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Action needed global targets stem deforestation, head Greenpeace
2015-09-07 21:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Governments and corporations must back up their words with action to achieve ambitious global targets to combat deforestation said Greenpeace International Executive Director, Kumi Naidoo, at today`s opening of the World Forestry Congress. One year on from the New York Declaration on forests that was endorsed by governments, businesses, indigenous peoples and non-governmental groups little progress has been made in fulfilling pledges to restore 150 million hectares of forest and completely eliminate...
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Greenland fines Greenpeace for drilling rig stunts
2015-09-07 21:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A Greenland court on Monday fined Greenpeace over $26,000 for disrupting oil drilling off the island's coast, the latest chapter in the environmental group's fight to stop industrial development in the Arctic. Greenpeace activists boarded or tried to board an exploration rig belonging to Cairn Energy three times in 2011. The Edinburgh-based company drilled five prospective wells that year but none found commercial quantities of hydrocarbons. Greenpeace's campaigns in the Arctic have run into trouble...
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Greenpeace targets outdoor brands over PFCs
2015-09-07 17:28:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Outdoor brands and retailers are being urged to eliminate all PFCs from their products and supply chains after the chemicals were discovered in remote regions around the world.
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Russia to pay damages to Netherlands over Greenpeace ship seizure
2015-08-26 01:00:00| Ship Technology
The Russian Government has broken international law by confiscating a Greenpeace ship and detaining its crew after a protest against Arctic oil drilling in 2013, an international tribunal has ruled.
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China's air less polluted first half 2015: Greenpeace
2015-07-22 10:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China saw levels of two common air pollutants improve modestly in the first half of 2015, environmental group Greenpeace East Asia said on Wednesday. Average levels of PM2.5 - particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5 micrometers that can penetrate deep into the lungs - fell 16 percent in the first six months from a year ago, the group said, adding that sulfur dioxide levels also fell 18 percent. "The fall in coal consumption is the principal reason for recent improvements in air quality,"...
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