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Fishing Charter Boat Captain Sings the Deepwater Disaster Blues (Video)
There's an increasing amount of good video coming out of the Gulf documenting the BP Oil Spill, including some dramatic aerial footage yesterday. That was literally the bird's eye perspective. But this new video from Greenpeace takes us out with a
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S&P; 100 Falling Short on Emission Cuts + Greenpeace Says Opposing Climate Bill 'Counterproductive'
Earlier in the week the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impacts Research called nation's climate commitments "unambitious" and "paltry", noting that we're well on the way to seeing 3°C temperature rise by 2100. Now the
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Belo Monte Dam Moves Ahead Despite Indigenous Protests, Celebrity Visits, and Court Injunctions
Neither the celebrity sway of "Avatar" director James Cameron nor a top court's injunction were, in the end, enough to stop the Brazilian government from
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Protesting Orangutans Invade Nestle Shareholders' Meeting
Thanks to a tough gorilla marketing campaign and unrelenting online social media protests, the recent Nestle-vs-Greenpeace firestorm is getting interesting, with Nestle backpedaling, fast. Nestle's latest public relations
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Genetically Motified Means Higher Yield? Not For This Soya
Easier growing and a higher yield are just two of the purported benefits of genetically modified crops, but a Greenpeace
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Greenpeace Blocks Ship Loaded with Fin Whale Meat Heading for Japan
This morning, Greenpeace activists chained themselves to a cargo ship in the Dutch port of Rotterdam in an effort to block the export of whale meat from Iceland to Japan. The
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Greenpeace Scolds Dell Over PVC, BFRs, Protests at Offices in Europe, India
There is no rest for the toxic-laden when Greenpeace is around. The latest company to be called out for backtracking on their timeline to remove PVC and BFRs from their products is Dell. This week, Greenpeace held protests outside
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Gorilla Marketing 101: Nestlé, Palm Oil and the Power of the Internet
In a great example of Gorilla marketing, Greenpeace in Europe appears to have been successful in persuading Nestlé to drop Indonesian palm oil producer Sinar Mas Group because of their
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Correction: Greenpeace UK Not Calling for IPCC Chairman Pachauri to Step Aside
Yesterday you may have seen on TreeHugger and elsewhere remarks by Greenpeace UK director John Sauven which implied that the organization thought that IPCC chairman Dr Rajendra Pachauri should step down
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Rainforests Destroyed as Fast as a Field of Matches (VIDEO)
While the rate of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest may be declining, it and other rainforests around the world continue to be cleared at an alarming rate. Figures that are quite alarming, like the fact that 17 percent of the
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Indonesia Suspends Controversial Paper Company's License to Review Environmental Record
Indonesia may have deported a total of thirteen activists and two journalists over
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Indonesia Scores One For Press Repression & Environmental Destruction - Reporters, Activists Deported
Seems the government of Indonesia didn't much like Greenpeace activists trying to disrupt the continued destruction of rainforest for plantation agriculture. Nor did they appreciate
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Terra Plana's Galahad Clark on Recycling Shoes, Partnership with Greenpeace, and Innovative Design in Fall 2009 (Video)
Ethical footwear brand Terra Plana is paving the path for sustainable shoes -- reusing shoe lasts, creating 99% recycled Worn Again sneakers, making bags from reclaimed materials -- and
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Friends Again? HP Gets Props from Greenpeace in Latest Gadget Guide
Greenpeace has released its latest iteration of the electronics guide ranking manufacturers on the sustainability of their products and processes. Turns out there was a reason for HP to get a little huffy about Greenpeace tagging
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September Eco-Tidbits from Turkey
As Istanbul cleans up and dries out from massive floods earlier this month and prepares for the World Bank/IMF
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C.R.O.C. Parody Puts Carbon Offsets in Crosshairs
Carbon offsets. Did the hair on your neck stand up a little? Most people brace themselves for a bit of debate, or at least defense, when the topic comes up. On one side of the issue sit people who see carbon offsets
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GreenTube by Greenpeace Brazil
What's more of a trademark than YouTube's red bar that indicates a video's loading and play time? This campaign by Greenpeace Brazil from a few months ago took that symbol and used it to show how elements such as biodiversity, ocean levels, and extreme
