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Forests Day: every day is Forest Day at Greenpeace

Posted by paulo adario - 21 March 2013 at 12:14pm - Comments

Today I will celebrate. And my friends in Greenpeace's forest campaign will celebrate too. But this is nothing different for us. We do this every day. But maybe, just maybe, the focus that a day like today brings may help our work to protect the world’s remaining forests.

Article tagged as: amazon, Forests Day, indonesia, rainforest

Forests Day: what happened after a forest destroyer stopped cutting down the rainforest?

Posted by Richardg - 21 March 2013 at 11:52am - Comments

Today is the UN’s International Day of Forests. It’s also about two years since you helped us persuade Golden Agri Resources to stop chopping down Indonesia’s rainforests. Sounds like a good time to look at what happened next.

Article tagged as: APP, Forests Day, golden agri resources, indonesia, sinar mas

Revealing the NFFO’s members – opening Pandora’s Box?

Posted by Arianadensham - 15 March 2013 at 12:43pm - Comments

How would you feel if you were betrayed by the very people who are meant to be protecting your interests? This is what we discovered about the National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations (NFFO) last month. It turns out that instead of standing up for small scale fishermen, they have actually been trying to deny them the wider representation in Europe that they so desperately need.

Article tagged as: CFP, nffo, oceans, responsible fishing

Good riddance to bad fishing

Posted by Willie - 14 March 2013 at 6:10pm - Comments

The Margiris is sent packing

Over in Australia, our colleagues have just seen off an unwanted supertrawler, the Margiris. This monster of a boat has been sent packing after an unprecedented campaign by Greenpeace, local fishermen and NGOs, which resulted in the government banished it from fishing in Australian waters.

Article tagged as: factory fishing, nffo, supertrawlers, unsustainable fishing

5 reasons to make cleaner cars now

Posted by sara_a - 13 March 2013 at 5:18pm - Comments

Now that VW, Europe's biggest and most powerful car company, has agreed to make cleaner and more efficient cars, it's time to convince the rest of Europe (and the world) to follow suit.

Article tagged as: car emissions, cars, co2

Offshore wind cheaper than gas by end of decade

Posted by Lawrence Carter - 8 March 2013 at 3:35pm - Comments

Imagine a wind turbine so big that it would take Usain Bolt 19.32 seconds to run across the 200m diameter of its blades (before plunging tragically into the sea). This is what wind manufacturer Dong says will help bring the cost of offshore wind down to below that of new gas-fired power stations (the size of the blades, not Bolt’s premature demise).

Article tagged as: climate change, energy, energy bill, nuclear, renewable energy, wind power

Annus Horribilis: New works in oil

Posted by Nic S - 7 March 2013 at 3:15pm - Comments

When Shell opened their annual wine and dine reception at the National Gallery last night, we made sure their exclusive invitees were treated to a evening of fine works of art in oil. Shell have had a disastrous year, so we captured the drama on canvas. Shell may have paused Arctic drilling for this year, but we're not going away until the Arctic is safe for good.

Article tagged as: arctic, climate, national gallery, oil, painting, shell, video

What's Shell got to celebrate?

Posted by Richardg - 5 March 2013 at 7:10pm - Comments

According to Shell's CEO in Alaska, #SpillsHappen

We've gatecrashed Shell's swanky party at the National Gallery (for the second year running). This time, we've helped Shell launch a new art exhibit, Annus Horribilis: New works in oil. Shell may have put its Arctic ambitions on hold but we won't stop until the frozen North is put out of their reach.

Article tagged as: arctic, barack, national gallery, obama, oil, Save the Arctic, shell, spills

Win! VW has turned away from the Dark Side

Posted by jamie - 5 March 2013 at 6:52pm - Comments

Stormtroopers in London on the campaign launch

Half a million Jedi can't be wrong

After nearly two years of campaigning by more than 526,000 of you across the planet, VW has turned away from the Dark Side and committed to make cleaner and more efficient cars.

That means VW will also meet strong EU CO2 reduction targets.

This is big, because using less oil means less pollution, less impact on the climate and less pressure on vulnerable places like the Arctic.

Article tagged as: cars, climate change, oil, transport, VW, VWDarkside

Who holds the UK fish pie? We’d all like to know.

Posted by Arianadensham - 5 March 2013 at 6:34pm - Comments

Sustainably caught wild bass, Newlyn

When did the world of fish become so secretive, and why? This is a question that I have been thinking about a lot recently, and which was today also questioned by The Times.

Article tagged as: artisanal fishing, CFP, fish, fishing quotas, sustainable fishing
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