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Rapu-Rapu island mining

Rapu-Rapu island mining

Feature story | May 29, 2006 at 0:00

As the Esperanza begins its work in the Mediterranean we take a look ahead at developments in a region the ship will visit later in the tour.The Lafayette open pit mine area occupies 180 hectares (445 acres) of the Philippine island Rapu Rapu. ...

ABN AMRO & ANZ: Stop funding marine pollution

ABN AMRO & ANZ: Stop funding marine pollution

Feature story | August 23, 2006 at 0:00

After helping mitigate the devastation wrought by the Petron oil spill in Guimaras Island, the Esperanza led a flotilla in protest against the gold and silver mining operations of Lafayette in the Philippines, funded by banks such as ABN-AMRO and...

Mining in Rapu Rapu: A Countdown to Disaster

Publication | August 15, 2006 at 0:00

In the Philippines,Bicol’s immensely beautiful marine environment and its fragile sea creatures face a grave threat: toxic pollution and siltation caused by mining operations in Rapu Rapu Island in Albay Province. Local and national groups who...

Fool's Gold: The false economic promises of the Lafayette mining project in Rapu Rapu.

Publication | June 8, 2006 at 0:00

This study was conducted by a research team from RiskAsia Consulting Inc. on commission by Greenpeace Southeast Asia. The study bears the following objectives: 1. To determine the current effects of the mining industry on Rapu Rapu and outlying...

Seabed mining

Background | February 4, 2011 at 15:07

The deep seabed, which lies below the oceans beyond the jurisdiction of any state, is home to unusual and rarely studied ecosystems and species. Some hydrothermal vents - underwater 'geysers' driven by volcanic activity - support complex...

The True Cost of Coal

The True Cost of Coal

Background | November 27, 2008 at 14:08

Coal is dirty. No amount of washing, gasifying, scrubbing, or capturing and burying will change that. Our True Cost of Coal report documents how people and the planet are paying the real price for coal.

Greenpeace stops giant coal excavator, condemns coal-addicted Czech Republic's role...

Press release | November 13, 2008 at 10:16

Thirty Greenpeace activists have stopped the operation of a giant excavator in one of the largest lignite mines in the Czech Republic. Greenpeace is demanding the Czech Republic closes the CSA mine by 2012, commits to progressively decreasing its...

UglyFood: the other truth about chemical fertilisers in China

UglyFood: the other truth about chemical fertilisers in China

Blog entry by Alessandro Saccoccio | April 16, 2013 2 comments

We recently blogged about a Greenpeace East Asia investigation which uncovered the ‘ugly side of food’, and exposed a phosphate fertilizers manufacturing scandal in Sichuan, China . We also sadly witnessed how chemical fertilizers...

Briefing : Radioactivity in Akokan

Publication | November 26, 2009 at 9:41

Noveber 2009 Greenpeace expedition to AREVA uranium mines in Niger found high levels of radioactivity in the nearby town of Akokan where villagers are exposed daily.

World Leaders block shipment of Arctic coal at the top of the world

Press release | October 2, 2009 at 11:27

Barack Obama, Angela Merkel and other world leaders today finally took action on climate change by preventing a shipment of coal from being loaded onto a transport ship from a mine in Svalbard, 1400 km from the North Pole. The activist heads of...

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