Tag: Greenpeace - Page 7
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Greenpeace Sneaks In, Addresses Coal Conference
Who says coal and environmentalists -- even the most hardcore take-no-prisoners kind of activists -- can't get along? Or at least listen to each other. And who says that just because coal companies can rally under deceptively-titled front groups like
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Greenpeace Activists Arrested for Stealing Whale Meat in Japan
Here in Japan, the government funds massive "research" projects to kill whales in the South Pacific and elsewhere, very far away from Japan's coastal waters, where whaling was indeed a traditional way of life - a long time ago.
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Send An Origami Whale From Greenpeace
Greenpeace Australia is running an extremely cute campaign against Japanese whaling where one gets to make an origami whale and send it swimming to the Japanese Prime Minister. Much easier than actually learning origami!
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Unilever To Use Certified Sustainable Palm Oil
Image: Orangutan marooned on deforested oil palm concession in Central Kalimantan (Greenpeace) In another move that shows public pressure can have a positive effect on big companies and their suppliers, the world's largest consumer goods company and
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Britain Approves Construction of Nuclear Power Reactors, Public Could Foot the Bill
In a move widely predicted by both government watchers and environmental groups, the British government has approved the construction of a new set of nuclear power stations. John Hutton, the Labour business secretary, made
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Mr. Splashy Pants For President?
In a move reminiscent of celebrities turned politician like Reagan or Schwarzenegger, and building on his own growing celebrity as the world's most recognizable Humpback whale, Mr. Splashy Pants has stepped into the political arena by taking on the
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Wind Energy Could Power All of Britain's Homes by 2020
The Brown government is set to unveil an ambitious proposal to build 7,000 new wind turbines off Britain's coast by 2020, effectively producing enough electricity - 33 gigawatts - to power all of the country's homes. John
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You Voted For It--Now Wear It: Mr. Splashy Pants Continued
It's official: on-line voters have shown their support for the name Mr. Splashy Pants as the overwhelmingly favoured monicker for Greenpeace's humpback whale. Mr.Splashy Pants got a huge 119,367 votes (over 78 percent of the vote) with his nearest
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Amazon Deforestation Slows: the Struggle Continues
According to the BBC, the Brazillian government has just announced that the rate at which the Amazon rainforest is being destroyed slowed by as much as 20% between August 2006 and July 2007. Good news indeed for us TreeHuggers it would seem. And it’s
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Most Huggable: Climate Conference in Bali, Solar-Powered Cars, A Solar-Powered Toothbrush? + More
Get the scoop from the UN climate conference in Bali from Greenpeace's blog.
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Name That Whale, Quickly!
Calling all treehuggers: Greenpeace is holding an online poll to name a humpback whale. So far, the most popular name is Mr. Splashy Pants. More than 11,000 possible whale names were submitted but this one currently holds 76% of the vote.
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Greenpeace Electronics Ranking System Staying With OS 1.1 - Until Next Year
"Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and Nintendo Co. (NTDOY) are taking too long to phase out toxic chemicals from their game consoles, Greenpeace said Tuesday in its latest environmental ranking of leading electronics companies.
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Good News for Tree-Huggers in Argentina: Senate Approves Woods Law
After more than a year of back and forth in the National Argentine Congress, last Wednesday the Woods Law was approved. This paper basically prevents the state governments in this country to grant authorizations for land clearing until each state does
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Japanese Whaling Fleet Setting its Sights on Humpback Whale
In a seeming attempt to both flout international regulations and provoke a vocal backlash, the Japanese have sent out a whaling fleet to the South Pacific whose aim it is to target one of the planet's most endangered, and beloved, cetaceans - the
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A Picture is Worth... The Future of Spain Under Climate Change?
Is this what a future Spain besieged by global warming look like? The digitally retouched picture - part of a new book, Photoclima, released this week by Greenpeace - uses statistics gleaned from the UN panel on
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Time To Ecolabel Biofuels?
It wasn't too long ago that biofuels were basking in the glow of nearly everyone's approval - a quick fix for reducing CO2 emissions from transport. The EU aims to fill 10% of its transport needs with biofuels by 2020. But biofuel's easy ride may be
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BuyGreen: Desktop Computers
Used to be, chip speed and computer power drove the market, and one upgraded their computer every couple of years as Intel giveth new chips and Microsoft taketh away with bloated operating systems. Then the internet became our computer, google is fast
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Got Nuclear? Check Your Zip Code
Which side of the nuclear smackdown are you on? It might help if you know which nuclear reactors are close to your hood.
