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Why greens can build the new capitalism

This blog was originally posted on the New Statesman website on 9 Feb 2012. Politicians have queued up to announce the dawn of the era of 'new capitalism'. Yet...
Posted by ruthdavis - 14 February, 2012 - 09:55 -

Big Miracle: why saving whales means saving the Arctic

The film is inspired by a true story. I’m not going to recount it in detail here, as others have done that  much more splendidly than I can.  But in...
Posted by Willie - 10 February, 2012 - 10:48 -
A Greenpeace activist cuts the lines on a fish aggregating device (FAD) - curren

Tuna bluewash? Bolton’s fishy commitments

After the huge success of our UK tinned tuna campaign, described by the Independent as "one of the most successful environmental campaigns in years", it was...
Posted by simon clydesdale - 30 January, 2012 - 13:19 -

Senegalese fishermen fight back against factory fishing

In the run up to the Senegalese presidential elections, Youssou N’dour isn’t the only controversial show on the road. Last week, a caravan tour organised by...
Posted by Alicia C - 27 January, 2012 - 17:38 -
Activists paint Europe’s largest factory fishing vessels in the port of IJmuiden

This is how much you pay EU super trawlers to empty African waters

Our friends in Greenpeace Holland have today painted the sides of three of Europe’s largest factory fishing vessels in the port of IJmuiden, identifying the...
Posted by Alicia C - 23 December, 2011 - 12:29 -

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