August 2006

Greenpeace launches new electronics guide

Posted by bex — 25 August 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

A stack of old keyboards and other e-waste in Nanyang, China

Article tagged as: green electronics guide, greenmyapple, toxics

Sweden closes nuclear plants over safety fears

Posted by bex — 4 August 2006 at 8:00am - Comments
forsmark nuclear power plant in Sweden

forsmark nuclear power plant in Sweden

"It was pure luck there wasn't a meltdown," said a former director of Forsmark nuclear power plant after a serious incident at that plant last week. Now Sweden has shut down four of its 10 nuclear plants after faults were discovered. And a generator failure like Sweden's could easily happen in the UK.

Article tagged as: meltdown, nuclear accidents, nuclear power, reactor safety, sweden

The odd couple: how Greenpeace and McDonald's are working together

Posted by admin — 2 August 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

Greenpeace research in the Amazon helped identify the link between deforestation and European food manufacturers

John Sauven, campaign special projects director for Greenpeace UK, explains how Greenpeace worked with McDonald's to change the food industry's attitude towards Amazon soya.

"Huge chickens invaded fast food stores in London and started to ask customers if they knew they were eating soya from deforested areas of the Amazon. That was in April. The chickens were noisy Greenpeace activists... It took McDonald's only six hours between the first 'homo chickenacius' invasion of its restaurants and the phone call to Greenpeace to discuss the issue. Why? Because fast-food consumers started to be choked with McNuggets and McChickens. Ethical consumption's appeal is increasing."

Article tagged as: agriculture, amazon, brazil, cargill, forests, mcdonalds, moratorium, soya