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Japan cuts its whaling hunt short. Will it be the last?
Blogpost by Junichi Sato - February 20, 2011 at 21:15 6 comments

Today, the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced that they are ending this year’s Antarctic whaling season early, and have called the fleet back to port. This is fantastic news, and not a moment too soon. It’s another... Read more >
An early end to Japan's whaling hunt
Blogpost by Phil Crawford - February 18, 2011 at 15:11

Today’s announcement confirming that Japanese whalers are pulling out of the Southern Ocean early this season is great news for the whales.

It’s also rewarding news for the many organisations, governments and people around the world that are working t... Read more >
Deep Green: Debt, Human Rights and Nature
Blogpost by Rex Weyler - February 17, 2011 at 7:57

Deep Green is Rex Weyler's monthly column, reflecting on the roots of activism, environmentalism, and Greenpeace's past, present, and future. The opinions here are his own. Read more >

“For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green t...
Ask Facebook to ♥ Renewable Energy! There's still time to enter our photo contest.
Blogpost by Anna Keenan - February 16, 2011 at 9:16

Wow! Only four days since we launched our photo-petition-competition and already we have over 500 creative entries calling on Facebook to Unfriend Coal!

View all the images – and vote by clicking ‘like’ for your favourites – by clicking here.

And ... Read more >
Join our Facebook petition - competition!
Blogpost by nyoung - February 14, 2011 at 8:29

We've just launched a photo petition (or, competition - see below!) for everyone who wants Facebook to pledge to go green by Earth Day, and it's already chock full of images from supporters!

Student climate activists in the United States meanwhile ... Read more >
Fonterra embarrasses the Government over palm kernel
Blogpost by Nick Young - February 10, 2011 at 15:11 13 comments

On Saturday five Greenpeace activists took action on a shipment of palm kernel entering the Port of New Plymouth bound for Fonterra farms. The five of them were able to stay aboard the ship, locked in the crane cabs and on the anchor chain for 12 hour... Read more >
Happy Birthday, Facebook!
Blogpost by Jodie Van Horn - February 7, 2011 at 16:00
According to its own page, Facebook is celebrating its 7th birthday today. Seven years-old! Isn't that, like, half the age of Facebook's founder? Just teasing, Mark.

Facebook's stats page gives us an idea of just how far the company has come: Read more >
The Amazon’s ability to withstand climate change weakened by severe drought
Blogpost by Dr. Janet Cotter, Greenpeace Science Unit - February 4, 2011 at 13:18

This year an important Amazon river tributary, the Rio Negro, fell to its lowest ever recorded level. Droughts are likely to occur more frequently and become more intense in the future due to climate change. Image: Rodrigo Baléia / Greenpeace

Se... Read more >