Climate Pulse

David and Charles Koch, the billionaire brothers bankrolling the front groups behind the Tea Party and climate denial movement, have added another 'cause' to their philanthropic endeavors, donating $1 million to the Proposition 23 fight to kill California's landmark 2006 climate change... [continue]

Küre Mountains National Park (L) is on its way to becoming part of a protected European park network, while demonstrators in Ankara (R) were arrested for protesting nuclear power. Photos via Turkish Adventures (L) and Today's Zaman (R). With summer in full swing in Turkey, the season's regular... [continue]

A group with ties to the fossil fuel industry launched a new ad campaign today pushing the idea that carbon dioxide isn't an environmental pollutant. The organization "C02 is Green" funded a half-page advertisement in The Washington Post urging people to call their senators and seek a vote against... [continue]

ScamWow.png Mocking the scam that is the BP cleanup, Greenpeace today released the 'ScamWow!' infomercial targeting BP and other oil companies who need a quick solution whenever pesky ecological devastation results from their irresponsible, risky drilling practices. Spoofing the... [continue]

Don't Make a Wave Committee members and Greenpeace founders (from left) Jim Bohlen, Paul Cote, and Irving Stowe. Photo: Greenpeace Jim Bohlen: 1926-2010 Jim Bohlen, one of the co-founders of Greenpeace, died on Monday, a day after his 84th birthday. The cause of death was complications of... [continue]

Responding to Greenpeace's recent report (a screengrab of which is above) on the wholesale destruction of Indonesian rainforest by Sinar Mas Group affiliate Asia Pulp & Paper, Walmart issued a press statement Wednesday expressing shock that it would be singled out in the report, as it has been in... [continue]

photo: Patrick Barry via flickr Greenpeace is again pointing a finger the international companies responsible for Indonesian deforestation, and the international brands aiding and abetting them through purchasing their products. This time it's the Sinar Mas group and their subsidiary Asian Pulp &... [continue]

Image Credit: Greenpeace France A Greenpeace protest against tuna fishing in the Mediterranean turned violent yesterday when an activist was harpooned in the leg by a French fisherman. Armed with sandbags, Greenpeace members planned to weigh down fishing nets attached to the boat to the point where... [continue]

Greenpeace in the UK started a wonderfully clever competition to create a new logo for BP in protest of their investment in the Alberta tar sands; events overtook them as the gulf spill became the poster child. And this is the company that was once going "beyond petroleum."...Read the full story on... [continue]

Kombizz posted a photo: I watched a documentary film on BBC Inside Out program about how few recycling companies from Europe and the USA instead of recycling the waste, send them all to the poor country like Ghana, Nigeria, Brazil, China, and few more developing poor countries. The ever-growing... [continue]