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Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:47:50 GMT

Arrested for exposing the truth

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:29:05 GMT

Japan drops investigation of whalers, arrests Greenpeace activists

20 June 2008

Greenpeace Japan whale campaign coordinator Junichi Sato, with the whale meat that was stolen from Japanese taxpayers, and which he provided as evidence to the government -- only to be arrested.

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Tokyo, Japan — Japanese police have arrested two Greenpeace activists for exposing a whale meat scandal involving the government-sponsored whaling programme. The two activists, Junichi Sato, 31, and Toru Suzuki, 41, are being investigated for allegedly stealing a box of whale meat which they presented as evidence.

The box of the most expensive cuts of whale meat had been illicitly removed by crew of the Nisshin Maru, the whaling factory ship, following this year's Southern Ocean whale hunt. Its contents were marked "cardboard" and it was shipped to a private address. Tracked by our investigators, it was intercepted and turned over to the Public Prosecutor in Tokyo, as evidence of wide-scale corruption at the heart of the whaling operation in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.

We requested an investigation into the scandal, and the Public Prosecutor agreed that there was sufficient evidence of wrongdoing. The investigation is currently underway, and has not yet reached any conclusions. In light of evidence that the operators of the whaling operation were aware of the scandal and did nothing, we asked that the investigation not focus on crew, but on the bureaucrats who run the whaling programme at public expense.

The Japanese whaling programme costs the Japanese taxpayer 500 million yen per year (around 4.7 million US dollars).

The only arrests thus far have been of the Greenpeace activists who presented the evidence.

UPDATE 21 June 2008 The Tokyo District Prosecutor Office has announced that it has been unable to find evidence of the embezzlement and that the investigation into crew and whaling officials has been dropped.
Clearly this has been a difficult investigation for the Prosecutor's Office when the level of corruption runs so deep in the whaling industry, an industry backed by powerful forces within the government. However, some questions remain unanswered:

If Kyodo Senpaku, the company that operates the whaling ships, was legally giving out whale meat to the crew then why did they change their story three times in almost as many days?
Why did the crew lie about the contents of the boxes containing the meat, claiming that they contained cardboard when in fact they were stuffed full of prime whale meat cuts worth tens of thousands of dollars?
And why, before the scandal was exposed, did an official of the Japanese Fisheries agency claim that whale meat was never given to crew?

Read the full dossier of evidence, and decide for yourself
UPDATE 22 June 2008 At a hearing this morning, the "Tokyo Two" have been ordered held another ten days without charge. We are appealing that decision tomorrow. In the meantime, our lawyer believes that the number of people who have written demanding their release -- nearly 50,000 at this writing -- could help their case considerably. Please, if you have not already, take action and encourage others to do so as well: http://www.greenpeace.org/tokyo-two

"This is the backlash," said Greenpeace Executive Director Jun Hoshikawa. "We've uncovered a scandal involving powerful forces in the Japanese government that benefit from whaling, and it's not surprising they are striking back. What is surprising is that these activists, who are innocent of any crime, would be arrested for returning whale meat that was stolen from Japanese taxpayers. In whose interest were these arrests made? Because it would appear to us that this is an intimidation tactic by the government agencies responsible for a scandal."

Intimidation tactics

Our first news that an arrest was imminent came from Japanese television stations. Someone leaked the information to ensure images of Greenpeace activists under arrest appeared on news reports in Japan.

More than 40 police officers raided our offices and the homes of the activists, and spent 10 hours seizing cell phones, documents, and computers, despite the fact that we had documented every step of how we obtained the whale meat, turned the full dossier over with the evidence, and made ourselves available to police to help with the investigation at any time. A simple phone call could have brought Junichi and Toru to the police station. Instead, the government made a public spectacle of shutting Greenpeace down.

The investigation

Our four-month undercover investigation revealed evidence of an embezzlement ring involving crew members on board the Nisshin Maru, who were openly taking the best cuts of whale meat during the so-called scientific hunt, smuggling it ashore disguised as personal luggage and then passing it to traders for illegal sales.

Working from information given by former and current Kyodo Senpaku employees, we documented the off-loading of smuggled whale meat into a special truck, in full view of Kyodo Senpaku officials and crew members when the Nisshin Maru docked on April 15th, this year.

The consignment was documented by our team once it left the ship and tracked to a depot in Tokyo. One of four boxes destined for the same private address was then intercepted in order to verify the contents and establish the fraud.

The consignment notes claimed the box contained "cardboard" but in reality it held 23.5kg of salted 'prime' whale meat, worth up to US$3,000. One informer told Greenpeace that dozens of crew take as many as 20 boxes each. One crewmember was overheard to claim he had built a house on the proceeds from his whale-meat sales over the years.

Official denials

On May 8th, before the scandal broke, Takahide Naruko, an official with the Japanese Fisheries Agency, was asked by investigators whether sailors "bring back some whale meat as private souvenirs," to which he replied "Of course not," explaining that the distribution of whale meat was only through official channels, at a price set by the Fisheries Agency to offset the costs of the publicly funded whaling programme.
Following the revelations, Kyodo Senpaku, the company that runs the whaling ship, also at first denied that any whale meat was being given away or sold outside official channels, then changed their story to claim that some "souvenirs" were given to crew members. Even so, these souvenirs were described to be a few kilos of frozen whale meat -- very different from 23.5 kilos of prime cuts uncovered by Greenpeace, which the crew salt-pickle in their cabins.

On May 28th, an editorial in Asahi Shinbum noted the contradiction between claims by the Institute for Cetacean Research that souvenirs were being handed out, and the claims by Kyodo Senpaku that they were not. The newspaper called the "contrived explanations" suspicious and asked for a full investigation.

"The whaling programme in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary is funded by the Japanese taxpayers, including the Greenpeace activists who have been arrested, and they have a right to know who is profiting from their money," said Mister Hoshikawa.

"The Japanese whaling programme has been shamed internationally for its lack of scientific credibility, now it is being shamed at home as well for trying to hide the corruption, and now for taking revenge on those who have exposed it. The Greenpeace activists should be immediately released."

Release our activists

FW: Greenpeace Valentine's Day

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:34:03 GMT

Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:52:52 -0600
From: staff@email.greenpeace.org
To: chanitacr
Subject: Valentine's Day

ACTIVISTS NEWSLETTER
February 2008

It's almost Valentine's Day! And yes - he's back! Everybody's favourite humpback has returned, and with the magical powers of our new e-card you can translate Splashy's whalesong of love, or get him to sing your own words, and give your loved one a Valentine's Day message to remember.

Send a Greenpeace Valentine's Day e-card

Get Canon's CEO on board for whales
As international pressure against whaling continues, Greenpeace is also focusing on key domestic figures to speak out. Can you help us get Canon's CEO on board?
Canon's CEO, Mr. Fujio Mitarai, is the head of the influential Japanese Business Federation. He meets regularly with top government officials, including the Prime Minister. Over 55,000 Greenpeace supporters have already sent him a message, have you?

Send a message to Canon

Good news online, under water, and on paper
Facebook: Our grassroots fundraising effort raised over US$20,000 in just two weeks on Facebook, and made it into Facebook Giving Challenges' Top Ten. Ours was the only high-ranking environmental cause on the list, thanks to everyone who donated or invited their friends to chip in. You can still join our facebook page here.
Dugongs: A US judge has ruled against plans for a military base expanding into the feeding grounds of Okinawa's dugongs. Judge Marilyn Hall Patel issued a final ruling on January 24, finding the Department of Defense in violation of the US National Historic Preservation Act and requiring it to consider impacts of a new airbase on the endangered Okinawa dugong in order to avoid or mitigate any harm. They're not in the clear yet, but this is great news.
Nukes: It's not often that a company's spokesperson says "Greenpeace pressure works", but that's basically what ING Bank's spokesperson said just the other day in their announcement not to finance a nuclear power station in Slovakia.

Go deeper into Greenpeace
Rex Weyler was the editor of Greenpeace's first newsletter way-way-back. He was also a director of the original Greenpeace Foundation and a cofounder of Greenpeace International in 1979.
"Deep Green" is Rex's new column-by-email. Every month, Rex will be reflecting on the roots of activism and environmentalism, and Greenpeace's past, present, and future.

Sign up to receive the monthly column by email

FW: Happy Humpback Holidays!

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:28:24 GMT

Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:15:02 -0600
From: greenpeace.org
To: chanitacr
Subject: Happy Humpback Holidays!
ACTIVISTS NEWSLETTER
December 2007

Message delivered. The UN climate conference in Bali ended last Saturday with a dramatic exchange never before seen at such a high-level meeting of politicians and diplomats. Papua New Guinea's chief delegate put words to our message in a bottle, and shamed the US delegation into submission. Watch the video and read a Bali reportback blog from one of our climate campaigners who was there.

Watch the video made by Greenpeace members everywhere!

Holiday greetings from Mr. Splashy Pants
This year we made you a holiday greeting card featuring Mr. Splashy Pants, the coolest, most popular whale alive. Last month's name-a-whale competition became an internet sensation: 11,000 suggested names and over 150,000 people voting for their favourite whale name. In the end, though, the top name -- with a whopping 78 percent of the vote -- was Mr. Splashy Pants.

Turn up the sound, and click here to see Mr. Splashy Pants

Humpback whales reprieved, but whaling ship plans loom
Japan has announced today that it will not be killing humpack whales this season! Well done to all of you who pressured your governments to call - Japan heard us, and humpbacks will no longer be part of the hunt thanks to the public outrage we helped generate, particularly the diplomatic pressure that resulted from the US and Australia. Even so, saving one species for one season is not enough! The future of whaling may well rest on whether the Japanese government succeeds in secret plans to build a new whaling ship.
By stopping this ship, we could stop all whaling in the Southern Ocean forever!

Send the Japanese Government a message

We can green games consoles!
During the holiday season millions of games consoles will be sold. They contain toxic chemicals that shouldn't be there though, and when they're eventually thrown away they might contribute to a growing mountain of e-waste. At our new website you can urge Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo to go green.

Visit the Clash of the Consoles website

October Online Activist Newsletter

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:58:38 GMT

Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:09:09 -0500
From: staff@email.greenpeace.org
To: chanitacr@hotmail.com
Subject: October Online Activist Newsletter

GREENPEACE October 2007

ACTIVISTS NEWSLETTER
18 October 2007

Follow the Great Whale Trail
You only need to click the link below to join and have a chance to name a humpback whale.
Greenpeace is collaborating with scientists to satellite track humpback whales as they migrate to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. Join the journey today and help us end whaling in the Southern Ocean forever.

Simply click this link to get whale mail (no need to sign up)

Get GE rice out of Budweiser beer
There's something strange about the king of beers. Tests show rice used in Anheuser-Busch's east coast US breweries is contaminated with genetically engineered rice varieties outlawed in most of the world.
Greenpeace is calling on the brewing giant behind Budweiser to make a global commitment -- for itself, its partners and subsidiaries -- to be GE free in all its beer ingredients, and to actively oppose the growing of GE rice.

Watch our parody of the famous Wassup?! Budweiser ad, and sign the Open Letter to the CEO.

Defending Our Oceans in a photo book
Greenpeace is launching a stunning photo book today, "Planet Ocean, photo stories from the Defending Our Ocean Expedition".
For a limited time you can get a postcard book free with every purchase of Planet Ocean through New Internationalist (price: £19.99 / US$35.00 / Can$36.00 / Aus$69.90 + p&p). By buying a copy (or two, holiday season is coming up!) you will help us continue our work and also gain a unique diary of your part in the most ambitious expedition that Greenpeace has ever undertaken.

Learn more and buy the book online

Apple's iPhone still not green
Our tests on the Apple iPhone have revealed it contains hazardous chemicals -- including some which other phone makers have already stopped using. Get the full details here including a video and high quality pictures of the iPhone being dismantled for testing.
If Apple really wants to reinvent the phone, they need to design out all hazardous substances from the iPhone. It should be at least as green as the offerings from Sony Ericsson, Nokia and Motorola.
That would be the first sign that Steve Jobs' promises of a greener Apple will bear any fruit. Right now Apple's CEO appears to have any green product news 'on hold'.

TAKE ACTION NOW
Get whale mail to follow the Great Whale Trail.
Sign the Open Letter to make beer GE free.
Buy the photo book on Defending Our Oceans.
Donate to support Greenpeace.

OKINAWA DUGONGS CAMPAIGN: THANK YOU!
The crew of Greenpeace's Esperanza hand delivered over 30,000 of your messages of protest from around the world to the Japanese Department of Defense. Read a first-hand account from Samantha on the Esperanza.

MORE ON THE WEB
Browser Start Page for online activists (try Google Search with no ads!).
The Month in Pictures review of September.
Greenpeace on Facebook and YouTube.
World Park Arctic, save the top of the world from oil drilling.

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Climb to the top of the charts! Play Star Shuffle: the word scramble challenge with star power. Play Now!

7 Pasos para campaña climatica, yo lo estoy haciendo... intente usted tambien.

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:28:31 GMT

June, 2007 - Simple ways to save the planet

How many years does it take to ban an energy wasting lightbulb?

July 7, 2007 (7.7.07) will see millions of people gather for Al Gore's Live Earth climate change concerts all over the world. It could be the biggest international awareness-raising event ever. But you're getting this email today because you understand climate change already, and because we need your help!
Join our new 7 step campaign for the energy [r]evolution -- Greenpeace's response to the climate emergency.

<<< Click to sign up and join!

We're starting with the most outrageously wasteful of electrical household items: the incandescent light bulb. Consider this: A simple switch to energy saving bulbs in the European Union alone would save 20 million tonnes of CO2, equal to shutting down 25 medium-size dirty power plants; and this is before we consider the efficiency of other household products, or even cars!

Joining the campaign means you will get an email every week for seven weeks from us. Steps one, two and three are about changing your own lightbulbs and raising awareness about the campaign. Steps four, five and six are about demanding change from retailers, manufacturers and governments. Finally, step seven is a special surprise -- all we can say is "action!"

Are you still reading this? Please hurry, click here to sign up!
Whales safe for another year at International Whaling Commission

Thanks to the work and effort we've all done together, today we can say the whales won at the recent International Whaling Commission meeting!

One of the decisive points for this triumph was that, with your help, we had a majority of countries voting FOR whales and AGAINST whaling. The momentum of last year's one-vote victory for the whale-hunters was reversed.

This victory was thanks to the work of Greenpeace staff and volunteers around the world together with I-GO Campaigns and events that all of you created, like: the "Saint Valentine's at the Japanese Embassies" campaign, the "Ecuador say no to hunting" campaign and finally the "Big Blue March for whales," which began as one supporters' suggestion and became an event in 50 countries.

Thousands of people from around the world mobilized to defend whales. We've shown once again that together we can obtain real goals in our mission to defend the environment!

You are already part of this! But the more numerous we are, the more we can do.

That is why you should invite your friends, colleagues, and everyone you know to join Greenpeace's worldwide community of online activists NOW! Forward this email to your friends and ask them to join in. This year alone, we've stopped efforts to renew commercial whaling and we've convinced Apple to make their products greener with a phase out of dangerous chemicals: and these are but two of many, many victories we've all achieved together over the years.

Next year the IWC meeting will be in Santiago, Chile. There is much to do before then, and a ways to go to secure a long-term victory for the whales. We must continue strengthening our numbers. Please do what you can to help: the whales need you!

We want to know...

You can help us with your opinions: we've put together 15 questions to get a sense of what you, our active supporters, think about climate change and Greenpeace's role in fighting it. A few minutes of your time answering these 15 questions could help a lot!

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Whoops! We included a wonderful image of three sperm whales in our mailing of 15 May which we failed to credit to the International Fund for Animal Welfare. We apologise for this error.
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Green tips you can practice every day --> GREENPEACE

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 04:22:12 GMT

En el hogar

"El uso responsable de instalaciones con iluminación eficiente podría hacer innecesarias 85 centrales térmicas de carbón a escala mundial, lo que supondría una reducción anual de las emisiones de CO2 de más de 500 millones de toneladas, una cifra superior al total de emisiones actuales de un país como Canadá." Informe de Greenpeace [r]evolución energética

Adquiere los productos de mayor eficiencia energética. Busca aquellos que tengan etiquetas de ahorro energético de clase A – ¡y averigua qué significan! Los nuevos electrodomésticos deben incorporar un interruptor de corte que los desconecte totalmente de la fuente de alimentación, o que en modo de reposo no consuman más de 1 vatio.
Haz un favor a tu PC y déjale que descanse. Utiliza el modo de ahorro de energía del sistema operativo. Cuando acabes de trabajar, apágalo y no olvides desconectarlo también de la fuente de alimentación. Las pantallas planas y los portátiles son muy eficientes energéticamente.
Usa bombillas fluorescentes compactas (CFL). Las bombillas de bajo consumo recortan el consumo energético hasta un 80%.
Apaga siempre las luces de habitaciones que no estés usando. Existen interruptores de presencia, incluso bombillas con ellos incorporados, que se encienden o apagan automáticamente al detectar la presencia de personas.
¡Pon fin a las pérdidas de energía de reposo! Los aparatos Hi-Fi, televisores, vídeos, PCs y todos los accesorios que les acompañan continúan consumiendo electricidad incluso cuando están en modo de reposo. Para evitarlo, desconecta los enchufes o utiliza un enchufe múltiple con su propio interruptor de corte. Dejar los aparatos en “stand by” son los responsables del 5 al 13% del consumo de electricidad en los hogares de los países de la OCDE.
Evita dejar enchufados cargadores y transformadores. Siguen consumiendo electricidad incluso cuando no se utilizan. En muchos casos, aunque no siempre, puedes observarlo porque continúan calientes. Desconecta los cargadores de teléfonos móviles, MP3 y cámaras digitales, y los transformadores de las lámparas halógenas y electrodomésticos.

En el Baño
Las calderas eléctricas para calentar agua son muy ineficientes. Cambia la caldera eléctrica lo antes posible por colectores solares o un calentador de gas eficiente (caldera de condensación).

Date una ducha rápida en lugar de un baño.
- Apaga el grifo mientras te enjabonas.
- Elige una melodía corta y cántala o sílbala. Cuando se termine, también apaga la ducha.
- Instala un economizador de agua en la ducha: acorta a la mitad el consumo de agua y de energía.
Instala colectores solares: En nuestras latitudes, los colectores pueden suministrar del 60 al 70% del agua caliente necesaria en un hogar y esta cifra puede aumentar hasta el 100 por ciento en regiones muy soleadas.
Ahorra en la colada
- Lava en frío y olvídate del prelavado.
- Un lavado normal será más que suficiente y reducirás el consumo energético hasta un 80 por ciento.
- Realiza siempre el lavado con la lavadora llena.
Tiende la ropa para que se seque
- Las secadoras son auténticas devoradoras de energía.
- Un hogar de cuatro personas que se deshaga de la secadora ahorrará 480 kilovatios-hora –y 300 kilos de CO2– anualmente.
No utilices electrodomésticos a pilas, (por ejemplo, máquinas de afeitar, cepillos de dientes) porque consumen más energía que los conectados a la red. Si sólo tienes acceso a un electrodoméstico a pilas, al menos intenta cargarlo correctamente. Desenchúfalo tan pronto como se recargue la pila, utilízalo hasta que se desgaste y deséchalo correctamente cuando no funcione más.

¿Cuánta energía puedes ahorrar?

Comparación de consumos. Las cifras indican aproximadamente el porcentaje de energía que se ahorra entre un sistema eficiente y uno ineficiente.

- Bombilla fluorescente compacta: 80%
- Lavadora de bajo consumo energético (clase A): 40-70%
- Calefacción de gas en vez de eléctrica: 53-80%
- Cocina de gas en vez de eléctrica: 73%
- Horno a gas en vez de eléctrico: 60-70%
- Tender en vez de secadora: 100%
- Lavavajillas conectado a la toma de agua caliente (sin resistencia eléctrica): 68%
- Lavavajillas en frío: 75%
- Usar papel reciclado en vez de papel virgen: 50%
- Reciclar el aluminio: 90%
- Compartir el coche con dos, tres o cuatro personas: 50-66-75%
- Usar el autobús en vez del coche: 80%
- Caminar o ir en bicicleta en vez de en coche: 100%
- Coche de bajo consumo (clase A): 25%
- Conducir a 90 km./h en vez de a 110 km/h: 25%
- Coche pequeño en vez de grande: 44%
- Tapar las cacerolas al cocinar y ajustar el tamaño de la llama: 20%
- Permitir la ventilación de las rejillas de la nevera: 15%
- Subir un grado la temperatura del termostato de la nevera: 5%
- Tostador de pan en vez de horno: 65-75%
- Calentador de agua solar, con apoyo a gas, en vez de calentador eléctrico: 85%
- Calentador de agua solar, con apoyo a gas, en vez de calentador sólo a gas: 60%
- Calentador de agua a gas en vez de solamente eléctrico: 30%
- Ventilador de techo en vez de aire acondicionado: 98%
- Aire acondicionado por evaporación en vez de por compresión: 90-98%
- Necesidades de calor/frío tras cerrar pequeños escapes de aire en el techo/paredes: 20-25%
- Necesidades de calor/frío tras aislar el techo: 20-25%
- Cambiar el filtro de aire del coche: 20%
- Neumáticos bien inflados: 10%

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Water

Fix any leaky faucets, toilets or water pipes. Even a small drip can add up to a lot of water over time.
Wash your car the natural way - wait until it rains.
Install water saving faucets.

Energy

Conserve fuel by turning down the heat at night and while you are away from your home — or install a programmable thermostat.
Use compact fluorescent light bulbs.
Insulate your home against heat loss and periodically check insulation.
Fix air leaks with weather stripping and caulking.
In the winter, change your furnace air filters once a month. The heater uses more energy when it is full of dust.
Insulate your electric hot water heater and pipes. Do not, however, insulate gas heaters and only start insulating gas heater pipes about six inches away from the heater.
Avoid using cars — walk, cycle or use public transportation whenever possible.
Avoid anything battery operated (or use rechargables or solar rechargables if batteries are unavoidable).
Buy locally — not only is it good for the local economy, it will save energy because products haven’t traveled across the globe to get to you.

Toxics

Use non-toxic cleaning alternatives in your home, such as the ones listed in the booklet.
Furnish your home with furniture made out of natural fibres, wood, metal and glass.
Avoid the use of polyvinyl chloride (also known as PVC or vinyl) in your home. The entire life cycle of products made from PVC pollutes the environment and your home. PVC items include shower curtains, flooring, even some children’s toys.
Avoid the use of aerosols.
Use castor or mineral oils to lubricate switches and hinges instead of lubricants containing solvents.
Choose water based latex paints over solvent based paints when painting your home. Never use lead based paints.
If you have a furnace, fireplace or gas heater, have them serviced regularly to prevent deadly fumes and install a carbon monoxide detector.
Ensure you have good ventilation and balanced humidity in your home to prevent the growth of mould and mildew, which can be harmful to your health.

Waste

Do not throw out your toxic household wastes, such as paint, paint thinner, and car fluids, in the garbage or down the drain. Check with your local facilities for proper disposal and avoid these products in the future.
Take your own bags to the grocery store. If you take plastic bags, use them until they are worn out.
Compost your food waste and use as nutrient rich soil for your lawn.
Avoid excess packaging.
Always use reusables mugs, lunch containers, batteries, pens, razors, etc.
Replace paper products with reusable ones (use recycled, non-chlorine bleached paper when you do have to use paper).

HAGAMOS UN ESFUERZO!!!!!

Ask Denmark to SAVE whales

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:14:12 GMT

Dear friend,

In the next few months, Japanese whalers plan to kill 945 whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. Greenpeace's ship, the Esperanza, is on its way to stop the killings.

Last year our activists managed to stop the whalers from killing 82 whales by putting themselves between the whales and the harpoons.

But what we do in the Southern Ocean will not be enough to save all the whales!

That's why the whales need YOU to campaign with us.

Please ask the Danish government not to attend the so-called "Normalization" meeting that Japan is holding next month in Tokyo. The Japanese government plans to use the meeting to create the illusion that most of the world wants to end the moratorium on commercial whaling - but this is clearly not the case! Denmark's presence at the meeting will be advertised to the media by their Japanese hosts as evidence of support for the Japanese position...which means more killing of whales!

Thousands of Greenpeace supporters around the world are contacting Danish embassies in dozens of countries - please join in! To get more involved in the campaign, visit our cool new I-GO site.

Remember 945 whales are waiting for your help.

Sincerely,

Shane Rattenbury
Oceans campaigner

P.S. Join the Biggest Crew Ever! There are lots of things you can do to stop whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. Campaign with us!

P.P.S. You can save whales. Click here now to ask Denmark to Defend the Whales!