Greenpeace

Enviroment 08/18/21, 22:11

New data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said July 2021 was the warmest month ever recorded, implying that climate change is becoming more dangerous—a controversial theory among scientists. "July is typically the world's warmest month of the year, but July 2021 outdid itself as the hottest July and month ...

Science 09/09/19, 15:14

The head of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Sept. 6 that the alarmist narrative on climate change resembles "religious extremism." In an interview with the Finnish magazine Talouselämä, Petteri Taalas said that he does not accept the alarmist arguments that the end of the world is near. "It's not going ...

Enviroment 04/27/19, 08:11

Greenpeace is seeking to move a lawsuit alleging it conspired against the Dakota Access oil pipeline from North Dakota state court to federal court, where the environmental group has already prevailed against racketeering claims alleged by the pipeline's developer.Greenpeace wants a federal judge to throw out the latest claims of ...

Europe 04/14/19, 05:58

The Latest on Finland's parliamentary election (all times local):12:40 a.m.Greenpeace is calling the parliamentary vote in Finland the "climate election," saying that "never before has climate and the limits of planet Earth been discussed with such seriousness in Finland."Chairman of the Finns Party Jussi Halla-aho, right, campaigns for the Finnish ...

Europe 03/14/19, 08:01

Four activist groups have launched legal action to try to take the French state to court for not doing enough to fight climate change.Greenpeace, Oxfam and two French environmental groups hope for an eventual court ruling requiring France to further lower carbon emissions, citing a similar, successful effort in the ...

Enviroment 02/14/19, 20:41

Indonesian plantation companies fined for burning huge areas of land since 2009 have failed to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties meant to hold them accountable for actions that took a devastating environmental and human toll.The palm oil and pulp wood companies involved in fires owe more than ...

Europe 01/25/19, 06:09

Miners' unions and environmentalists held competing protests Friday outside the German government building where experts were holding crunch talks on plans to end the country's use of coal.Unions oppose Germany quitting coal quickly and are demanding assurances from the government that jobs will be protected. Green groups, meanwhile, are calling ...

World 11/27/18, 06:28

A group of environmentalists has climbed a smokestack at Europe's largest lignite power plant in central Poland to spur politicians into action at the global climate summit that the country will host next month.The Nov. 20, 2018 photo shows disused lift and buildings of the closed 'Katowice' coal mine which ...

Europe 11/20/18, 07:07

Environmental groups claimed Tuesday that 10 utility companies are responsible for the majority of premature deaths caused by emissions from coal-fired power plants in Europe.In a report on the health impacts of coal emissions across Europe, five campaign groups blamed the utility companies for 7,600 premature deaths and millions of ...

Enviroment 10/09/18, 09:49

Coca-Cola, the world's largest soft drink maker, was the top waste producer, Greenpeace said, with Coke-branded plastic trash found in 40 of the 42 countries