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NZ company Sealord told, 'Change your tuna - not just your logo'

Posted by nick_gp - 30 August 2011 at 3:36pm
Greenpeace New Zealand tell Sealord to change it's tuna - with a giant tin
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Greenpeace New Zealand tell Sealord to change it's tuna - with a giant tin

After the success of the UK Change Your Tuna campaign, where all our major tinned tuna brands have now pledged to phase out the worst fishing practices, our New Zealand office has brought the campaign to Kiwi cans - upping the pressure on home-grown seafood giant Sealord this week, writes Nick Young of Greenpeace NZ.

Article tagged as: actions, fads, fishing, new zealand, NZ, pacific, purse seine nets, tuna

The writing is on the wall as Kumi Naidoo is released from jail and deported

Posted by nick_gp - 21 June 2011 at 5:33pm - Comments
Kumi Naidoo and Ulvar Arnkvaern on the Esperanza
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Kumi Naidoo and Ulvar Arnkvaern on the Esperanza, preparing to take action against the Leiv Eiriksson oil rig

Today Kumi Naidoo, the global head of Greenpeace, has been deported from Greenland after four days in jail for his part in a month of direct action on Cairn Energy's Arctic oil rig Leiv Eiriksson. 

Article tagged as: arctic, arctic drilling, cairn energy, go beyond oil, kumi naidoo, leiv eiriksson, oil

Actions speak louder than words

Posted by nick_gp - 20 June 2011 at 2:10pm - Comments
Politicians talk. Leaders act.
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Politicians talk. Leaders act.

Today eleven activists appear in a Danish court facing serious charges for a simple act of protest in Copenhagen a year and a half ago, while Greenpeace International Executive Director Kumi Naidoo remains in a Greenlandic jail for his stand against Arctic oil drilling.

Article tagged as: arctic, cairn, climate change, denmark, go beyond oil, kumi naidoo, oil, red carpet four

A Father's day letter for Kumi in jail

Posted by nick_gp - 20 June 2011 at 1:50pm - Comments
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Kumi Naidoo, the international head of Greenpeace, with his daughter Naomi [nid:225253]

Kumi Naidoo - the international head of Greenpeace - is currently in a Greenlandic jail following his stand against Cairn Energy's reckless oil drilling here in the Arctic. And so on Father's Day yesterday, his daughter Naomi sent him this heartwarming letter in jail - which he replied to:

Article tagged as: arctic, climate change, fathers day, go beyond oil, kumi naidoo, oil

Meet the Arctic 18

Posted by nick_gp - 9 June 2011 at 12:05pm - Comments
The 18 activists in jail for boarding Cairn's rig to demand the spill response p
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The 18 activists in jail for boarding Cairn's rig to demand the spill response plan

Our delegation of 18 from the Esperanza and Arctic Sunrise were arrested on board the Cairn oil rig Leiv Eiriksson on Saturday. Four days later they are still in jail.

Article tagged as: arctic, arctic18, cairn, climate, climate change, go beyond oil, oil spill

Arctic oil company's lawsuit against us backfires

Posted by nick_gp - 7 June 2011 at 10:03am - Comments
Confronting Cairn's oil drilling in the Arctic
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Confronting Cairn's oil drilling in the Arctic

Today an Amsterdam court judge turned the tables on Cairn Energy. Rather than granting an injunction against Greenpeace, he instead suggested that the oil company might actually like to consider releasing its secret Arctic Oil Spill Response Plan!

Article tagged as: arctic, cairn, climate, oil, oil spill

Today we confront Cairn in court

Posted by nick_gp - 6 June 2011 at 1:08pm - Comments
Our activists arrested after boarding Cairn's arctic rig
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Our activists arrested after boarding Cairn's arctic rig

Today our mission to protect the Arctic moves from the frozen seas of Greenland into the courts of Amsterdam and Greenland.

After our first occupation of its oil rig at the beginning of last week Cairn filed for an injunction with the courts in Amsterdam. The injunction is aimed at preventing us taking any further action to stop drilling in the Arctic. It would mean we’d be fined two million euros for every day any future protest stops drilling on the company’s Arctic oil rigs.

Article tagged as: action, activism, arctic, cairn, climate, climate change, deep water drilling, greenland, oil, oil spill, protest

Activists stop oil drilling for second time in one week

Posted by nick_gp - 4 June 2011 at 7:57pm - Comments

Just before being arrested today, oil campaigner Ben Ayliffe radioed the nearby Greenpeace ship Esperanza from the oil rig he and 17 other activists had boarded:

Article tagged as: arctic, cairn energy, climate change, direct actions, esperanza, leiv eiriksson, oil, ships

LIVE: We've boarded Cairn's Arctic oil rig demanding their spill plan

Posted by nick_gp - 4 June 2011 at 10:08am - Comments
18 of our activists scale Cairn's Arctic rig to get the oil spill response plan
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18 of our activists scale Cairn's Arctic rig to get the oil spill response plan

Update: After eight hours, all 18 activists have been arrested. More >>

It never really gets dark here in the Arctic but in the soft silver light of the early morning five inflatable speedboats left the side of the Esperanza. They carried a delegation of eighteen activists and headed for the giant Leiv Eiriksson looming on the horizon.

Article tagged as: arctic, cairn, climate, climate change, go beyond oil, oil, oil spill

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