Environment – General Motors Foundation (GM) has announced that it will be ending its support of the Heartland Institute, which is known for its skepticism toward global warming. GM has supported the thinktank for 20 years, and the move to cut ties with it has been cheered by groups...
Mar30
Denmark Going Green
100% Renewable Energy by 2050
Environment – As gas prices continue to skyrocket globally, many countries are turning to greener options for their energy needs, and Denmark, it seems, is paving the way. The Danish government recently announced that by 2020 half of its energy will be obtained through renewable, green resources. Denmark’s announcement seems like a wise decision; one that will ensure that it does not have to rely on destructive fossil fuels for its citizens. Yet, they aren’t stopping there. In addition to its admirable goal of using resources such as offshore wind farms for half of its energy needs, it plans to produce all – yup,...
Mar30
Can of Approval
Tuna Sustainability Rankings
Environmental Issues – Greenpeace Canada approved several brands of Canadian canned tuna this week that carry out sustainable fishing procedures. This is only the second year the tuna industry was ranked according to sustainability in Canada, and while only two producers were approved...
Feb27
Xena: Green Warrior Princess?
Lucy Lawless Arrested For Protesting Oil Drilling
Environment – Television Actress Lucy Lawless was arrested after she joined a group of Greenpeace activists as they attempted to stop the 174-foot Noble Discoverer, an oil-drilling ship, docked in Port Taranaki in New Zealand from setting sail. The ship, which was chartered by Shell oil company had been due to depart for the Artic over the weekend to “drill five exploratory wells.” The group climbed aboard the ship on Friday and spent four days protesting in an “attempt to raise awareness about oil drilling in the Arctic” before Lawless and the five environmental activists were arrested. Lawless, 43,...
Dec17
Greenpeace Wins!
Facebook "Unfriends" Coal
Environmental Issues – Facebook, the massive time suck and social tool we are all enslaved to has done something positive worth noting, a large departure from the usual privacy concerns. Following a campaign by environmental group Greenpeace, Facebook will begin to move away from coal...
Dec14
Toxic Toys
More Issues With Chinese Imports
Environmental Issues – Remember the whole cadmium scare from earlier this year? Well, the toxic toys are back and making an impact – only this time, it’s lead. Reports now show that one in three toys made in China contains some kind of heavy metal, and one out of every ten...
Nov27
Rebel Manifesto
A Storm Trooper Fights VW
Environmental Issues – In the battle for environmental conservation, a storm rages, and our only option is to change the minds of those in alliance with the dark side. Or, it could just be that the folks over at VW are opposing environmental laws and while lobbying against them, Camden...
Nov18
Halting Deforestation
Good News for Indonesia
Environmental Issues – Under intense pressure from western food processors and conservationists, the world’s second biggest palm oil company has agreed to halt deforestation in valuable areas of Indonesian forest. Golden Agri-Resources Limited has “committed itself to...
Nov11
Greenpeace Win
Energy Co. Fined for Spying
Environmental Issues – France’s state energy firm EDF has been fined 1.5 million ($2 million) by a Paris court for spying on Greenpeace. In addition to the fine, “its head of nuclear production security in 2006, Pascal Durieux, was given a three-year sentence with two years...
Aug29
Sumatran Tiger Shuffle
Tigers and People Are Not Friends
Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) is attempting to get its act together, environmentally speaking. On August 2, 2011, the logging corporation that provides packaging for Hasbro and Disney, relocated a tiger named Putri, (Princess in Indonesian), from one part of South Sumatra province to another in order to protect it. Greenpeace alleges APP is largely responsible for the peril the Sumatran tiger currently finds itself in. According to various sources only 400-500 of these majestic creatures exist in the wild, as paper and logging companies, like APP, continue to ravage their natural habitat. According to APP’s press release, the tiger was moved...
Aug29
Greenpeace Takes On…
A Fossil Fuel Free Capital
There is nothing quite like industrial redundancies, or Greenpeace supporters vehemently opposed to something. On Saturday Aug.1, 2011, 30 members of the environmental group Greenpeace made a push to eliminate the 514 megawatt Potomac River Coal Plant in Alexandria as part of a larger...
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