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Censorship: Greenpeace France ordered to remove information about GE field locations
If you fly over the south of France you might be tempted to believe that aliens have landed with a huge crop circle appearing in a field of maize. But the aliens aren't from a distant galaxy; it is GE maize from the laboratory of Monsanto -- that the French government says you have no right to know about.
12 April 2006
Right to Know Bill good for people and planet
Greenpeace today urged the public and all political parties to support Sue Kedgley's "Consumer right to know" labelling bill.
06 April 2006
The end of organic crops?
"This year I will again sow maize. But if it is again contaminated [with genetically engineered maize] I will abandon the growing of organic maize. It is obvious that I cannot carry on my shoulders the episodes of contamination like these, year after year."
28 March 2006
Terminator terminated!
Pressure on the NZ Government by grassroots activists, and cyber-activists has payed off!
At pivotal negotiations over the last two weeks in Curitiba, Brazil, the NZ Government bowed to pressure from all sides and softened its obstructive position on two issues key to stopping the spread of GE, especially into the developing world.
23 March 2006
Greenpeace challenges NZ Government's take on Terminator policy
Greenpeace today questioned the Government's take on what its policy on Terminator technology actually means.
19 March 2006
Biosafety Treaty saved after NZ changes position in the nick of time
A last minute compromise has resulted in international agreement on the core details of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. It was the result of six years of negotiations and an "historic achievement", said Greenpeace New Zealand Campaigner Steve Abel from Brazil.
16 March 2006
Dramatic action by Greenpeace focuses world’s attention on protecting life on Earth
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Greenpeace activists hung a huge banner on the hand of the famous statue of Christ, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, today which read 'The future of the planet is in your hands' to demand that governments act to protect life on Earth and ensure a safer future for the planet.
15 March 2006
Agro-biotech giant Syngenta plants illegal Genetically Engineered crop in Brazilian World Heritage Site
Curitiba, Brazil — Over one thousand farmers occupied the site of an illegal field trial of GE soybeans planted by agro-biotech giant Syngenta in the National Park of Iguacu in Parana, southern Brazil on Tuesday. The site of the illegal trails was occupied by protesting farmers from "Via Campesina" an organisation representing small farmers in the region.
06 March 2006
World's poor could suffer as result of NZ Government position on UN treaty - says African woman farmer advocate
Thoko Makhanya, an African woman who is an advocate for poor farmers, will visit New Zealand this week to appeal to the NZ Government to improve its weak position on global rules for trade in genetically engineered organisms and "Terminator" technology.
07 October 2005
First Australian farmer falls prey to GE contamination
The first confirmed case of genetically engineered (GE) contamination in a field of commercial canola has struck a Victorian farmer. The incident opens up a legal mine-field for farmers and threatens Australian export markets.
03 August 2005
Illegal GE rice found in Chinese supermarket
Beijing, China — Greenpeace has discovered illegal genetically engineered (GE) rice in Carrefour’s store in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province in China. Greenpeace demands Carrefour to withdraw and stop selling rice from Hubei, and warns that other retailers are at risk if the Chinese government does not recall the illegal GE rice from the field and food chain.
03 August 2005
Monsanto files patent for new invention: the pig
Geneva, Switzerland — It's official. Monsanto Corporation is out to own the world's food supply, the dangers of genetic engineering and reduced biodiversity notwithstanding, as they pig-headedly set about hog-tying farmers with their monopoly plans. We've discovered chilling new evidence of this in recent patents that seek to establish ownership rights over pigs and their offspring.
28 April 2005
Free Thailand's papaya activists!
They exposed illegal contamination of papaya by experimental genetically engineered strains. Now the same department responsible for the contamination wants to shut them up and shut them behind bars for five years.
14 April 2005
Scandal: Greenpeace discovers illegal GE rice in China
Hubei, China — In a startling development that may have repurcussions on exports of China's biggest crop, Greenpeace has uncovered genetically engineered (GE) rice, unapproved for human consumption, that appears to have been planted and sold illegally in China for the last two years.
22 December 2004
GE free Chicken Games at KFC Headquarters
Chicken suit clad activists are to compete in a Christmas Games event outside New Zealand’s biggest fast food chicken company Restaurant Brands (KFC) in Penrose, Auckland today (1). Events will include the organic egg and spoon race and the three drumstick (or three legged) race.
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