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Tracking the use of 'good wood' in Olympic venues

September 17, 2007, Greenpeace applauds Coca-Cola’s commitment to use climate-friendly coolers and vending machines in all official venues of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. This is LO Sze Ping, Campaign and Communication Director, Greenpeace China, speaking at the press conference. Enlarge Image

Coca-Cola to champion Greenpeace cooling technology at Beijing Olympics

Coca-Cola took a big step towards reducing their carbon footprint last week, with their commitment to use climate-friendly coolers and vending machines in all official venues of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. HFCs(hydrofluorocarbons), commonly used in refrigeration, cause global warming, with some HFC gases being up to 11,000 times more harmful to the climate than carbon dioxide (CO2). Greenpeace first showcased climate-friendly ‘Greenfreeze’ technology in 1992; today there are over 100 million Greenfreeze refrigerators worldwide.

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Greenpeace isn’t agree with decision of state expertise to approve the Olympic constructing in Sochi.

On April 18,2007. The Russian nature inspectorate declared yesterday about completing the state ecological expertise of the Federal Goal Program (FGP)”Development of Sochi city as a mountain-climate resort till 2014”. Its realization can destroy reserve nooks of the Sochi National Park and place in danger the Caucasus reserve unique territories, recognized by UNESCO the world natural heritage. Despite that, the program received positive conclusion of the expert commission: from the 19 members included in it only Greenpeace expert, the candidate of geographic science, Andrei Petrov, wasn’t agree with such antiecological conclusion.

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Greenpeace Calls to Ensure Environmental Safety of the Olympic Construction

Greenpeace insists on changing the plans for construction of the Olympic venues in the Sochi National Park. Today ecologists sent an appeal to the vice chairman of the RF Government A.D. Zhukov who is in charge of the implementation of the Federal Program for preparation of Sochi for hosting the 2014 Olympics. The ecologists demanded to exclude high conservation value areas from the construction plans.

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Biofuels under scrutiny

They seem like a perfect solution, making fuels from plants to help cut carbon emissions. The simple promise of so-called biofuels has led to many companies and politicians being swept up in the hype. However more and more research is revealing many current biofuels are a false solution.

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