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Russian government votes for Arctic 30 amnesty

Posted by Esther Freeman — 18 December 2013 at 4:43pm - Comments

Big news! The Arctic 30 have been granted amnesty.

Earlier today the Russian government agreed to amend an amnesty bill to include the Arctic 30, and just now the bill was officially adopted by their parliament. This means legal proceedings against them will be halted and they should be home soon.

Article tagged as: arctic 30, climate change, free the Arctic 30, oil, russia

Brazilian slaughterhouses take one more step in the right direction

Posted by Richardg — 18 December 2013 at 12:07pm - Comments

The three biggest slaughterhouses in Brazil have taken one more step towards ending the cattle sector's involvement in deforestation in the Amazon - and with deforestation on the rise, that can't come soon enough.

Article tagged as: amazon, cattle, deforestation, forests, solutions

Greenpeace launch of "live" fracking report

Posted by kcumming — 16 December 2013 at 6:58pm - Comments

Fracking for natural gas in Pennsylvania

Fracking - three years ago most people hadn't even heard of it. Today it's in our papers, our politics and potentially our backyards. The pro-frackers accuse the anti-frackers of misinformation and vice versa. Figures about well numbers, truck movements, jobs and revenue tend to vary wildly. No one has yet gone back and done an assessment of all the evidence. Until now.

Article tagged as: bills, climate, farming, fracking, fracking site, green jobs, hydraulic fracturing, Lancashire, shale, Shale gas, water contamination, West Sussex

Canada's largest forest destroyer gets its knuckles rapped for forest destruction

Posted by Richardg — 14 December 2013 at 11:00am - Comments

Resolute Forest Products is the biggest logging company in Canada and the world's largest FSC-certified logger. But on Wednesday, its forest destruction finally caught up with it.

Article tagged as: boreal forests, canada, logging, Resolute

Brazilian agribusiness wants to destroy the Amazon to grow sugar

Posted by Richardg — 10 December 2013 at 6:20pm - Comments

Burning pasture in the Amazon

With deforestation rising after years of decline, why are Brazilian senators trying to make it easier to destroy the Amazon to grow sugar cane?

Article tagged as: amazon, deforestation, sugar

Santa turns to social media for help

Posted by mollybrooks — 6 December 2013 at 7:56pm - Comments

In the wake of Santa's recent revelation about his home, we've noticed some unusual activity on his social media accounts.

Article tagged as: save santa

World's largest palm oil trader turns over a new leaf

Posted by Richardg — 6 December 2013 at 6:12pm - Comments

Wilmar has a history of deforestation, but it says those days are now behind it

If there's ever a time for bad puns, it's when the world's largest palm oil trader promises to protect forests. Wilmar International, responsible for almost half of the world's palm oil, will no longer sell oil from companies that are destroying the rainforest.

Article tagged as: forests, indonesia, palm oil, tigers, wilmar

Russian embassy replies to your emails demanding freedom for the Arctic 30

Posted by Graham Thompson — 6 December 2013 at 3:10pm - Comments

Over 2.5 million emails have been sent to Russian embassies around the world

We've received a reply from the Russian embassy in London in response to the thousands of emails sent in support of the Arctic 30. It's a shame they didn't respond to everyone personally, but any response is always welcome.

It's a short letter from press secretary Artem Kozhin and a much longer Q&A-style document which sets out the Russian government's position, but naturally it's not one that I, or anyone else here, agrees with.

Here are the main claims and allegations, and details on why they're unfounded.

Article tagged as: arctic 30, climate change, russia, Save the Arctic

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