Greenpeace

Greenpeace attempts to stop Japanese whalers refuelling

seher — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:19:39 -0600

The Greenpeace boat, the Esperanza, has attempted to block the Japanese whaling fleet from refuelling in Antarctic waters.

Protesters lose track of Japanese whalers

seher — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:57:01 -0600

Anti-whaling monitors in the Southern Ocean say Japanese whaling boats may have been able to resume their operations, after the monitors lost track of the Japanese vessels.

Protesters shadow Japanese whaling ships

seher — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:26:59 -0600

Anti-whaling protesters say they are preventing Japanese whalers from resuming their operations in the Southern Ocean.

Greenpeace chases whaling fleet from hunting grounds

Armen Hareyan — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:32:12 -0600

Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary — Following a 10-day search in Antarctic waters, the Greenpeace ship Esperanza confronted Japan’s whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary and immediately engaged in a high speed chase over hundreds of miles through fog and increasingly rough seas. The factory ship Nisshin Maru has now been driven out of the hunting grounds and all whaling has stopped -- for now.

Greenpeace reports rare whale song captured in the Southern Ocean

Armen Hareyan — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:27:04 -0600

Earlier this week, our crew on the Esperanza awoke to find themselves surrounded by at least 50 humpback whales feeding in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. Leandra, our on-board scientist, captured some rare and unique underwater sounds as part of our ongoing research program.

Greenpeace criticizes Microsoft, Nintendo

Dinka — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:58:04 -0600

In the latest environmental ranking of leading electronics companies Greenpeace claimed that Microsoft and Nintendo were taking too long to phase out toxic chemicals from their game consoles.

Greenpeace slams 'unsustainable' tuna catch

Dinka — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:55:17 -0600

An international commission designed to protect the bluefin tuna has effectively increased the fishing quota for 2008, environmental group Greenpeace said, claiming the move was unsustainable.

'Clean coal' sending the wrong message: Greenpeace

Dinka — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:43:16 -0500

Conservation group Greenpeace says the term 'clean coal' is nonsensical and compared it to the saying 'healthy cigarettes'. New South Wales Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald says a pilot carbon capture plant planned for Lake Macquarie is part of the Government's commitment to clean coal technology.

World Park Arctic--the Danger of Melting Ice

Anastvatz — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 05:34:04 -0500

Global warming is melting the Arctic at an alarming pace. This summer the Arctic ice cover was the smallest ever recorded. As a result, a host of countries are seeking to drill for the oil and gas once protected by ice.

Iceland stops commercial whale hunt

Anastvatz — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 03:01:08 -0500

In a setback to the whaling industry worldwide, Iceland's fisheries minister has just announced he will not issue further commercial whale-hunting quotas.

Amazon forest carved up in resettlement scam

Anastvatz — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:27:47 -0500

It was almost too good to be true. When the Brazilian government announced last week that deforestation rates in the Amazon had dropped for the third year running, it was certainly a cause for celebration.

Spencer Tunick, Greenpeace Get Naked People On Glacier For Global Warming

Armen Hareyan — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:57:25 -0500

In order to raise awareness for global warming, Greenpeace and the photographer Spencer Tunick got hundreds of naked people to pose for photos on a melting glacier.