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Great Barrier Reef saved from shale oil exploitation
Written by Greenpeace News   
08/25/2008
It's a victory for the Whitsunday Islands and the Great Barrier Reef, with a 20-year moratorium on all new shale oil projects in the region. Led by the Save Our Foreshore group, the success shows just how powerful local, grassroots campaigns can be.
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Indonesia's peat forest gains temporary protection
Written by Greenpeace News   
08/17/2008
In a rare piece of good news for Indonesia's forest, a regional governor has announced an interim ban on deforestation in Riau, one of the areas currently worst affected by rapid deforestation. The ban, especially if made permanent, is also good news for the climate.
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Boulders against bottom trawling
Written by Greenpeace News   
08/11/2008
The fishing industry seems determined to catch every last fish in the North Sea. The governments of the region and the EU have done little to stop them, but they may soon hit a few snags: a team from Greenpeace Germany and Greenpeace Netherlands has sailed into the German North Sea and begun placing 150 granite rocks on the seabed. They are hoping that the rocks, each weighing 2-3 tonnes and measuring one square cubic metre, will prevent fishing boats from bottom trawling on the Sylt Outer...
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Poisoning the poor – Electronic Waste in Ghana
Written by Greenpeace News   
08/04/2008
Tthe latest place where we have discovered high tech toxic trash causing horrendous pollution is in Ghana. Our analysis of samples taken from two electronic waste (e-waste) scrap yards in Ghana has revealed severe contamination with hazardous chemicals.
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Toxic toy legislation victory
Written by Greenpeace News   
08/04/2008
The US Congress has sent President Bush legislation that will make toys safer for little tots and infants. The bill bans the use of six toxic chemicals, called phthalates, that are added to vinyl plastic to make it flexible.
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Greenpeace to sue French Nuclear Industry
Written by Greenpeace News   
07/31/2008
Over the last month there have been a catalogue of accidents at the French nuclear site Tricastin-Pierrelatte. We’ve followed all the breaking stories on our new weblog ‘Nuclear Reaction’. Now Greenpeace France has launched two court cases in an effort to find out what’s really been going on at the site.
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Conning the Congo
Written by Greenpeace News   
07/29/2008
Just as the need to save the world’s forests for climate protection is becoming widely recognised, we have discovered that major logging companies - operating in the Congo basin - are increasingly destroying one of the most ecologically important forest areas on the planet while dodging taxes and robbing impoverished Congolese people of revenue.
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Quit Coal campaign completes Thailand tour
Written by Greenpeace News   
07/28/2008
After successful campaigns in New Zealand and the Philippines, the Rainbow Warrior spent 21 days in Thailand as part of the "Quit Coal, Lead the Energy [R]evolution Tour" promoting solutions to climate change. The tour included human banners, port blockades and a visit to the Ministry of Energy.
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Twenty coal ships get new paint jobs in Australia
Written by Greenpeace News   
07/27/2008
Greenpeace Australia activists painted coal ships waiting in a queue at Hay Point port in Queensland with messages saying “Stop coal expansion", "Barrier Reef Gone", "Ice caps gone" and " and "Rudd exporting CO2".
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Austria bans Monsanto’s GE maize
Written by Greenpeace News   
07/25/2008
Austria banned the import of the highly dangerous genetically engineered maize MON 863 today. The maize (corn) is produced by United States agro-chemical giant Monsanto.
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