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Greenpeace’s response to the Government’s Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)
Press release – 7 July, 2011Yesterday Greenpeace Australia released a report on the threat of GM Wheat in Australia, Australia’s wheat scandal: The biotech takeover of our daily bread.Greenpeace has come under intense fire from GM companies and the Australian Government for the revelations made in this report about the risks GM wheat poses for…
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CSIRO compromises Australian health for foreign profit
Press release – 26 June, 2011Monday 27 June, 2011, Canberra: Prestigious scientists from around the world are questioning the safety and scientific rigour of world-first human feeding trials being conducted this year by the CSIRO on genetically modified (GM) wheat.In an open letter to the CEO of CSIRO, eight leading medical, gene, and plant scientists…
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World’s Most Famous Toy Embroiled in Tiger Outrage
Press release – 7 June, 20118 June 2011: Barbie, the most famous toy in the world, is involved in rainforest destruction, a Greenpeace International investigation can today reveal. Packaging for the doll is produced using timber from the rainforests of Indonesia, home to critically endangered species such as the Sumatran tiger.Tests proved Barbie’s packaging here…
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Activists stop BHP Billiton coal train
Press release – 7 June, 2011Time for BHP Billiton to stand and deliver its tax debtMt Arthur, Hunter Valley, NSW, Wednesday 8th June 2011 This morning at 11.25am, Greenpeace activists locked a steel box on the rail track servicing Mt Arthur coal mine, BHP Billiton’s largest mine in the Hunter Valley, NSW. Once the box…
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NGOs united in opposition to uranium mining and nuclear power
Press release – 18 April, 2011Sydney, Australia — A coalition of 27 Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) is today releasing a joint statement reaffirming our united opposition to the nuclear industry. The statement has been endorsed by leading national environmental and public health NGOs, all state conservation councils, and key climate change action groups and networks.Dr Jim…
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Premier of Australia’s largest wheat state bins GM wheat
Press release – 23 March, 2011Premier Colin Barnett has rejected the commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) wheat in WA, Australia’s largest wheat producing state, due to export market rejection.Premier Barnett rejected the use of genetic modification in the WA wheat industry during question time on Tuesday. GM technology is patented almost exclusively to multinational chemical…
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New Truefood Guide responds to consumer concerns
Press release – 2 March, 2011Sydney’s top celebrity chefs, Murray from the Wiggles and concerned farmers will join Greenpeace today to launch the 2011 Truefood Guide Kids edition, helping inform parents what’s in their kids’ lunchbox (1).The Truefood Guide has already caused shock waves in the genetically modified (GM) food industry, with Kellogg’s announcing overnight…
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New ANU Report: Government emissions scam exposed
Press release – 17 February, 2011Greenpeace is calling for a dramatic increase in emissions reductions targets following revelations in a new Australian National University (ANU) report that a 5% target is rendered meaningless by sub prime offsets from the land use and forestry sector (known as LULUCF).To meet its 5% target, Australia has to reduce…
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Food labelling review fails to protect Aussie kids
Press release – 27 January, 2011Today Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Catherine King, released the results of the Blewett review of Australia’s food labelling laws, in a press conference closed off to the public.Neal Blewett has failed to close the loopholes in Australia’s GM labelling laws that leave Australians eating in the dark when it comes…
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Greenpeace blockades Pacific-bound unregistered Tuna ship in Taiwan harbour
Press release – 24 January, 2011Activists from the Greenpeace flagship the Rainbow Warrior today prevented the departure of fish carrier MV Lung Yuin, demanding that Taiwan’s Fisheries Agency (FA) properly investigate and as appropriate, prosecute the ship’s owners, who are in apparent breach of Taiwan’s laws. A Greenpeace activist chained himself to Lung Yuin’s anchor…
