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Burger King ditches Sinar Mas palm oil

Blog entry by nyoung | September 3, 2010

The independent audit which Sinar Mas thought would absolve it of deforestation, peatland clearance and law-breaking is now exploding in front of its face like a firework in a munitions factory. Greenpeace campaigners and... Read more >

In the wake of the BP oil spill disaster, news of another oil rig explosion

Blog entry by nyoung | September 3, 2010

A blog from the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise currently in the Gulf of Mexico ... This morning reports from the USA are that another oil rig, the Vermillion 380, has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, risking the lives of... Read more >

The Tokyo Two: Whaling, Activism, and Human Rights

Blog entry by Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki | September 3, 2010

This will be the first blog Toru and I have written together, as up until recently our heavy bail restrictions have meant that we could not be in the same room or even talk to each other without a lawyer present. The verdict in... Read more >

Greenpeace Activists End Arctic Oil Rig Occupation

Feature story | September 2, 2010

Severe weather has forced activists to end their occupation of the Stena Don oil rig in the Arctic last night: after two days of hanging some 15 meters above the frigid Arctic waters and forcing the rigs operators, Cairn Energy, to suspend... Read more >

Executive Director of Greenpeace to CEO of Facebook: Unfriend Coal!

Blog entry by nyoung | September 2, 2010

We've been talking a lot about Facebook lately. We were alarmed in January by the company's announcement that it would build a coal-powered data center in Prineville, Oregon. So we started a little group to ask the company... Read more >

Greenpeace activists occupy Arctic oil rig

Feature story | September 1, 2010

Our activists are suspended 15 meters above the frigid Arctic waters of Baffin Bay. They have taken up position on the drilling rig Stena Don to call for a ban on deep sea oil drilling in the Arctic, and demand that ‘wild cat’ oil company Cairn... Read more >

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