Japan blasts bid to establish whale sanctuary
Japan today attacked moves to establish a South pacific whale sanctuary but failed in a bid to ban Greenpeace environmentalists from an International Whaling Commission(IWC) annual meeting this
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Greenpeace finds porpoises, sharks, sea-birds abandoned in driftnets
Greenpeace released findings from a two-week patrol of salmon drifnet fishing grounds in Russian waters off the Kuril Islands. Activists onboard the environmental organisation's flag ship, the
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Greenpeace launches campaign in Kerala
Greenpeace International yesterday launched a 'right to information' campaign, together with local community representatives, demanding factories and industrial houses in the Eloor industrial estate
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Greenpeace chides Goa nickel plant
The international environmental activist, Greenpeace has accused Goa of encouraging a Spanish nickel company to set up an imported toxic metal waste processing factory in the state contravening
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Greenpeace reveals new pirate landing of toothfish in Mauritius
Greenpeace exposed a well-known illegal fishing vessel, the Belize-flagged Rita, landing its catch of 90 tonnes of toothfish in Port Louis, Mauritius. The environmental group asked the Mauritian
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Greenpeace protests over Romania cyanide spill
Greenpeace activists yesterday demanded the closure of a gold plant in northern Romania that was the scene of a major cyanide spill this year. More than 100,000 cubic metres of cyanide-tainted
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EU court decision on GM maize
In what is seen as a defeat for Greenpeace and the French farm unions, the European Union's (EU) highest court decided that France did not have the right in 1998 to suspend approval of three
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UN forum on forests on the anvil
The world's forests are in crisis mode, with only 20 per cent of the world's original forest cover still in existence, said Greenpeace International representative Paul Hohnen, on behalf of a
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Greenpeace storms GM soya ship
British police arrested five activists from the environmental group Greenpeace who had boarded a US ship carrying genetically modified soya off Wales. The ship, carrying 60,000 tonnes of soya
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US soya ship 'ambushed'
Greenpeace campaigners in dinghies 'ambushed' a bulk carrier carrying up to 60,000 tonnes of US soya into Britain yesterday. The enviromentalists were aiming to halt imports of genetically modified
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Mexico fines Sol Melia for eco damage
Environmental group Greenpeace said sanctions imposed by Mexico on Spanish hotel chain Sol Melia, planning to build a resort hotel on a beach where sea turtles lay their eggs, don't go far enough to
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Japanese whalers earn official rebuke
Greenpeace activists were dragged up a Japanese whaling ship's ramp by a snagged line after they tried to prevent a minke whale from being hauled into the vessel.The incident occurred on Wednesday in
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Greenpeace may declare Ennore a toxic hotspot
Greenpeace International is likely to name Ennore as a toxic hotspot because of the high amount of industrial pollution in the region. According to Mr. Nityanand Jayaraman, Asia Toxics Campaigner for
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Greenpeace battles Japan whalers in Antarctic waters
A Greenpeace campaigner dived into icy Antarctic waters early today in a vain attempt to prevent a Japanese factory ship from loading a harpooned whale, the environmental group said. The incident
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Whaler rams environmentalists
A Japanese whaling ship rammed a Greenpeace vessel on Tuesday in the Antarctic waters where Minke whales are being hunted. The Japanese factory ship Nisshin Maru rammed the Arctic Sunrise at 2.20pm
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SC takes note of Greenpeace Alang protests
Greenpeace action in India against shipbreaking received a filip when Justice B.N. Kirpal of the SC yesterday took suo moto notice of the alleged violation of the court's May 1997 order banning
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Sharply divided on policy, board of Greenpeace is resigning
For the second time in two years, the board is resigning at Greenpeace U.S.A, the American arm of the feisty but troubled environmental group that has been a goad to whalers, loggers and, most
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Carbide factory is still 'toxic hotspot'
Greenpeace : Fifteen years after the disaster in which the methyl isocyanate leak killed an estimated 16,000 injured 5,00,000 others in Bhopal, there is still a toxic pall hanging over the premises
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Greenpeace ship arrives in Mumbai
The "Rainbow Warrior", the campaign ship of the international environmental group, has arrived in Mumbai on its first visit to India. Greenpeace is using the presence of the ship to launch its "No
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Greenpeace flagship arrives in Mumbai
The Rainbow Warrior, the flagship of the environmental pressure group Greenpeace, arrived in India on Wednesday to mark the 15th anniversary of the worst industrial disaster in histoy. The Rainbow