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You did it! Mattel and Barbie drop the deforestation

Posted by jamie — 5 October 2011 at 11:42am - Comments
Ken dumps Barbie: banner on Mattel HQ
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Ken dumps Barbie: how our campaign launched in June

You read that right – following over half a million emails sent by you, Barbie has realised that toying with deforestation is no game. Mattel, the company behind Barbie, has decided that being involved in the destruction of Indonesia's rainforests is bad for business as well as the planet, and has dropped deforestation from its production line.

Article tagged as: APP, barbie, deforestation, disney, hasbro, indonesia, mattel, successes, Toys

The Good The Bad and The Queen gig

Posted by petespeller — 4 October 2011 at 12:00pm - Comments
The Good The Bad and The Queen
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The Good The Bad and The Queen

We’ve got some really exciting news for you, Damon Albarn, Tony Allen, Paul Simonon and Simon Tong will come together for a special one-off The Good, The Bad and The Queen gig celebrating 40 years of Greenpeace and the arrival of the new Rainbow Warrior III in London.

Article tagged as: greenpeace, Greenpeace 40th Birthday, Rainbow Warrior 3, the good the bad and the queen

Exposed: organised crime at sea

Posted by Ariana Densham — 2 October 2011 at 8:15am - Comments

You might not think that the criminal underworld smells of sea salt and fish guts, but when there are millions of euros up for grabs for Europe's fishing fleet the crooks with hooks surface.

Article tagged as: CFP, common fisheries policy, fish, overfishing, sustainable fishing

No oil in the Arctic for Cairn, but hazardous chemicals aplenty


Posted by bex — 29 September 2011 at 10:50am - Comments
The Arctic Sunrise and the Esperanza intercept Cairn Energy's controversial Arct
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Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise and Esperanza intercepting Cairn Energy's controversial Arctic rig

Yesterday brought the news that yet another Cairn well off Greenland - the sixth so far - has come up dry. The Delta-1 well will be plugged and abandoned and Cairn now has to pin its hopes for this year's drilling season on two remaining wells.

Article tagged as: arctic, cairn energy, climate change, go beyond oil, greenland, Hazardous chemicals, OSPAR, wildlife

Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai dies at 71

Posted by petespeller — 26 September 2011 at 3:59pm - Comments
All rights reserved. Credit: Christian Åslund / Greenpeace

Greenpeace is deeply saddened by news of Professor Wangari Muta Maathai's passing away. It is a sadness we are sharing with people right across the African continent, and the world.

Article tagged as: climate, environment, forests, kenya, wangari maathai

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