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Letter to China's Ministry of Environmental Protection

Greenpeace International Executive Director Gerd Leipold expresses condolences to the victims of the Sichuan earthquake

John Chan Koon-chung resumes his role as a green activist, driven by a sense of urgency against climate change. Enlarge Image

Newly Elected Greenpeace International Board Member Chan Koon-chung Talks to SCMP

Founder of environmental group resumes activism after 2 decades.
Joshua But, SCMP. May 12th, 2008.

After two decades, the founder of local environmental group Green Power, John Chan Koon-chung, has decided to resume his role as a green activist, driven by a sense of urgency against climate change.

An endangered olive ridley turtle rescued by Greenpeace from a Taiwanese longliner. Enlarge Image

Greenpeace frees ocean life from Pacific longliner

The Greenpeace ship Esperanza freed tuna, sharks, marlin and an endangered sea turtle from a Taiwanese longliner on Saturday. The vessel was fishing in the Pacific Commons, the international waters we want to see protected as a marine reserve.

Greenpeace activists demonstrate against tuna fishing operations in the international waters of the Pacific by deploying a banner reading "Marine Reserves Now" alongside the Korean purse seiner Olympus, 17 April 2008. Greenpeace was calling on the Olympus to leave the area that Greenpeace is defending as a no-take marine reserve. Enlarge Image

Time's running out for tuna

Tuna stocks in the Pacific are running out due to overfishing from illegal and commercial fishing fleets.

More one thousand people, including many children dressed in red, form a heart around a Greenpeace inflatable whale in the center of Santiago, Chile. Enlarge Image

551 whales too many

After five months at sea, the Nisshin Maru arrives back in Japan having taken 551 whales from the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, around half the original target but still 551 whales too many.

Climate change starts here! Enlarge Image

Regulate CO2 from Power Plants Now!

Climate change is accelerating! Hong Kong Observatory said our winter will disappear after 20 years. The government is amending the Air Pollution Control Ordinance to limit air pollutants from the two local power companies, CLP and HEC after 2010. Yet emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), the major greenhouse gas (GHG) causing climate change, is not regulated at all. Six green groups now urge for your support to combat global warming by escalating the urgency for the government to restrict CO2 emissions from the power plants.

Village leader Nigama Nandh, age 36. Nigama is the head of seven villages in the Orrisa, five of which have been washed away by the rising sea. He believes the remaining villages will be submerged under the sea within one year. Enlarge Image

125 million climate refugees?

'Hope for the best, plan for the worst', is the mantra of emergency planners everywhere. But, for 125 million people living in the low lying areas of South Asia, when it comes to climate change there is no plan that will adequately address the worst consequences.

The Rainbow Warrior blocks the State Owned Enterprise Solid Energy's coal ship the Hellenic Sea from leaving the Port of Lyttelton. The 225-metre bulker carries up to 60 thousand tonnes of export coal. Enlarge Image

New Zealand coal shipment blockaded

Today the Rainbow Warrior blocked a shipment of export coal from leaving the Port of Lyttelton, New Zealand.

Electronic waste in Guangdong, China As much as 4,000 tonnes of toxic e-waste are discarded every hour. Vast amounts are routinely and often illegally shipped as waste from Europe, USA and Japan to places where unprotected workers recover parts and materials. Enlarge Image

Samsung and Toshiba new leaders in greener electronics ranking

In the latest edition of our quarterly Guide to Greener Electronics Samsung and Toshiba share top spot. Nokia misses out on top spot due to a penalty point for inconsistent global takeback. Nintendo remains rooted to the bottom with only a tiny improvement but Microsoft and Philips both improve their scores.

A pile of e-waste at CeBit 2008. Enlarge Image

What is a green electronics product?

The Sony Vaio TZ11 laptop, Sony Ericsson T650i mobile phone and Sony Ericsson P1i PDA have come out on top in our first survey of greener electronics products. Some products were more advanced than others, but there's definitely room for improvement as none of them scored over 5/10.

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