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Tesco drove Amazon deforestation through its beef sourcing

Posted by Fran G — 6 June 2012 at 9:40am - Comments
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Cattle Farm in the Amazon

The cattle industry is known to be the biggest cause of deforestation globally and it has now come to light that Tesco has driven this problem through its beef sourcing.

President Dilma - veto this Amazon forest code hatchet job

Posted by bex — 26 April 2012 at 1:51pm - Comments
Jaguar in the Amazon rainforest
All rights reserved. Credit: Greenpeace/John Novis
The Amazon is the planet's largest remaining rainforest, teeming with more wildlife than anywhere else on Earth.

Following years of intense pressure from the agribusiness sector, Brazil's parliament yesterday afternoon approved sweeping reforms to the country's forest protection law that spell destruction for the Amazon rainforest.

Apple - Time to clean our cloud!

Posted by petespeller — 24 April 2012 at 6:49pm - Comments
'Clean our cloud' poster in the window of Apple's London store
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Pasting up the 'Clean our cloud' banner at Apple's London store

Today, we went to Apple's flagship store in London to challenge them to clean up thier iCloud. Volunteers put up giant banners on the windows to catch the eyes of passers-by, as well as handing out hundreds of apples made from coal to customers at the Regent Street store.

Clean Our Cloud actions at HQ's of Microsoft, Amazon and Apple

Posted by petespeller — 18 April 2012 at 4:48pm - Comments
Action at Microsoft Offices in Turkey
All rights reserved. Credit: Caner Ozkan / Greenpeace
Action at Microsoft Offices in Turkey

Today we took the ‘How Clean is your Cloud’ challenge directly to Apple, Amazon and Microsoft, the three companies which need to switch from dirty coal to clean, renewable power. This challenge follows yesterday’s launch of our 'How Clean is your Cloud’ report.

Greenpeace activists scale Apple's HQ in Ireland

Posted by petespeller — 18 April 2012 at 11:23am - Comments
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Greenpeace activists on the glass frontage of Apple's HQ in Ireland

Early this morning climbers from Greenpeace International scaled the European HQ of computer giant Apple in Cork, Ireland challenging Apple to clean up its act and stop powering their iCloud with dirty coal. The very public message covering 15 metres by 5 metres across the glass roof of the HQ asks the company to ‘Clean Our Cloud’.

How Clean is Your Cloud?

Posted by petespeller — 17 April 2012 at 4:30pm - Comments

If you use a smartphone, Facebook, email or any sort of online storage then you're using what is referred to as "the cloud". Every day, our lives revolve more and more around the phenomenon that is the cloud. We check our email, store our music, and share photos and status updates. It’s a key part of how we connect with our friends and family.

But have you ever stopped to wonder… where does the cloud actually exist?

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