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Deni celebrate their forest homeland in the Brazilian Amazon
September 11, 2001 was not only a day of major tragedy in the US, which changed the world we are living in, it was also a day of hope for the Deni. The Deni are an indigenous group living in semi-isolation in a very remote part of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, whose land at that…
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The Esperanza back in the Pacific
How about this for great timing? The Esperanza has arrived in the Pacific – the same ocean where Greenpeace started its first campaign – just in time for our 40th anniversary later this month. Blogpost by Phil Crawford (Comms officer on the Espy) In 1971 we were protesting against nuclear testing in the Pacific. In…
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Bad time down under for APP gets worse
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for Steve Nicholson, the corporate affairs director for Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) in Australia and New Zealand. Fresh from a PR crisis in Australia – caused when his staff were found out for anonymously posting offensive comments online about a Greenpeace staff member and APP’s former largest…
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Plastic arctic
For many people the Arctic is seen as one of the last wilderness regions left where there has been limited human impact. However, sampling of marine plastic debris over the past few days shows that the far reaching effects of mankind is clearly present even in the Arctic Ocean.
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Big Coal vs. The People
The eyes of even the most hardened court observers glazed over as the seemingly endless mess of legal procedures dragged on. It wasn’t just unremarkable, it was outright dull – obscuring the profound struggle set to unfold. Blogpost by John Hepburn Originally published by Rooted August 25, 2011 Monday was day one of a…
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I’m scum? Well I’m not destroying rainforests
In the last few days I’ve learnt that I’m “scum”, “a bloody idiot”, “a bloody hypocrite of epic proportions” and even had an abusive comment in ape language translated for me. People say you have to be thick-skinned as a campaigner but frankly this is pretty tame (and uncreative) compared to what I might cop…
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The Rainbow Warrior II retires
It’s a day of mixed emotions for Greenpeace. For 22 years our ship the Rainbow Warrior II and her crew have confronted environmental destruction around the world, bearing witness and taking action to protect our planet. And today we say farewell to her. After the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior I by French government agents…
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Award winning awards. Or is it just greenwash?
We’re approaching corporate AGM season. It’s an inspiring time of year. As the birds begin nesting and the spring flowers bloom, countless annual reports with pictures of smiling children and windmills will be printed on glossy recycled paper, reminding us all of the ability of companies to pretend that they care about something other than…
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APP rehomes a tiger after cutting down its forest home
The news from Indonesia today that Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) has moved a tiger from one part of South Sumatra province to another in order to protect it. Blogpost by Greenpeace UK This is supposed to prove that company has green stripes. But, as with anything emanating from the APP publicity machine, scratch beneath…
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Will the carbon price rule out new coal?
On Sunday evening, after reading the Dr Seuss classic “If I ran the zoo” to my three year old daughter, I sat on the couch, fortified myself with a strong drink, and began to read the Treasury modelling on the carbon price (I know, I know, it’s an exciting life). After reading the projections for…