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Greenpeace targets Coca-Cola Amatil as container deposit scheme decision looms
2016-02-16 04:55:44| Beverages - Topix.net
A Greenpeace video mimicking a Coca-Cola Amatil ad has targeted an industry-backed container deposit scheme that "will not solve our enormous litter problem," ahead of the NSW government's decision on a scheme within months.The video reveals that more than 40 million cans and bottles are littered in NSW every summer, and calls for support of a "recycling plan that works," in the form of a container deposit scheme. "Last year, Mr Baird committed to a world's best-practice container deposit recycling system by 2017.
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Greenpeace 'fracks' Parliament Square
2016-02-09 12:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Climate charity Greenpeace has erected a 10-metre tall fracking rig next to the Houses of Parliament in protest against moves by government to allow ministers, not local councils, to have the final say over fracking applications. The fracking rig features a flame lit each hour with bioethanol, and is accompanied by floodlighting and sound effects of drilling and lorries. The elaborate protest coincides with the first day of the Planning Inspectorate inquiry into whether fracking should be allowed...
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Greenpeace urges investigation of Modern Express carriers controversial timber cargo
2016-02-09 01:00:00| Ship Technology
Greenpeace has called on authorities to launch investigations on the controversial cargo of timber on-board the car carrier Modern Express that was recently towed to the port of Bilbao, Spain, off the French coast.
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Laurent Fabius: From Greenpeace shame to climate champion
2015-12-17 17:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Laurent Fabius was not always a darling of climate campaigners. In 1985 he was prime minister when the Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior was sunk by French agents in Auckland harbour. It took months for the government to come clean. When it did, Fabius was sent to explain. The truth is cruel. Agents of the French secret service sank this boat, he said. Time is a healer. In the early evening of Saturday 12 December 2015 Fabius, now French foreign minister, sealed his position as the worlds foremost...
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Greenpeace activists chain themselves to ship
2015-11-24 01:49:22| Energy - Topix.net
Greenpeace activists have chained themselves to the decks of a ship in Wellington this morning preventing it from heading offshore in search of oil. Five protesters stormed the NIWA climate and ocean research boat, Tangaroa, which they said has been refitted at a cost of $24million dollars for oil and gas exploration.
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