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Moslem Clerics Reject Nuclear Power
A group of Islamic scholars and clerics, the Ulamas of Jepara in Indonesia, have issued a “fatwa” (a religious ruling) against a proposed nuclear plant in their community.
They have declared nuclear power “haraam” (forbidden), concluding that its negative impacts far outweight its benefits.
Greenpeace has been campaigning against the proposed reactor, on the Island of Java – an area of high seismic activity.
Electronics Industry Goes Greener
The latest edition of Greenpeace’s Green Electronics Guide was released in September, showing that the major electronics firms have made large, green strides since the guide was first launched over a year earlier.
The average “score” achieved by companies in this first edition was a miserable 4/10. Now, every company scores above 5. The guide ranks the 14 top manufacturers of personal computers and mobile phones according to their policies and practice on toxic chemicals and recycling. View the guide at www.greenpeace.org/electronics
Coca-Cola Cools Climate
Soft drinks giant Coca-Cola recently announced a commitment to use coolers and vending machines free of climate-changing HFC gases in all official venues of the 2008 Olympic Games, demonstrating climate-friendly technology developed by Greenpeace.
Coke plans to install no less than 6,350 climate-friendly coolers and vending machines in the Olympic Games venues in Beijing and six co-host cities throughout China. Over ten years, its estimated the new units will result in a saving of over 4,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.
Iceland Stops Commercial Whale Hunt
Iceland's fisheries minister has announced he will not issue further commercial whale-hunting quotas.
Iceland announced last year a return to commercial whaling and a quota of 30 minke whales and 9 fins, but with virtually no market for the meat in either Iceland or Japan, the hunt has been a disaster.
It is a victory for the 112,000 Greenpeace supporters worldwide who took the “Icelandic whales pledge”, promising to consider visiting Iceland if it ceased whaling.
A group of Islamic scholars and clerics, the Ulamas of Jepara in Indonesia, have issued a “fatwa” (a religious ruling) against a proposed nuclear plant in their community.
They have declared nuclear power “haraam” (forbidden), concluding that its negative impacts far outweight its benefits.
Greenpeace has been campaigning against the proposed reactor, on the Island of Java – an area of high seismic activity.
Electronics Industry Goes Greener
The latest edition of Greenpeace’s Green Electronics Guide was released in September, showing that the major electronics firms have made large, green strides since the guide was first launched over a year earlier.
The average “score” achieved by companies in this first edition was a miserable 4/10. Now, every company scores above 5. The guide ranks the 14 top manufacturers of personal computers and mobile phones according to their policies and practice on toxic chemicals and recycling. View the guide at www.greenpeace.org/electronics
Coca-Cola Cools Climate
Soft drinks giant Coca-Cola recently announced a commitment to use coolers and vending machines free of climate-changing HFC gases in all official venues of the 2008 Olympic Games, demonstrating climate-friendly technology developed by Greenpeace.
Coke plans to install no less than 6,350 climate-friendly coolers and vending machines in the Olympic Games venues in Beijing and six co-host cities throughout China. Over ten years, its estimated the new units will result in a saving of over 4,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.
Iceland Stops Commercial Whale Hunt
Iceland's fisheries minister has announced he will not issue further commercial whale-hunting quotas.
Iceland announced last year a return to commercial whaling and a quota of 30 minke whales and 9 fins, but with virtually no market for the meat in either Iceland or Japan, the hunt has been a disaster.
It is a victory for the 112,000 Greenpeace supporters worldwide who took the “Icelandic whales pledge”, promising to consider visiting Iceland if it ceased whaling.
