Topic: Greenpeace International

Greenpeace condemns Indonesia after deportation

Greenpeace on Friday accused Indonesia of waging a vendetta against the environmental group, after the head of its British branch was denied entry to Jakarta to campaign against deforestation.Greenpeace UK director John Sauven was blocked by immigration officials on arrival at Jakarta ...

Greenpeace hospital boat lands in Bangladesh

Greenpeace's famous protest ship, the Rainbow Warrior II, arrived in Bangladesh on Monday, ready to be turned into a floating hospital.Bangladeshi charity Friendship, which was given the ship by the environmental campaign group this month, said it will take six months to ...

Paper firm welcomes Mattel deforestation inquiry

Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) said that it welcomed an investigation by US toy maker Mattel into allegations that it destroys Indonesian forests to source its products.Mattel, the maker of Barbie dolls and other toys, uses packaging materials from APP and announced ...

"Ken" doll protesters arrested at Mattel headquarters

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Greenpeace activists dressed as Ken dolls rappelled down the side of Mattel's headquarters on Tuesday to unfurl a banner saying Barbie packaging contributes to rainforest destruction.The massive pink-and-blue sign on the Mattel building in El Segundo, outside Los ...

Indonesian palm oil giant vows to save forests

Indonesia's biggest palm oil producer pledged on Wednesday to follow new standards to protect carbon-rich forests and peatlands, in a move cautiously welcomed by environmentalists including Greenpeace.Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) and its subsidiary SMART, part of the Sinar Mas group, said it would ...
A Hungarian alumina plant that caused a massive toxic sludge spill in October, is releasing poisonous substances straight into the surrounding area, Greenpeace revealed on Tuesday."The Hungarian company MAL AG is now dispersing its waste water directly into the environment," the Hungarian ...
Environmental group Greenpeace on Monday praised China for setting new pollution targets but said the measures fell well short of what was needed to curb the country's world-beating carbon emissions.The environmental protection ministry said late last week it had added nitrogen oxide ...
Indonesia has chosen its Borneo island to conduct a pilot project aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation, as part of a deal with Norway, an official said Thursday.Norway agreed in May to contribute up to a billion dollars to help ...

Greenpeace praises Cisco green efforts

Cisco, Ericsson and Fujitsu lead IT companies in efforts to combat climate change, environmental group Greenpeace said Tuesday at international talks in Mexico.Greenpeace released its survey as a follow-up to a study two years ago that found that the IT sector could ...

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