We expected 20,000. We HOPED for 30,000. We got nearly double that. In the biggest protest march in living memory, 50,000 turned out on Queen Street today to march against the Government’s mining plans. Full Story…
Entries Tagged as 'Environment'
Biggest protest march in living memory
May 2nd, 2010 · No Comments
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Cool IT Leaderboard shows growing divide between talk and action on developing climate solutions
April 30th, 2010 · No Comments
The newest version of our Information Technology (IT) industry climate ranking reveals how a few global tech companies are taking the lead. They’re demonstrating the potential of IT solutions to help reduce energy wastage and greenhouse gas emissions, while others seem unable to decide if IT climate solutions are a significant business opportunity or a […]
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Save whales, not whaling
April 24th, 2010 · No Comments
A proposal to keep the dying whaling industries on life support has just been unveiled by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) — instead of a concrete plan to safeguard whales. Full Story…
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GE: a ‘recipe’ for disaster
April 20th, 2010 · No Comments
A GE-free future is getting closer: half a million signatures have been collected asking the EU commission to stop GE crops from being grown in Europe. With 1 million signatures this petition will become an official request! Full Story…
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Activists ‘drop’ in to Nestlé shareholder meeting
April 16th, 2010 · No Comments
Thirty activist ‘orang-utans’ greeted shareholders as they arrived for Nestle’s Annual General Meeting today asking them to give Indonesia’s rainforests a break and stop profiting from destroying rainforest, threatening biodiversity and accelerating climate change. Full Story…
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PROTECTED: Biggest chunk of ocean yet!
April 15th, 2010 · No Comments
The UK has created the world’s largest marine reserve, covering some quarter of a million square miles of ocean around the Chagos Archipelago — one of the most pristine and biologically diverse coral ecosystems on the planet. But as much as we’d like to break open the champagne and tell our oceans campaigners to go […]
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Greenpeace activists resist shipment of nuclear waste from France to Russia
April 10th, 2010 · No Comments
Greenpeace activists have been on the scene from railway to cargo ships this week attempting to stop the shipment of nuclear waste from France to Russia. Despite attempts from the nuclear industry to silence us, our activists continue to fight the transport of nuclear waste. Full Story…
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Whale meat blockade
April 3rd, 2010 · No Comments
At around 4:30 this morning, our activists took action against commercial whaling and trade in whale meat by blocking a container ship with fin whale meat onboard bound for Japan from Iceland. Full Story…
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The iPad, internet, climate change link in the spotlight
March 31st, 2010 · No Comments
On the eve of the launch of the iPad, our latest report warns that the growth of internet computing could come with a huge jump in greenhouse gas emissions. We follow the data streams back to the data centres providing a cautionary tale about how the boom could see internet servers become a major cause […]
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Dell targeted for breaking promise on toxic chemicals
March 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Greenpeace activists unfurled banners of every size today outside the offices of Dell in Bangalore, Amsterdam, and Copenhagen, just as Dell executives meet to discuss a roadmap to finally remove the worst toxic chemicals from their electronics. The Message around the world to Dell’s founder and CEO: “Michael Dell: Clean Up Toxics!” Full Story… […]
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