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Three ways to shut down the Japanese Government’s whaling programme… for good
Blog written by Junichi Sato, Executive Director of Greenpeace Japan and one of the “Tokyo Two” arrested following an investigation into the whale meat trade in Japan. A 3 metre inflatable whale waits for Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull with a sign reading “Malcolm, don’t forget me” before Greenpeace, the International Fund for Animal Welfare…
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Patagonia expedition: on Cerro Torre top without PFCs!
When I proposed Greenpeace to attempt one of the most difficult and hard routes in Patagonia – a land famed for its bad weather – using only PFC free, I had my doubts. Would these products work just as well as clothing with Goretex? Well, I have to say they did and I am extremely…
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The time has come to get rid of PFCs for good
Blogpost – Gabriele Salari is the Communications Lead for the Detox Outdoor project at Greenpeace Italy. Who hasn’t dreamt of being in the untouched wilderness of the Himalayas, the Andes or the Altai Mountains, hiking or climbing in these incredible natural landscapes? Nowhere else on earth is the snow purer or the water cleaner than in…
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Fossil Fuel Funding of 2016 Presidential Candidates
How much money have the presidential candidates taken from the fossil fuel industry?
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The year that was 2 0 1 5
The triumphs of 2015! Thanks to all of you, this year has been a great one. Here is a bit of a recap on the year that was 2015 as we welcome in the new year. 1. The Great Barrier Reef: the world chose coral over coal Thanks to hundreds of thousands of Greenpeace supporters…
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A better prawn for your Christmas plate.
It’s 4:45am and we have arrived on the Hawkesbury River. It’s a breath of fresh air to get out of the city and Gary Howard is waiting patiently for us at his gate. His house is located on a beautiful farm, about 20 steps from the Hawkesbury River-bank. It’s 4:45am and we have arrived on…
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No place for nuclear waste: Greenpeace activists bear witness to dodgy waste delivery
When a Greenpeace investigation found that nuclear waste returning to Australia by ship from France has been classified as high-level waste by French authorities, contradicting Australia’s claims over its radioactivity, we knew we had to act. So this weekend, Greenpeace activists and volunteers followed the dodgy waste from port in Wollongong all the way to Lucas Heights…
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10 shocking facts showing how palm oil and paper companies are still trashing Indonesia’s rainforests.
For months, forest fires raged across Indonesia bringing the world’s attention to the country’s devastating forest destruction. Some processes used to extract palm oil contribute directly to deforestation. By Danielle Boobyer For months, forest fires raged across Indonesia bringing the world’s attention to the country’s devastating forest destruction. Both people and orang-utans were endangered as…
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Protesters demand justice for Brazilian mining disaster victims at BHP AGM
Despite forewarning and a global trend of similar catastrophes, BHP and Vale S.A. – two of world’s largest mining companies – didn’t act to prevent disaster. Activists disrupted BHP Billiton’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) to demand justice for the thousands of victims of the mining waste spill that destroyed the historic Brazilian town of Mariana in…
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Dam collapse in Brazil destroys towns and turns river into muddy wasteland
On Thursday, November 5th, two dams holding millions of cubic meters of mining waste gave way – launching one of the worst environmental disasters in Brazilian history. |A view of the district of Bento Rodrigues, in Mariana, Minas Gerais state. On November 5th, a dam containing mineral waste from Samarco (a Brazilian mining company controlled…
