Page - October 31, 2007
Moslem clerics reject nuclear power
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.