Japanese whaling vessels left port Friday bound for the Southern Ocean on their annual hunt of the marine mammals, a media report and Greenpeace said. Citing the Fisheries Agency, Kyodo News reported three vessels had departed from the far-western port of Shimonoseki, while environmental group Greenpeace said the mother ship…
A research vessel owned by environmental group Greenpeace arrived on Monday in the vicinity of a North Sea platform that has been leaking highly flammable gas for more than a week. French energy giant Total, which operates the stricken Elgin rig 150 miles (240 kilometres) off Aberdeen in eastern Scotland,…
TOKYO (AFP) – Environmental group Greenpeace warned Thursday that marine life it tested more than 20 kilometres (12 miles) off Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear plant showed radiation far above legal limits. The anti-nuclear group, which conducted the coastal and offshore tests this month, criticised Japanese authorities for their “continued inadequate…