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  • September 2008

    • Green Vandals Acquitted on Climate Change Defense

      Guardian (UK)  |  Sep 11, 08 11:25 AM CDT

      Green Vandals Acquitted on Climate Change Defense

      (Newser) - Six Greenpeace activists who vandalized a coal-fired power station in Britain have won acquittal using the threat of global warming as a defense, reports the Guardian . The activists, who caused more than $50,000 in damage to a smokestack, said they were trying to prevent property damage from the plant’s emissions to locations around the world. The verdict is expected to trigger similar protests. More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • carbon emissions  • Al Gore  • clean energy  • Greenpeace  • coal power

    • Bucki the Whale Escapes Baltic for Open Ocean

      Der Spiegel  |  Sep 9, 08 4:00 PM CDT

      Bucki the Whale Escapes Baltic for Open Ocean

      (Newser) - Bucki's going home, a little thinner but seemingly none the worse for wear. The humpback whale, which strayed into the Baltic Sea in July, has finally made his way back into the Atlantic Ocean, Der Spiegel reports. The whale is only the third in modern history spotted in German waters and the first known to have gotten back to the open ocean. Watchers were worried that the whale wasn't getting enough food on its impromptu tour. More »

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      Germany  • ocean  • Greenpeace  • Atlantic Ocean  • humpback whale  • mammals  • Baltic Sea

  • July 2008
  • June 2008

    • Sony Gets Green Thumbs-Up in Electronics Rankings

      PC World  |  Jun 25, 08 4:44 PM CDT

      Sony Gets Green Thumbs-Up in Electronics Rankings

      (Newser) - Sony and Sony Ericsson are Greenpeace’s model tech citizens, topping a list of eco-friendly electronics companies. The environmental activists look at industry players’ use of hazardous chemicals, responsibility for obsolete products and—new this year—corporate policy toward climate change and other energy issues. Sony Ericsson was the first company to approach perfect on the chemical issue, PC World reports. More »

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      Sony  • Nokia  • recycling  • Greenpeace  • Nintendo  • Sony Ericsson  • hazardous chemicals

    • Greens May Be OK With Climate Bill's Failure

      New Republic  |  Jun 11, 08 4:59 PM CDT

      Greens May Be OK With Climate Bill's Failure

      (Newser) - Before friends of the environment get too worked up about the death of the 2008 Climate Security Act last week, they should note tepid green support all along. So-called Lieberman-Warner was “easily the most aggressive and comprehensive environmental reform ever” in Congress, Dayo Olopade writes in the New Republic , but a more leftist legislature backed by a Democratic president could likely cut deeper. More »

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      climate change  • renewable energy  • Greenpeace  • Sierra Club  • carbon caps

  • May 2008

    • World, Don't Fret Over Aussie Kangaroo Cull

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 2, 08 7:37 PM CDT

      World, Don't Fret Over Aussie Kangaroo Cull

      (Newser) - Worldwide outrage over a plan to cull 400 kangaroos in Australia doesn't surprise native Robert Skeffington, he writes in the Wall Street Journal. But he argues that outsiders are missing key facts: The ubiquitous 'roo would overwhelm Aussies if not for such measures, and the hoppers happen to taste good, too. More »

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      Australia  • Greenpeace  • kangaroo  • bald eagle  • dragon

  • April 2008

    • Greenpeace Wages Tuna Wars

      Times (UK)  |  Apr 23, 08 6:51 AM CDT

      Greenpeace Wages Tuna Wars

      (Newser) - The world's tuna stocks are in danger, and Greenpeace is taking matters into its own hands, reports the Times of London . Faced with little action from regulators and boosted by success in tackling Japanese whalers, activists have vowed to continue to "interfere" with boats they say are plundering Pacific tuna at an unsustainable rate. More »

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      environmentalism  • fishing  • Greenpeace  • Pacific Ocean  • tuna

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • Whales Fall as Hunt Resumes

      Australia's News Network  |  Feb 1, 08 9:45 AM CST

      Whales Fall as Hunt Resumes

      (Newser) - Japanese whalers have resumed their hunt in Antarctic waters, killing at least five whales when protest ships pulled back to refuel, the Australian News Network reports. Witnesses reported seeing the whales harpooned in the Southern Ocean after ships from Greenpeace and another protest group withdrew. In Tokyo, the Australian foreign minister protested the resumed hunt. More »

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      Japan  • Australia  • whale  • Greenpeace  • whaling  • whaler  • Japanese whale hunt  • Sea Shepherd Conservation Society  • cull

  • January 2008

    • Judge Bans Japanese Whalers in Aussie Waters

      Associated Press  |  Jan 15, 08 10:35 AM CST

      Judge Bans Japanese Whalers in Aussie Waters

      (Newser) - An Australian judge has banned hunting by Japanese whalers in a large section of their traditional grounds in Australian-claimed waters off Antarctica. The ruling came today just hours after crew members of a militant eco-ship boarded a Japanese whaling vessel in the Southern Ocean to deliver a protest note—then were "kidnapped" by the whalers and tied to a mast, the AP reports. More »

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      Japan  • Australia  • Antarctica  • Greenpeace  • whaling  • whaler  • Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

    • Greenpeace Ship Scatters Japanese Whalers

      Sydney Morning Herald  |  Jan 14, 08 4:04 AM CST

      Greenpeace Ship Scatters Japanese Whalers

      (Newser) - The Greenpeace pursuit of Japanese whaling ships continued yesterday after a ship operated by the environmental group earlier chased down and scattered a fleet of six Japanese whaling vessels in the waters off Antarctica. The Japanese fleet plans to hunt down 1,000 whales in what operators call a "scientific" expedition, but Greenpeace officials consider a thin cover for commercial whaling. More »

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      Japan  • environmentalism  • conservation  • Antarctica  • whale  • Greenpeace  • whaling  • whaler  • Japanese whale hunt

    • Risky Showdown Looms as Eco-Ships Near Whalers

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jan 13, 08 6:00 AM CST

      Risky Showdown Looms as Eco-Ships Near Whalers

      (Newser) - Fears of a deadly battle increased yesterday as a Greenpeace ship began to close in on a Japanese whaling fleet intending to kill 1,000 whales. Also steaming through the Southern Ocean off Antarctica was a far more militant "eco ship," planning to ram the whaling vessels. "We are not down here to protest—we're here to stop them," ominously warned a spokesman for Sea Shepherd International. More »

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      Japan  • Australia  • Antarctica  • Greenpeace  • whaling  • whaler  • Japanese whale hunt

  • October 2007

    • This Seafarer Hunts Whalers, Not Whales

      New Yorker  |  Oct 30, 07 4:12 PM CDT

      This Seafarer Hunts Whalers, Not Whales

      (Newser) - Paul Watson is far too radical for Greenpeace, the group he co-founded. His vigilante group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is a roving pack of eco-saboteurs, trolling international waters for whalers—and ramming the offending ships. Watson usually operates illegally, and his theatrical and violent defense of aquatic life is credited with turning Icelandic opinion against saving whales, the New Yorker reports. More »

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      Dalai Lama  • Greenpeace  • whaling  • Mick Jagger  • whaler  • Sea Shepherd Conservation Society  • Paul Watson

    • Greenpeace: iPhone Should be Greener

      Fortune Magazine  |  Oct 15, 07 4:26 PM CDT

      Greenpeace: iPhone Should be Greener

      (Newser) - Apple talks a green game, but the iPhone isn't as environmentally friendly as many of its competitors, says Greenpeace. The company got a pat on the back from the group last May for Earth-friendly electronics, but since then has fallen behind other cell phone makers, with some potentially nasty chemicals showing up in the iPhone's antenna and headset. More »

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      Apple  • iPhone  • recycling  • Greenpeace

  • August 2007

    • Global Warming Protesters B-r-r All on Glacier

      Associated Press  |  Aug 19, 07 10:39 AM CDT

      Global Warming Protesters B-r-r All on Glacier

      (Newser) - Hundreds of naked people bared all on a Swiss glacier to protest global warming yesterday. The arresting demonstration was photographed by New York artist Spencer Tunick, known for his photos of nude gatherings, as temperatures hovered around 50 degrees.