Orangutans deliver a giant KFC bucket to KFC's UK head office
Following the exposing of KFC trashing the rainforest to make fast food packaging yesterday, Greenpeace activists around the world are taking the message direct to KFC.
Shareholders should question Shell's risky Arctic drilling plans
The past few weeks has been dubbed by many as the 'shareholder spring'. Chief
executives of some of the world’s biggest companies – Aviva, Cairn Energy, RBS, and HSBC among others – have suffered as shareholders have expressed their very
strong disapproval of high pay for executives, as performance has stagnated or even crashed. The new report that we, along
with FairPensions and Platform, have released today shows just how much more shareholders and executives will have to worry about soon.
The Arctic Ocean is the last frontier for international oil companies, with rapid reductions in ice cover (due to climate change from the combustion of fossil fuels) making the exploitation of newly discovered offshore resources possible, at least theoretically. Royal Dutch Shell’s (Shell) proposed drilling programme in Alaska this year is seen as leading the charge into Arctic exploration by major oil companies.
Paula Bear was unmoved by Shell's legal threats after opening their letter yesterday morning
Yesterday morning, staff at Greenpeace Germany received an important-looking letter from Shell - well, Shell’s Legal Services department. Over the next 24 hours or so, identical letters arrived at other Greenpeace offices, including Mexico, UK, France, Hungary, Nordic, Japan, Mediterranean, Poland, Greece, Czech Republic, Belgium, Canada and even Greenpeace’s Science Unit. I think it’s fair to say Shell had something they wanted to say to us.
Volkswagen is lobbying against critical environmental laws
With fuel prices at record levels and predicted to keep rising, you’d think that new European proposals to stem drivers’ costs and reduce emissions would be welcomed by all. But major car companies like VW are opposing these laws – so today we released a new report detailing how increasing efficiency will benefit both the public and the climate.
Greenpeace commissioned an independent expert to calculate the cost savings that drivers in 15 European states can expect if EU fuel efficiency legislation is implemented as‐is, and if it is improved.
Below you can download the research and a briefing that accompanies the research to highlight the main findings for the UK and put them in the context of today’s record high fuel prices and this summer’s expected lobby battle as EU legislation is revised.
