Press Releases and News Stories

• China revises law -- doesn't want to be "world's largest dumping ground" - 4 November 2004
• Toxic Ship Dumping to Be Controlled: Greens Declare Victory over "Shame of Shipping"
  - 29 October 2004
• Legal Challenge Keeping Ship Scrapping Jobs in the US: Export Plan Violates Law and Common Sense - 15 October 2004
• Waste Activists Demand Responsibility from the US Government: Calling for the 4 Rs -- Not 3
  - 14 October 2004
• Ghost ships court battle - 14 October 2004
• White House Wants To Move Long-Delayed Basel Treaty Bill, EPA Official Says- 7 October 2004
• Plan to Dump Toxic Ships as "Artificial Reefs" Denounced - 4 October 2004
• Court advisor urges EU waste export limits - 23 September 2004
• Poisonous detritus of the electronic revolution - 21 September 2004
• The UK's new rubbish dump: China - 20 September 2004
• Maryland gets ghost fleet ships - 14 September 2004
• 2 more in "Ghost Fleet" slated for environmentally safe scrap - 14 September 2004
• Point company gets contract to scrap 2 Navy cargo ships - 14 September 2004
• Sparrows Point company receives $2.3M DOT contract - 13 September 2004
• Council takes position on waste trade rules - 13 September 2004
• Getting the lead out - 30 August 2004
• Court to decide on 'ghost ships' - 18 August 2004
• MARAD/Able UK a contract change a dodge for the court? - 15 August 2004
• WTO reaches framework deal - 13 August 2004
• Press Release: Thor Chemicals - 3 August 2004
• What WTO needs is a new reformation - 2 August 2004
• WTO reaches framework deal, sets new ministerial past original Doha deadline - 1 August 2004
• DOJ seeks to combine two 'ghost fleet' lawsuits - 7 July 2004
• Hearing likely to delay ghost fleet ships' export - 30 June 2004
• Officials press DOT to meet 2006 deadline for 'ghost ship' disposal - 30 June 2004
• Texas yard wins contract to dismantle three ships - 25 June 2004
• Deals near to scrap worst of ghost fleet - 25 June 2004
• Toiling in India's ship graveyard for £1 a day - 22 June 2004
• Malaysia finds more Taiwanese toxic waste - 17 June 2004
• 12,000 tonnes of toxic waste enter M'sia with fake import licence - 8 June 2004
• Gov't hails Taiwan's plan to take back toxic waste - 8 June 2004
• EPA Guidelines on E-waste Denounced as Allowing Dumping-As-Usual - 24 May 2004
• WW II ship waits in limbo at Mare Island - 8 May 2004
• Order from EPA keeps dreams afloat for Artship PCBs will prevent vessel from becoming scrap metal in China - 5 May 2004
• EPA orders cleanup of WWII-era ship - 5 May 2004
• Discovery of PCB's prevents ex-naval vessel from being scrapped in China - 5 May 2004
• EPA halts export of WWII ship to China, citing toxic chemicals - 4 May 2004
• U.S. Delays Sending Toxic-Laden WW II Ship to China - 4 May 2004
• Toxic World War II Ship Will Stay Docked In Vallejo - 4 May 2004
• Discovery of PCB's prevents ex-naval vessel from being scrapped in China - 4 May 2004
• Taizhou chosen as electronic waste dump - 29 April 2004
• Old mobile phones are found to be toxic waste - 26 April 2004
• Feds reluctant to give up the ghost - 25 April 2004
• Intel working to get the lead out - 7 April 2004
• Dante's digital junkyard - 6 April 2004
• Green groups call on European commission to Stop Toxic Trade in Mercury - 29 March 2004
• The AXT way - 24 March 2004
• Mining subsidies hurt e-scrap recycling - 24 March 2004
• Mandy support for shipbreaking yards - 24 March 2004
• Shipyard looks to take 'ghost' work abroad - 24 March 2004
• Ship recycling campaign launched - 23 March 2004
• Call to break up ships in the UK - 23 March 2004
• Steel Price Spike Creates Headaches for Erie, Pa.-Area Manufacturers - 21 March 2004
• Local salvage yard takes on Ghost Fleet - 21 March 2004
• Computers 'must be greener' - 7 March 2004
• The human cost of the computer age - 26 January 2004
• Metachem shipments to Mexico challenged - 14 January 2004
• Click on India to dump a dying computer - 4 January 2004
• Gadgets to Garbage - 2 January 2004

Last updated: 3 August 2005