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Greenpeace Activists Arrested in Brazil

Police detained 16 activists from the environmental group Greenpeace on Friday after launching a protest against Brazil's largest soy exporter at an Amazon River port.

Chernobyl Toll May One Day Surpass 90K

Greenpeace said Tuesday in a new report that more than 90,000 people were likely to die of cancers caused by radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, countering a United Nations report that predicted the death toll would be around 4,000.

Greenpeace: McDonald's Harming the Amazon

Greenpeace on Thursday said McDonald's was fueling Amazon rainforest destruction by using soybeans grown in the region as feed for chickens that end up served in the fast-food chain's European restaurants.

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toxics from chemical waste found in drinking water of Basel

Source: info.greenpeace.ch

A Paris lab analyzed water samples, Greenpeace Switzerland had taken from fountains that are feeding the drinking water system of Basel, a city of close to 200'000.

Nuclear Weapons in Europe

Source: nukestrat.com

Almost 70 percent of people in countries that currently store US nuclear weapons want a Europe free of nuclear weapons, according to an opinion poll published by Greenpeace International.

Court allows 'Blue Lady' to enter India, to undergo inspection

Source: the7am.com

The Supreme Court has permitted Norwegian Ship 'Blue Lady,' containing 1240 metric tonnes of toxic asbestos, to enter Indian territory with the directions that the ship be anchored at Alang port in Gujarat for inspection by the Indian authorities.

Greenpeace Just Kidding About Armageddon

Source: washingtonpost.com

The environmental activist group Greenpeace wanted to be prepared to counter President Bush's visit last week to Pennsylvania to promote his nuclear energy policy.

Anger at oil chief's $400m retirement package

Source: Independent Online Edition

I seem to have gotten my movie references mixed up - is this guy Darth Vader or Fat Bastard?Investors and environmental campaigners condemned a $400m (£214m) retirement package for the boss of Exxon Mobil, the man known as the "Darth Vader of global warming" for his denial that  …

Don't believe the Gore enviro-hype

Source: Wall Street Journal

Since 1970, the year of the first Earth Day, America's population has increased by 42%, the country's inflation-adjusted gross domestic product has grown 195%, the number of cars and trucks in the United States has more than doubled, and the total number of miles driven has inc …

Bikini-clad protester disrupts summit

Source: edition.cnn.com

A woman wearing a bikini and knee-high boots disrupted the shooting of a group photo of EU and Latin American leaders at a summit in Vienna on Friday.

Roof of the world melting away?

Source: greenpeace.org.nz

The Tibetan Plateau is often referred to as the roof of the world, land of high peaks, glaciers and nomadic tribal peoples. The snowy peaks and glaciers are the source of many of Asia's mightiest rivers - the Ganges, Mekong and China's Yellow River.

Independent Online Edition > Europe

Source: news.independent.co.uk

"The fallout from Chernobyl, the world's worst nuclear accident, will be 10 times more deadly than previously thought and will cause almost 100,000 people to die from cancer in coming years, Greenpeace says."

7ft Chickens at McDonald's

Source: yorkshiretoday.co.uk

Greenpeace storm Mcdonald's

'Victory' over Japanese whalers

Source: news.bbc.co.uk

"Greenpeace claims it is global pressure from consumers that has forced the financial backers to pull out."

Happiness: The Chinese zombie ships of West Africa

Source: weblog.greenpeace.org

Greenpeace visits the Chinese pirate fishing fleet off of Guinea in West Africa. Don't miss the photos.

China Role Seen in Illegal Timber Trade

Source: latimes.com

Global demand for cheap consumer wood products has turned China into the center of a thriving illegal timber trade that is wiping out some of the world's most endangered forests, the environmental group Greenpeace charged Tuesday.

GM seed stance draws Greenpeace's ire

Source: abc.net.au

Environmental group Greenpeace has criticised Australia for promoting the experimental use of highly controversial "terminator seeds" derived from genetically modified plants. The non-government group has given Australia its first Flat Ball Award for its defence of a seed that cr

Exxon Exxposed

Source: gnn.tv

The Wall Street Journal reports that ExxonMobil is the key funder of a front group called Public Interest Watch which has been pushing the IRS to audit Greenpeace. Greenpeace says an IRS auditor told it that the PIW letter triggered the audit.

ExxonMobil front group behind IRS investigation of Greenpeace

Source: Huffington Post

The IRS has told Greenpeace that a letter from an ExxonMobil funded industry front group PIW was the reason an audit had been conducted recently. Greenpeace was told that it "continued to qualify for exemption from federal income tax" and the audit had not revealed any problems.

Greenpeace wants 40pc of oceans protected

Source: abc.net.au

The United Nations (UN) should protect the world's oceans from deep sea fishing and pollution in the same way as environmentally sensitive land, Greenpeace says. A Greenpeace report, published to coincide with a UN meeting in Brazil on biodiversity, says 40 per cent of the worl …

Bio-Diesel Car Rental Opens in Los Angeles

Source: enn.com

A company offering rental cars powered entirely by bio-diesel set up shop in Los Angeles Tuesday, hoping to bring the aroma of popcorn and doughnuts to the city's smoggy freeways.

Monsanto files patent for new invention: the pig

Source: greenpeace.org

Something stinks about this. Oink Oink.

Who is telling the truth? Kimberly-Clark or Greenpeace?

Source: one-change.com

Two huge organizations, one a multinational corporation and the other an activist organization, have differing views on the use of ecologically sustainable practices.

Anti-whaling to the supermarkets

Source: theage.com.au

Greenpeace is advising Australian consumers to avoid a brand of products owned by a Japanese whaling company.

Hot year for Exxon, planet | Greenpeace International

Source: greenpeace.org

Any relationship with what we heard at the State of the Union address?

Anti whaling battle shifts from high seas to supermarket shelves

Sydney, Australia — Greenpeace will leave the Southern Ocean today and will take the battle to stop whaling from the high seas to the supermarket shelves around the world.

Industrial Whaling Factsheet

Call me Ishmael...! Whaling folklore speaks of tradition, of the noble hunt, of man pitting his wits against the ferocious sea and against mighty intelligent leviathans.

Whale sanctuary under siege

Established in 1994, the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary is under siege like never before. This year nearly one thousand whales can expect to find no quarter or refuge in the protected waters around the Antarctic.

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