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European Parliament fails planet, panders to profits

Monica Gibbs lives next to a chemical plant in south Louisiana and needs to wear a breathing mask. She has suffered from respiratory problems since birth. Her town is part of the infamous 'cancer alley', so called because of the huge number of chemical refineries in the area and illnesses related to the pollution from the plants. Enlarge Image

Dodgy deals and irresponsible care

A recently leaked document has revealed the secret plans of the American Chemistry Council to trash anti-pollution laws in California. The internal memo, a proposal from PR firm Nichols-Dezenhall, outlines tactics such as the creation of phoney front groups and spying on activists to undermine pioneering laws that protect the environment. Unfortunately the Chemistry Council is just one of many industry front groups dedicated to making sure nothing interferes with corporate profits.

SolarChill prototypes - the vaccine cooler and the refrigerator. Enlarge Image

SolarChill - saving lives using solar power

It's obvious we need solutions to climate change as well as real assistance to developing nations. SolarChill is a new ozone-layer friendly refrigeration technology running entirely on solar power, enabling the safe delivery of vaccines and food to regions of the world without electricity.

Image from an E-card, part of the Cokespotlight campaign, which successfully changed Coke's policy on climate-killing refrigerants. Enlarge Image

Coke phasing out climate-killing machines in Japan

Coke is replacing nearly a million vending machines in Japan with units that won't use climate-damaging chemicals for refrigeration. If Coke can do it in Japan, there's no excuse for any company in any country to be chilling their beverage at the cost of warming the globe.

Greenfreeze production line in Kelon factory. Enlarge Image

Top companies ditch climate-wrecking refrigeration

Unilever, Coca Cola and McDonalds have promised to phase out climate-killing chemicals in their refrigeration equipment. This announcement shows that refrigeration can be climate friendly. However other corporations and governments continue to promote or lobby for increased use of climate-wrecking gases.

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McDonald's: Bad guys do good?

McDonalds is one of the last corporations we want to say anything good about. We don't like a lot of what it does and what it stands for but we have to take a deep breath here, and give them some credit where it is due.

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