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Tokyo Two say thank you

nick — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:23:14 +0000

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NZ’s rep – beached as bro

Phil — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:54:25 +0000

The National-led Government is declaring its true environmental colours and green seems to be missing from the palette. Over the last few months it has revealed a pro-mining mindset, it’s looking to increase the quota on our critically endangered southern blue fin tuna and now it’s advocating a deal that would allow a return to commercial [...]

Monsanto admits their technology doesn’t work!

nick — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:00:12 +0000

Reyes, one of our agriculture campaigners in India, shares her immediate thoughts on this ‘first-of-its-kind’ admission by Monsanto This was my Saturday’s lyrics to breakfast in sunny Bangalore: Monsanto has decided to tell the truth about something: its technology doesn’t work!, reports The Hindu. I’m going to need a second cup of chai to digest this, [...]

VIDEO: What we know about climate science

nick — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:36:33 +0000

For some reason there is a persistent group of people who either want to deny, or are not aware, that there is a solid scientific foundation to the overwhelming consensus on climate change. Of course the fact is that climate science is built on thousands of publications and many decades of observation. Spending too much time [...]

The Himalayas and other red herrings

nick — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:16:06 +0000

The media has been buzzing about the IPCC’s Himalayan glacier controversy. The international climate panel headed by Dr. Rajendra Pachauri won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 for a ground-breaking report on climate change. Several small errors have now surfaced in the 3,000-page report. If you’re wondering what the news reports mean for climate change, here are [...]

Tokyo Two trial remixed by right-wing manga spin

nick — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:00:54 +0000

A right-wing publication in Japan has made a manga cartoon of the Tokyo Two trial with their own twist on the proceedings – clearly taking the side of the whaling industry. This defensive spin is something we always take as a good sign because when we provoke this kind of reaction – we’re being taken seriously [...]

Bill Gates says ZERO emissions by 2050

nick — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:54:28 +0000

Bill Gates calls for zero carbon emissions by 2050. Photo: Nancy Duarte. Bill Gates, when asked to give “the talk of his life – in 18 minutes” at the TED Talks conference last week, set a startling precedent for business leaders, choosing energy and climate as his subject – by calling for nothing less than zero [...]

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter

nick — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:43:00 +0000

Dr. Martin Luther King Junior once said “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter” After acting on this fundamental principle, Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki, now known as the Tokyo 2, currently risk their freedom for simply having acted in the interest of the Japanese people by exposing an embezzlement [...]

Greenpeace Int. ED Kumi Naidoo on BBC hardtalk

nick — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:57:38 +0000

Part 1 Part 2 Related posts Thank you all (1) Kumi Naidoo’s Speech at the COPenhagen Global Day of Action (0) Polar bear issues plea from suburban pool (1)

Thank you all

nick — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:00:31 +0000

2009 has been a hard year for everyone, and we wouldn’t have made it without our supporters. We would like to thank you for sticking with us through the tough times, and hope you’ll be staying with us in the future. You can read the wrap-up from the Copenhagen climate summit here. World leaders walked [...]