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Tinned tuna – a quick guide to fishing methods

Posted by Greenpeace UK - 12th August 2008
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Purse seined tuna Hook-and-line is a general term used for a range of fishing methods that employ short fishing lines with hooks in one form or another (as opposed to long-lines). It includes hand-lines, hand-reels, powered reels, rod/pole-and-line, drop lines, and troll lines, all using bait or lures in various… Read More

Dove story: how you’re helping to change Unilever’s mind on palm oil

Posted by Greenpeace UK - 1st May 2008
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Potentially good news for orang-utans – Unilever announced this morning that they’re now supporting our calls for a moratorium to protect Indonesia’s rainforests from destruction at the hands of the expanding palm oil industry. When we sent in our own ‘orang-utans’ to Unilever HQ last week to tell them that they needed to… Read More

The problem with carbon capture and storage (CCS)

Posted by Greenpeace UK - 3rd January 2008

Should we accept the building of new coal plants if they include carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology? Is CCS is a silver bullet? Or is it just another false solution, touted by an industry desperately trying to stay relevant in a carbon constrained world? CCS is a means of… Read More