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PORT LOUIS, Mauritius (AFP) — Eighteen melon-headed whales washed up on the shores of Mauritius on Wednesday, the country’s fisheries minister said, dismissing any link to a devastating oil spill earlier this month. The whales, some of which were still alive when they were found and later died, were stranded on the south-eastern beaches of Grand Sable, and some of them had injuries. Fisheries minister Sudheer Maudhoo told a press conference that all 18 of the […]
by Joshua Howat Berger Agence France-Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — The number of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon last month rose 28 percent from July 2019, satellite data showed Saturday, fueling fears the world’s biggest rainforest will again be devastated by fires this year. Brazil’s national space agency, INPE, identified 6,803 fires in the Amazon region in July 2020, up from 5,318 the year before. The figure is all the more troubling […]
OSLO, Norway (AFP) — Two environmental groups said on Monday they were trying to take the Norwegian state to the Supreme Court for granting oil licenses in the Arctic. Greenpeace and Natur og Ungdom (Nature and Youth) say oil drilling licenses granted to companies in 2016 should be cancelled because they violate Norway’s constitution, which includes a right to a healthy environment. They say emissions from oil activities and fossil fuels jeopardize the objectives of […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British police arrested nine Greenpeace campaigners on Wednesday who blockaded BP’s London headquarters with solar panels and oil barrels to mark the new boss’s first day at the energy giant. The Metropolitan Police said the arrests were made outside the firm’s building in St James’ Square, central London, as part of a “proportionate policing plan”. They were detained for aggravated trespass, highway obstruction and conspiracy to commit a public nuisance. Around […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Nuclear waste is piling up around the world even as countries struggle to dispose of spent fuel that will remain highly toxic for many thousands of years, Greenpeace detailed in a report Wednesday. Analysis of waste storage facilities in seven countries with nuclear power revealed that several were near saturation, the anti-nuclear NGO said. All these nations also confronted other problems that have yet to be fully contained: fire risk, venting […]
by Sebastian Smith Agence France Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Endangered Amazon hardwood trafficked by a Brazilian exporter allegedly behind the massacre of nine farmers this year is being sold unimpeded around the world, according to environmental pressure group Greenpeace. The group said Tuesday that the purchase of products by importers from as far apart as Japan and the United States illustrates lack of control over a logging industry ravaging the world’s greatest […]
Western consumer giants are polluting oceans by selling products packaged in cheap, disposable plastic to Filipinos, Greenpeace said, naming Nestle, Unilever and Procter & Gamble among the worst offenders. The environmental group ranked the Philippines as the “third-worst polluter into the world’s oceans” after China and Indonesia in a report released on Friday. Single-use plastics from products sold by conglomerates, such as bags, bottle labels, and straws, stood out during a week-long Greenpeace clean-up campaign held […]
(Reuters) — An environment group has launched a 50-foot (15.2-metre) sculpture of a dead whale made out of plastic waste in a campaign to raise awareness about the effects of dumping rubbish in the sea and on the beach. Greenpeace Philippines mounted the sculpture on Thursday (May 11) on the shores of Naic town in Cavite Province, south of Manila, using over 60 kg of plastic bottles, cups, bags and other disposable waste found […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Former Environment Secretary Gina Lopez, urged the public, including her supporters, to give the newly appointed Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary, Roy Cimatu a “chance.” This was disclosed on Monday afternoon during Lopez’s speech expressing her gratitude after a group of environmental activists chained themselves to the gate of the DENR office. This was to protest the alleged influence of big businesses in government, particularly in […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) — A giant coal-fired power plant approved by Bangladesh could drastically worsen air pollution for millions and cause the early deaths of 6,000 people over its lifetime, Greenpeace said Friday. Bangladesh is constructing the 1,320-megawatt power plant on the edge of the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, despite warnings the controversial project threatens the fragile ecosystem and human health. The United Nations has already urged Bangladesh to halt construction, warning it […]
BEIJING,China (AFP) — Air pollution in western China jumped in the first three months of 2016, a Greenpeace report showed Wednesday, while the vast majority of cities throughout the country failed to meet national standards. China’s cities are often hit by heavy pollution, blamed on coal-burning by power stations, heavy industry and vehicle use, and it has become a major source of discontent with the ruling Communist Party. Government policy was effectively moving pollution from […]
HONGKONG, China (AFP) — Coal plants are draining an already dwindling global water supply, Greenpeace warned Tuesday, consuming enough to meet the basic needs of one billion people and deepening a worldwide crisis. Announcing its first global plant-by-plant study, Greenpeace said coal power use will increase with newly built plants, causing “huge stress” on the world’s major river basins and threatening communities. In its report “The Great Water Grab: How the Coal Industry is Deepening the […]
