GreenPeace News

GreenPeace News.

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  Welcome to Bavaria! Regensburg Rules

  By David Jenison | Wed Oct 28, 2009 3:00 PM ET

  clocks of all things, boasts a considerable student population. How did I learn that? A group of young people marched down the streets on behalf of GreenPeace encouraging the throngs of tourists and locals (information was in Germany and English) to start taking better care of the environment Read More

  More like this in: Germany, UNESCO, World Heritage Site, Waterways, Bavaria, Oskar Schindler, Benedict XVI
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  Cattle Concerns Make the Right Moo-ve on Deforestation

  By David Bois | Thu Oct 8, 2009 3:51 PM ET

  a well-deserved reprieve this week through industry deciding that there are better ways to do business.In a move that followed heavy lobbying by GreenPeace, four of the world’s largest beef and cattle industry concerns have agrees to halt purchases of meat produced in former Brazilian rai Read More

  More like this in: The New York Times, Amazon, Brazil, Greenhouse Gas, Science, Americas, Good Ideas, Environment, Life Sciences, Food & Drink
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  Green Apple?

  By Steve Tanner | Thu Oct 1, 2009 4:10 PM ET

  (monitors contain highly toxic chemicals and can't be reused when the iMac is replaced). More recently, Apple's popular iPhone was singled out by GreenPeace for its cornucopia of toxic components.But now it seems as though Apple has gotten the message and is making a concerted effort to live u Read More

  More like this in: Recycling, iPhone, Carbon Footprint, Emissions, Transportation, Carbon Emissions, Nature, Electronics, Dell, Apple Inc., EcoGeek
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  What Good Can a Bunch of Twits Do?

  By Katherine Gustafson | Fri Aug 28, 2009 2:27 PM ET

  is the Humane Society). The site also lets you vote on the next cause you'd like to see featured (should next week's be LIVESTRONG, Red Cross or GreenPeace?) and see recent relevant tweets.The Experience Project, which runs TwitCause and identifies itself as "the world's largest livin Read More

  More like this in: Facebook, Twitter, Social Networking, MySpace, The Humane Society, Red Cross, Livestrong, TwitCause, Monty Python, Charity Tuesday
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  Cleaning Up Kleenex

  By Ben Corbett | Wed Aug 19, 2009 11:19 AM ET

  industry-leading practices in this area," said Corey Brinkema, President FSC-US.These developments end the five-year Kleercut campaign, launched by GreenPeace in 2004, when activists began pressuring Kimberly-Clark to cease sourcing its fiber from the Canada's ancient Boreal forest."It takes 9 Read More

  More like this in: biodiversity, Forest Stewardship Council, Business, Science, Social Responsibility, Good Ideas, Retail, Energy, Volunteerism, Activism
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  India's IT Industry Takes a Stand on E-waste

  By Steve Tanner | Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:04 PM ET

  laws to also cover e-waste. MAIT's initiative, reported by PC World on August 6, is joined by the international environmental organization GreenPeace. India, along with China, receives the bulk of the industrialized world's e-waste but its laws have yet to catch up with the impact o Read More

  More like this in: Health, Technology, E-waste, Water Pollution, Technology, Social Responsibility, Tech Does Good, Green Tech
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  Timberland Follows in Nike's Footsteps

  By Marc Hertz | Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:52 PM ET

  not to be outdone, Timberland has become the second producer of shoes this week to clean up its sourcing act. Like Nike, they were mentioned in this GreenPeace report as not having the most environmentally friendly supply chains, so the company decided to do something about that. According to thi Read More

  More like this in: Nike, Timberland, Brazil, Deforestation, Business, Social Responsibility, Good Ideas
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  Presidential Treatment

  By Lisa Germinsky | Wed Jul 29, 2009 4:40 PM ET

  to create a 3-D representation of the monument.  Should it ever undergo any damage from, say, a natural disaster, a military attack or some madcap GreenPeace antics, we'll have the means to rebuild it.Navnit Singh, director of interpretation and education at Mount Rushmore, tells USA Today Read More

  More like this in: California, New Orleans, USA Today, Peru, Mount Rushmore, Machu Picchu, US, Technology, Cutting-edge
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  Nike Officially 'Moo'ves Away From the Amazon

  By Marc Hertz | Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:00 PM ET

  report, "Slaughtering the Amazon," that mentions a connection between deforestation and the supply chains for many shoe companies. And, according to GreenPeace, Brazil's cattle industry is responsible for 80 percent of the Amazon's deforested areas. Nike currently has three leather supplier Read More

  More like this in: Nike, Amazon, Brazil, Business, Social Responsibility, Good Ideas
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  Stop That Coal Barge!

  By Jimmy Langman | Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:00 AM ET

  build a new Kingsorth coal plant in Great Britain continues apace. Despite a policy change on coal-fired power by the British government last April, GreenPeace activists and other groups continue battle the government over the issue. Last month, on June 22, nine activists boarded a cargo shi Read More

  More like this in: Twitter, Climate change, England, Environment, Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Britain, Great Britain