Using yen as bait fails to lift whaling ban
The Japanese are furious that the moratorium on commercial whaling has been extended. They and the Norwegians say they will continue to harpoon minke whales for "research".
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Nuclear tank explodes in Siberian plant
A blast in a secret weapons factory in the off limits city of Tomsk 7 shook western Siberia recently and revived memories of Chernobyl.
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No child s play
france has tightened norms on the use of chemicals in toys after studies confirmed the dangers of chemicals present in them. The government has said that buying, selling, production, import and
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Net effect
Environmentalism offers a rich analogy for the politics of copyright on the Internet
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In Brief
Philippines joins CNG bandwagon: Yet another country attempting to switch its public transport to compressed natural gas (CNG) mode is Philippines. President Gloria Maca pagal-Arroyo has announced
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Troule in Black Sea
work on a new oil terminal on the Black Sea coast has led to renewed concerns over environmental safety in one of Russia's most beautiful regions. At a ceremony at Yuzhnaya Ozereika, near
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Foresters warned
foresters of the British Columbia province have waged a long battle with environmental groups, but the industry has been warned it must accept independent certification of their environmental
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Killer chlorine
Once hailed as a boon to health, chlorine is now charged with being carcinogenic, maiming the immune and the reproductive systems.
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Heated protests over nuclear waste
Global resentment brews as Japan plans to ferry a new consignment of radioactive waste across maritime boundaries, flattening the latest perceptions and innovations of safety
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In Focus
The US has plans to continue sending ships to the ship breaking units in India. This decision has brought mixed news for nearly 45,000 workers at Alang, Gujarat. While the recommendation of the US
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Jaitapur: CM Chavan confirms Finn was his European man
Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday confirmed that the
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Dangerous strangers
Analysis of over 100 effluent, sludge and soil samples from industrial sites in New Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu indicate the presence of more than the permissible levels of POPs
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Leaked report says Chernobyl replacement reactors a hazard
A leaked Austrian government study describes the two reactors, built to replace Chernobyl and supply the Ukraine with power, are "particularly hazardous". Greenpeace, who released the Vienna
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Shell to recycle rig
The giant Brent Spar oil rig, which Greenpeace fought to stop being dumped at sea, will be broken up and re-used in Norway. The Shell Group said it planned to slice up the Brent Spar and use the
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BP runs to courts to prevent Greenpeace ship from protecting the climate
Oil company BP took out a restraining order against 25 people on board the Greenpeace ship, the MV Arctic Sunrise to stop them protecting the climate. The Arctic Sunrise was blockading a 130-metre
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Greenpeace sounds caution on energy from waste
When it is becoming fashionable for urban local bodies in the country to promote waste to energy projects as a win-win option. Greenpeace is launching a campaign to educate urbanites to take
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Safety review for closure of UK's top nuclear plant
Revelations on Friday of lax safety standards at Britain's biggest nuclear facility prompted calls for the plutonium reprocessing plant to be shut down. The environmental pressure group Greenpeace
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Greenpeace all set to supply eco-friendly power
The environmental lobby group Greenpeace of Germany is launching a venture which also lays down a challenge to all the people in the country who claim they want "clean" -meaning non-atom, non-coal
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Greenpeace wins oil search case
Greenpeace won its battle to delay new oil and gas exploration in the North Atlantic on Friday when a judge ruled that Britain had failed to apply the European Commission's Habitat Directive in
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Plutonium ships stranded off Japanese coast in bad weather
Two British-flagged plutonium ships - the Pacific Pintail and Pacific Teal - carrying nearly 500kg of weapons-usable plutonium are stranded off the coast of Japan today, said Greenpeace Japan, as the