Greenpeace members park fishing boat outside ministry of agriculture and anchor themselves to it
By: thinkSPAIN , Wednesday, May 22, 2013 TWELVE Greenpeace activists have been arrested after parking a fishing boat outside the ministry of agriculture and chaining themselves to it. They pinned up a huge sign saying 'Cañete,...Read more...
China And U.S. Vie for Control Of Arctic Oil Amid Environmental Concerns
Despite possessing no territory in the Arctic, China wants in with the likes of the Scandinavian countries on the Arctic Council. Continue reading → The post China And U.S. Vie for Control Of Arctic Oil Amid Environmental...Read more...
Activist paraglided over nuclear power station
Environmental pressure group Greenpeace says it was one of their activists who paraglided over the nuclear power station Ringhals on Tuesday morning, dropping balloons on one of the reactors, in what the organisation calls a...Read more...
Forest Stewardship Council Disassociates From The Danzer Group
Decision due to reputational risks for FSC linked to stakeholder disputes in the Democratic Republic of Congo The International Board of Directors of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has decided, reluctantly, but firmly, to...Read more...
Science from the Sea, Public Awareness from Above
In a verdant airfield just north of Seattle, our team stood huddled in the damp dawn obscured on every side by a thick fog. As the sun climbed into the morning sky, we waited, fingers crossed, for the fog to … Continue reading →Read more...
Nuclear power is safe and pigs can fly
That’s the lesson Greenpeace Sweden sent to the nuclear industry once again today as we flew our paramotor glider over the unprotected Ringhals nuclear power plant in southwest Sweden, near Gothenburg. With simple gear and...Read more...
Greenpeace: Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for May 17th to May 20th, 2013
Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for May 17th to May 20th, 2013 Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire Editor, Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire http://michelekearneynuclearwire.blogspot.com/ Major News and...Read more...
Bad News For Canada's Caribou
Environmental groups are blaming Canada's largest forestry company for the failure of a proposed agreement to protect woodland caribou from loggers. A group of non-governmental organizations including Forest Ethics held a press...Read more...
Deal to protect boreal forest caribou fails
Three years of efforts to find a way to protect threatened woodland caribou in Canada's boreal forest while still allowing forestry companies to log there have ended in failure as negotiations broke down over how much land to...Read more...
Comment on Nats’ environmental record by Anne
Regular readers will all know BLiP, a long time commenter who methodically documents the performance of the government. Yesterday BLiP posted the following in Open mike, it deserves to be a post of its own. Read on for an...Read more...
Nuclear power is safe and pigs can fly
Blogpost by Justin McKeating - May 21, 2013 at 15:34 Add comment That’s the lesson Greenpeace Sweden sent to the nuclear industry once again today as we flew our paramotor glider over the unprotected Ringhals nuclear power...Read more...
EarthTalk / Fertilizer plant disater a cautioinary tale
EarthTalk / Fertilizer plant disater a cautioinary tale According to Greenpeace, one in three Americans could fall victim to a similar poison gas disaster by virtue of living near upwards of 12,000 plants that store and use...Read more...
Greenpeace, Cokes recycling war spills into Google
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Benghazi, IRS, AP stories: A shameful double standard
The White House is on the defensive as three stories are inundating political news: The Benghazi hearings, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) targeting conservative groups and the Department of Justice (DOJ) seizing two months...Read more...
Controversial BRAI Bill referred to Parliamentary Standing Committee of Sci &Tech, Env & Forests
Greenpeace urges members of the Standing Committee to recommend its withdrawal BeyondHeadlines News Desk New Delhi: In a latest development , the contentious Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill which was...Read more...
Social Media #Fails Every Company Should Learn From
It just takes one post or tweet to tarnish your business reputation. One mistake by an otherwise savvy employee and a company can be labeled a social media fail, a dishonor so damaging that it’s not only fodder for the front...Read more...
Greenpeace, Coke's 'recycling war' spills into Google
The “recycling wars” between Coca-Cola and Greenpeace have spilt into cyberspace, with the beverage giant buying the top advertising slot for searches of the environmental group's name. The battle for internet attention follows...Read more...
35 Tory MPs including Cabinet Ministers facing fracking blight after most drilling licences are...
Energy Minister Michael Fallon said England needs to 'Get Fracking' for new energy sources Drilling gas from rocks is a controversial practise, but could be introduced across the south of England Many environmentalists and...Read more...
Nuclear power is safe and pigs can fly
That's the lesson Greenpeace Sweden sent to the nuclear industry once again today as we flew our paramotor glider over the unprotected Ringhals nuclear power plant in southwest Sweden, near Gothenburg. With simple gear and...Read more...
Greenpeace Documents Chemical Contamination In Ghana
Research Confirms Microsoft and Dell Electronic Waste in Africa INTERNATIONAL - August 5 - A Greenpeace science team visiting two scrap yards in the capital city Accra and the city of Korforidua, Ghana, has confirmed that soil...Read more...
When the IRS Targeted Liberals
While few are defending the Internal Revenue Service for targeting some 300 conservative groups, there are two critical pieces of context missing from the conventional wisdom on the “scandal.” First, at least from what we know...Read more...
Elliott Negin: Unreliable Sources 4: How the Media Help the Kochs and ExxonMobil Spread Climate...
Charles Koch (above) and his brother David (below) gave $49.8 million to a network of climate contrarian think tanks and advocacy groups from 2002 through 2011. This six-part series, "Unreliable Sources: How the Media Help the...Read more...
Greece: Greenpeace blew residue results “out of proportion
A Greek produce industry association has slammed Greenpeace for misrepresenting the results of residue samples on fruit and vegetables. Association of Greek Export and Consignment Enterprises for Fruits, Vegetables and Juices...Read more...
EDITORIAL · Arctic nations in, Greenpeace out
Arctic nations in, Greenpeace out Lake Baikal, Siberia. Immensely old and deep, it holds one-fifth of all the Earth's fresh water. @Cmdr_Hadfield tweeted Feb. 26, 2013. Out of all the pictures Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield...Read more...
Tribune Company: Don’t Sell Newspapers to Koch Industries!
Today, Greenpeace proudly ads its voice to a growing coalition of groups to urge Tribune Company, publisher of the LA Times, the Chicago Tribune and several other major US newspapers, not to sell their print media to Koch...Read more...
Deal or no deal on Europe's fishing laws?
All rights reserved . Credit: Greenpeace Will politicians net a fair fishing deal? Image caption: Will politicians net a fair fishing deal? While considering how to write a blog on the latest developments on Europe’s bumpy road...Read more...
Hey Tourists, Guess Who’s Responsible For ‘Dirty’ Mexican Water?
A resort in Riveria Nayarit, Mexico. Reports indicate that despite tourists’ common complaint that Mexico’s disease-ridden waterways are merely the result of an essentially “unsanitary” nation, the pollution in question comes...Read more...
The Green Enemies of Humanity, Science and the Truth
Among the greatest liars on Earth today is the international organization called Friends of the Earth (FOE). It has engaged in the most scurrilous fear-mongering for decades, along with Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, and the...Read more...
Time the MEP walk its talk
For residents in Beijing and many other eastern parts of China, this spring means another choking season of air pollution and a few more months of waiting for real cleanup action. Earlier in March, at a press conference of the...Read more...
The Arctic This Week: 11 May 2013 17 May 2013
Some Canadian Inuit leaders have come out to emphasize that they are not party to the declaration (NN), and one dismissed it out of hand, saying it was Greenpeace and Bill Erasmus [of Canada's Dene Nation] trying to get some...Read more...
