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- One man's trash …
- THIS SPRING, Mother Jones broke the news that Beckett Brown International, a DC-area private security firm managed by former Secret Service agents, spied on environmental groups and other targets on behalf of corporate clients using a range of dubious tactics, from dumpster diving and finagling phone records to infiltrating offices;...
- Research articles 2008-07-01
- Thousands march in Spain over climate change
- MADRID AFP — Thousands marched through Madrid on Sunday to demand that the Spanish government adopt concrete measures to fight climate change, organisers said. "We demand a law against climate change that calls for an increase in the use of renewable energy and that favours saving energy," Raquel Monton,...
- Research articles 2008-04-20
- Ancient Chinese town on front lines of desertification battle
- DUNHUANG, China AFP — Towering sand dunes loom over the ancient Chinese city of Dunhuang like giant waves about to break, and they are already lapping at Ma Wangzhen's onion farm. She points a rough finger at a line of dead trees, half-buried in sand, planted years ago as...
- Research articles 2007-11-20
- Groups oppose "ocean fertilisation" in Philippines
- MANILA AFP — Environmental groups condemned on Monday an Australian company's plan to dump hundreds of tonnes of fertiliser into Philippine waters as part of an experiment to combat climate change. The groups, including Greenpeace and civil society organisations, called on the Philippine government to stop the experiment, known...
- Research articles 2007-11-12
- Carving up the Congo
- In a sinister replication of the disgraceful treatment of DRCongo by Belgium during its colonial occupation, the plunder of the country's natural resources continues unabated. Stuart Price reports. In the murky days of colonial occupation, it was ivory pillaged by Europeans from deep within the jungles of DRCongo...
- Research articles 2007-10-01
- Marooned tanker poses risk to Spanish shoreline: ecologists
- MADRID AFP — Ecological associations warned Sunday of a potential risk to Spain's southern coastline from an oil tanker in the Strait of Gibraltar carrying 40,000 tonnes of fuel which ran aground in the area. Greenpeace and the Verdemar ecological pressure group demanded authorities take action to extract the...
- Research articles 2007-03-18
- Greenpeace to confront Japanese whalers in Southern Ocean
- WELLINGTON AFP — A Greenpeace ship is set to sail from Auckland for the Southern Ocean to confront Japanese whalers as the New Zealand government released film of the fleet slaughtering whales. The Esperanza will attempt to manoeuvre small inflatable boats between the whaling ships and their prey, preventing...
- Research articles 2007-01-25
- One-third of British Colombia's Great Bear Rainforest.(Brief article)
- ONE-THIRD OF BRITISH COLOMBIA'S GREAT BEAR RAINFOREST--an area of 5 million acres, twice the size of Yellowstone National Park--is now protected from logging by the Canadian government. "This rainforest agreement provides a real-world example of how people and wilderness can prosper...
- Research articles 2006-09-22
- Dikes limit spread of Spanish toxic spill
- MADRID AFP — Authorities in the northwestern Spanish region of Galicia have deployed dikes to limit the spread of a weekend toxic spill which turned a part of the Umia river turquoise, a spokesman has said. "Three dikes have been constructed" to "limit the advance of the toxic spill" which...
- Research articles 2006-09-05
- Greenpeace shocked by extent of Philippines' worst oil spill
- NUEVA VALENCIA, Philippines AFP — Environmental watchdog Greenpeace said it was "shocked" by the extent of damage caused by the Philippines' worst ever oil spill and called on the government to treat the raising of the sunken tanker as a matter of urgency. "It's really bad out there," Athena...
- Research articles 2006-08-20
- Philippines warned over sunken tanker 'timebomb'
- NUEVA VALENCIA, Philippines AFP — Greenpeace warned a sunken Philippine oil tanker was a pollution timebomb as oil from its punctured tanks destroyed coral reefs and washed up blackened fish on pristine beaches. Greenpeace's southeast Asian campaign director Von Hernandez told AFP oil trapped in the tanks of the...
- Research articles 2006-08-18
- Activists scale British government building in illegal timber protest
- LONDON AFP — A hardcore of activists who scaled a government building in London pledged to stay put almost 12 hours after their protest over the use of illegal timber began. Fourteen Greenpeace protesters scrambled up the Cabinet Office building on the edge of Trafalgar Square at 6.30 am...
- Research articles 2006-07-12
- Greenpeace says mining resumption in Philippines island could lead to disaster
- MANILA AFP — Environmental watchdog Greenpeace has criticised the Philippine government for allowing an Australian firm to resume operations on the central island of Rapu-Rapu after two 2005 spills. Lafayette Mining began a 30-day trial operation in Rapu-Rapu after it paid a 194,000 dollar fine and vowed to implement...
- Research articles 2006-07-11
- Bangladesh temporarily refuses dismantling of toxic ship
- DHAKA AFP — Bangladesh issued a temporary order refusing to allow the scrapping of an oil tanker allegedly containing toxic materials after the vessel arrived in its waters. Alfaship, formerly named Alfa America, is one of 50 ships on international environmental group Greenpeace's "watchlist" of vessels believed to be...
- Research articles 2006-04-29
- Corruption destroying largest Asia-Pacific forest
- SYDNEY AFP — Illegal logging and corruption in Papua New Guinea are destroying the largest remaining tract of primary tropical forest in the Asia-Pacific region, an environmental watchdog warned. Malaysian interests dominated the multi-million dollar logging industry while much of the timber was processed in China for consumption in...
- Research articles 2006-02-28
- Bangladesh says no to dismantling of SS Norway
- DHAKA AFP — Bangladesh banned the asbestos-lined ocean liner SS Norway from being dismantled in its shipyards, Environment Minister Tariqul Islam said. The announcement comes a day after French President Jacques Chirac ordered the asbestos-lined warship Clemenceau, on its way to India for scrapping, back home from the Indian...
- Research articles 2006-02-15
- Canada Commits to Legislate Protection of More Than 5 Million Acres of Great Bear Rainforest
- VANCOUVER, B.C., Feb. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A coalition of four leading environmental groups today, along with industry leaders and indigenous groups, celebrated success after a decade long campaign to protect the globally unique Great Bear Rainforest. Today's long- awaited government announcement protects one third of the Great Bear...
- Research articles 2006-02-07
- French 'asbestos' ship set to pass Suez canal
- PARIS AFP — An asbestos-clad French warship which has been prevented from crossing the Suez canal for a week is expected to be allowed through by Egypt on Thursday and Friday. "If the coordination exercises between the different tugboats go as planned, we can expect a crossing between today...
- Research articles 2006-01-19
- Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs)
- Collaborative efforts among the public have played an important role in shaping the political and social values and hence public policy of the United States. Organizing with others who share a similar vision enhances the potential for change. Nongovernmental organizations NGOs accomplish just that. Established outside of political parties, NGOs...
- Research articles 2005-10-25
- More GM papaya contamination found: Thai rights panel
- BANGKOK AFP — Genetically modified seeds had contaminated one third of 31 papaya orchards studied in July, according to Thailand's Human Rights Commission who called for tough public safeguards against the technology. Commissioner Vasant Panich said 11 of 31 samples tested on July 14 and 17 were contaminated with...
- Research articles 2005-09-06
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