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  • Protecting the Last Ocean: Go Big or Go Home

    Blogpost by John Hocevar - October 30, 2012 at 14:57

    A group of Adeli penguins in the Southern Ocean in Antarctica

    The largest marine reserve in the world could be created by people in this room over the next few days.

    I’m in Tasmania for the annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). I’m here not as a representative of Greenpeace, but as a member of the United States delegation. There are fourteen of us on the delegation: two from the State Department, nine from NOAA, one from the National Science Foundation, one from the fishing industry, and yours truly. Whatever hat I’m wearing, the conservation community and the US government team have one big shared goal for this meeting: create a large marine reserve to protect the Ross Sea, which scientists have identified a... Read more >

  • Marching for A Future That Works

    Blogpost by Kumi Naidoo - October 25, 2012 at 8:58

    More than 150,000 people came to London last Saturday to protest against austerity measures and march for A Future That Works. The rally was organised by the Trade Union Congress, the national trade union centre in the UK representing the vast majority of organised workers.

    The protest raised attention to UK’s long-term economic problems and to the fact that the UK will see less jobs given that the government is focusing on the deficit. Trade unions suggest that the government should aim to create new jobs, especially for young people, and encourage companies to raise pay, penalise big bonuses and invest in training and long-term growth.

    Among the speakers at the event was also Ed Miliband, Leader of Labour Party, and before I got on the stage we had a brief conversation. I took th... Read more >

  • Full marks for Marks & Spencer

    Blogpost by Martin Besieux - October 25, 2012 at 8:49

    Encouraging a fashion behemoth to change the way it produces clothing is no small task. But armed with the facts and the collective power of supporters like you, we are able to achieve the sort of success story we are announcing today.

    Today, British clothing giant, Mark & Spencer, has committed to eliminate all releases of hazardous chemicals throughout their entire supply chain and products by 2020.

    M&S Joins H&M in setting the pace

    As part of its commitment M&S has taken an important step to phase out all perfluorocarbons (PFCs) by no later than July 1st 2016, acknowledging that the entire chemical group – which makes clothing stain and water resistant – is hazardous. As a significant user of PFCs, Marks and Spencer’s move to eliminate this entire chemical group sends ... Read more >

  • Illegal Fishing Vessels Found in Chagos Marine Reserve

    Blogpost by Andrea Rid - October 25, 2012 at 7:20
    Greenpeace has found two illegal Sri Lankan fishing boats inside the Chagos marine reserve and has called on the UK government to enforce protection of this Indian Ocean reserve from pirate fishing.

    Our flagship Rainbow Warrior is currently transiting from Mauritius to the Maldives as part of its Indian Ocean expedition and found in total three fishing boats deep within the Chagos marine protected area, established by the UK government in 2010. 

    Onboard one vessel, identified as IMUL-A-0352KLT, Greenpeace found dozens of sharks, including thresher sharks, a protected species in this region. This boat is not on the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) list of registered vessels and is illegal.

    A second boat, identified as IMUL-A-12939MTR, was not on the IOTC list either and i... Read more >

  • Look what the FAD dragged in

    Blogpost by Karli Thomas - October 24, 2012 at 11:51

    Greenpeace has long been concerned about the bycatch caused by the use of Fish Aggregating Devices, or FADs, with purse seine nets. This fishing method is a deadly combination of a floating object, left adrift for weeks or months, and a huge encircling net that takes everything in the vicinity. It’s a devastating fishing method, but it’s being used to catch tuna for companies like Sealord (you might have seen our parody of their new TV advert). 

    FADs are deployed in huge numbers across our oceans, and float about in their passive-aggressive way. They lure in not just tuna but sharks, dolphin fish, billfish, rainbow runners, triggerfish, baby tuna, turtles – and many more of Nemo’s buddies. Then comes the ‘encircling net’ part… and let’s just say it doesn’t end well for most of these unde... Read more >

  • Google shows off its data centers, powered increasingly by clean energy

    Blogpost by David Pomerantz - October 23, 2012 at 8:06

    Ever wondered what the Internet looks like? If so, you’re in luck: Google has drawn back the curtains of its data centers, the facilities that compute and store all of our gmail, youtube videos, and searches.