the government.

Article tagged as: south korea, whale embassy, whaling

No respite for Finland's ancient forests

Posted by admin - 16 June 2005 at 8:00am - Comments

Female bear and her young in old-growth Finnish forest

Metsähallitus, the Finnish state-owned logging company, has unilaterally terminated all negotiations with the Sami reindeer herding co-operatives and has said that the logging moratorium on 90,000 hectares of important reindeer grazing forests is over. Logging could restart as early as August.

Article tagged as: destructive logging, finland, metsahallitus, sami, stora enso

NIREX reveals location of potential nuclear waste sites

Posted by bex - 10 June 2005 at 8:00am - Comments
Nuclear waste flasks

Nuclear waste flasks

Article tagged as: nirex, nuclear dump sites, nuclear power, nuclear waste

Land Rover forecourts targeted in first national day of action against 4x4s

Posted by bex - 4 June 2005 at 8:00am - Comments

A Greenpeace volunteer on the Land Rover forecourt


Teams of Greenpeace volunteers took action this morning to disrupt sales of some of the most gas guzzling 4x4s on sale at Land Rover dealerships in seven major cities across the UK. The activity kicked off the first national day of action against 4x4s.

Article tagged as: 4x4s, climate change, direct actions, fuel efficiency, land rover, road transport, transport