Also by Gemma Freeman

Deepwater Horizon, one year on: BP faces the AGM music

Posted by Gemma Freeman - 13 April 2011 at 6:22pm - Comments

A week before the year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe, the worst oil spill in history, BP’s Annual General Meeting tomorrow couldn’t be more poignantly timed. Especially with angry investors preparing to vote against the oil giant’s annual report – in unprecedented numbers.

Article tagged as: BP, climate change, deepwater horizon, fossil fuels, go beyond oil, gulf of mexico, oil spill, tar sands

John West hasn't shifted on tinned tuna, neither has Morrisons. At least, not yet...

Posted by Gemma Freeman - 31 March 2011 at 11:25am - Comments
Greenpeace climber and banner on the roof of Morrisons
All rights reserved. Credit: Greenpeace/John Cobb
In 2006, we said Morrisons was the worst fish retailer. Now its failing on tinned tuna, just like John West

We had huge success earlier this month getting both Princes and Asda to clean up their tinned tuna. But the battle against the butchering of our oceans isn’t over: John West and Morrisons are still not off the hook (ahem).

Article tagged as: ASDA, bycatch, fads, john west, morrisons, princes, tinned tuna, tuna

Wind farms survive Japan crisis to keep lights on

Posted by Gemma Freeman - 18 March 2011 at 6:01pm - Comments
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Wind farm at Kagoshima, Japan

While the humanitarian crisis and nuclear emergency unfold in Japan, an interesting observation has arisen from the devastation: Japanese wind farms have rebuffed critics, by withstanding both the tsunami and earthquake to continue delivering electricity to the tragedy-struck nation.

Article tagged as: climate, earthquake, Huffington Post, japan, renewable energy, tsnumi, wind farms, wind power

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