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IGA supermarkets drop toilet paper made from destroyed tiger habitats
Press release – 24 August, 2011Greenpeace urges other APP customers to do the sameSydney, Thursday 25 August 2011 : Metcash, the owners of IGA supermarkets, have dropped toilet paper products from the notorious Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) following a four-week Greenpeace campaign. On Tuesday 23 August, Metcash released a statement on their website announcing…
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Carving up the last bluefin
Press release – 22 August, 2011Sydney, 23 August 2011: This morning in Sydney, the regional bluefin tuna commission – the Commission for the Conservation of Bluefin Tuna (CCBST) – will meet to decide on fishing quotas for the critically endangered species.Bluefin tuna is currently at around 5% of its original spawning stock biomass. The CCBST…
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The Rainbow Warrior II retires
It’s a day of mixed emotions for Greenpeace. For 22 years our ship the Rainbow Warrior II and her crew have confronted environmental destruction around the world, bearing witness and taking action to protect our planet. And today we say farewell to her. After the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior I by French government agents…
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I’m scum? Well I’m not destroying rainforests
In the last few days I’ve learnt that I’m “scum”, “a bloody idiot”, “a bloody hypocrite of epic proportions” and even had an abusive comment in ape language translated for me. People say you have to be thick-skinned as a campaigner but frankly this is pretty tame (and uncreative) compared to what I might cop…
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Greenpeace calls on Solaris Paper to investigate online abuse
Press release – 16 August, 2011Greenpeace is calling on Solaris Paper to come clean on whether senior staff have resorted to astro-turfing and personal abuse against Greenpeace and staff members at IGA supermarkets.Yesterday, the online news site Mumbrella alleged they had traced personal abuse against Greenpeace and senior management of the supermarket IGA posted in…
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Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior II retired
Press release – 15 August, 2011Bangladeshi NGO Friendship to turn it into hospital shipAmsterdam – Dhaka, 16 August 2011 — At a ceremony in Singapore today, the iconic protest vessel, the Rainbow Warrior will be transferred to Friendship, a Bangladesh based NGO which will refit it for use as a hospital ship. (1) After 22…
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Greenpeace welcomes Fuji Xerox Australia’s decision to blacklist paper from destructive logging in Indonesia
Press release – 14 August, 2011Calls on Officeworks and other retailers to followSydney, Thursday 4 August 2011: Greenpeace welcomes the announcement made by Fuji Xerox Australia overnight to immediately suspend relations with Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) following the exposé of its destructive logging practices in Indonesia on the ABC’s Foreign Correspondent. “APRIL has…
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Greenpeace activists face court for blocking BHP Billiton coal train
Press release – 14 August, 2011SYDNEY, 15 August, 2011: This morning at Muswellbrook Local Court, five Greenpeace activists pleaded guilty to charges related to blocking a BHP Billiton coal train from Mt Arthur coal mine in the Hunter Valley – one of the most polluting mines in the country.Last year, BHP Billiton had a global…
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Award winning awards. Or is it just greenwash?
We’re approaching corporate AGM season. It’s an inspiring time of year. As the birds begin nesting and the spring flowers bloom, countless annual reports with pictures of smiling children and windmills will be printed on glossy recycled paper, reminding us all of the ability of companies to pretend that they care about something other than…
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APP rehomes a tiger after cutting down its forest home
The news from Indonesia today that Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) has moved a tiger from one part of South Sumatra province to another in order to protect it. Blogpost by Greenpeace UK This is supposed to prove that company has green stripes. But, as with anything emanating from the APP publicity machine, scratch beneath…