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Terrorist targets on wheels

Posted by bex - 24 April 2006 at 8:00am - Comments
Nuclear waste train at Kensington Olympia station in London

Nuclear waste train at Kensington Olympia station in London

A terrorist attack on a train carrying waste nuclear materials across Britain could spread lethal radioactivity across an area of 100 sq kilometres, and result in the deaths of up to 8000 people.

Spent nuclear fuel is routinely transported by train from nine nuclear power stations around the country for reprocessing or storage at Sellafield in Cumbria. Typically these journeys take place once a week from each reactor - at the same time and on the same lines as regular passenger and freight trains.

Article tagged as: climate change, decentralised energy, nuclear power, nuclear transports, nuclear waste, terrorism

Garden furniture campaign history

Posted by admin - 20 April 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

Do you know where your deckchair came from?

Now in its third year, the Greenpeace Garden Furniture campaign has been shaking up retailers and manufacturers alike and resulted in sweeping changes to the industry.

Article tagged as: destructive logging, forests, FSC, garden furniture, illegal timber, league table

Garden Furniture Guide 2006

Posted by admin - 20 April 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

B&Q are one of the retailers who are at the top of this year's garden furniture league

It's back - the guide that shows which retailers are stocking forest-friendly garden furniture and how they rate against each other in our annual league table.

A British summer beckons and thoughts turn to lazy days in the garden, sheltering from the rain under a parasol on elegant sun loungers whilst watching the barbeque splutter its dying embers over half-thawed sausages.

Article tagged as: forests, FSC, garden furniture, illegal timber, league table, supermarkets

Massacre on the beaches

Posted by darren - 19 April 2006 at 11:31am - Comments

Protesters in India show the Chief Minister how the Olive Ridley turtle population is suffering

In India, Olive Ridley turtles are being killed in their thousands by illegal trawling. Stephen Tindale, Executive Director of Greenpeace UK, witnessed the effects first-hand and reports on how laws designed to protect the turtles are being used to incarcerate activists.

Article tagged as: india, oceans, olive ridley turtles, turtles

"The forest is the lifeline of the people"

Posted by admin - 12 April 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

Brian Baring, a customary landowner from Papua New Guinea

During his visit to the UK to highlight the threat to the forests of Papua New Guinea, we caught up with Brian Baring for a quick chat about his European mission. Listen to Brian talk about life in the forests and what people in the UK can do to help stop the illegal logging.

Article tagged as: audio, brian baring, destructive logging, forests, illegal timber, papua new guinea

Pirate fishing scandal exposed

Posted by darren - 10 April 2006 at 5:18pm - Comments

Binar 4: caught illegally transhipping a cargo of Guinian fish

Las Palmas, Spain - Our volunteers have boarded an illegal cargo vessel full of fish stolen from Guinean waters. Greenpeace and the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) tailed the "Binar 4" for six days, as it sailed from West Africa to dump its pirate catch on the European market.

Article tagged as: oceans, pirate fishing

Fallout: the human cost of nuclear catastrophe

Posted by bex - 5 April 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

Fallout: the human cost of nuclear catastrophe

Chernobyl fallout exhibition - Annya


A photographic exhibition to mark the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster

Article tagged as: chernobyl, exhibitions, nuclear accidents, nuclear power, reactor safety

Yesterday a Bafta, today the world

Posted by bex - 4 April 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

Thandie Newton in her Toyota Prius

After winning a BAFTA in February for her performance in "Crash", Thandie Newton has now set her sights even higher: on doing her bit to save the planet.

Last year, the actor found a Greenpeace leaflet stuck to the windscreen of her family's SUV. A short while later, she traded in her gas guzzling 4x4 for a fuel efficient Toyota Prius, which switches between petrol and electric to get nearly three times more miles to the gallon than her old BMW X5.

Article tagged as: 4x4s, BMW, climate change, hybrid cars, prius, thandie newton, toyota, transport

We're trashin' it!

Posted by admin - 4 April 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

Its a cluckin spectacle at McDonalds across the country this morning as Greenpeace volunteers expose McDonalds role in Amazon destruction

The Amazon rainforest covers 5 per cent of the world's land and extends over some 7.8 million kilometres. It is one of the most biodiverse regions on earth - at least 30 per cent of the world's land-based animal and plant species live there. The Amazon is also home to about 220,000 people from 180 different indigenous nations who live deep in the rainforest, and it plays a vital role in maintaining the world's climate.

Article tagged as: agriculture, amazon, brazil, cargill, mcdonalds, santarem, soya

Please - stop buying wood that is stolen from my people

Posted by admin - 30 March 2006 at 9:00am - Comments

PNG landowner Brian Baring outside the offices of Montague L Meyer, responsible for rainforest destruction

Brian Baring, a member of the Gingilang clan, hails from Papua New Guinea and has been involved in protecting the country's ancient forests for some time. His clan have been custodians of the land for thousands of years and are now legally the customary landowners.

Article tagged as: brian baring, destructive logging, forests, illegal timber, papua new guinea, paradise forests