CHRONOLOGY
;, 1970-71*. First campaign, Amchitka, Alaska, against atmospheric nuclear testing. Successful. 1972-74: David McTaggart sails twice into Mururoa area of French Pacific to protest against ban on sailing in their waters. Boat Vega rammed., Crew later beaten up, McTaggart being seriously, hurt. 1975: First confrontation using “htiman barrier” technique as Greenpeace inflatables force Russian whaling fleets to abandon operations off California. 1976: First anti-sealing campaign in Newfoundland. Pelts spoiled with green dye. Protesters thrown into water. 1978: First confrontation over nuclear waste dumping in Atlantic. Spanish pirate whaling exposed; Rainbow Warrior arrested but es-
capes. Greenpeace stops seal cull in Orkneys. 1981: Nuclear dump ships in North Sea forced to turn back. Faroes slaughter of pilot whales exposed. 1982: Greenpeace report on Windscale health risks. Vega returns to Mururoa to protest against underground testing. International whaling'commission votes to ban commercial whaling by 1985-86. 1983: London dumping Convention votes to suspend disposal of low-♦ level radioactive wastes at sea for two years. EJE.C. bans seal imports. ' < 1984: “Fur-Free Britain” campaign launched with controversial poster. 1985: Rainbow Warrior sunk in Auckland Harbour. Greenpeace continued to protest at Mururoa against French nuclear testing.
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