Greenpeace activists, following through on Greenpeace's opposition of Genetically Modified Organisms, have dismayed Australian scientists by raiding a
CSIRO experimental farm in Canberra and
destroying the station's entire experimental crop of genetically modified wheat.
posted by Silverdragonanon
on Jul 14, 2011 -
130 comments
A complex situation has arisen in the Southern Ocean where the Japanese Whaling fleet run by The Institute of Cetacean Research is attempting to slaughter nearly a thousand whales for the much scoffed at purpose of scientific research.
Greenpeace located the fleet and claims to have
chased the whalers out of hunting grounds. An Australian Federal Court judgement meanwhile has ruled the expedition illegal and imposed an injunction against the illegal whaling in Australian waters. The Japanese do not recognise Australia's claim. The Japanese responded by ignoring the judgement. Now
Sea Shephard an activist group have put two of their members aboard a Japanese Ship and claims they were
tied to the mast. Despite the
Japanese Government saying the activists would be released the
ships captain refuses to do so.
Recent related post.
posted by dodialog
on Jan 16, 2008 -
69 comments
Greenpeace doesn't know it has a new ad campaign that asks "Who's f***ing Mother Earth," but their logo is on it. The copywriter admits he hasn't told the organization yet about the
ads he's
designed in their name. "It's probably not legal, but there's too much paperwork, meetings and phone calls involved to get the campaign approved in time for Earth Day," he explains. "I figure Greenpeace is too busy getting sued by conglomerates to bother suing a few people who are trying to promote the cause. They can always officially deny the vulgarity."
posted by jbickers
on Feb 20, 2007 -
36 comments
Yarrrr/Banzai! All you
"Talk like a pirate day" keyboard swashbucklers take heed: The
Sea Shepherd Society's flagship Farley Mowat
is now officialy a pirate vessel after Canada, Britain, and Belize revoked their registration. As the Japanese winter Antarctic whale hunting season begins
(previously), the M/V Farley Mowat is setting sail to meet them, armed with a
hydraulic "can opener" battering ram, a
pie cannon, and
moral conviction. With the Japanese whaling fleet now
majority owned by the Japanese government, a subject of international
diplomatic intrigue, and after last year's
confrontations,
this could get ugly!
posted by anthill
on Jan 14, 2007 -
54 comments
(Knock, knock) "Candygram!" We don't know if ZDF has shown early SNL
skits (nostalgic photo
here), but German Greenpeace made a dramatic delivery to the Japanese Embassy in Berlin: a 55-foot-long fin whale that had been stranded in the Baltic. The dramatic gesture underscored the organization's contention that Japan's whaling, long defended as research, is in fact unnecessary: sufficient numbers of beached whales are available for research. The leviathan — 20 tonnes of blubber — was craned onto a truck and driven 150 miles from Rostock-Warnemünde to Berlin, and was due to be returned to the coast for study. (German-language stories on Greenpeace.de website
here,
here, and
here, including logistical details for those curious about arranging their own special deliveries.)
posted by rob511
on Jan 22, 2006 -
12 comments
Greenpeace fined for reef damage Environmental group Greenpeace has been fined almost $7,000 (£4,000) for damaging a coral reef at a World Heritage site in the Philippines. I know it's wrong, but I just couldn't stop laughing when I read this...
posted by drewlondon
on Nov 1, 2005 -
27 comments
the chemical home
"babies are born with toxic chemicals already contaminating their bodies" - we know we are exposed to these dangerous chemicals everyday, greenpeace puts together a nice site describing what the dangerous ones are how to avoid them. Isn't this the kind of thing our tax dollars going to the
EPA
are supposed to provide? [
via computerlove.net ]
posted by specialk420
on Nov 30, 2003 -
33 comments
Friday Doublethink Fun. "An extraordinary
communication from the United States to UN representatives around the world has been leaked to Greenpeace. In it, the U.S. warns that the simple act of support for a General Assembly meeting to discuss the war will be considered 'unhelpful and directed against the U.S.'"
But really now, do we actually expect the U.S. (which claims it fights to "democratize" the Middle East) to welcome discourse and listen to what the majority of the world may think?
posted by fold_and_mutilate
on Apr 4, 2003 -
24 comments
An interesting twist in the trial of a bunch of Greenpeace protestors. The government drops felony charges in return for a guilty plea to misdemeanors and
a promise from Greenpeace USA not to conduct any illegal demonstrations in the US for the next five years. Any bets on whether or not the deal will hold, and if we'll see this tactic used in the anti-globalization arena?
posted by jaek
on Jan 9, 2002 -
5 comments
Green Flash bashes Bush Greenpeace is launching a contest to highlight the absurdity of the Bush positions on climate change and/or missile defence using Macromedia Flash. The contest, open to everyone and having no prize other than a link, runs through July 6th and should be almost as much fun as
the 5k.
[via Flazoom]
posted by DragonBoy
on Jun 11, 2001 -
7 comments
Why the Democratic Party would rather lose this election --
Michael Albert clarifies the strategic implications of voting Nader: "Liberals talk and write as though the most important thing in captivity is their winning the election, or at least Bush not winning it. But at the top of their campaign, centrally important policies demonstrate that winning the election is not, in fact, their first priority. For them, priority one is serving the interests of their elite constituencies, and, just below that, of the Party itself...."
Also: hard-core Nader junkies should check out this vigorous (but quite long) rant:
What every Republicrat should know (but is afraid to ask)
And, finally, a reason to join Greenpeace: new executive director John Passacantando takes a
refreshingly sane, nonhysterical approach to Election 2000. Amen.
posted by johnb
on Nov 5, 2000 -
24 comments
