February 2012

The Cameron-Sarkozy pact can't put the wheels back on the nuclear gravy train

Posted by Richardg — 22 February 2012 at 11:44am - Comments
Nuclear Action at Construction Site of Proposed Water Reactor
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EDF wants to build nuclear reactors in the UK but is facing problems back home in France

If you took the forced bonhomie of last week’s pact between David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy on civil nuclear power at face value, you'd think that we were heading for a nuclear renaissance. But this won’t be enough to put the wheels back on the nuclear gravy train.

Article tagged as: EDF, hinkley point, new nuclear, no new nuclear, nuclear

Tweeting from the rooftops: Shell, keep out of the Arctic

Posted by bex — 21 February 2012 at 5:00pm - Comments

It’s official. On Friday, Shell got a step closer to drilling for oil in our planet’s last wild ocean - the Arctic. 

The company’s oil spill response plan for the Chukchi Sea off Alaska was given the all clear by US authorities, even though it’s a work of almost complete fantasy.

Article tagged as: alaska, arctic, climate change, energy, national gallery, oil, oil spill response plan, shell

Common sense discarded

Posted by Ariana Densham — 20 February 2012 at 4:55pm - Comments

In the same way that discarding perfecting good fish, dead or dying back into sea is a disgrace, so is the attitude of many European fisheries ministers charged with ensuring sustainable fish stocks and viable fishing communities. For years they have ignored the obvious: that if they negotiated policies that allowed fish stocks to recover and championed low impact fishing, they would create more jobs.

Article tagged as: CFP, common fisheries policy, discards, NEF, richard benyon

Yet more proof that Asia Pulp and Paper's green claims don’t stack up

Posted by jamie — 16 February 2012 at 3:04pm - Comments
Deforestation in Sumatra, Indonesia by Sinar Mas supplier PT Arara Abadi
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Deforestation in Sumatra, Indonesia by Sinar Mas supplier PT Arara Abadi

Another blow has been delivered to the credibility of Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), thanks to some excellent work by WWF. In a survey of the certification bodies that APP regularly references to prop up its flimsy claims of sustainability, none of them would support APP's assertions about its environmental performance.

Article tagged as: APP, asia pulp and paper, deforestation, eyes on the forest, forests, indonesia, PEFC, rainforests, SGS, WWF

Rex Weyler on tar sands and Keystone XL

Posted by Anders79 — 15 February 2012 at 12:28pm - Comments
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A discussion between Anders Lorenzen, from SW London Greenpeace, and Rex Weyler one of the early Greenpeace pioneers, who's still active today.

Article tagged as: climate change, keystone xl, pipeline, tar sands

What do you think we should be doing to save the Arctic?

Posted by bex — 13 February 2012 at 10:46am - Comments
Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man Recreated on Arctic Sea Ice
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Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man recreated on Arctic sea ice by John Quigley

As I write, major oil companies like Shell, ExxonMobil and Chevron are planning their moves into the Arctic to exploit its vast mineral resources. The five Arctic states are beginning the process of carving up the high north. Meanwhile, the ice keeps melting – we’ve now lost 75 per cent of Arctic sea ice in just 30 years. The global battle to protect the Arctic - from oil exploration, from industrialisation and from climate change – needs to be ambitious, bold and successful. So we’re asking you: what do you think we should we be doing to save the Arctic? 

Article tagged as: antartica, arctic, arctic drilling, climate change, climate impacts, take action

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