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Greenpeace activists plant North Pole flag to fight Arctic oil drilling
Activists have planted a flag at the North Pole along with millions of signatures calling for the Arctic to be declared a global sanctuary protected from oil drilling, lobby group Greenpeace said on Monday. Expedition members cut a hole in the ice and lowered the “flag for the future” onto…
Greenpeace sends ‘Polar bear’ floating past Kremlin to protest oil drilling
A Greenpeace activist in a polar bear suit floated along the Moscow River past the Kremlin on Monday morning before being briefly detained in a stunt by the environmental group to protest against energy exploration in Russia’s Arctic waters. The activist in a furry white suit stood on a white…
Greenpeace protesters arrested outside Argentina nuclear plant
Some 40 Greenpeace activists were arrested inside an atomic power plant in Argentina on Monday at a protest on the second anniversary of the earthquake and nuclear disaster in Japan, the group said. The protesters “were beaten and detained after entering the Embalse nuclear facility in Cordoba” some 700 kilometers…
Japan whaling fleet leaves port for Antarctica
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…
Greenpeace: Japan’s radiation monitoring unreliable
TOKYO — Government radiation monitoring in areas near Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is unreliable, Greenpeace charged on Tuesday, with heavily populated areas exposed to 13 times the legal limit. The environmental group said authorities were wasting time cleaning up evacuated areas and should prioritise decontamination efforts in places where…
‘Planetary emergency’ due to Arctic melt, experts warn
Experts warned of a “planetary emergency” due to the unforeseen global consequences of Arctic ice melt, including methane gas released from permafrost regions currently under ice. Columbia University and the environmental activist group Greenpeace held separate events Wednesday to discuss US government data showing that the Arctic sea ice has…
5 Questions for: Greenpeace activist Holly Hanks on political platforms and wanting political influence
Holly Hanks, the senior campaign coordinator for Greenpeace’s office in Raleigh, North Carolina, took a break from campaigning near the convention (and the occasional cough; this was her first week back at work after a recent illness) to talk to Raw Story about Greenpeace’s progress as an organization, what that…
Canadian intelligence report sees threat from ‘radicalized environmentalist faction’
An intelligence assessment from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police that describes environmental activsts as posing a significant threat of violence has drawn an immediate rebuttal from Greenpeace Canada, which is cited by name in the assessment. A heavily-censored copy of the classified report — which also covers ordinary criminal activities…
Scientists planning 3D model of thinning Arctic sea ice
OSLO — Scientists working with Greenpeace will undertake an expedition to the Arctic that will produce the first 3D models of the Arctic sea ice, the group said on Friday. The team was due to leave on Friday for the icy north from the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. “Starting on…
Rio+20: Greenpeace declares war on the finance sector
Kumi Naidoo, the global head of Greenpeace, is losing patience with the ability of companies and financial institutions to move away from their destructive behaviour. While he recognises that there are a few progressive business leaders who share his concerns, Naidoo says he is planning to step up his campaign…
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