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Most of the local offices have one or more feeds available. These are included on this page. Some, like for example the Japanese office, do not seem to have feeds available and thus are not included on this page. Greenpeace International is included as well.

France

La France ne doit pas abandonner le thon rougeL'Union Européenne a renoncé mardi 22 septembre à interdire toute commercialisation du thon rouge. Cette interdiction est pourtant la seule solution pour mettre un terme à la surexploitation dramatique du thon rouge. Le 16 juillet dernier, Nicolas Sarkozy s'était d'ailleurs prononcé en faveur d'une telle mesure. Mais hier, à Bruxelles, la France a renié ses engagements et fait échouer le processus.

Grand succès de la Flash-Mob pour le ClimatPlusieurs centaines de personnes se sont retrouvées ce lundi à Paris, au pied du Sacré-Coeur, pour réveiller Nicolas Sarkozy. A deux mois et demi de l'ouverture du sommet international de Copenhague sur les dérèglements climatiques, elles répondaient à l'invitation de Greenpeace et de dix ONG réunies au sein de l'« Ultimatum Climatique ».

Greenpeace dénonce un crime écologique au CanadaDes activistes de Greenpeace paralysent en ce moment même des installations pétrolières de Shell au Canada. Ils ont contraint la compagnie à suspendre ces opérations. Greenpeace dénonce l'exploitation des sables bitumineux pour en extraire du pétrole. Cette technique constitue un crime environnemental. Le Canada et les Etats-Unis doivent renoncer à ce « pétrole sale ».

Nicolas Sarkozy passe à côté de la Contribution Climat EnergieJeudi 10 septembre, le président de la République a annoncé l'instauration d'une « taxe carbone » à 17 euros la tonne de CO². Le choix de ce montant prouve que le chef de l'Etat n'a pas compris l'intérêt de la Contribution Climat Energie (CCE).

Thon rouge : la Commission européenne montre la voie... mais la France fait ma»Paris, le 8 septembre 2009. Greenpeace salue la décision de la Commission européenne de soutenir le classement du thon rouge à l'annexe I de la CITES en vue de l'interdiction de son commerce international, mais dénonce le choix de la France de soutenir le classement à l'annexe II, beaucoup moins restrictive.

USA

Dorothy Stowe 1920 - 2010Greenpeace co-founder Dorothy Stowe passed away at 03:00, July 23, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada, at the age of 89.

Senate introduces bills to protect chemical and water plants nationwide Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) introduced a comprehensive legislative package that would help to prevent debilitating terrorist attacks at America?s chemical, drinking water, and wastewater facilities. This legislation requires plants to assess their vulnerability, develop plans to address those vulnerabilities, and requires the highest-risk facilities to convert their facilities to safer processes that don?t have the risk of a catastrophic chemical release.

Gulf oil spillThe Deepwater Horizon accident in the Gulf of Mexico is a disaster unfolding before our eyes. Eleven lives were lost in the initial explosion, and that incalculable loss is compounded daily as oil continues to flow.

RW 25 Anniversary"One of the principles of Greenpeace, one of the things that makes us so strong and special, is that we are non-violent. Fernando did not have to die; he was a threat to no one. We will never forget him. I hope the generations of activists who sail on the new ship will be as determined and as exceptional and as inspired as he was," said Rainbow Warrior Captain Pete Willcox, as he laid a wreath today for Fernando Pereira, the Greenpeace photographer, who was murdered when French agents bombed and sunk the Rainbow Warrior 25 years ago.

Oh No Costco! Two months after the release of its fourth sustainable seafood scorecard profiling major supermarket retailers, Greenpeace launched a website spoofing the Costco Wholesale website and visited the company?s headquarters in Seattle to draw attention to Costco's lack of sustainable seafood policies and purchasing practices.

Russia (english)

Greenpeace urged Putin to ban toxic discharges to Russian riversToday Greenpeace carried out an action in Moscow city centre urging the Prime-Minister Vladimir Putin to ban discharges of the hazardous substances into rivers and the municipal sewage water collection system.

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Greenpeace Russia warns the government of the dangers of climate change The thaw of permafrost presents a serious threat for the Russian economy, according to a Greenpeace report presented today at a press conference at Information Agency RIA Novosti. Important infrastructure, including thousands of kilometers of oil and gas pipelines in West Siberia, is under threat of damage and destruction. Greenpeace will hand the report to federal and regional governments, as well as major companies.

Governor of St.Petersburg feels afraid of allowing Greenpeace to city?s wastewa»Today Greenpeace got a refusal from St. Petersburg?s City Administration to make an independent research of the wastewaters discharged into Gulf of Finland by the local?s waste water treatment plants.

Germany

Zwei Jahre Kanadisches Waldabkommen - eine ZwischenbilanzAm 18. Mai 2010 trat das Kanadische Waldabkommen in Kraft. 28 Millionen Hektar Wald - eine Fläche fast so groß wie Deutschland - wurden für drei Jahre vor der Kettensäge geschützt. Heute ziehen Greenpeace und die Umweltschutzgruppen Canopy und Forest Ethics eine Zwischenbilanz.

Kahlschlag in Draculas HeimatDie Abholzung der rumänischen Wälder ist zwischen 2000 und 2011 dramatisch vorangeschritten. Das zeigt eine Karte, die in dieser Woche von Greenpeace Rumänien veröffentlicht wurde.

Brasilien: Drei Tage Protest auf der AnkerketteDer Protest der Greenpeace-Aktivisten im Hafen von Sao Luis, Brasilien, dauert an. Seit Montag wechseln sich Kletterer auf der Ankerkette des Frachters Clipper Hope ab. Sie protestieren gegen die Urwaldzerstörung für Roheisen. Der daraus hergestellte Stahl geht unter anderem an Autokonzerne wie BMW oder Mercedes.

Schwarz auf weiß - Szenario für einen Ölunfall in der ArktisDie Polarregion ist eines der letzten fast unberührten Gebiete der Erde. Ein Ölunfall in der Abgeschiedenheit der Arktis wäre unbeherrschbar. Doch davon will sich der Ölkonzern Shell nicht abhalten lassen.

Achtung: Gen-Food im KaDeWeLecker und bunt sehen die Lebensmittel aus, die das Kaufhaus des Westens in Berlin anbietet. Aber Vorsicht: Nach Greenpeace-Recherchen hat das KaDeWe ein großes Sortiment gentechnisch veränderter Produkte im Regal. Eine Backmischung enthält nach Laboruntersuchungen von Greenpeace zudem Gen-Mais, der bei den Zutaten nicht genannt wird. Der Verkauf von nicht gekennzeichnetem Gen-Food ist in Europa strafbar.

Australia Pacific

Stop the HRL dirty power stationHundreds of people are rallying today at Victoria?s State Parliament to protest the Baillieu Government?s expansion of the dirty brown coal industry.

Stop HRLHundreds to rally against new coal plant

Greenpeace anti-whaling activists to launch appeal in Sendai High CourtGreenpeace activists Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki, who in 2008 exposed an embezzlement ring within the Japanese whaling industry, will launch an appeal in the Sendai High Court on Tuesday May 24, in response to their unjust conviction in the Aomori district court.

Say Yes Australia!Today is the launch of the positive action campaign, Say Yes Australia.

FBT reform ? one billion down, six to goGreenpeace welcomes reforms to the Fringe Benefits Tax as a good first step in cutting the billions of dollars handed to polluters every year in the form of subsidies.

New Zealand

New Zealander in protest over Shell?s Arctic oil plans New Zealander James Bellamy is this afternoon (NZ time) part of a Greenpeace Nordic team of activists that are involved in a stand-off at sea with a Shell-contracted icebreaker, the Nordica, that is on its way to the Arctic to support the drillship the Noble Discoverer, which was occupied for four days by Greenpeace New Zealand in February.

Greenpeace activists remanded for another two weeksThe eight Greenpeace activists arrested during their occupation of a Shell-chartered drillship were today remanded for a further two weeks, till May 3rd, pending ongoing negotiations over the charges they will face.

Rena?s ghost birds to appear in main centres Auckland, 5/4/12: This month a collection of original prints made from a little blue penguin and a diving petrel killed by the Rena disaster will go on a three-centre tour, going on public display in venues in Christchurch, Dunedin, and Wellington.

Greenpeace statement on ASA ruling regarding oily penguin TV clipThe Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) of New Zealand has upheld in part a complaint on the way Greenpeace termed the number of bird deaths in an advocacy advertisement following the Rena oil spill in Tauranga.

Greenpeace calls on Pacific tuna fisheries meeting to deliver sustainable tuna »Guam, 27 March 2012 ? A report showing there is an increasing global demand for responsibly sourced tuna was released by Greenpeace yesterday at the start of an international meeting in Guam to decide on the future of Pacific tuna.

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Switzerland

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Greenpeace International

Biggest protest march in living memoryWe expected 20,000. We HOPED for 30,000. We got nearly double that. In the biggest protest march in living memory, 50,000 turned out on Queen Street today to march against the Government?s mining plans.

Cool IT Leaderboard shows growing divide between talk and action on developing »The newest version of our Information Technology (IT) industry climate ranking reveals how a few global tech companies are taking the lead. They're demonstrating the potential of IT solutions to help reduce energy wastage and greenhouse gas emissions, while others seem unable to decide if IT climate solutions are a significant business opportunity or a mere marketing strategy.

Save whales, not whalingA proposal to keep the dying whaling industries on life support has just been unveiled by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) -- instead of a concrete plan to safeguard whales.

GE: a 'recipe' for disasterA GE-free future is getting closer: half a million signatures have been collected asking the EU commission to stop GE crops from being grown in Europe. With 1 million signatures this petition will become an official request!

Activists 'drop' in to Nestlé shareholder meetingThirty activist 'orang-utans' greeted shareholders as they arrived for Nestle's Annual General Meeting today asking them to give Indonesia's rainforests a break and stop profiting from destroying rainforest, threatening biodiversity and accelerating climate change.

Mexico

¡Aguas! con las playas contaminadasA pocos días de que inicie el periodo vacacional de verano, Greenpeace presentó su ranking de las 10 playas más sucias 2009-2010. En este periodo, Jalisco, Campeche y Veracruz resultaron con las playas más contaminadas de México, lo que pone en riesgo a bañistas nacionales y extranjeros que visitan esos destinos turísticos en esta temporada.

CFE: ¡no seas carbón!Para exigirle a la Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) que no use combustibles fósiles para generar energía, Greenpeace envió un claro mensaje a la paraestatal: CFE ¡no seas carbón!

Tibia postura del G-20 contra el cambio climáticoLa reunión de líderes de 20 naciones de todo el mundo, el G-20, que se llevó a cabo en Toronto Canadá, no arrojó compromisos igualmente ambiciosos por parte de sus integrantes en materia de reducción de subsidios para los combustibles fósiles, lo cual es una medida necesaria para combatir el cambio climático.

Las ballenas pierden, fracasa reunión de la CBILos países miembros de la Comisión Ballenera Internacional perdieron una importante oportunidad para tomar medidas y poner fin a la caza comercial de ballenas, por lo que la sexagécima segunda reunión de la organización fue un fracaso, señaló Greenpeace.

¡Urge actuar contra el cambio climático! Greenpeace presentó el documento México ante el cambio climático Evidencias, impactos, vulnerabilidad y adaptación que reúne las voces de 19 científicos y expertos, quienes documentan la elevada vulnerabilidad de nuestro país al cambio climático, en términos tanto sociales, económicos como ambientales y alertan sobre la urgencia de que los tomadores de decisiones actúen para enfrentar este fenómeno.

Sweden

En miljon européer tvingar EU att se över GMO-lagEn miljon européer från 27 länder tvingar EU att behandla sitt tidigare beslut, och kräver ett stopp för genmodifierade grödor (GMO) till dess att oberoende, vetenskaplig granskning bedömer risker och eventuella konsekvenser med GMO. Under ett drygt halvårs tid har Greenpeace och Avaaz gemensamt samlat in den erforderliga miljon namnunderskrifter som krävs för att skapa ett så kallat medborgarinitiativ. Idag överlämnar organisationerna insamlingen till EU:s hälsokommissionär som nu tvingas hantera kravet på en lagändring.

?Lyssna på medborgarna, Andreas Carlgren ? sätt stopp för GMO?- Greenpeace GMO-ansvarige skickar öppet brev till miljöministern

?Lyssna på medborgarna, Eskil Erlandsson ? sätt stopp för GMO?Brev till miljöminister Andreas Carlgren i samband med överlämnandet av det första så kallade medborgarinitiativet till John Dalli, EU:s kommissionär för hälso- och konsumentfrågor. Greenpeace lämnar tillsammans med medborgarrörelsen Avaaz över underskrifter från över en miljon européer som kräver ett tillfälligt stopp för införandet av nya GMO-grödor i Europa.

COP 16 - klimatkonferensen i Cancún, MexikoDen 29e november 2010 startar COP 16 i Cancun, Mexiko. COP 16 är den senaste i ordningen av FN:s klimatorgan UNFCCCs klimatkonferenser. Vi förväntar oss att ansvariga svenska företrädare använder detta tillfälle att visa sitt engagemang för att skydda sina medborgare och omvärlden från katastrofala klimatförändringar

Briefing: Fiskekvoter för djuphavsarterRecommendations for a Council Regulation fixing for 2011 and 2012 the fishing opportunities for EU fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks.

Argentina

Greenpeace celebró la distribución de los fondos de Ley de Bosques a las provin»Organizaciones ambientalistas reclamaron mediante una carta (1) dirigida al Jefe de Gabinete, Aníbal Fernández, que el Poder Ejecutivo asigne los recursos correspondientes al ?Fondo Nacional para el enriquecimiento y la Conservación de los Bosques Nativos? establecido por la Ley Nacional de Bosques.

Carta de Greenpeace, Vida Silvestre y FARN al Jefe de Gabinete, Aníbal Fernánde»

Cambio climático: Futuro negro para los glaciares

Glaciar Ameghino: Greenpeace documentó nuevas evidencias del cambio climático e»La organización ambientalista Greenpeace dio a conocer hoy una nueva evidencia fotográfica que registra la retracción de los glaciares en la Argentina, producto del calentamiento global. La fotografía muestra el retroceso del glaciar Ameghino, ubicado en el Parque Nacional Los Glaciares en la provincia de Santa Cruz.

Cancún avanza para salvar el climaAl concluir la cumbre del clima, COP 16, en Cancún, los gobiernos lograron avances que le permitirán al mundo navegar por un difícil pero necesario camino rumbo a un acuerdo global que nos permita frenar el cambio climático peligroso.

China (english)

Nike & Adidas: time to Detox the world?s waterGame on, Nike and Adidas. Greenpeace is calling you out to see which one of you is stronger on the flats, quicker on the breaks, turns faster and plays harder at a game we?re calling ?Detox?: Who?ll be the first to take action and eliminate hazardous chemical discharges from their supply chain? Who will be the champion of a toxic-free future?

A Warrior's WelcomeWhat do you say when you are offered the chance to sail aboard the world?s most famous environmental campaigning ship? A series of responses flew through my mind (basically alternating between ?Seriously?? and ?Oh my GOD!?) before I replied with the only answer that would come out of my mouth: ?Absolutely.?

Greenpeace launches new office in South KoreaGreenpeace is excited to announce the launch of a new Greenpeace office in South Korea. Established as part of Greenpeace East Asia, our new office will be campaigning on the issues of Climate and Energy and Oceans.

Defending the Arctic against Oil ExploitationWhile most people in East Asia enjoyed a long weekend holiday to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, Greenpeace has been fighting a battle to protect the high Arctic from oil exploitation.

Leading the only race that countsWe'd like to share with you this beautiful, well-written profile of Kumi Naidoo, written by Sue Blaine and published in Business Day. Reprinted here with permission.

Belgium (Dutch)

Greenpeace schotelt Europese beleidsmakers ggo-kookboek voor Actievoerders van Greenpeace trokken uitgedost als sterrenchefs naar de Europese wijk in Brussel, waar ze honderden ggo-kookboeken uitdeelden aan medewerkers van de Commissie. Ook parlementsleden, permanente vertegenwoordigers van de EU-lidstaten en Brusselse journalisten ontvingen het kleurrijke ?Genetisch gewijzigde recepten voor rampspoed?.

Biologische bloemen tegen ggo-maïs van MonsantoActievoerders van Greenpeace zaaiden dinsdagochtend biologisch bloemen op een proefveld van de Vlaamse overheid in Wetteren. Op die manier bemoeilijken ze het inzaaien van genetisch gewijzigde maïs, voorzien voor later op de dag. Omwille van de milieurisico's hebben zes EU-lidstaten de teelt van de ggo-maïs in kwestie verboden. We vragen dat Vlaanderen deze zinloze publiciteitsstunt stopzet en investeert in duurzame landbouw.

Levensduurverlenging kerncentrales is een gevaarlijk experimentPrecies 24 jaar na de kernramp in Tsjernobyl herinnert Greenpeace aan de risico's van ouder wordende kerncentrales. Wereldwijd is er amper ervaring met reactoren ouder dan 40 jaar en ieder jaar neemt het aantal scenario?s voor mogelijke ongevallen in onze kerncentrales toe. De centrales tot 50 jaar openhouden is een ongekend gevaarlijk experiment.

Help de planeet een handjeVandaag kunnen wij de aarde een handje helpen door miljoenen nieuwe mensen mee warm te maken om onze enige thuis te redden.

Ggo's: binnenkort bij u op de keukentafel?Greenpeace verspreidt overal in Brussel affiches als reactie op de controversiële beslissing van de Europese Commissie om de genetisch gemodificeerde Amflora-aardappel toe te laten.

Belgium (French)

Greenpeace sert aux politiciens européens un livre de recettes OGM Des bénévoles de Greenpeace sont allés dans le quartier européen de Bruxelles, habillés en chefs étoilés, où ils ont distribué des centaines de livres de recettes OGM aux collaborateurs de la Commission. Des parlementaires, des représentants permanents des Etats membres de l?UE et des journalistes bruxellois ont également reçu ? Le livre de cuisine OGM: recettes génétiquement modifiées pour un désastre assuré?.

Des fleurs biologiques contre le maïs OGM de MonsantoDes militants de Greenpeace ont semé mardi matin des fleurs biologiques sur un champ expérimental du gouvernement flamand à Wetteren. De la sorte, ils entravent l'ensemencement du maïs génétiquement modifié, prévu plus tard dans la journée. En raison des risques pour l'environnement, six Etats-membres de l'Union européenne ont déjà interdit la culture du maïs OGM en question. Greenpeace demande à la Flandre d'arrêter cette campagne de publicité inutile en faveur des OGM et d'investir dans une agriculture durable.

La prolongation de la durée de vie des centrales nucléaires est une expérience »C?est précisément le jour de la commémoration du 24e anniversaire de la catastrophe nucléaire de Tchernobyl que Greenpeace rappelle les risques posés par des centrales nucléaires vieillissantes. Il n?existe pratiquement pas d?expérience, au niveau mondial, concernant des réacteurs de plus de 40 ans et chaque année, le nombre de scénarios pour de possibles accidents dans nos centrales nucléaires augmente. Maintenir les centrales en service jusqu'à 50 ans est une expérience qui renferme des risques inconnus.

Donnez un coup de main à la planèteAujourd'hui c'est la Journée de la Terre, vous voulez faire quelque chose de spécial ?

Greenpeace affiche sa réaction à la décision de l'UE d'autoriser la pomme de te»La décision concernant l'Amflora a été prise contre la volonté de certains Etats membres de l'UE. L'opinion publique n'a pas été entendue, pas plus que l'avis d'experts médicaux internationaux regroupés au sein de l'Organisation Mondiale de la Santé (OMS) ou de l'Agence Européen des Médicaments (EMEA), qui ont souligné l'importance vitale des antibiotiques impliqués dans la modification génétique de la pomme de terre.

United Kingdom

Shell: Dear Greenpeace, We know where you live... by. Credit: Creative Commons: Greenpeace Paula Bear was unmoved by Shell's legal threats after opening their letter yesterday morning Yesterday morning, staff at Greenpeace Germany received an important-looking letter from Shell - well, Shell?s Legal Services department. Over the next 24 hours or so, identical letters arrived at other Greenpeace offices, including Mexico, UK, France, Hungary, Nordic, Japan, Mediterranean, Poland, Greece, Czech Republic, Belgium, Canada and even Greenpeace?s Science Unit. I think it?s fair to say Shell had something they wanted to say to us.The oil giant?s message was: I know where you live and I?ve seen where you sleep. I ...

Investigating deforestation for soya in the Amazon In February this year, I went to the Amazon to help monitor new deforestation for soya and to make a film to document it. Flying over the forest frontier and seeing how huge soya farms cut into it, I experienced a feeling of dread. I knew that current industry agreements forced by Greenpeace such as the soya moratorium and enforcement by the authorities in Brazil, were just about holding back the tide of deforestation. But I also knew that plans by the agribusiness lobby in Congress could soon open the flood gates. These plans involve decimating the laws that govern forest protection in Brazil. At the same as I was flying over the Amazon, a new Forest Code was being pushed through Congress that would severely weaken protection for the rainforest and ope...

Occupying an anchor chain to protest deforestation in Brazil All rights reserved. Credit: © Marizilda Cruppe / Greenpeace 'Clipper Hope' Anchor Occupation, Brazil. Image caption: 'Clipper Hope' Anchor Occupation, Brazil. Right now Greenpeace activists have attached themselves to the anchor chain of a massive cargo ship here in Sao Luis, at the mouth of the Amazon. As long as they stay on the anchor it?s impossible for the ship to dock and load its cargo of pig iron which is destined for the USA. Pig iron is used in the production of steel for cars and is exported from Brazil ready for processing.Over the past two years Greenpeace has collected evidence abo...

Danger! We're opening our Twitter account to lots of people by. Credit: Greenpeace Willie our oceans campaigner is keen to tweet pictures of his hippie Lego... Image caption: Willie our oceans campaigner is keen to tweet pictures of his hippie Lego... We're trying an experiment. Over the next six weeks we're going to be giving people across the Greenpeace UK office the ability to tweet directly on our main account. Yes, the Greenpeace UK webteam is giving up control so you get unfiltered, unchecked content from all four, idiosyncratic corners of this wonderful organisation. Which means any number of people can now instantly push out their thoughts to our 36,000+ T...

Where's the forest protection in APP's ?new? forest protection policy? All rights reserved. Credit: Eyes on the Forest/WW Indonesia Forest and peatland clearance inside APP's Senepis tiger sanctuary This morning in Jakarta APP invited journalists to the launch of what it?s PR people grandly referred to as the ?biggest announcement yet? which would ?reveal APP?s greatest commitment to natural forest protection as part of its sustainability program?. Greenpeace was deliberately stopped from entering the press conference where APP then announced what are apparently new measures to protect high conservation forests (HCVF) in Indonesia. Starting from the 1st June APP said it will ?suspend natural forest clearance while HC...

The Netherlands

Landelijke manifestatie tegen kernenergie op 16 aprilOp zaterdag 16 april vindt een landelijke manifestatie plaats tegen nieuwe kerncentrales, onder het motto ?Schoon genoeg van kernenergie?. Kom op die dag ook naar de Dam in Amsterdam, van 13 tot 16 uur. Dit is het moment. Laat je horen!

Jacob Namminga met team Greenpeace in JapanEen team van stralingsdeskundigen van Greenpeace is in Japan om metingen te verrichten in het gebied rond de kerncentrale van Fukushima. De Nederlander Jacob Namminga is met gevaar voor eigen leven ter plaatse en brengt verslag uit.

In actie bij kerncentrale BorsseleGreenpeace heeft een nucleaire versie van ?De schreeuw? van Edvard Munch op de kerncentrale in Brossele geprojecteerd. Greenpeace vraagt met de actie aandacht voor de gevaren van kernenergie. Ike Teuling, stralingsexpert bij Greenpeace: ?Nederland moet af van kernenergie. Er zijn voldoende schone en veilige alternatieven. Kernenergie is onlosmakelijk verbonden met onbeheersbare en onnodige risico?s.?

Greenpeace: doe geen zaken met Finse biobrandstofproducent Neste Oil Greenpeace heeft actie gevoerd bij de World Biofuels Conference, een groot evenement voor de biobrandstoffen industrie. Acht orang-oetans riepen bezoekers op geen zaken te doen met de Finse biobrandstoffengigant Neste Oil. De biobrandstoffen van Neste Oil leiden direct en indirect tot grootschalige kap van het tropisch regenwoud.

Nederland slecht voorbereid op kernrampAls Borssele wordt getroffen door een ernstige kernramp, zal het Nederlandse rampenbestrijdingsplan hopeloos falen. Greenpeace heeft het noodplan voor de kerncentrales in Borssele en het Belgische Doel onder de loep genomen. Daarbij werd duidelijk dat geen adequaat plan klaarligt om een omvangrijke nucleaire ramp het hoofd te bieden.

Canada (french)

Toxicité alimentaire ? un changement s?impose!Hormones, Antibiotique, OGM, Pesticides Conférence avec le renommé Shiv Chopra Jeudi le 22 avril 18h00 HEC Montréal, IBM Amphithéâtre 3000, chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine Metro : Université-de-Montréal

Les supermarchés prennent des mesures pour retirer des tablettes les poissons d»C?est le printemps, c?est le temps de faire du ménage! Greenpeace en profite pour le point sur les mesures entreprises par les huit plus grandes chaînes de supermarchés au pays en matière d?aliments de la mer issues de pratiques de pêche destructrices. Ont-ils fait le ménage de leurs étalages?

Agriculture et écologie : au-delà des techniques, l?humain Mardi 27 avril à 13h St-Eugène

Adjoint(e) aux communications et aux RH Position: Social Media Specialist Preferred Location: Montréal Reports to: Marketing Coordinator Salary rate:$21.20 per/ hour. Part-time 21 hours per week. Duration: Six-month contract a possibility of extension Closing Date for Applications: April 20, 2009

Greenpeace dénonce le huis clos de cinq pays sur l'ArctiqueAu moment où cinq ministres des Affaires étrangères se terrent dans les collines de Gatineau pour répartir les ressources au sud de l?océan Arctique, Greenpeace leur demande d?adopter un processus plus transparent permettant de discuter de la protection de la région. Les militants de Greenpeace ont accueilli les ministres avec une bannière ayant pour message : « Arctic Future : Not behind closed doors » (« Futur de l?Arctique : pas derrière des portes closes »).

Canada (english)

Request for ProposalsGreenpeace Canada is requesting proposals from marketing and design firms located in Toronto, Ontario to become the organization?s exclusive provider of probono marketing, design and advertising services.

Supermarkets taking steps to rid shelves of Redlist fish Greenpeace?s campaign to convince Canada?s supermarket chains to remove Redlist fish from their shelves is having results.

Associate Frontline Direct Dialogue Manager, Vancouver Position: Associate Frontline Manager, Vancouver Location: Vancouver Reports to: Frontline Manager, Vancouver Salary rate:$ 35,656 and an excellent benefits package Closing Date for Applications: April 20, 2010 Duration: November 30, 2010 with the possibility of extension

Greenpeace challenges closed-door meeting of Arctic ?petroleum club?As five foreign ministers hole up in the Gatineau Hills today to divide the resources beneath the Arctic Ocean, Greenpeace calls on them to provide a much more transparent process for discussing the need for greater protection for the fragile Arctic region. Greenpeace activists are on the road leading to the meeting venue with a banner reading ?Arctic Future: Not Behind Closed Doors?.

Communications and HR Assistant Position: Communications and HR Assistant Location: Toronto Reports to: Communications Director and Human Resources Coordinator Salary rate:$22.04 per hour; full-time 35 hours per week; excellent benefits package Closing Date for Applications: 19 April 2010 Interview date: 22 or 23 April 2010

Chile

Greenpeace valora reducción de cuota de captura del jurel para el 2011La organización planteó además la necesidad de modificar la ley para que crisis como la actual se eviten con una mirada de largo plazo.

Greenpeace llama a Consejo Nacional de Pesca a respetar cuotas de captura propu»El Consejo Nacional de Pesca (CNP) se reunirá el jueves 9 de diciembre con la intención de aprobar o rechazar las cuotas globales anuales de captura que el próximo año se podrán pescar. Esto pues la entidad se reunió la semana pasada, pero no obtuvo quórum de asistencia para que se desarrollara la votación en todas las pesquerías.

Greenpeace llama a Corema Atacama a rechazar Castilla.Respecto a la crucial votación de mañana miércoles, el director ejecutivo de Greenpeace, Matías Asún, llamó a la instancia técnica ?a no ir contra la evaluación técnica? y a ?cumplir con su deber de proteger la salud de los habitantes y el medio ambiente?.

Greenpeace lanza propuesta de política energética para Chile? sin carbón.El estudio, preparado por el reconocido experto Miguel Márquez, analiza la ausencia de una política energética en nuestro país y desmitifica: Es posible y rentable abrir la matriz energética a fuentes no contaminantes.

El fallo de la Central Castilla debe ser el inicio del abandono del Carbón en l»La oficina de Greenpeace en Chile hizo un llamado al gobierno chileno a que inicie el abandono del uso del carbón en la matriz eléctrica nacional y que se desarrolle una verdadera política energética sustentable con un fuerte incremento de la energía limpias.

Southeast Asia

Campaign DirectorThis person will be responsible for the management and coordination of a team of campaigners and support staff based in Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines. She/he will supervise and support their work, monitor budgets and address personnel issues where relevant. She/he will report to the Executive Director and work closely with relevant international issues coordinators who supervise global campaigns on Climate and Energy, Forests, Oceans, Genetic Engineering, Toxics and Disarmament work. The position is based in Bangkok/Jakarta and will require extensive travel in the Southeast Asian region.

Greenpeace delivers solar panels to MalacañangGreenpeace volunteers and members of Solar Generation Pilipinas Youth today delivered solar panels to Malacañang Palace as part of a call to President Benigno Aquino III to lead the Philippines on the road to an Energy Revolution. The group is supporting the President?s vision to become the ?Renewable Energy (RE) Champion of Southeast Asia?[1] and is proposing a roadmap to increase the Philippines? use of RE to 50% by 2020. This uptake of RE will be coupled with the phase out of unsustainable sources of energy, particularly climate change-causing coal power, to propel the Philippines toward a green development pathway.

Greenpeace calls on Philippine President to commit to 50% Renewable Energy by 2»Greenpeace today called on the Philippine President to adopt an Energy [R]evolution roadmap to propel the country towards a clean development path. The call was made as thousands of people around the planet joined the ?10-10-10 Global Work Party? implementing practical solutions to solve the climate crisis.

Greenpeace calls on Philippine government to abandon Bt TalongGreenpeace and other members of the Network Opposed to Genetically Modified Organisms (NO2GMOs) today called on the government to immediately stop all field trials of genetically engineered Bt Talong, a.k.a. Bt Eggplant, and follow the example of the Indian government, which declared a moratorium on the commercialisation of the vegetable, citing safety concerns.

Greenpeace calls for full disclosure on industrial pollutions during Internatio»Greenpeace today called for full public disclosure of industrial discharges into freshwater sources, citing the dangers posed by toxic effluents and the public?s right to know the composition of such discharges into water bodies like the Laguna de Bay.

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Local offices - Press releases

A number of press release feeds from some of the larger or 'special' offices.

EU Unit

Commission publishes carbon trading exemptions - will Poland get a free ride?A European Commission paper published today outlines the conditions to exempt power plants from paying for carbon permits under the EU?s emissions trading scheme (ETS) after 2012. Greenpeace has commissioned an independent analysis that casts doubt over the legality of Poland?s plans to claim exemptions for some of its new coal power stations.

European Commission white paper on transport delays meaningful climate action f»The European Commission today published a white paper on transport, setting out goals and measures to promote a single transport market and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. While the paper mentions some measures to shift goods transport from road to rail and waterborne transport, and to phase out ?conventionally-fuelled cars? in cities, it fails to set out a coherent strategy to decarbonise the sector and wean it off oil and postpones meaningful action for decades, said Greenpeace. [1]

Europe can rapidly phase out nuclear and fight climate changeThis briefing shows that Europe can rapidly phase-out nuclear power while also increasing its climate target to a 30 percent emission cut. It also criticises voluntary stress tests proposed for European nuclear power stations and makes policy recommendations to EU leaders.

Nearly half Europe's nuclear reactors of particular concernNuclear safety is on the agenda today for special meetings of Europe's energy ministers as well as International Atomic Energy Agency officials following the crisis in Japan. This briefing details Greenpeace's view on proposed stress tests for nuclear plants, Europe's most worrying reactors and how we need not rely on nuclear energy to fight climate change.

Jail sentences for summit climate activistsA Belgian court today handed jail sentences to ten Greenpeace climate activists who peacefully protested at a European summit in December 2009. The activists each received one month jail terms, suspended, and fines of ?1,100. Greenpeace condemned the verdict as disproportionate and is considering appeal.

Greenpeace International

Operations of Nuclear giant AREVA put lives at risk in Niger Uranium mines in Niger operated by the state-owned French nuclear giant AREVA continue to create a radioactive hazard for nearby residents. A new report released today by Greenpeace reveals contamination levels in air, water and soil above internationally accepted limits. (1)

Greenpeace Greets E.U. Fisheries Ministers With Demands to Stop Spain's Overfis»As EU Fisheries Ministers begin debating the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform in Spain, Greenpeace flew airborne banners and displayed balloon-bound banners demanding ?Spain: Stop Overfishing? and ?EU: Save Our Seas.? Spain, which holds the European Union presidency, is hosting the fisheries meeting in Vigo. Greenpeace is singling out Spain as the worst overfishing nation of all EU member states.

Greenpeace condemns Czech energy giant?s coal-fired power playGreenpeace denounced the Czech Environment Ministry?s decision today to accept a seriously flawed environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the expansion of the Czech Republic?s largest coal-fired power plant as a shamefully manipulated political decision, which does not respect expert analysis. The energy giant, CEZ, forced through the substandard plans for the extension of Prunerov II.

IT Leaderboard showcases growing divide between talk and action on developing c» The latest version of Greenpeace?s 'Cool IT Leaderboard' (1) reveals how some global IT companies are leading the industry by proving the potential of IT solutions to address climate change and reshape energy use, while others seem unable to decide if IT climate solutions are a significant business opportunity or a simple marketing strategy.

Greenpeace Seafood Ranking Shows Half of U.S. Retailers Now ?Pass? on Sustainab»In the fourth edition of the Greenpeace USA seafood sustainability scorecard - Carting Away the Oceans (1) - released today, half of the leading U.S. supermarket chains for the first time received ?passing? scores for their seafood sustainability efforts (2). Companies that moved into the ?passing? scoring range are: A&P, Delhaize, and Trader Joe?s.

United States

Reaction to the fire at the Japanese nuclear power Kashiwazaki-Kariwa This fire and radioactive leakage reminds us yet again of the serious threats posed by nuclear power. There is a real risk in Japan, and globally, of larger earthquakes and other natural disasters, as well as of terrorist attacks that could lead to far more serious nuclear accidents.

Greenpeace Bering Sea Expedition BeginsThe Greenpeace ship Esperanza arrived in Homer, Alaska to begin the group?s ambitious research and outreach expedition into the Bering Sea, the same waters where Greenpeace?s very first protest took place nearly 36 years ago. The international environmental group will spend two months this summer in the Bering, conducting scientific surveys of underwater canyons and working with native Alaskan communities to push for sustainable fishing practices in the area. By utilizing state-of-the-art technology to observe coral, sponges and hopefully discover new species, and through gaining the support of native communities, Greenpeace will push for greater protection of the Bering waters.

Statement on Deep Sea Genetic ResourcesUnited Nations Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea - June 2007

Thousands March Globally With Greenpeace for Whale ProtectionThousands of people in dozens of countries marched today to call for whale protection as the International Whaling Commission (IWC) starts its annual meeting, part of Greenpeace?s "Big Blue March" taking place in over 50 cities. In Anchorage, venue for the IWC meeting, the parade was led by whale campaigners, "Heroes" star Hayden Panettiere, Stephen Colletti, host of MTV?s "Total Request Live," Esai Morales of "NYPD Blue" and the Save the Whales Again campaign, Australian surfer Dave Rastovich and artist Howie Cooke. The march ended with a human aerial art event in downtown Anchorage, the culmination of a series of art events which began in Mexico last week.

Threats to Whales and Dolphins Highlighted Around the World on Eve of Whaling C»Whales and dolphins drowned in fishing nets and killed by ships were laid out in the center of Berlin by Greenpeace activists today as a stark reminder of the range of threats to the mammals, just one week before the annual International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting convenes in Anchorage, Alaska.

Blogs

A number of weblogs from the Greenpeace gaia.

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