Green Peace

Stop the Brazilian Congress's Assault on the Amazon Rainforest

The Brazilian Congress, influenced by the agribusiness sector, seeks to change the Forest Code in Brazil to open more of the Amazon rainforest to be cleared. Not only will this destroy forested areas in the Amazon no longer protected by the Forest Code, but the clearing and burning of these lands will release millions of tons of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere -- making the impacts of climate change much worse. (read more)

Japan's whaling program in disarray

As the whaling fleet prepares to depart Japan, evidence is mounting of an industry in terminal disarray, as new revelations of financial and image problems add to the woes of the scandal-plagued industry. (read more)

Whaling fleet attempts to sneak out of port

Our activists marked the departure of Japan's whaling fleet from the port of Innoshima with banners declaring "Whaling on Trial." The fleet had attempted to leave for the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary unnoticed, by canceling their traditional high-profile departure ceremony in Shimonoseki. Instead, the factory ship Nisshin Maru left with no fanfare, waved off only by the crew's families and whaling officials. (read more)

Reports: Japanese government gives in, slashes whale quotas

Good news for the whales comes in threes. And then you get a dollop of extra. Asahi Shinbum, one of Japan's biggest newspapers, reports a victory in the whale wars: there will be a 20 percent reduction in the number of whales targeted in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary hunt this year -- the first reduction since 1987. (read more)

Police stop Greenpeace activists from preventing palm oil shipment leaving Indonesia

Police and port authorities in Dumai today forced down a Greenpeace activist from the anchor chain of a Rotterdam-bound tanker ship laden with crude palm oil extracted from destruction of the rainforests of Indonesia. (read more)

Greenpeace ship Esperanza in Jakarta as part of Forests for Climate initiative

The Greenpeace ship Esperanza arrived in Jakarta on the morning of October 29th as part of the launch for the Forests for Climate initiative, a pioneering solution to reduce deforestation, tackle climate change, preserve global biodiversity and protect the livelihoods of millions of forest dependent people. Forests for Climate (FFC) is Greenpeace’s landmark proposal for an international mechanism to fund sustainable and lasting reductions of emissions from tropical deforestation in participating countries in order to meet commitments for the second phase of the Kyoto Protocol. (read more)

John Passacantando to step down as executive director of Greenpeace USA

Greenpeace USA’s executive director, John Passacantando, has announced that he will step down at the end of 2008, capping an eight-year tenure that saw the organization weather some of its most difficult trials and achieve some of its greatest victories. While he will be sorely missed, Passacantando leaves behind a legacy that will serve Greenpeace USA well as we continue to tackle the most pressing environmental issues facing the planet today. (read more)

Energy Revolution Now!

Greenpeace has published the second edition of the Energy [R]evolution scenario, updated with the latest economic, technical and population data. The Energy [R]evolution is the only energy scenario which shows how the world can cut emissions, phase out nuclear power, save money and maintain global economic development; without fuelling catastrophic climate change. All we need to kick start this plan is bold energy policy from world leaders. (read more)

Chemical Security Among Unfinished Business on Capitol Hill

On October 10th Greenpeace and 35 labor and environmental groups called on Congress to pass legislation on chemical plant security before the "interim" law expires next October 4th. When Congress returns in January they will have only nine months to complete this legislation. (read more)

African Students call on World Bank President to save the Congo rainforest

In his first visit to Washington, DC, 20-year-old Jean-Christian Ebanda from Cameroon delivered a forest petition with 42,000 signatures to the President of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick. He is attending a town hall meeting at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in the presence of Mr. Zoellick and IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn. While everyone is talking about the financial crisis, Christian came to talk about the crisis facing his country—rampant deforestation. (read more)

Alaska Pollock Fishery on the Verge of Collapse

The world’s largest food fishery is on the verge of collapse. Pollock, used to make McDonald’s fish sandwiches, frozen fish sticks, fish and chips, and imitation crabmeat, have had a population decrease of 50 percent since last year. (read more)

Congo logging review could lead to more forest desctruction

Illegal logging is rapidly destroying the Earth's stores of natural resources at a time when runaway climate change threatens life on every continent. However, a review of the legality of 156 logging contracts in Democratic Republic of Congo will put its ancient forests in peril, rather than protect them. (read more)

New Greenpeace Earth balloon takes flight

Over the years hot air balloons have played a lead role in several memorable Greenpeace actions around the globe, and now Greenpeace USA has a balloon to call our very own. We’re happy to announce that our brand new Earth balloon has passed its FAA flight test this morning and later made its inaugural flight outside Albuquerque, New Mexico. (read more)

Greenpeace and Ben & Jerry's bring climate-friendly refrigeration to the US

Greenpeace and Ben & Jerry's today announced that the ice-cream maker is the first US company to use F-gas free cooling technology in the United States. The company's Cleaner Greener Freezer uses Hydrocarbon, a natural refrigerant that is much better for the environment than F-gases. (read more)

Greenpeace activists occupy world headquarters of logging giant AbitibiBowater

Greenpeace activists entered the headquarters of AbitibiBowater on the morning of September 24th and chained themselves to the building's entrance to protest the destruction of the Boreal Forest by the logging giant. (read more)

As Arctic Sea Ice Reaches 2008 Low, Street Art Project Highlights Shared Fate of Polar Bears, Humanity

Greenpeace has launched a street art campaign aimed at highlighting the plight of the Arctic polar bear, which may very well become homeless if we don’t take serious action to combat global warming. Our intent with this project is to communicate how global warming is affecting the polar bear and to highlight the very real connection between the polar bear’s fate and our own. (read more)

New evidence of Kimberly-Clark’s shocking mismanagement of forest resources

Shocking new photos released today reveal the existence of a massive stockpile of old-growth logs that are destined to become disposable products like Kleenex tissue and Cottonelle toilet paper for tissue giant Kimberly-Clark Corporation (K-C). The logs originate from the Ogoki Forest, the single most ecologically valuable area left in Ontario’s southern Boreal Forest and the site of growing controversy. (read more)

Nokia tops latest Greener Electronics Guide

Company scores plummeted in the previous edition of Greenpeace's Guide to Greener Electronics, when new criteria on climate change were introduced. However, leading brands like Nokia and Samsung are now making significant progress in greening their electronics products, with improved environmental policies responding not only to these new energy criteria, but also to the more stringent chemical and e-waste criteria. (read more)

Negotiations between Greenpeace and AbitibiBowater come to an end

Greenpeace talks with logging giant AbitibiBowater have broken down, as the company is unwilling to work at protecting intact forest areas and continues to log in many critical forest areas, including caribou habitat. (read more)

Senator Collins Defends the Chemical Industry

On August 19th Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) responded to a coalition of groups in Maine and Greenpeace along with nearly 10,000 petition cards from across the U.S. urging her take leadership on chemical security legislation. (read more)