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Greenpeace slams APP/Sinar Mas over links to deforestation, ends all engagement with company
“In 2013 the company committed to end its role in deforestation and introduced new conservation commitments. Progress since then has been mixed and it is now in jeopardy due to links to ongoing rainforest destruction,” said Kiki Taufik, Global Head of the Indonesia forests campaign at Greenpeace Southeast Asia.
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Greenpeace USA and Mosquito Fleet activists block oil barge from entering Kinder Morgan’s Seattle facility
“We’re taking action today to protect our waters, our communities and our climate from Kinder Morgan,” said Mosquito Fleet kayaktivist and local resident Kara Sweidel.
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Statoil’s name change to ‘Equinor’ must be more than greenwashing – Greenpeace
“Statoil is removing the ‘oil’ from their name at the same time they are trying to add risky Australian deepwater drilling projects to their portfolio and expand into the pristine Arctic waters of the Barents Sea,” said Peter Clements, the mayor of Kangaroo Island, situated in the Great Australian Bight.
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Greenpeace discovers Amazon Reef extends to French Guiana waters
“This is breaking news. With the strong currents present in the region, an oil spill from Total’s project in Brazil could reach and damage the reef found in French waters. If the French government truly intends to be an international leader of environmental protection, it must take on the principle of precaution and protect French…
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2018 must be the year aspirations turn into action on Paris Agreement – Greenpeace
“The Paris Agreement cannot be a one-off achievement which is left like a trophy in a box to be admired but never acted on. The box needs to be unlocked, it needs to happen in 2018 and the key to that is trust. Trust has to be built at a ministerial level through exchanges on…
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Greenpeace Canada activists occupy Kinder Morgan ‘monster drill’
"We’re here in solidarity with Indigenous Water Protectors and Land Defenders who do not consent to the Kinder Morgan tar sands pipeline in their territory."
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Greenpeace escort protests world’s first purpose-built floating nuclear power plant
”This power plant basically moves the threat of a nuclear catastrophe into fragile Arctic waters."
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Activists intercept destructive coal barges near Indonesia reef
"Our home, community and livelihoods are being impacted by coal, but we don’t feel as though we have a voice in the energy debate"
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WHO air pollution data a call to action to ditch fossil fuels
“The data shows that reliance on dirty energy is a global public health emergency. It exposes 9 in 10 people to unsafe levels of air pollution and responsible for millions of premature deaths every year,”
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Greenpeace hails ‘major step forward’ to protect the Patagonian Sea from industrial salmon farming
“The Patagonian Sea is one of the most breathtakingly beautiful places on the planet, attracting thousands of visitors each year. None of them come here to see an ocean marred by industrial salmon farming cages and their associated pollution."