Blogposts tagged 'Germany'

Behind the lens in the Himalayas and other stories

Posted by bex - 5 June 2007 at 11:41am - 0 Comments

We regularly put photos of Greenpeace events here in the UK on Flickr, but sometimes we neglect to share pics from our 30 other offices around the world. And, what with the G8 coming up, there's been quite a lot going on in Greenpeace world over the past few days. Here's a selection of our favourite pics:

Article tagged as: czech republic, direct actions, finland, germany, himalayas, images, indonesia, multimedia

One fifth of US rice contaminated with illegal GM strain

Posted by jamie - 14 September 2006 at 7:00am - 0 Comments

'Genetic engineering - hands off', the label says on a plate of rice contaminated with an illegal GM variety

Up to one fifth of rice entering the EU is contaminated with an illegal genetically modified (GM) strain from the US. Those are the findings of the European Commission's own investigation into EU rice imports, following the admission in August by the US government that untested strains of GM rice had entered the food chain.

Article tagged as: bayer, china, germany, GM, GM food, rice, USA

Stop Esso campaign spreads across the globe

Posted by bex - 10 October 2002 at 7:00am - 0 Comments

Stop Esso campaign spreads across the globe

In 2002, action against Esso got well underway in the USA, Europe and New Zealand, as Greenpeace activists around the world joined in the protest.

MAY 2002

United States: Greenpeace USA launches it's campaign against the richest company in the planet.

Canada: Greenpeace activists lock themselves to fuel pumps at Esso stations in Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal, while volunteers in Bush masks urge motorists not to buy Esso.

New Zealand: Greenpeace issues "A Decade of Dirty Tricks" report outlining how Esso has undermined international climate change policy.