Greenpeace blocks access to Esso's refinery in France
Greenpeace activists blocked land and river access to Exxon Mobil Corp's largest refinery in France, doubling the world's biggest oil firm'Climate Enemy No. 1. Around 60 environmentalists, some
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Japanese harden their pro-whaling stance
During the five-day meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Shimonoseki, Japan derided the delegates of anti whaling nations as "mimics for Greenpeace," asked Australia and New Zealand to
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Deccan village cradles agri revolution
A small village in the arid wastes of the Deccan plateau may hold the key to the future of global agricultural practices, according to Greenpeace, the green movement. Deccan Development Society (DDS)
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BT-cotton eco-friendly study
The controversy over the Greenpeace report on the environmental impact of transgenic Bt-cotton in China took a new turn with some officials of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)
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Greenpeace ship arrives for Earth Summit campaign
The Greenpeace campaign ship M.V. Esperanza arrived in South African waters this week to bolster the environmental movement's pro-planet campaign during the upcoming U.N. Earth Summit in
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Greenpeace tracks down Andersen
Greenpeace has said it has tracked down the former chairman of Union Carbide who faces homicide charges in India over the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster that killed thousands. Calling on both India and the
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Greenpeace protests Earth Summit atop Rio's Christ
Greenpeace activists scaled Rio de Janeiro's hill-top Christ statue last week and hung a giant banner across its outstretched arms in protest at what they called the failure of South Africa's Earth
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Greenwash?
The Kodaikanal mercury dumping case is back in the spotlight, with the Indian People's Tribunal (IPT) holding a public hearing recently on the issue in the presence of Greenpeace India, Palni Hills
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A big mouth behind Japan's whaling
In 'Whaling Hunters', a new BBC documentary, Masayuki Komatsu can be heard giving a Japanese whaling ship captain advice on how to deal with Greenpeace protest boats: When they approach, blow them
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Bhopal toxic waste reaches Dow's office
Greenpeace has recently returned the poisonous waste collected from the site of the world's worst industrial disaster in Bhopal, to its rightful owner Dow Chemical. The waste had been abandoned in
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Greenpeace raises Bt cotton issue with Ministry
Greenpeace,the international environmental organisation, today met the Union Environment Minister, Mr T.R. Baalu, to discuss the performance of Bt cotton. The meeting focused on the expert team
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Greenpeace activists protest
A group of Greenpeace activists who chained them selves to the pillars and walls of multinational Monsanto company's office in Banglore removed by the police after sawing of their chains. They were
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Lever faces fat compensationn bill for Kodai poison factory
FMCG giant Hindustan Lever Ltd may have to pay a huge compensation package to workers in its now-shut thermometer factory in Kodaikanal if Greenpeace and the NGOs fighting the mercury poisoning from
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Death at sea
Pollutants are killing whales near Mexico
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MONEYMAKERS
SAFE REACTORS: A new model of safer reactors is coming up, announced Framatome of France and Siemens of Germany. The 2 nuclear power reactor suppliers have joined hands to desigrethe
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A price on the living
Environmentalists allege that the European Parliament has sold out to multinational firms by allowing patents on lifeforms
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Toxicity sealed!
Unilever shuts down its mercury concentration camp in Kodaikanal
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THAILAND
Bangkok has long been overwhelmed by the inevitable by-product of modern economic growth - waste. But now investors are swarming in to set up and operate what could be one of Southeast
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Polluted vicinity
close on the heels of the nuclear waste deal between Taiwan and North Korea (nk) comes another disturbing bit of news for nk's southern neighbour. It was recently revealed that since 1994, at least
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Cyborg controversy
There's gaiety on the greens as the European Parliament drops a directive on patenting genetically engineered life forms