http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/greenpeace/ en-us Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:24:25 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2119874/posts There’s something a little creepy about historical figures being brought back to life to promote climate change alarmism, but the over-the-top environmentalists at Greenpeace have no qualms with using it as a tactic. A video posted on Greenpeace’s YouTube site portrays former President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas, making a plea for environmental activism to save the planet from the perils of global warming. “When man first walked upon the moon, it defined a generation,” Kennedy is depicted saying. “As this new millennium dawns, we face a greater challenge – climate change threatens our... businessandmedia.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2119874/posts#comment Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:24:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2104936/posts WARSAW (AFP) – Ecologists raised the alarm Monday over global warming as environment ministers from more than 30 states met in Warsaw ahead of December's UN Climate summit focused on slashing greenhouse gases. "We're ringing alarm bells -- the UN summit in Poznan must deliver a deal that will keep global warming below two degrees Celsius to the end of this century," Kaisa Kosonen from the global environmental group Greenpeace told reporters. "Five years from now will be too late," she said as activists rang bells outside of the Warsaw hotel where ministers were gathered. "We are currently on a... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2104936/posts#comment Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:17:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088693/posts ANKARA (AFP) - Police detained 40 protesters Tuesday in a demonstration against government plans to build Turkey's first nuclear power plant, a day before the tender process was to open, activists said. Several dozen members of environmental groups, among them Greenpeace, demonstrated outside the energy ministry in central Ankara, brandishing banners that read "No to nuclear." Some of the protesters, dressed in black overalls and their faces painted white, lay on the ground posing as corpses. Police officers detained about 40 people on the grounds that the demonstration was unauthorized, Greenpeace said. Overriding strong opposition from environmentalists, the energy ministry... AFP via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088693/posts#comment Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:33:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082773/posts September 12, 2008, 0:20 p.m. Crossing the LineTop NASA climatologist James Hansen endorses eco-vandalism. By Henry Payne Prominent NASA climatologist James Hansen, a close ally of global-warming activist Al Gore and one of the world’s leading scientific voices warning of a global climate crisis, has endorsed eco-vandalism. Hansen’s controversial turn stems from testimony he gave this month in a London criminal trial against Greenpeace supporters who were accused of defacing — at a cost of $60,000 in property damage — Kingsnorth, an English coal plant. Hansen testified in support of the defense’s assertion that the Greenpeace members had a... National Review Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082773/posts#comment Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:28:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079760/posts "Six Greenpeace activists have been cleared of causing criminal damage during a protest over coal-fired power. " "Outside the court, activist Mr Stewart said the verdict was "a tipping point for the climate change movement". He said: "When 12 normal people say it is legitimate for a direct action group to shut down a coal-fired power station because of the harm it does to our planet then where does that leave government energy policy?" http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079760/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:25:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076420/posts Moore, founder of environment watchdog Greenpeace, said since the '70s, activists have overreacted to the threats posed by nuclear energy, while ignoring its benefits "as if all things nuclear were evil." Even the infamous Three Mile Island incident near Middletown, Penn., is no reason for irrational fears, said Moore, whose group is a grassroots movement that aims to unite business, environmental, academic, consumer and labor communities to support nuclear energy. As a result, there are some 104 nuclear plants safely operating today in the United States, Moore said. "Nuclear energy is not a nuclear weapon," he said. And unlike fossil... Michigan Live http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076420/posts#comment Sun, 7 Sep 2008 01:50:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074428/posts PORT MORESBY (AFP) - Environmental group Greenpeace said Thursday that its activists had boarded a logging ship in Papua New Guinea to prevent it exporting timber to China. Greenpeace Australia Pacific said four activists climbed on a loading crane aboard the ship Harbour Gemini at Paia Inlet on PNG's southwest coast to stop logs being loaded. Greenpeace argues the ship is being operated by Malaysian-owned logging company Rimbunan Hijau, which it accuses of breaking PNG's forestry laws. "We need to urgently protect these ancient forests to save our climate," Greenpeace campaigner Sam Moko said in a statement. "Greenpeace is asking... AFP via Yahoo! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074428/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:37:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056657/posts ALMOST ten years ago, a jury acquitted Lord Melchett, a British aristocrat who headed Greenpeace, of the wilful destruction of a field of genetically modified (GM) crops in Norfolk. Though police caught Lord Melchett and 27 other activists in the field, the jury was unwilling to convict. Talk of “Frankenfood” and “genetic pollution” sowed popular fear of GM crops. Ten years on and anti-GM activists are still at it: in June, unknown vandals destroyed a field of genetically modified potatoes near Tadcaster, North Yorkshire. If they are ever caught, they may find themselves in for rougher treatment than their forerunners:... The Economist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056657/posts#comment Tue, 5 Aug 2008 06:24:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054868/posts The answer is ... children. Well, maybe a few of them qualify as young adults. But the young 20-somethings of America are becoming extremely politically active and they have chosen their cause: the environment. P Here's an example of what I am talking about. Greenpeace has a summer campaign called "Change It", which teaches 140 young people how to move lawmakers with grassroots campaigns. For 140 slots, Greenpeace received over 1,000 applications. The Greenpeace student coordinator Amanda Starbuck says, "To me, this is the strongest student movement since the 1960s ... The current generation is very environmental-minded and [has] a... NEALZ NUZE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054868/posts#comment Fri, 1 Aug 2008 14:27:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053443/posts Greenpeace, in an assessment of the 2008 Olympic Games, said Beijing had met most of its environmental commitments. "We are glad to see that Beijing has improved its infrastructure in preparation for the Olympics," Lo Sze Ping, Greenpeace China's Campaign director, said. "It has made public transport more convenient, upgraded home heating systems, improved water treatment and, to some degree, reduced its reliance on fossil fuels." The worldwide environmental nongovernmental organization yesterday released a report: Lessons from Beijing, an independent assessment of the environmental initiatives of Beijing's 2008 Olympic Games. The report acknowledged Beijing's increased use of energy efficient technologies... China Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053443/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:03:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051148/posts After many mind-sapping years of trawling through the morass of health scare stories, I formulated a number of laws, one of which was the Law of Beneficial Developments: The intensity of the scaremongering attack on any new development is proportional to the level of benefit that it endows. Unbelievably, the Chlorine Scare has returned. According to the science editor of the Daily Telegraph, Babies exposed to chlorinated water are at risk of heart problems. The Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051148/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:08:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041499/posts A Ketchikan jury correctly convicted a Greenpeace ship's captain of criminal negligence for sailing in Alaska waters without the proper oil spill response plan, the state appeals court ruled Thursday. The opinion partly cancels a 2005 decision by a Ketchikan judge to overturn guilty verdicts against Greenpeace Inc. and Arctic Sunrise Capt. Arne Sorensen of misdemeanor charges. At the time of its anti-logging campaign, the ship was carrying more than 70,000 gallons of "petroleum products," according to district court documents. In Alaska, non-tank vessels larger than 400 gross tons must file an oil spill response plan application five days before... The Fort Mill Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041499/posts#comment Sun, 6 Jul 2008 17:44:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041007/posts Americans still say protection should be a priority over the economy, but nearly three in four favor offshore drilling. With the U.S. economy mired in a slump, Americans still believe saving the environment is more important than fixing the economy, according to a new poll released Thursday. But consumers are more closely divided on the issue than they have been in the past. According to a CNN/Opinion Research poll, 49% of Americans say protection of the environment should be given priority, even at the risk of curbing economic growth. That compares to 44% of those surveyed who said the economy... CNNMoney.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041007/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jul 2008 06:56:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036894/posts PARIS (Reuters) - Greenpeace France activists on Wednesday blocked for the second day the entrances of three of the four quarries used by EDF to build its new-generation nuclear reactor, the environmentalist group said. But French power group EDF said the action was not preventing building of the 1,600-megawatts reactor. "The action is not hindering the works," an EDF spokeswoman said, without giving more details. Work at the building site of Flamanville were partly halted at the end of May following an order from France's nuclear safety authority (ASN) due to several irregularities, but EDF was given the go-ahead to... al-Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036894/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:29:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034172/posts TOKYO (AFP) — Japanese police on Friday arrested two Greenpeace members who had alleged corruption in the country's controversial whaling programme, accusing the activists of stealing whale meat. Police raided five locations, including the international environmental group's Japan headquarters in Tokyo, officials said. Police arrested Junichi Sato, 31, a prominent voice in the media against whaling, and fellow Greenpeace member Toru Suzuki, 41, a police spokesman said. Last month, Greenpeace said a lengthy investigation revealed that whalers on the taxpayer-backed hunt had taken home meat and sold it on the black market. It intercepted one box of meat and... Agence France Presse and Google http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034172/posts#comment Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:38:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031627/posts Greenpeace declares war on coal June 16, 2008 GREENPEACE has called for all coal-fired power stations to be shut down by 2030 as part of a radical energy plan The environment group wants an immediate ban on new coal-fired power stations - and extensions to existing plants - and for the Federal Government to start planning on shutting them down for good. The group has released a roadmap - Australia's Energy (R)evolution - to turn the tide of increasing greenhouse-gas emissions. "Avoiding catastrophic climate change means an inevitable phasing out of coal," the roadmap said. "The single biggest contributor to... The Australian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031627/posts#comment Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:04:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031228/posts The organisers’ graphic prediction on how global warming will affect La Manga has caused sales of houses in the coastal area to drop by 50 percent. MADRID - A group of real estate developers and property owners in La Manga del Mar Menor - a spit of sandy, low-lying coastal land and Murcia's premier beach resort - are threatening to take Greenpeace to court over its graphic predictions of what global warming may do to the area, which they say have caused house prices to plummet. The lawsuit, which the plaintiffs plan to present unless Greenpeace agrees to an out... Expatica.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031228/posts#comment Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:29:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023837/posts ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish tuna fishermen rammed their boat into a Greenpeace ship Friday and pelted it with lead fishing weights, the environmental group said. No one was injured. The fishing vessel was among several that swarmed the Arctic Sunrise, which was carrying activists campaigning against overfishing in the Mediterranean. The boat rammed the Greenpeace ship at high speed, said Yesim Aslan, a spokeswoman for the group. The barrage of lead weights damaged a helicopter that the activists had used earlier in the day to document the vessels' activities, Aslan said. MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023837/posts#comment Sat, 31 May 2008 02:18:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011808/posts CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - A top Canadian official sought to calm an international uproar over hundreds of ducks killed at Canada's biggest oil sands plant by promising, at a U.S. oil industry event on Monday, that the incident will not go unpunished. The deaths of 500 ducks last week on a Syncrude Canada Ltd wastewater pond was unacceptable, Industry Minister Jim Prentice said during an acceptance speech after Canada was named "Country of the Year" by Energy Magazine. "We anticipate those responsible will face full scrutiny under Canadian law and, insofar as the government of Canada is concerned, there will... Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011808/posts#comment Tue, 6 May 2008 05:17:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007150/posts Food: Today's headlines are filled with Americans expressing their fears of food shortages and frustration with spiraling grocery prices. As part of the solution, it's time to give genetically modified crops a try.There's much resistance to overcome, however. In the fall of 2006, Friends of the Earth publicly asked governments in the hungry African countries of Ghana and Sierra Leone to recall American food aid that contained genetically modified rice. Four years earlier, when southern Africa was tormented by famine, the U.S. offered 540,000 tons of genetically modified grain. Though the World Health Organization estimated that nearly 14 million Africans,... IBD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007150/posts#comment Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:55:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006829/posts When Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore first began second-guessing his opposition to nuclear power, he did what any good environmentalist would do: He buried it. The activist had already helped spearhead Greenpeace’s fight against nuclear testing and had gained international recognition after being arrested for shielding a baby seal from a hunter’s club. “I had always been afraid of nuclear waste,” he said in an interview. “I thought if I got anywhere near it, it would kill me. But deep down, intellectually, I knew it could work.” As global warming grew from scientific theory to public concern in the late 1980s,... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006829/posts#comment Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:52:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000953/posts The captain and first officer of the anti-sealing ship the Farley Mowat were due to appear in court in Sydney, N.S., on Sunday, a day after their arrest off the west coast of Newfoundland. They have been charged with interfering with the seal hunt after a confrontation with a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker two weeks ago. Their vessel was boarded and seized Saturday in the Gulf of St. Lawrence by RCMP officers, working with officials from the federal Fisheries Department and the coast guard... Paul Watson of the international group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, which owns the vessel, said its... CBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000953/posts#comment Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:40:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000776/posts Why he says they're wrong to view nuclear energy as 'evil'. Moore: 'Gas costs three times as much as nuclear, at least … Solar costs 10 times as much.' Patrick Moore is a critic of the environmental movement—an unlikely one at that. He was one of the cofounders of Greenpeace, and sailed into the Aleutian Islands on the organization's inaugural mission in 1971, to protest U.S. nuclear tests taking place there. After leading the group for 15 years he left abruptly, and, in a controversial reversal, has become an outspoken advocate of some of the environmental movement's most detested causes,... NEWSWEEK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000776/posts#comment Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:02:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994184/posts Alaska Science Forum December 25, 2003Growing California Glaciers and Carbon CalculationsArticle #1678by Ned Rozell This column is provided as a public service by the Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, in cooperation with the UAF research community. Ned Rozell is a science writer at the institute. Believe it or not, California has glaciers and they’re growing. These were two facts I learned at the recent meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco, when about 10,000 scientists gathered to present their work and catch up on the research of others. During the last 50 years, glaciers on the... Alaska Science Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994184/posts#comment Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:18:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993907/posts Beginning in the mid-1980s, Greenpeace, and much of the environmental movement, made a sharp turn to the political left and began adopting extreme agendas that abandoned science and logic in favor of emotion and sensationalism. I became aware of the emerging concept of sustainable development—the idea that environmental, social, and economic priorities could be balanced. I became a convert to the idea that win-win solutions could be found by bringing all interests together around the same table. I made the move from confrontation to consensus.Environmentalism has turned into anti-globalization and anti-industry. Activists have abandoned science in favour of sensationalism. Their... Greenspirt http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993907/posts#comment Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:33:00 GMT