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After Decades of Death and Destruction, Shell Pays Just $83 Million for Recent Oil Spills
New settlement for oil spills in 2008 and 2009 reaches $83 million, while contamination from hundreds of past spills continues to pollute water sources and land in the Niger Delta…
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Fukushima Impact
The catastrophic nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which began on 11 March 2011, not only crippled four of the reactors at the site, but also vividly…
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Statement from Greenpeace US Executive Director, Annie Leonard, on Nazca Lines situation
I am deeply disappointed that Greenpeace engaged in an action at the sacred Nazca Lines in Peru.
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Greenpeace releases the following apology about the Nazca Lines protest
Without reservation Greenpeace apologises to the people of Peru for the offence caused by our recent activity laying a message of hope at the site of the historic Nazca Lines.…
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Guide to eco-friendly sex
**The following content contains mature material.** Like all of our other choices in consumerist society, the love that we make the sorts of physical expressions that we share with people…
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Smart Breeding
Genetically engineered crops are very limited in sophistication, being almost completely dominated by herbicide tolerance and insect resistance traits. Could the numerous tools of biotechnology deliver better outcomes? This report tries to answer that question. Genetic engineering has an inability to deal with complex (multi-genetic) traits (often the ones most useful, such as increased yield)…
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Kingpins of Carbon
Their strategy has aimed to (1) shrink, disable and paralyze progressive government and (2) manipulate the remaining levers of government power by (a) eliminating all restrictions on private money in…
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Leasing Coal, Fueling Climate Change
Download the PDF of “Leasing Coal, Fueling Climate Change” This question is especially important in light of a recent federal court ruling, which blocked plans to expand a coal mine…
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6 Reasons Stopping Deforestation (Still) Matters
Over the past few years, we’ve gained significant ground in getting major companies to move toward forest-friendly business models. You might think that means deforestation is beginning to be a…
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Licence to Launder
The oil palm plantation being developed by Herakles Farms in the southwest region of Cameroon – an area of great biodiversity surrounded by five protected areas – illustrates what happens when irresponsible companies are not held accountable to local laws and processes. The companies activities pose a serious threat to forested areas and the communities…
