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  • OD-TV: Sebastian on the scene at tuna meet

    Blogpost by Andrew - November 28, 2006 at 17:03

    tn_Sebastiancloseup.jpg Be sure to check out the latest Ocean Defenders TV clip (called Behind the Scenes at ICCAT, in the Defending our Oceans channel). It follows Greenpeace Spain campaigner Sebastian through the course of a big meeting to decide the fate of critical blu... Read more >

  • Greenpeace scientist more important than Buddha!

    Blogpost by Adele - November 28, 2006 at 11:49 3 comments

    Dr Paul JohnstonIt's official. Our scientist Paul Johnston, or PJ as he's affectionately called around here, is more important than Buddha, the Dalai Lama, and more weirdly, Jamie Oliver and Father Christmas. Today the Guardian names the Environment Agency's Top 10... Read more >

  • Citizens inspection of nuclear bomb making factory at Aldermaston, UK

    Blogpost by Dave - November 27, 2006 at 15:02

    weapons inspector at Aldermaston

    © Greenpeace

    Hundreds of citizen weapons inspectors - including our British colleagues - have just spent this morning patrolling through the muddy fields of England. They came from all over the UK, converging on the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) f... Read more >

  • Fisheries failure at the highest political levels

    Blogpost by Andrew - November 27, 2006 at 11:29 1 comment

    At two major international meetings this past week, officials talked big and did nothing - despite dire warnings from the scientific community in both cases. To me, this shows just how badly the system is broken, and possibly worthless.... Read more >

  • Blobfish on BoingBoing

    Blogpost by Brian Fitzgerald - November 24, 2006 at 20:58 4 comments

    Cory Doctorow posted a picture of one of our Seamount Mascosts, the blobfish, on BoingBoing, along with the note that he was "trawled during the NORFANZ expedition at a depth between 1013 m and 1340 m, on the Norfolk Ridge, north-west of New Zealand, ... Read more >

  • Reporting Illegal Weapons of Mass Destruction in Europe

    Blogpost by brianfit - November 24, 2006 at 14:09

    Citizens summons and complaints are being filed all over Europe to demand the enforcement of international humanitarian law by dismantling Nuclear Weapons.

    Didn't know that Nuclear Weapons are illegal? Well now you know. The International Court of Just... Read more >

  • Fears that Baiji Dolphins are extinct

    Blogpost by Martin Lloyd - November 24, 2006 at 12:19

    From the Guardian I learn that the Baiji Dolphins of the Yangtze river may be extinct, killed off by pollution and irresponsible fishing practices. The species is found only in the Yangtze river which is the longest river in Asia.

    Should any survivors ... Read more >

  • You know, sometimes you just want to break Greenpeace's policy on non-violent direction action, and go kick the crap out of the half-broken cabinet under Irene's desk (here in the Stockholm office that cabinet has been the victim of various frustratio... Read more >

  • Meanwhile, at the UN: Karen's finally lost it

    Blogpost by Adele - November 23, 2006 at 9:32 1 comment

    Just got an eagerly-awaited email update from our Political Advisor Karen Sack, at the UN, awaiting a decision on the proposed moratorium on high-seas bottom trawling. All it said was "2am, still waiting". But the picture said 1000 more words.

    Orange roughy takes over NYC Read more >

  • Late night coffee while the UN negotiates about bottom trawling

    Blogpost by Lisa - November 22, 2006 at 23:08

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    As I look above me I can see parts of the coral reef hanging over my head. Sponges, encrusting seaweeds, sea anemones and more coral surrounds me. Dolphins hover close by... motionless. To the right of me people are watching the Discovery Channel and ... Read more >

  • Australia to go nuclear?

    Blogpost by Richard - November 22, 2006 at 3:26 7 comments

    After five months of deliberation, the handpicked government committee looking into the feasibility of nuclear energy for Australia has released its report. Not surprisingly, it gives nuclear the thumbs up, with a catch. Nuclear power the report says ... Read more >

  • Radiohead: Save them Fish!!

    Blogpost by brianfit - November 21, 2006 at 18:48 4 comments

    I'm a bigtime Radiohead fan. But then I'm an easy mark for any musicians that can master an instrument that less than a hundred people worldwide can play and turn the lyric "I'm a Creep" into an anthem. Here's a recent notice of frontman Thom Yorke'... Read more >

  • Oasis, Defn : A quiet place where there's nothing worth listening to

    Blogpost by Martin Lloyd - November 21, 2006 at 16:52

    Back when I promoted a nightclub one of my DJs said to me 'The Problem with Oasis is that they never know how to finish a song', and it's true, they don't, they all drone on and on forever getting steadily more annoying.

    Kind of like Noel Gallagher rea... Read more >

  • Philippines oil spill redux

    Blogpost by Andrew - November 21, 2006 at 13:48 7 comments

    Just three months ago a Petron chartered tanker sank causing the worst oil spill in Philippines history. Now a barge used by the same company as part of the on going clean up has sunk.

    From Greenpeace Philippines: Read more >

    Last night, the barge Harbor Star was ...
  • News roundup: Bottom trawling / Blame Canada (and Espana)

    Blogpost by Andrew - November 20, 2006 at 11:49

    blamecanadathumb.gif Our "Blame Canada (and Espana) animation is causing a massive stir. Lots of Canadian newspapers have featured it, and I hear delegates at the UN meeting have been watching it on Karen's laptop. (Karen is one of our policy advisors at the meeting.)

    Y... Read more >

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