Press Releases and News Stories

• Environmental Groups Protest Shipment of Mercury to India - 28 December 2000
• India Alang Makes Progress to Cut Scrapping Deaths - 28 December 2000
• Greenpeace Opposes US Dumping of Mercury in India - 26 December 2000
• Greens Oppose US Scheme to Dump Toxic Used Mercury in India - 26 December 2000
• Israel Denies Dumping Toxic Waste in Golan - 21 December 2000
• Green Groups Hail Successful Outcome of Global Treaty on POPs - 15 December 2000
• Guam's Underwood Says Sierra Club Disregards Island People - 12 December 2000
• Talks Agree on Global Ban on 12 Very Toxic Chemicals - 11 December 2000
• Outcry Over U.S. Toxic Chemical Shipment to India - 11 December 2000
• Group Sees Red Over Sale of Mercury - 11 December 2000
• World Treaty Will Ban Certain Toxic Chemicals - 11 December 2000
• 122 Nations Agree to Cut Use of Toxins - 11 December 2000
• Governments Finalize Persistent Organics Pollutants Treaty - 11 December 2000
• Delegates Agree on Chemicals Ban - 10 December 2000
• Deal Reached on Deadly Chemicals - 10 December 2000
• U.N. Talks Clinch Text for Toxic Chemical Treaty - 10 December 2000
• Beginning of the End of Toxic Pollution: World's Most Dangerous Chemicals to be Banned - 10 December 2000
• Nowhere to Dump Landfill Fight Takes Lid of Japan's Garbage - 9 December 2000
• Sparrows Point Yard Gets Navy Ship-Scrapping Job - 8 December 2000
• Group Urges Government to Scrap Incinerator Use - 4 December 2000
• 260000 Pounds of Toxin is Idle at Defunct Chemical Plant - 1 December 2000
• International Issues Still Open for Negotiations in South Africa - 1 December 2000
• Greenpeace Blocks Import of Waste for Incineration - 27 November 2000
• Greenpeace Blocks Barge Carrying Waste from Netherlands - 27 November 2000
• Customs Probe into Import of Hazardous Waste Oil - 24 November 2000
• NAFTA Ruling Underminds Environmental Accords - 21 November 2000
• Activists Urge Clinton to Sign Executive Order to Retire Mercury - 17 November 2000
• Feds Refuse HoltraChem Mercury May Send Chemical to India - 17 November 2000
• NAFTA Flouts Global Toxic Waste Dumping Treaty - 15 November 2000
• Indian Breakers Set to Follow Chinese - 15 November 2000
• Canada's PCB Export Ban Could Cost Taxpayers Dear - 14 November 2000
• NAFTA Ruling Goes Against Ottawa - 14 November 2000
• Denmark Pledges 200 Million Dollars for 2000-04 (Mozambique) - 27 October 2000
• Turk Activists Protest Ship Carrying Spanish Waste - 27 October 2000
• Mozambique Environmentalists Defeat Incinerator Plan - 13 October 2000
• Report on Toxic Waste Boat Scare Released - 6 October 2000
• Mozambique Activists Win Huge Victory Against Toxic Waste Incineration - 5 October 2000
• Environmentalists Greet Decision on Pesticides - 4 October 2000
• Japanese Waste Trader Arrested - September 2000
• Hazwaste Imports to Canada up 18% in 1999 - September 2000
• Toxic Import Feared to be Start of Dumping - 25 September 2000
• Anger over Import of Hazardous Waste - 18 September 2000
• Environmentalists Call on South Africa to Reject Import of Hazardous Waste - 14 September 2000
• Environmentalists Cry "Never Again" - Demand that South Africa Respect International Waste Dumping Bans - 14 September 2000
• Environmentalists Blast Australia and South Africa for Breach of International Waste Dumping Ban - 12 September 2000
• Greenpeace Slams Indian Government for Waste Imports - 12 September 2000
• India Remains Favoured Global Dumping Ground for Toxic Wastes - 11 September 2000
• India "Toxic Dumping Ground" - 11 September 2000
• India a Dumping Ground for Toxic Garbage - 11 September 2000
• As 'Toxic Waste' Vessel Abondoned in Gambian Waters GPA Others Intensify Probe - 8 September 2000
• Kicked Around the Pacific U. S. Military Toxics May End in Canada - 7 September 2000
• South Africa Defends Importing Toxic Waste for Research - 6 September 2000
• South Africa Defies Global Waste Trade Ban - Imports Toxic Waste from Australia - 4 September 2000
• Philadelphia's Well-Traveled Trash: The Ash that Wouldn't be Thrown Away - 3 September 2000
• Environmentalists Denounce New U.S. Attempt to Unload Military PCB Waste in Canada - 31 August 2000
• Toxic Waste Victims Sue Philippine U.S. Governments - 21 August 2000
• French NGO to Government: Don't Import U.S. Military PCBs - 20 August 2000
• Toxic Waste from Mexico on the Rise - 18 August 2000
• Marianas Islanders Protest Toxic PCBs Left by U.S. Army - 8 August 2000
• N-Waste from Spain Heads to Hanford - 8 August 2000
• U.S. Attorney General Asked to Probe PCB Mess - 8 August 2000
• Greenpeace Checks Alang Yard for Toxic Contamination - 7 August 2000
• Greenpeace Warns Bangladesh Over Poor Safety in Ship Scrapping Industry - 1 August 2000
• Zeroing in on Waste (India) - 31 July 2000
• Toxic Legacy at Former Military Bases Hounds Philippines - U.S. Relations - 31 July 2000
• Canada Becomes a Pollution Haven for U.S. Hazwaste - 28 July 2000
• Philippine Toxic Waste Victims Get U.S. Support - 28 July 2000
• Atlantic Looks at Global Impacts of Industry Body (Shipbreaking) - 28 July 2000
• Hazardous-Waste Imports on Rise - Tougher Regulations in U.S. Cited as Cause - 28 July 2000
• WTO OK of France's Asbestos Ban May Calm Critics - 28 July 2000
• Rich Nations Treating Asia as the World's Cesspit - Greenpeace - 28 July 2000
• Environment Minister Issues Call to Action to Better Manage Hazardous Waste Imports - 28 July 2000
• Senator Setlake Says Canada Should Appeal Asbestos Ban - 27 July 2000
• WTO Will Back French Ban on Asbestos - 27 July 2000
• ;French Asbestos Ban Cleared by WTO - 25 July 2000
• U.S. Refuses to Budge on Clean-up of Former Bases - 23 July 2000
• House OKs Ship Funds-House to Vote on $38 million for Shipbreaking Legislation - 21 July 2000
• ASEAN Lawmakers Call for Cooperation on Reducing Wastes - 14 July 2000
• International Trade Unions Turn Up Heat for Global Asbestos Ban - 28 June 2000
• EU: Court Extends Government Authority to Stop Toxic Waste Dumping - 26 June 2000
• Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Regulate Hazardous Metals - 22 June 2000
• Senate Panel OKs Scrapping of 39 U.S. Ships - 20 June 2000
• Lawmakers Urge Prompt Action on Ship Disposal - 11 June 2000
• Victory For Global Environmental Justice: Toxic Waste Dumped on Cambodia will Finally be Treated by Producer - 9 June 2000
• Taiwan: Officials Herald End to Waste Ordeal - 6 June 2000
• Shipload of Incinerator Ash Sails Looking for a Home - 4 June 2000
• Greenpeace Hits U.S. for Promoting Cancer Sources in S.E. Asia - 24 May 2000
• Toxic Waste Held on Wake Island - Military Seeking Country to Accept Shipment - 22 May 2000
• Mozambique to Dispose of Obsolete Pesticides - 22 May 2000
• Legal Pressure Mounts Against Toxic Chemicals - 19 May 2000
• Kaohsiung Official Says FPG Wrong - 19 May 2000
• Congress Impatient with Ship Scrapping /Lawmakers Divided Over Sending Navy Vessels Overseas - 19 May 2000
• FPG Airs Plan to Deal with its Deadly Waste - 18 May 2000
• U.S. Cargo Ship Hauls Away PCB Waste - 14 May 2000
• Greenpeace Hits U.S. Decision to Ship PCB Waste to Wake Island - 10 May 2000
• DEQ Delays Entrance of Philadelphia Ash - 10 May 2000
• Barge Carrying Waste Ash Faces Long Docking Delay - 10 May 2000
• Wake Not Johnston Will Store Military's Tons of Toxic Waste - 9 May 2000
• Ship Carrying PCBs Will Now Head to Wake Island - 9 May 2000
• Activists Criticize Toxic Waste "Ping-Pong Game" - 9 May 2000
• No Dumping on Wake Island: Activists Say Non-Incineration PCB Disposal Solution in Hand - 8 May 2000
• Shunned Toxic Waste to Leave Japan for Wake Island - 8 May 2000
• U.S. Toxic Waste Containing PCB to be Stored on Wake Island - 6 May 2000
• PCB Shipment to Wake Island for Temporary Storage - 5 May 2000
• U.S. Military Must Stop Playing "Global Hide and Seek" with PCB Wastes with Solution in Hand - 3 May 2000
• Agency Says Ash Does Not Include Hazardous Waste - 3 May 2000
• FP Refuses Home to Wandering Waste - 3 May 2000
• PCB Ship Rejected by Canada U.S. and Japan Seeks Safe Dumping - 2 May 2000
• Saga of Wandering PCBs Takes a New Twist - 2 May 2000
• Unwanted Ash in Florida May Come to Louisiana - 1 May 2000
• Unwanted Ash Transferred to One Large Covered Barge - 30 April 2000
• Ill-fated Ash Heap on Move Since 1986; Landfills Refuse 2000 Tons of Waste - 29 April 2000
• TCI Steps Up PCB Busting - 28 April 2000
• After 13-Year Campaign U.S. Takes Back Dumped Toxic Waste - 28 April 2000
• TCI Withdraws Appea of Enviroment Minister Decision - 28 April 2000
• Environmental Groups Sue to Open Another National Trade Panel - 28 April 2000
• Environmental and Consumer Groups File New Lawsuit Against Clinton Administration - 27 April 2000
• Fugitive Emissions - Northern Farmers Battle PCB Incinerator - 27 April 2000
• What Part of No...? - 27 April 2000
• Egypt Detains Two Men Over Hospital Waste Shipment - 26 April 2000
• U.S. Military Wastes Worries Japan - 25 April 2000
• Protests Greet U.S. Toxic Waste Ship in Japan - 19 April 2000
• Georgia Rejects Boatload of Incinerated Trash from Haiti - 17 April 2000
• Temporary Return of PCB Waste Material - 17 April 2000
• Government Moves Basel on Used Oil - 12 April 2000
• Ship Loaded with PCB Waste Returning to Japan - 10 April 2000
• Ship with Toxic Load Forced out of Seattle - 8 April 2000
• Greenpeace Protests Arrival of Toxic-Waste Ship in Vancouver - 8 April 2000
• Departure of Toxic PCBs A "Big Victory for Seattle" - 8 April 2000
• Victory for Labor and Environment: Military PCB Waste to Sail Back to US Base in Japan - 7 April 2000
• Political Crossfire Hits TCI Payload - 7 April 2000
• PCB-Tainted Cargo Leaves Seattle - 7 April 2000
• Legal Political Union Wrangling Stalls Disposal - 7 April 2000
• Ship's Toxic Cargo in Limbo - 7 April 2000
• Group Sues to Halt PCBs at Seattle Port - 7 April 2000
• Workers Won't Unload PCB Equipment - 7 April 2000
• Toxic Waste Can't Stay Say Officials - 7 April 2000
• Seattle Port to Store PCB-Laden Military Waste - 7 April 2000
• Army Waste Arrives in Seattle - 6 April 2000
• Fertilizer Animal Feed Found to be Tainted with Toxic Chemical - 6 April 2000
• Canadian Port Refuses to Accept U.S. PCB Shipment - 6 April 2000
• Anger as Ship with Toxic Cargo Arrives - 6 April 2000
• Workers Have a Storied History of Refusing Cargo - 6 April 2000
• PCB-Tainted Material Dump Delayed - 6 April 2000
• Agencies Scramble to Find Place to Unload Waste Carried on Ship - 5 April 2000
• Toxic PCB Waste from U.S. Military Base in Japan Faces "Unwelcome Party" on Arrival in Seattle - 5 April 2000
• No Place to Go for Vessel with Toxic Waste - 5 April 2000
• Activists Call Halt to US PCB Waste Shipments Pending Safer Disposal Policy - 5 April 2000
• Greenpeace Joins Goa Protesters Against Hazardous Waste Factory - 5 April 2000
• PCB Waste May Now go to Seattle - 4 April 2000
• Canada: Stage Set for TCI Hearing - 31 March 2000
• Canadian Government Must Halt PCB Shipment Headed for Unlicensed Facility - 30 March 2000
• PCB Waste Becomes a Political Football - 30 March 2000
• US Military's Waste to be Dumped in Canada - 29 March 2000
• Recycler's Seek EU Clarity in Scrap-is-Waste Debate - 28 March 2000
• Green Groups Tighten Screws - 22 March 2000
• Company Won't Import Waste Through Coos Bay - 21 March 2000
• Holland Accepts Controversial Waste Shipment - 20 March 2000
• FPG Waste Sparks Dispute in U.S. - 20 March 2000
• Greenpeace Accuses Dutch of Accepting Taiwanese Toxic Waste - 20 March 2000
• Environmentalists Denounce Importation of Infamous Toxic PVC Waste in Netherlands - 20 March 2000
• Sludge Won't Come to Nevada - 18 March 2000
• Governor Says Don't Bring Taiwanese Waste Through Oregon - 18 March 2000
• Toxic Sludge May be Headed for Coos Bay - 17 March 2000
• Nevada Has Final Say on Soils with Mercury - 13 March 2000
• Toxic Sludge Plan Faces Obstacles - 10 March 2000
• Nevada Targeted for Toxic Sludge - 10 March 2000
• U.S. Ecology Tries Again to Import Toxic Mercury-Laced Waste From Taiwan to Nevada - 10 March 2000
• Liability Regime for Hazardous Wastes Accidents Opens for Signature in Bern - 6 March 2000
• US PCB Company Now Threatening to Leave Country if Canadians Don't Open Border to International Waste Imports - 6 March 2000
• Environmentalists Furious Over FPG - 4 March 2000
• Government Compiles New Rules Against Illegal Waste Exports - 3 March 2000
• Greenpeace Delivers Hazardous Military Waste to US Embassy in Manila - 26 Arrested - 3 March 2000
• Taiwan Plastic Giant Ships Toxic Waste to Europe - 3 March 2000
• Taiwan Chemical Giant Admits Shipped Contaminated Waste to Europe - 3 March 2000
• Taiwan Formosa Sent Contaminated Waste To Europe Report - 3 March 2000
• Police Planning to Arrest Firm's Missing President for His Role in Shipments to Philippines - 2 March 2000
• Toxic and Radioactive Materials Pose Grave Health Risks - 1 March 2000
• Cambodia Becoming Waste Dump for Asian Countries - 15 February 2000
• UN Agency Rejects Greenpeace Waste Dumping Charge - 12 February 2000
• Asia Seen as Dump Site for Toxic Waste - 12 February 2000
• Canada: Dumping on the Desperate - 28 January 2000
• Japan: Waste Company Boss Suicides with Poison - 23 January 2000
• Victory: Formosa Plastic Waste Dumped on Cambodia Will Stay Home - 23 January 2000
• Wandering Waste Finds Final Home - 22 January 2000
• Japan: Mountain of Trash Searched for Medical Waste - 20 January 2000
• Japan: Trash Arrest Near - 19 January 2000
• Greenpeace Strategy Upsets Indian Breakers - 19 January 2000
• Canada: Toxic Road Show Hitting Deerfoot - 18 January 2000
• Canada: Toxic Travel Fears - 17 January 2000
• Japan: Illegal Dumping - 13 January 2000
• Japan: Philippines Case Bares Inadequacy of Waste Rules - 12 January 2000
• Japan: Government Begins Unloading Batch of Waste Returned from Philippines - 12 January 2000

Last updated: 10 October 2001