Twelve activists blocked cranes at the company's port yesterday to stop pulp exports, and displayed banners reading: "Forest Destruction: You can stop this". Four climbers remained locked onto one of the loading cranes for 26 hours, but were removed by

Amazon leaders need to agree serious cuts in greenhouse gas emissions today and that means committing to end deforestation. Stopping forest destruction in the Amazon and around the globe is one of the quickest and most cost effective ways to

Twelve activists blocked cranes at the port early this morning to stop pulp from being exported and others displayed banners that read: "Forest Destruction: You can stop this", urging world leaders to take strong leadership to avert climate chaos and

Earlier, the environmental group unveiled a 'Yes We Can' banner in front of the factory ship Nisshin Maru, calling on new Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and the visiting US President Barack Obama to work together to end whaling. In

According to independent nuclear safety analyst Dr. Helmut Hirsch the flaws in the reactor safety systems "in the worst case, can lead to a minor incident developing into a severe accident." Greenpeace Nordic commissioned Dr. Hirsch to produce an analysis

The move follows a Greenpeace protest on 12 November to prevent the company destroying the forest and peatland in the area, in order to grow acacia plantations for the pulp and paper it supplies to the global market. Containing 2

The cargo ship Happy Ranger made port in Finland today, carrying its cargo of steam generators from France, intended for a nuclear reactor under construction at Olkiluoto. In addition, it is also carrying a protest camp, complete with eight Greenpeace

Today's action was taken to highlight the fact that nuclear energy not only exposes the public to radiation hazards, but undermines effective climate protection. Greenpeace is calling on the Finnish government to stop the work at Olkiluoto 3. "Construction of

The Copenhagen Summit offers the single greatest opportunity for leaders to come together and create a legally binding agreement to avert climate chaos. Our leaders need to find the courage to do what is right instead of what is comfortable.

Today's action was taken to highlight the fact that nuclear energy not only exposes the public to radiation hazards, but undermines effective climate protection. Greenpeace is calling on the Finnish government to stop the work at Olkiluoto 3. "Construction of

The latest available science shows that to have only a 50% chance of stocks recovering by 2023 then an annual eastern Atlantic catch limit of 8,000 tonnes would need to be imposed. Despite repeated calls for the closure this fishery,

Danish Prime Minister Rasmussen has become complicit in a US so-called 'deal' which would put Obama's political difficulties ahead of the survival of the world's most vulnerable countries," said Kaisa Kosonen, Climate Policy Advisor for Greenpeace International, in Copenhagen ahead

Over 300 people from the nearby Teluk Meranti community arrived to stop police removing Greenpeace activists who have been taking direct action in the area to expose and prevent forest and climate destruction.

The Greenpeace action took place as President Barack Obama prepares to fly to Asia for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), his first visit to the region as President, and as the United States continues to block progress ahead of the

One group of activists unfurled a 20 x 30 meter banner in a freshly destroyed area of rainforest that read "Obama: you can stop this", urging him to take strong leadership and work closely with other Heads of State to

Greenpeace today released 'Agriculture at a Crossroads: Food for Survival', highlighting the ongoing food and climate crises and calling for a new ecological approach to agriculture. The report, published in the run-up to the World Summit on Food Security(1), details

It is now clear that an unchanged energy policy - the IEA's 'business as usual' scenario - will lead to catastrophic climate impacts and a temperature rise of about 6°C. While the IEA's rhetoric on climate change improves every year,

The launch of the Greenpeace 'Mediterranean Marine Governance' proposal coincides with the opening of the Barcelona Convention (BARCON) meeting in Marrakech, Morocco (1) , and calls for BARCON members to become central to a modernised system, enforcing commitments to create

Greenpeace activists completed the construction of a dam across one of the many canals built to drain the rainforest and peat soils in order to make way for plantations on the Kampar Peninsula on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.(2) This