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Environmental deathstar heads for Chile's 'reserve of life'

Environmental deathstar heads for Chile's 'reserve of life'

Feature story | November 18, 2002 at 0:00

The raw materials will come from Australia, Brazil and Jamaica. The finished product will go to the US and Japan. But the massive environmental damage? Well, that stays right there with the Chilean locals. The proposed Noranda Alumysa aluminium...

Montreal conference on protecting forests

Montreal conference on protecting forests

Feature story | November 12, 2003 at 0:00

Before any major international meeting there are advance meetings to lay the groundwork. A lot of the decisions finalised at the main meeting are often made at these meetings - months before the big one.Today was the start of one of the more...

Impacts of climate change on glaciers around the world

Publication | February 9, 2004 at 0:00

The Patagonian ice-fields of Chile and Argentina, the largest non-Antarctic ice masses in the Southern Hemisphere, are melting faster than any other glaciers on Earth. They have lost 42 cubic kilometres of ice every year over the past seven years...

Patagonia: A Protected Reserve of Life or home of a Giant Aluminum Smelter?

Publication | September 17, 2003 at 0:00

Greenpeace is campaigning for the protection of the Aysén region from large-scale destructive development projects, such as proposed by Noranda, and maintains its support for the "Reserve of Life" proposal by local people. Greenpeace is calling...

Noranda, from Canada to Patagonia, a Life of Crime

Publication | November 6, 2003 at 0:00

One of the world’s largest integrated mining and metals companies, the Canadian-founded Noranda, Inc. has left a trail of pollution across the Americas. Noranda has accumulated over US$1.2 million of fines for breaching environmental ...

The cost to our water for some protection from the rain

The cost to our water for some protection from the rain

Blog entry by Kirsten Brodde | October 29, 2012 6 comments

Outdoor clothing brands often like to present a very flattering image of themselves as environmentally friendly, with many of their advertisements littered with references to nature and the great outdoors. Yet this industry is still a...

April 13: A GE hot potato

Blog entry by Almudena | April 13, 2010

Greenpeace activists close Europe's biggest depot for GMO (genetically modified organism) potatoes in 'Gut Buetow', Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany . There are alternatives to GE crops. But The European Commission seems to think that...

Protest against Noranda in Chile.

Generic multimedia item | November 6, 2003 at 0:00

Protest in Chile against possible plans to flood pristine wilderness to build a polluting aluminum smelter.

Chilean Huemul

Chilean Huemul

Image | August 1, 2001 at 0:00

Chilean Huemul

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