Greenpeace India is to fight on for another month after a surge of support from allies, new donors and staff, who have pledged to work through June for no pay after the Indian government blocked its bank accounts.
… Support surge gives Greenpeace India new lease of life The … Rights Campaigning incredible-india-cut.jpg Greenpeace India is to fight on for another … Indian government blocked its bank accounts. Greenpeace India will keep on campaigning …
Greenpeace India has barely three weeks left to fight for its survival following a broad government crackdown on civil society. The green NGO has been left with funds for staff salaries and office costs that will last no later than 1st June.
… Greenpeace India faces closure in weeks The … May 2015 News India Politics Development Law greenpeace-india-demo-cut.jpg Greenpeace India has barely three weeks left …
Big oil ramps up efforts to gag climate campaigners as BP’s rig operator Transocean takes on Greenpeace in court.
… BP rig operator takes Greenpeace to court Marianne Brooker | 3rd February 2020 News Change Makers Bp Greenpeace Oil Law Court … as BP’s rig operator Transocean takes on Greenpeace in court. BP’s rig operator, …
Prime Minister Modi's government has frozen the bank accounts of Greenpeace India, writes Praful Bidwai - provoking widespread protest from the environment and civil rights community. It's all part of a wider campaign against 'anti-national' movements that challenge India's development policies based on the aggressive exploitation of coal, minerals, big hydro and nuclear power.
… Indian government sanctions Greenpeace to send a menacing message Praful … government has frozen the bank accounts of Greenpeace India, writes Praful Bidwai - … government has launched an all-out attack on Greenpeace India by freezing its bank …
The UK's troubled Hinkley C nuclear power station faces a legal challenge from Germany's biggest energy co-op, which claims that the subsidy package will distort energy markets across Europe and disadvantage renewable generators and vendors.
… Greenpeace Energy to launch legal challenge to … vendors. German green power supply company Greenpeace Energy (GPE) will take legal action … market An expert opinion commissioned by Greenpeace Energy from analysts Energy …
Industrial logging in the world's second largest rainforest is out of control, writes Raoul Monsembula, and spells disaster for both wildlife and forest people. There is an alternative: community forestry has just been enshrined in law. But resources must be committed to law enforcement in Congo and abroad, and to empowering forest communities.
… people and bonobos! Raoul Monsembula Greenpeace Africa | 1st June 2015 Comment … abuses In its new report Trading in Chaos , Greenpeace Africa reveals the findings of two … products being placed on the European market. Greenpeace has regularly demonstrated how …
In this joint statement to COP21 Amnesty International and Greenpeace International call on all governments to protect human rights by including making respect for human rights an explicit purpose of any agreement, while agreeing to phase out fossil fuels and deliver 100% renewables for all by 2050.
… means 100% renewable energy for all by 2050 Greenpeace Amnesty International | 9th … statement to COP21 Amnesty International and Greenpeace International call on all … peaceful assembly. Amnesty International and Greenpeace International call on governments …
The Philippines were meant to be the US's sandbox for GMO development and penetration into southeast Asia, but that has all changed with a Supreme Court decision to ban GMO crop trials pending the development of new biosafety protocols.
… of GM products. The court ruled in favour of Greenpeace Southeast Asia , as well as several … Ecological Agriculture Campaigner for Greenpeace Philippines. "The Philippines has … to reform the current regulatory process. Greenpeace Southeast Asia is calling on the …
Newly published letters show that the UK Government may ignore the Committee on Climate Change, its official advisor on climate, and allow emissions from aviation to soar at an expanded Heathrow airport, writes Damian Kahya. Instead it would rely on buying widely condemned 'carbon offsets'.
… ignore its own climate advisors Damian Kahya Greenpeace Enerrgydesk | 30th January 2017 … emissions. Damian Kahya is an author at Greenpeace Energydesk . He tweets @damiankahya … . This article was originally published on Greenpeace Energydesk , which is editorially …
The UK government has warned Austria that it will 'embrace any future opportunity that arises to sue or damage Austria' if it pursues its legal challenge to the the Hinkley point C nuclear plant, according to a leaked document.
… according to a leaked document published by Greenpeace UK's Energydesk . The leaked memo … would violate internal market rules, but as Greenpeace's Christine Ottery explains: "As … The subsidy is worth £17.6bn on paper, but a Greenpeace analysis put the total …
The Trade in Services Agreement is a multilateral deal like TPP, TTIP and CETA, writes Zachary Davies Boren. But while the 50-nation negotiations are even more secretive, its impacts could be even greater: undermining national sovereignty; allowing only corporate regulation deemed 'necessary' by a panel of WTO lawyers; and allowing no rollback on trade liberalisation.
… analysis of newly leaked documents. Greenpeace Netherlands has obtained and … services. This leak comes just months after Greenpeace released parts of the TTIP … is an environment journalist writing for Greenpeace Energydesk, the Press Association, …
Backed up the Information Commissioner, DECC refuses to release the documents it sent to the European Commission to support its massive subsidy package for the Hinkley C nuclear plant, writes Terry McAlister. But now the case will go before a tribunal which could order their release.
… paying for HPC until they draw their pensions Greenpeace and Request Initiative , a Freedom … which is generally against competition rules. Greenpeace said it was extraordinary that the … London in May. Doug Parr, policy director at Greenpeace, said: "Bizarrely, the Information …
Mexico's tourist resort of Cancún has just lost one of its greatest natural riches, writes Miguel Rivas: 57 hectares of species rich mangrove forest, bulldozed in a massive overnight attack by property developers in league with local officials. But people power can still win the battle and see the Tajamar mangroves restored.
… destroyed. But hope grows again! Miguel Rivas Greenpeace Mexico | 17th February 2016 Comment … in response to a case brought to court by Greenpeace Mexico and ally organisations, a … Miguel Rivas is an oceans campaigner for Greenpeace Mexico. This article was originally …
The tiny Pacific state of the Marshall Islands has given oral evidence to the International Court of Justice against all nuclear armed states for failing to pursue disarmament. The UK, India and Pakistan were present to deny the charges, but the US, Russia, France, China, Israel and North Korea have denied the ICJ's compulsory jurisdiction.
… land and sea poisoned as well. In 1985, the Greenpeace ship, Rainbow Warrior helped to … in approximately six months from now. Greenpeace will continue to stand with the … . Jen Maman is the Senior Peace Advisor at Greenpeace Intrernational. His contribution to …
A second legal challenge to the UK's proposed Hinkley C nuclear power plant in Somerset was launched this morning by ten renewable and municipal power suppliers in Germany and Austria, citing grave distortions to European energy markets.
… director of Hamburg-based energy cooperative Greenpeace Energy. "They should never have … people have responded to a call from the Greenpeace Energy to send postcards and sent … for Germany to take legal action. Today Greenpeace Energy will hand the postcards over …
ExxonMobil has long known that climate change is real and dangerous, write Louise Rouse & Naomi Ages, while denying it in public and supporting climate change deniers. Now they accuse their critics of 'chilling' climate science and the search for solutions. The truth is the precise opposite.
… climate science! Louise Rouse Naomi Ages Greenpeace Energydesk | 31st March 2016 … Rouse is an investment campaign consultant to Greenpeace UK. Naomi Ages is attorney and campaigner with Greenpeace USA. This article was originally …
Poland's environment ministry has a plan for a huge increase in logging in Europe's last great primeval forest, writes Zachary Davies Boren. Officials claim it's to control bark beetles. But ecologists say the insects are regulated naturally within the forest ecosystem, while logging threatens huge damage to irreplaceable biodiversity.
… in primeval Bialowieza Forest Zachary Boren Greenpeace Energydesk | 18th February 2016 … is an environment journalist writing for Greenpeace Energydesk, the Press Association, … This article was originally published on Greenpeace Energydesk . Petition: ' I support …
The European Union's top court ruled today that increased logging in Białowieża broke EU nature laws. The Polish government must now reverse decisions that allowed logging, or face fines of up to tens of millions of euros. CATHERINE EARLY reports
… European Court Of Justice Law bialowieza_c_greenpeace_poland_0.jpg The European Union's … of the forest will not happen again.” Greenpeace Poland, which had also campaigned …
Richard Brooks spoke out against the destruction of Canada's publicly owned boreal forests and loss of caribou habitat. His reward - a $7 million lawsuit from the country's biggest logger, Resolute.
… Boreal Forest I am not alone in this lawsuit. Greenpeace and my colleague Shane Moffatt are … Resolute destructive logging practices, Greenpeace isn't backing down and neither am … Brooks is Forest Campaign Coordinator for Greenpeace Canada . He holds a Master's degree …
Climate activists who broke into Aberdeen Airport hope to convince jury their actions were justified in preventing larger crime of runaway climate change
… the precedent set under English law by six Greenpeace campaigners who were cleared by a … Comes - A film by Nick Broomfield In 2007 six Greenpeace activists attempted to shut …
Russia is rich in nature reserves and national parks, writes Mikhail Kreindlin. But the government body meant to be protecting them is in fact promoting logging, building and mining projects. Conservationists are fighting back, but the odds are stacked against them.
… Supreme Court accepted a submission from Greenpeace Russia and declared the changes … to conserve. Quite simple, really. But Greenpeace collected 55,000 signatures from … passed without any fuss as they had hoped. Greenpeace managed to collect 30,000 protest …
An attempt by the UK's Conservative Party and its allies to force countries to allow EU-approved GMO crops has been defeated by the European Parliament, writes Keith Taylor. Instead MEPs voted to strengthen the national GMO opt-out. But the UK still has a battle to fight against its avidly pro-GMO government.
… opposition. Environmental groups such as Greenpeace and Friends of The Earth also … who have a 90% monopoly over the industry. As Greenpeace EU agriculture policy director …
Austria today filed its legal challenge to the UK's €108 billion support package for the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant, writes Oliver Tickell. A second such challenge at the European Court is due from green energy suppliers in Germany and Austria who fear unfair competition from subsidised nuclear power in Poland, Czech and Hungary if the Hinkley C precedent stands.
… the UK's state support for Hinkley Point C. Greenpeace Energy, Energieversorgung Filstal, … these proposed subsidies." According to Greenpeace Energy's Michael Friedrich, "We are …
The UK has just opened a bidding round for fracking licences. But the rules contain only weak protections against fracking in National Parks and AONBs - and none at all for even the most important wildlife sites and drinking water aquifers.