Greenpeace asks Japan to ban tuna imports
Environmental group Greenpeace on Monday called on Japan to ban the import of the southern bluefin tuna, the primary catch for the luxury Japanese sashimi trade, saying the species was on the brink
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No high-tech food for the low-income hungry?
The agribusiness folks want their genetic technology to relieve malnutrition in the Southern Hemisphere, but last week activists from Greenpeace vandalised a plantation of genetically modified corn
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EU says no evidence US GM soybeans pose risk
The European Commission said this week it had no scientific evidence that a brand of genetically modified soybeans - which environmental group Greenpeace wants banned - posed a health risk. The EC
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Greenpeace targets India's HLL for mercury pollution
Environmental lobby group Greenpeace and former employees of Hindustan Lever Ltd (HLL) demanded yesterday the Indian consumer goods company pay for healthcare costs from alleged mercury pollution
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Novartis finds GMO soy in Philippines baby food
Swiss healthcare group Novartis AG confirmed yesterday allegations from environmental group Greenpeace that some samples of baby food it sold in the Philippines contained genetically modified soy.
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No probe yet on Bt gene : Greenpeace
The scandalous sale and cultivation of Bt.gene variety cotton in Gujarat has much more to it than mere clandestinely growing a seed variety still awaiting legal sanctions. Greenpeace International
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Water around Carbide plant still toxic
Seventeen years after the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster further sample tests conducted by world environment watchdog, Greenpeace International, have confirmed that water in the localities adjacent to the
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EU liability plans too weak on GMOs - Greenpeace
A draft EU law to make companies pay for damaging the environment will not reduce the risk that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) would cross-breed with natural plants, Greenpeace
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A zero waste Britain?
Greenpeace has published a report urging the Government to adopt a zero waste policy, claiming that integrated waste management has failed and that a lack of Government interest has left Britain at
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Greenpeace protests Chile native forest destruction
Greenpeace activists chained themselves to a Japanese ship docked in Chile this week to protest the use of native tree species to make wood chips. The environmental protesters aimed to prevent the
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China GMO cotton bad for environment - Greenpeace
Transgenic Chinese cotton, developed by U.S. biotech giant Monsanto , is bad for the environment because it encourages the continued use of pesticides, environmental group Greenpeace said yesterday.
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Green activists fined
Three Greenpeace activists were fined on Monday after scaling an 18 meter chimney at a waste incinerator to protest the burning of
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Greenpeace blocks Dutch nuclear waste train
Environmental activists blocked a train carrying Dutch nuclear waste to a French reprocessing plant as pressure group Greenpeace stepped up its campaign against nuclear power. Dutch police arrested
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Chinese experience calls for caution in use of Bt cotton
A Greenpeace report reviewing the Chinese experience of genetically engineered Bt cotton (Bacillus thuringiensis cotton) has found adverse environmental impacts after just five years of commercial
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Thailand ratifies Kyoto emission reduction pact
Thailand has ratified the Kyoto protocol on global warming, a government statement said. The move received a mixed reaction from environmentalists. Athena Ballesteros, Greenpeace campaign manager for
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Bhopal waste dumped in Dow London office
Greenpeace returned poisonous waste collected from the site of the Bhopal gas tragedy, to its rightful owner, Dow Chemical. The waste
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Panel report on Bt Cotton fudged
Greenpeace activists demanded the government conduct an objective scientific assessment of the benefits of Bt Cotton, alleging that the government's
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12 journalists, 8 Greenpeace activists held in Gibraltar
The Gibraltar police arrested 12 journalists and eight Greenpeace activists during a protest on Monday by the environmental organisation against an ageing oil tanker moored in waters off the British
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Greenpeace wants EU to sue Spain over tanker wreck
Greenpeace asked the European Commission this week to prosecute Spain over its handling of the Prestige tanker disaster, saying it breached EU waste laws by letting the ship sink and release its
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Greenpeace, govt enmeshed in Bt cotton issue
The Bt cotton story is throwing up so many twists that the government will find it difficult to wriggle out of the tangled mess. With the international environmental activist group Greenpeace