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Our weblogs from around the world. Making waves covers general Greenpeace and environmental news. Nuclear reaction spotlights the nuclear industry, Cool IT provides updates from our IT industry climate campaign, and the Climate rescue weblog focuses on all things climate.

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Will the World Bank act boldly?

Blog entry by Kaisa Kosonen | June 19, 2013

Unprecedented heatwaves, widespread food shortages, more intense cyclones and shifting rain patterns causing floods or droughts are just some of the future problems outlined in the World Bank's latest climate report today. ...

Giving the street back to whom it belongs

Blog entry by Bernardo Camara | June 19, 2013

"The people finally woke up" … and they won't be going back to sleep. This phrase, heard from the four corners of Brazil this Monday, reflected a infectious sentiment felt everywhere. The hours past midnight saw thousands of people...

APRIL walks away from the FSC

Blog entry by Bustar Maitar | June 19, 2013

Did it see the writing on the wall? Notorious Indonesian pulp and paper producer APRIL has had a chequered history with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). But late last week we heard that the relationship has finally came to...

Japan objects to the protection of sharks - again

Blog entry by Wakao Hanaoka | June 14, 2013

The Japanese government has objected to a decision by CITES, the convention regulating the international trade of wild plants and animals, to regulate the trade of five shark species – including hammerhead, oceanic whitetips and...

Gezi Park: A historic defence of democracy

Blog entry by Rex Weyler | June 13, 2013 14 comments

"Find out just what people will submit to and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong that will be imposed upon them." – Frederick Douglass, American ex-slave civil rights leader. The citizens of Istanbul now...

Carbon Trading and Coal: Making the Right Choice

Blog entry by Arin de Hoog | June 12, 2013 1 comment

It’s time for the EU to make some decisions about its own future and the future of its citizens. There are two things at stake; the fiscal impetus of recovering a carbon emissions trading scheme which is perilously close to...

We can, must and should end the age of coal

Blog entry by Kumi Naidoo | June 12, 2013

Coal threatens everything we love and treasure and we now have new research to establish this in our report "Silent Killers". We must stand together and bring an end to the age of coal. Our renewed fight will kick off on the 29th of...

Koreans demand sustainable tuna too

Blog entry by Jeonghee Han | June 11, 2013

On Monday morning in Seoul, Greenpeace Korea held the 'Worst Tuna Brand Awards' to highlight the wasteful and destructive fishing methods used to fill the cans of tuna lining Korea's supermarket shelves. This year's winner, making them...

New IEA report: bridging the gap between climate reality and political fantasy?

Blog entry by Greg Muttitt | June 11, 2013

When I attended the international climate negotiations in Doha late last year, my abiding impression was of disconnection from reality. In the sterile corridors of the Qatar National Convention Centre, there were posters advertising...

US-China agreement on climate change or HFO for Dummies

Blog entry by Paula Tejon Carbajal | June 11, 2013

This was the news that woke me up last Sunday:  'United States and China agree to work together on phase down of HFCs.' Good! Finally some political action to reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions! Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are a...

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