Greenpeace Activists Arrested

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Sandra Williams
Oct 15, 2007

11 Greenpeace activists were arrested Saturday after blocking a newsprint shipment onboard a ship in Terneuzen, Netherlands. The environmental group say the newsprint was made from trees cut down in Canadian forests. The Netherlands uses paper from the company Abitibi-Consolidated but the Greenpeace activists said they no longer want it there.

Hilde Stroot, the campaign leader of Greenpeace in the Netherlands said "Each year, companies in Canada clear more than 700,000 hectares of forest." (Associated Press, Terneuzen, Netherlands, Oct. 15, 2007)

Greenpeace International is one of the official environmental charities being supported today on Blog Action Day. They campaign to protect and conserve the environment promoting peace by defending oceans, animals, plants and people.

You can support Greenpeace by making a donation, becoming an online activist or volunteering. Read about many other ways you can help like joining the energy revolution to stop climate change.

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