Alaska Pollock Fishery on the Verge of Collapse The world?s largest food fishery is on the verge of collapse. Pollock, used to make McDonald?s fish sandwiches, frozen fish sticks, fish and chips, and imitation crabmeat, have had a population decrease of 50 percent since last year.
Congo logging review could lead to more forest desctruction
Illegal logging is rapidly destroying the Earth's stores of natural resources at a time when runaway climate change threatens life on every continent. However, a review of the legality of 156 logging contracts in Democratic Republic of Congo will put its ancient forests in peril, rather than protect them.
New Greenpeace Earth balloon takes flight
Over the years hot air balloons have played a lead role in several memorable Greenpeace actions around the globe, and now Greenpeace USA has a balloon to call our very own. We?re happy to announce that our brand new Earth balloon has passed its FAA flight test this morning and later made its inaugural flight outside Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Greenpeace and Ben & Jerry's bring climate-friendly refrigeration to the US
Greenpeace and Ben & Jerry's today announced that the ice-cream maker is the first US company to use F-gas free cooling technology in the United States. The company's Cleaner Greener Freezer uses Hydrocarbon, a natural refrigerant that is much better for the environment than F-gases.
As Arctic Sea Ice Reaches 2008 Low, Street Art Project Highlights Shared Fate of Polar Bears, Humanity Greenpeace has launched a street art campaign aimed at highlighting the plight of the Arctic polar bear, which may very well become homeless if we don?t take serious action to combat global warming. Our intent with this project is to communicate how global warming is affecting the polar bear and to highlight the very real connection between the polar bear?s fate and our own.
New evidence of Kimberly-Clark?s shocking mismanagement of forest resources
Shocking new photos released today reveal the existence of a massive stockpile of old-growth logs that are destined to become disposable products like Kleenex tissue and Cottonelle toilet paper for tissue giant Kimberly-Clark Corporation (K-C). The logs originate from the Ogoki Forest, the single most ecologically valuable area left in Ontario?s southern Boreal Forest and the site of growing controversy.
Nokia tops latest Greener Electronics Guide
Company scores plummeted in the previous edition of Greenpeace's Guide to Greener Electronics, when new criteria on climate change were introduced. However, leading brands like Nokia and Samsung are now making significant progress in greening their electronics products, with improved environmental policies responding not only to these new energy criteria, but also to the more stringent chemical and e-waste criteria.
Negotiations between Greenpeace and AbitibiBowater come to an end
Greenpeace talks with logging giant AbitibiBowater have broken down, as the company is unwilling to work at protecting intact forest areas and continues to log in many critical forest areas, including caribou habitat.
Senator Collins Defends the Chemical Industry
On August 19th Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) responded to acoalition of groups in Maine and Greenpeace along with nearly 10,000 petition cards from across the U.S. urging her take leadership on chemical security legislation.
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The world?s largest food fishery is on the verge of collapse. Pollock, used to make McDonald?s fish sandwiches, frozen fish sticks, fish and chips, and imitation crabmeat, have had a population decrease of 50 percent since last year.
