Greece: Greenpeace blew residue results “out of proportion”
Greece: Greenpeace blew residue results “out of proportion” Send to a friend A Greek produce industry association has slammed Greenpeace for misrepresenting the results of residue samples on fruit and vegetables. Association of...Read more...
Belgium to restart two reactors halted since 2012
Electrabel, part of the giant French group GDF-Suez, said Friday it will restart two nuclear reactors closed down in 2012 after micro-cracks were found in them, sparking fears about their safety in the aftermath of Japan's...Read more...
Philip Radford: An Open Letter to the Congressional Committee Investigating Politically-Motivated...
Dear Senator Carl Levin, Senator John McCain, Congressman Elijah Cummings and Congressman Darrell Issa: Greenpeace has been watching with great interest the unfolding controversy over whether the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)Read more...
Greenpeace Italy: The fashion duel
Advertising Agency: Grey, Milan, Italy Associate Creative Directors: Francesco Fallisi , Simona Angioni Interactive Creative Director: Beppe Bizzarro Art Directors: Alice Pozzi , Andrea Pioppi Copywriters: Francesca Andriani ,...Read more...
Greenpeace mounts Hinkley Point legal challenge
Greenpeace has launched a legal challenge to EDF's proposed new nuclear plant at Hinkley Point in Somerset. The environmental lobby group last week lodged an application for judicial review of the government's decision to grant...Read more...
Yahoos $2.75 billion Mexican ruling overturned
A Mexican appellate court has thrown out a $2.75 billion ruling against Yahoo Inc. and Yahoo Mexico, Reuters reports. The ruling late last year was reported to equal as much as 40 percent of Yahoo's 2012 cash balance. The case...Read more...
Time for civil disobedience
The tradition of civil disobedience is being reignited. The need is growing and the call to action is becoming impossible to ignore! Non-violent direct action can help re-establish a balance where our rights have been overtaken...Read more...
IRS Harassed PETA, Too
"Tea partiers" aren't the only ones who've been fixed with the gimlet stare of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) . Social-action groups such as Greenpeace, the NAACP, and PETA have also been targeted by the agency, and PETA is...Read more...
Comment by 'cmldhwzn' on Top ten environmental wins of 2012
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Norwegian ambassador meets "polar bear" in Moscow
Norwegian Ambassador to Russia, Knut Hauge, met with protestors outside the Norwegian Embassy in Moscow on May 17th. The ambassador greeted a drift-away polar bear (a costumed Greenpeace activist) floating down the Moscow...Read more...
Choking it. How free is free-to-air TV?
Sydney, Friday 17 May 2013: Channel 7 and SBS have followed Channel 9’s lead and banned a controversial Greenpeace recycling advert. http://youtu.be/Q7Uxaw6YoRw Despite clearance and classification by Free TV- the industry...Read more...
US Colleges Face Enrollment Shortfalls Offer Discounts says Report
NEW YORK -- Many leading U.S. colleges and universities face a shortfall in enrollment for fall classes and will offer price discounts as they compete for students in an ever expanding higher education market, according to...Read more...
Will big biotech giants destroy Mexican corn? Join us and say no!
The Mexican government is likely to authorize the cultivation of genetically engineered (GE) corn in Mexico. And until now Mexican citizens, with the help of organisations like Greenpeace, have managed to prevent agribusiness...Read more...
Special Committee on Decolonization to Hold Caribbean Regional Seminar in Quito Ecuador 28-30 May
Proceedings will focus on the third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism (2011-2020), as the Seminar reviews developments during the first quarter of the International Decade and related novel trends...Read more...
Meridian sell-off 'could cost economy billions'
Responding to today’s Budget, which included plans to sell off New Zealand-owned Meridian Energy, Nathan Argent, Greenpeace’s chief policy advisor, said: "The half-baked decision to sell clean energy gem Meridian could lose the...Read more...
Nonviolent direct actions against coal: 2008
November 14-15, 2008: National Day of Action Against Coal Finance: added Boston action) Others painted "Quit Coal" in English and Spanish on the ship. The action was in protest against the Spanish Others painted "Quit Coal" in...Read more...
Viral Video Chart: P&G praises mums, Greenpeace bashes Coke and Red Bull goes drifting
Audi has held on to the top spot in the Viral Video Chart for the second week running after its Spock vs Spock challenge racked up almost 200,000 social media shares. Elsewhere on the chart, there's a distinct mum theme (last...Read more...
Greenpeace protesters hang from mexican skyscraper
Early this morning two members of the activist group "Green Peace" climbed the "Estela de Luz" building, located in Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City, in order to hang giant signs that are about 60 meters long in protest...Read more...
Can 007 Save the Whales?
Battle at Sea Thursday, May 16, 2013 If you've got James Bond and Greenpeace on your side, how can you lose?...Pierce Brosnan, who played 007 in four James Bond movies, is warning that Navy plans for training and testing with...Read more...
mongabay.com weekly newsletter - May 16: Indonesia officially extends forestry moratorium
FEATURED ================================ Indonesia officially extends forestry moratorium (05/15/2013) The Indonesian government has officially extended its moratorium on new logging and plantation concessions in 65 million...Read more...
Industry News Feed: Tourists in Mexico Don't Know Why They're Getting Sick - Care2.com (blog)
22,364,163 members doing good! Written by Justine Kelly Over the past few decades, Sayulita, a small fishing village along Mexico’s 200-mile Riviera Nayarit coastline, has grown into a boutique eco-tourism and retiree...Read more...
Vermont wants Monsanto to label its GMOs
The Supreme Court protected agribusiness Monsanto's legal rights against a soybean farmer this week. But Vermont still wants to require Monsanto to label all of its genetically modified food products with GMOs labels.Read more...
chemical substance regulatory system needs
– 16 May 2013Posted in: How to This, among other things, is precisely what led much previous to the furore over DDT When proponents of its work with pointed out that it killed pests that would also deplete foodgrain stocks not...Read more...
Mexicans urged to reject genetically modified seeds
A police officer looks on as Greenpeace activists hang a banner at the Estela de Luz (Pillar Of Light) monument during a protest against genetically modified seeds which they say threaten Mexican corn, in Mexico City May 16,...Read more...
America Movil binds Brazil units closer with Wi-Fi offering
The West Australian Thursday 16th May, 2013 More Latin America News RSS Krishna Tirath signs 5th IBSA womens forum resolution Latin America News.Net - Thursday 16th May, 2013 Minister for Women and Child Development Krishna...Read more...
EMERGING MARKETS-Miners weigh on Mexico stocks OGX hits Bovespa
Penoles, Grupo Mexico drive IPC losses * OGX lifts Brazil's Bovespa * Brazil Bovespa falls 0.3 pct, Mexico IPC down 0.34 pct By Asher Levine SAO PAULO, May 16 (Reuters) - Latin American stocks fell on Thursday as miners weighed...Read more...
When art and environmentalism collide
One of the most rewarding things about my work is that I get to meet people almost everyday who are inspired by Greenpeace. I met Pennsylvania fine artist Justin Ballew over twitter a couple of weeks ago. Inspired by our …...Read more...
Avoid Buying Koch Industries Products With New Phone App
Fire Dog Lake: Crossposted from Greenpeace’s blog, The Witness. Here’s a cool new toy. A popular article on Forbes today details a new smart phone app called “Buycott,” which is catching the attention of shoppers who want to...Read more...
Cisco profit tops Wall Street expectations; shares jump on news
Updated May. 16, 2013 at 5:33 a.m. Related Blog Posts * Cisco joins Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster * Cisco loses a top tech leader in emerging software defined networking * Google, Cisco share top spot in Greenpeace 'Cool...Read more...
Mexicos Pemex makes light crude find in deep water well Maximino
MEXICO CITY | Thu May 16, 2013 7:03pm EDT MEXICO CITY May 16 (Reuters) - Mexico state oil monopoly Pemex said on Thursday there are "clear indications" it has found light crude at its Maximino well. The 9,515-foot well makes...Read more...
