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We need fewer boats and more fish to save our oceans

Posted by jamie - 25 May 2012 at 5:34pm - 0 Comments
Numbers of bluefin tuna are rapidly dwindling

I’m here in Bangkok at a gathering of hundreds of tuna business officials, policy-makers and even a few environmental advocates like myself. It’s been a long week of discussion about the future of the industry, including a lot about what we all call sustainability fish for the future.

Article tagged as: oceans, overfishing, tuna

Latest: KFC campaign goes global

Posted by Bustar Maitar - 25 May 2012 at 2:04pm - 1 Comment

 

This week saw the launch of new global campaign to stop KFC turning rainforests into trash, by cutting deforestation out of its supply chain.

All week Greenpeace activists have been taking the message to KFC while thousands of people around the world joined the revolt to end KFC’s secret recipe for rainforest destruction.

Article tagged as: APP, forests, indonesia, KFC, rainforests

LIVE: Orangutans take on KFC

Posted by petespeller - 24 May 2012 at 9:20am - 3 Comments
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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.

Follow the action live or join the revolt!

KFC executives have their heads in a bucket

Posted by Chris Eaton - 24 May 2012 at 8:40am - 0 Comments
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KFC Packaging showing the name of the supplier PT Pinto Deli, an APP subsidiary

Yesterday we released a report exposing KFC for driving rainforest destruction and pushing tigers toward extinction. Sadly, KFC executives have responded by putting a big bucket of denial on their heads.

Article tagged as: APP, asia pulp and paper, deforestation, indonesia, KFC, rainforest

KFC’s secret recipe: rainforest destruction

Posted by Ian - 23 May 2012 at 1:10pm - 18 Comments
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KFC no good for rainforests

No matter what you think about fast food, you’ll no doubt agree that rainforests shouldn’t be trashed to make packaging destined for the rubbish pile. But that’s exactly what’s happening. Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) is supplying KFC with packaging products that are made from Indonesia’s rainforests.

Article tagged as: APP, deforestation, forests, indonesia, rainforest

Junking the Jungle: how KFC is driving rainforest destruction in Indonesia

Posted by franziskag - 23 May 2012 at 12:59pm - 2 Comments

Our research has revealed that KFC is sourcing paper for its packaging products from rainforests. This has been confirmed in China, the UK and Indonesia. Products found to contain rainforest fibre include cups, food boxes, French fries holders, napkins and the famous chicken buckets.

Article tagged as: deforestation, forests, indonesia, rainforest

The Energy Omnishambles

Posted by petespeller - 22 May 2012 at 6:02pm - 3 Comments
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A loop hole in the Energy Bill could see the return of coal-fired power stations

The government's flagship attempt to reform where our electricity comes from prioritises expensive gas and nuclear over renewable energy, doesn’t even mention money saving energy efficiency and is so complicated that even the energy utilities don't understand it.

Article tagged as: climate change, coal, energy, gas, nuclear

Actress Q'orianka Kilcher joins 7 day Amazon action

Posted by Eoin D - 22 May 2012 at 10:40am - 1 Comment
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22 year old actress Q'orianka Kilcher climbs from a makeshift platform on the anchor chain of the "Clipper Hope" cargo ship and returns to the Greenpeace ship "Rainbow Warrior"

Actress and human rights activist Q'orianka Kilcher today joined the Greenpeace occupation of the anchor chain of a cargo ship in Brazil to protest the invasion of indigenous tribal land and illegal logging in the Amazon rainforest. The occupation is in its seventh day now and continues.

Article tagged as: amazon, brazil, deforestation, forests, zero deforestation

Apple responds to customers, starts down road to clean energy iCloud

Posted by Gary Cook - 21 May 2012 at 6:00pm - 1 Comment
Balloons at the Apple Store in New York City
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Apple is starting to rise to the demands of its customers

Last week, after hundreds of thousands of Apple customers and Greenpeace supporters asked the company to use clean energy instead of dirty coal, it announced a significant investment in local renewable energy to power its data centre in North Carolina, US.

Article tagged as: apple, climate change, coal, duke energy, energy, icloud

Out in the cold: why Shell's Arctic plans are a risky investment

Posted by Charlie Kronick - 21 May 2012 at 2:30pm - 5 Comments
by. Credit: Marcin Wichary
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. 

Article tagged as: arctic, climate change, energy, fairpensions, oil, platform, reports, shell

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