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Spain lawmakers pass contested coastal reform

Agence France-PresseMay 10, 2013 12:15
Spanish lawmakers on Thursday passed a building reform that promises to protect the country's coasts, but environmental groups complained it would not save the miles of shoreline already blighted by concrete. The lower house of parliament controlled by the ruling conservative Popular Party (PP) passed the bill which pledges to protect the "sensitive and vulnerable" coastline -- but also the owners of properties already built close to the shore.

Alberta charges Plains Midstream for massive 2011 pipeline spill

The Canadian PressApril 29, 2013 16:02
EDMONTON - The Canadian arm of a U.S.-based pipeline company is facing environmental charges related to a massive leak that spilled millions of litres of oil into wetlands and shut down a school in northwestern Alberta. Plains Midstream Canada faces three counts under the provincial Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act, which allows for maximum fines of $500,000.

Greenpeace makes appeal to Arctic oil whistleblowers

Agence France-PresseApril 24, 2013 14:31
Environmental group Greenpeace launched a website on Wednesday to attract whistleblowers from the oil industry to reveal risks with drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic. The site, www.arctictruth.org, is part of the group's bid to persuade governments to ban oil and gas exploration in the Arctic because of its fragile environment. Greenpeace is urging oil company employees and subcontractors to provide information through the site if they believe it exposes safety risks that could be in the public interest.

Greenpeace launches Arctic "whistleblower" site for oil workers

April 24, 2013 04:45
OSLO (Reuters) - Environmental group Greenpeace launched a website on Wednesday seeking to attract whistleblowers from within oil companies to reveal risks with drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic. Greenpeace wants governments to ban oil and gas firms from the fragile Arctic environment. It urged employees of oil firms and sub-contractors to submit information to the new website (www.arctictruth.org) if they knew about serious safety issues or risks that were in the public interest.

Greenpeace activists board coal ship off Australia reef

Agence France-PresseApril 24, 2013 01:48
Six activists from conservation group Greenpeace boarded a coal carrier on the edge of the Great Barrier Reef Wednesday, calling for an end to exports of the fuel. The group, from five major coal exporting and consuming nations in Asia-Pacific that are being targeted by Greenpeace, sailed out to the MV Meister to stage a protest on the bow urging an end to the "Age of Coal". "Australia's coal exports are the nation's greatest contribution to climate change and plans are under way to roughly double the volume of coal we export," Greenpeace said in a statement.

Greenpeace activists board coal ship off Australia reef

Agence France-PresseApril 23, 2013 23:45
Six activists from conservation group Greenpeace boarded a coal carrier on the outskirts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef Wednesday calling for an end to exports of the fuel. The group of six, who come from five major coal exporting and consuming nations in the Asia-Pacific being targeted by Greenpeace, sailed out to the MV Meister to stage a protest on the bow urging an end to the "Age of Coal".

Rights groups slam New Zealand ban on sea protest

April 15, 2013 23:45
Rights groups and conservationists on Tuesday condemned a New Zealand move to ban protests at sea, accusing the government of pandering to the interests of oil companies. A planned new law allows the military to arrest protesters in New Zealand's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and ramps up the penalties facing demonstrators to include jail terms of up to a year and fines reaching NZ$100,000 ($84,000).

Greenpeace, partners to test Senate aspirants' greenness

April 5, 2013 16:46
Environment watchdog Greenpeace Southeast Asia plans spearheading this month a forum aimed at scrutinizing 2013 senatorial candidates' respective platforms to see if these are truly green. Greenpeace campaigner Francis Joseph dela Cruz noted such scrutiny is due to promote public discourse and action on better protecting the environment which is increasingly facing climate change and other threats. "We'll test the candidates to see if they're green," he said.

Tons of toxic residues keep China quake victims from their homes

April 2, 2013 15:03
Beijing, Apr 2 (EFE).- Several cities and villages built in China's Sichuan province for victims of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake are ghost towns because no one wants to live next to the mountains of dangerous residues piled up there by a chemical plant, Greenpeace said Tuesday. Those who do live next to those slagheaps of toxic phosphogypsum complain that they "feel pain" when they drink water from the area and notice a general decline in their health.

China fertiliser leaves tons of harmful waste

April 2, 2013 02:45
Mountains of hazardous waste left from China's huge phosphate fertiliser industry are polluting nearby communities and waters, the environmental group Greenpeace said in a report on Tuesday. China, the world's top maker of the material, has seen production more than double over the past decade to 20 million tons last year, leaving 300 million tons of a byproduct called phosphogypsum that can contain harmful substances. "It's critical the government addresses this issue and assists the victims of corporate selfishness," Greenpeace activist Lang Xiyu said in a statement.
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