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Greenpeace says India office may close within a month
2015-05-05 18:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Greenpeace India said on Tuesday it may be forced to shut down operations in the country within a month after the government blocked it from receiving foreign funding. Executive director Samit Aich said the environmental group's cash reserves were drying up and it would soon no longer be able to afford staff salaries and office running costs. Greenpeace has accused the right-wing Indian government's Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) of freezing its bank accounts in a bid to close it down. "My...
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Greenpeace India could close within month due to government crackdown
2015-05-05 16:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Greenpeace India will be forced to close within a month with the loss of 340 jobs because of a government crackdown on its funding, the organisations chief has warned. The Indian home ministry froze seven bank accounts connected with the organisation last month, the latest in a series of moves against the NGO since Narendra Modis government came to power. The international group said that if it was forced to close the Indian operation, it would be the first time since it was founded in 1971...
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Six Greenpeace activists leave Arctic-bound oil rig
2015-04-12 02:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Six Greenpeace activists rappelled down from an oil rig in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday after spending six days living on the structure to protest against drilling in the Arctic, the environmental organization said. The multinational team climbed aboard Polar Pioneer, an oil rig leased by Royal Dutch Shell Plc that is bound for the Arctic, on Monday as it was being transported by a heavy-lift vessel about 750 miles (1,210 km) northwest of Hawaii. Worsening weather conditions that were expected...
When Russia declared war on Greenpeace
2015-04-12 01:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Frank Hewetson is lying on the upper bunk of a prison cell in the Russian Arctic, waiting impatiently for the Valium tablet to kick in. Hes wearing woollen tights, two pairs of socks, three T-shirts, a pullover, a skull-gripping hat and earplugs. The hot incandescent bulb dangling from a wire above his head has just been switched off by the guards, and Murmansk SIZO-1 isolation jail is stirring. He can hear boots stomping above his head, prisoners thumping the walls in cells down the corridor,...
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Greenpeace activists board Arctic-bound oil rig
2015-04-07 10:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Six Greenpeace activists protesting Arctic offshore drilling on Monday boarded a drill rig as it was transported across the Pacific Ocean toward Seattle, where it will be staged for drilling on Shell leases in Alaska waters. The 400ft (122 meter) Polar Pioneer, owned by Transocean Ltd, was on board a heavy-lift vessel about 750 miles (1,206 km) northwest of Hawaii when the activists approached in inflatable boats and used climbing gear to get on board, Greenpeace spokesman Travis Nichols said....
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