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Early this morning Greenpeace activists occupied a Cairn Energy exploratory oil rig in the Arctic Ocean off of the coast of Greenland.
Four Greenpeace activists, who are also expert climbers, avoided Greenland police and the Danish navy to climb the rig and suspend themselves in tents. The activists’ behavior has caused a temporary shut down of [...]
The Greenpeace ship Esperanza is currently protesting deep sea oil drilling in the Arctic by UK firm Cairn Energy, the first company granted permission to drill in Greenland’s icy and environmentally sensitive waters.
Cairn Energy is also one of the targets of the recent Climate Camp protests in Edinburgh, where the company is based.
Greenpeace campaigner Leila [...]
Despite low public opinion on deep sea drilling and an overall global shift away from the practice, including the Obama administration’s moratorium in the US, the UK government – the ‘greenest government eva’ – has decided to go against the grain and allow exploratory drilling in the North Sea.
A spokeswoman for the UK Department of [...]
Friday’s oil pipeline explosion in the northern Chinese port of Dalian has resulted in a large oil slick in the Yellow Sea. The oil leaking from the two exploded pipelines has been stopped, but not before oil washed up on the coastline, soiling surrounding beaches and negatively impacting local wildlife and economic activity.
Thousands of firefighters, [...]
According to the recently released yearly study Energy Revolution (conducted by Greenpeace and the EREC – European Renewable Energy Council) Europe could reduce it’s CO2 emissions with 95 percent by 2050. The results of the study show that Europe could achieve this spectacular reduction in CO2 emissions by producing up to 97 percent of its [...]
Does deep sea oil drilling amongst Greenland’s icebergs sound a bit dicey to you? Probably any deep sea drilling does these days, what with the ongoing and unprecedented disaster in the Gulf of Mexico still dominating much of the news.
So it’s no wonder that Greenpeace and the WWF are concerned about recent developments in the [...]
In light of a recent survey naming UK companies as the worst among 300 of Europe’s largest corporations when it comes to their contribution to global warming, another survey has been released, this time focusing only on British firms.
The new list, called the FTSE carbon strategy index, compares Britain’s 350 biggest companies in terms of [...]
Greenpeace activists broke into Sweden’s Forsmark nuclear power plant on Monday, demanding parliament vote against the construction of new nuclear facilities.
Currently, Sweden has 10 nuclear reactors at 3 power stations and last year they reversed a decision to phase out nuclear power. Parliament is supposed to vote Thursday on whether or not to expand their [...]
Environmental activist group Greenpeace has successfully used the Internet and in particular social media to drum up support for its campaign against the use of palm oil by food giant Nestlé.
The palm oil industries in Indonesia and Malaysia have received attention and criticism for their part in the destruction of vital rainforests, which are home [...]
The Gulf Coast Oil Spill has sure earned BP a lot of negative and bizarre attention.
After a month of dealing with the issue, their methods are still being attacked by environmental groups and the media. The most recent issue concerns their latest siphoning method of cleaning up the spill, which dropped from 92,400 gallons per [...]
According to Greenpeace, petrol stations in the European Union sell fuel derived from the oil sands of Northeastern Alberta, Canada. A Greenpeace report entitled ‘Tar Sands in Your Tank: Exposing Europe’s role in Canada’s dirty oil trade’ claims that petroleum products from the tar sands are regularly entering EU markets.
Canada’s tar sands oil extraction project [...]
There are many options when it comes to dealing with the issue of whaling. Some will take the political or legal route. Others may steal a package of whale meat, do some detective work at a sushi restaurant, or become involved in the chaos at sea. While all of these acts have their own point [...]
So-called ‘cloud computing’ – or basically ‘using the Internet’ to people like you and me – is largely dependent on coal-fired power stations.
To be more precise, all Internet use isn’t cloud computing, but web-based computing is huge and increasing all the time. It allows access to all sorts of data and entertainment housed in massive [...]
Greenpeace has contended with quite the number of household names so far this year, including social networking giant Facebook and the more recent campaign against Nestlé’s. Now, the fight turns against one particular US company based mainly around oil and chemical interests: Koch Industries.
If you’ve never heard of them before, don’t feel bad—they intentionally try [...]
Lake Baikal: the world’s oldest lake (over 25 million years old), the most voluminous freshwater lake, and contains roughly 20% of the world’s total fresh surface water. Over 1,000 species of plants and more than 1,500 types of animals call this lake their home. It’s also the reason behind a recent environmental protest that happened [...]
Many products contain catchy jingles and slogans in their advertising schemes. Some are extremely well-known, such as those by Oscar Meyer, McDonald’s, Hershey’s, and Geico. However, one company’s catchy commercials may end up costing them dearly.
Nestle’s KitKat jingles have embedded it into our brains that if we want a break, we need a piece of [...]
The Japanese whaling season in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary is drawing to a close. Sea Shepherd has managed to keep the Japanese from killing any whale for the past 19 days and it looks to stay that way until their campaign ends. On an even more positive note, there has been no further ship [...]
Social networking giant Facebook has received a lot of press lately and most of it hasn’t been good.
First, news came out that their new data center would be powered by coal. Then, Change.org ran a petition in an attempt to get them to switch to a more renewable power source. Now, Facebook comes head-to-head with [...]
The latest ‘Guide to Greener Electronics’ from Greenpeace, updated for January 2010, still has Finnish cell phone gods Nokia in first place for the most eco-friendly electronics company, followed by Sony Ericsson and Toshiba. Apple is moving up in the ranks in line with their successful green image, while Samsung has plummeted from 2nd to [...]
Deforestation is one of the main, direct causes responsible for Global Warming, habitat destruction, and loss of ecosystems.
The Swedish branch of Greenpeace released a very important video (shown to the left here) that shows the effects of deforestation and how quickly it can happen. The text you will see in the movie basically states that: [...]
‘The Sundarbans, a network of islands that spans the mouth of the Ganges delta from eastern India to Bangladesh, are sinking rapidly. The seas around the islands in the Bay of Bengal that support a unique mangrove ecosystem are rising faster than anywhere else on Earth, and the lives and livelihoods of more than 4 [...]
In a campaign to persuade – or scare – key players at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen to agree upon key legislation to stop climate change, a dramatic series of posters welcomes arrivals at Copenhagen Airport. The startling placards by environmental group Greenpeace represent a grim future where today’s leaders have failed to act [...]
Greenpeace now has a new director, and one with years of experience in the field.
Kumi Naidoo, 44, is the first African director of this great organization and also the first executive director to come from outside of the organization (i.e. he wasn’t promoted from within). He is certainly passionate about the work he does, however. [...]
Numerous efforts have been made to elicit publicity and drive home the message that we need to take action to stop global warming. Of late, seven hundred men and women volunteered to pose nude in a French vineyard to warn people about the dangers of global warming. This human art installation was initiated by artist [...]
Last September 15th, members of Greenpeace Canada infiltrated the Albian tar sands and shut themselves within the dump trucks and crane cabs used onsite, effectively ceasing all activities for about 30 hours.
Tar or Oil sands are one of the dirtiest ways to extract fossil fuel from the earth, involving the destruction of the boreal forests [...]
Brainwashing has been prevalent in media for while now. America’s enemies during the war (pick whichever you prefer) were doing it way back since the black and white era of film noir. Then the aliens arrived and are reputed to be at it even now, if one is to believe the X-files. And last but [...]
One of France’s greatest exports is at risk, and the climate is none other than global warming. Winemaking is largely dependent on terrior (a combination of land and weather) and with the varying weather conditions in the past years; it’s not surprising that the industry is slowly starting to feel the heat (so to speak). [...]
On September 21st, four of the largest environmental groups – Avaaz, Oxfam, Greenpeace and 360.org will be holding one of the biggest global environmental protests calling for solutions to climate change. Called the Global Wake-Up Call, the groups have arranged simultaneous gatherings and actions, making their message clear: Global warming must be stopped now. People [...]
Dell has recently banned the export of e-waste to developing countries. Apple successfully markets itself as an eco conscious computer company and its new MacBook seems to be living up to that image. Processor kingpin Sun Microsystems also joined the foray into Green computing and was receiving praise for its efforts way back in 2007. [...]
Greenpeace continued to rack up more victories this month. Corporations such as Adidas, Nike, Timberland, Clarks and Geox have all vowed to discontinue using leather suppliers who contribute to the destruction of the Amazon. The increasing demand for beef and leather products have resulted in forests being eliminated in order to provide more space for [...]
