Belgium steps up drive against GMOs
Belgian consumer groups, Greenpeace and food retailers combined forces this week to inform the public of the "risks" of gnetically modified foods(GMO) foods and of efforts by retailers to reformulate
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'Rainbow Warrior' to visit India
The flagship of the international environmental pressure group, Greenpeace, the 'Rainbow Warrior', will visit India for the first time later this month to mark the 15th anniversary of the Union
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GM corn imports risky, say Greens
Environmental group, Greenpeace, said in Mexico that genetically modified corn imports from the US posed a threat to Mexico's corn crop, a butterfly reserve and public
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Greenpeace wants EU to ban Bt-maize
Despite announcement to withhold the approval process from new genetically engineered Bt-maize, Greenpeace has criticised the European Union Environment Commissioner for not taking any action about
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Radioactive leaks' on atolls
A French study has reported serious radioactive leakage at the former French nuclear test sites of Mururoa and Fangataufa atolls in the south Pacific, Greenpeace said on Sunday. The new report by the
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Green protests mar Chretien's HK trip
Green-peace activists tried to upstage Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien's visit to Hong Kong on Friday with a protest calling for an end to excessive logging and destruction of Canada's
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Greenpeace punctures myths about Golden Rice
Genetically engineered rice, believed to be the amazing tool that would fight Vitamin A deficiency and prevent anaemia and blindness, has come under severe attack from Greenpeace activists. "Golden
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Dismantling of the "Brent Spar" begins
The re-use and recycling of the old oil platform "Brent Spar" began in the Yrkefjord on the coast of Norway. It is the end of a three year process that started with protests by Greenpeace activists
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Danish ship illegally dumps Israeli toxic waste into Mediterranean Sea
Greenpeace revealed that the Danish dragger ship "Skandia" is illegally dumping toxic waste from the Israeli fertiliser company "Haifa Chemicals" in international waters in the Mediterranean
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Greenpeace claims StarLink in Kellogg product
The environmental group, Greenpeace, has said it had detected traces of a gene-altered corn variety not approved for human consumption in vegetarian corn dogs made by Kellogg
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Genetically altered corn 'found' in popular corn-dog
Controversy over Starlink corn-a variety of genetically-modified corn which has not been approved for human consumption in the US--resurfaced when Greenpeace, the environmental group, claimed that
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Hindustan Lever dumping mercury, charges Greenpeace
International environmental group Greenpeace today accused the Hindustan Lever Ltd (HLL) of dumping poisonous mercury in Tamil Nadu and subsequently initiating a "PR exercise to cover up" the
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Greenpeace seeks curbs on GM fish
Concern over the genetically modified foods swam from corn, rice and potatoes to fish as Greenpeace urged the US food watchdog not to let Canadian fish farmers sell fish engineered in labs. The
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Alang at breaking point, Greenpeace report claims
Health and environmental conditions in the world's largest ship-breaking yard at Alang near Bhavnagar is "critical and needs immediate action",says Greenpeace International, which has tested and
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Mexico cancels hotel project to help turtles
Greenpeace said on Wednesday Mexico had halted a coastal hotel project by Spanish chain Sol Melia that environmentalists had feared would harm the area's sea turtles. The Mexican government revoked
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15 detained at Greenpeace protest
The MV Greenpeace vessel may have entered St. Petersburg harbor with a comparative whimper, but it left with a bang on Wednesday, with a banner-hanging at a local factory and 15 detentions by police.
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Food labelling may not be enough, says Greenpeace
Labelling may not be a strong enough measure to protect consumers from genetically modified food, a local Greenpeace campaigner said yesterday. "The Thai Public Health Ministry's plan to label GM
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Greens seek ban on GM crops import
Green non-government organisations (NGOs), including Green-peace and other civil society organisations have submitted a petition to the Union Environment Ministry demanding a ban on the entry of
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Seedlings of fear
Sometimes you have to hand it to Greenpeace for self-parody. While the world's eyes are on Hong Kong's demonstrations surrounding the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, the group decided
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Czech Tesco says branded products do not use GMO's
Tesco Czech Republic said yesterday it does not use genetically manipulated organisms (GMO's) in its house brand products after it came under fire from the Czech branch of Greenpeace. "All suppliers