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Testimony of an ex-whaler

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By John Burton for Greenpeace In 1949 I became a boy whaler. In the three ‘seasons’ I spent whaling in the Antarctic, I felt no disgust at being a participant in the killing of many Blue, Fin, Sperm and Humpback whale. Nor did any of my fellow crew members, to my recollection, ever question or [...]

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The Pacific Commons – Greenpeace urges international support for first high seas no-take area in the Pacific

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From Greenpeace Greenpeace is calling on Governments which are part of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) to support the Cook Islands plan to close off a large area of international waters to all fishing in order to restore Pacific tuna fisheries, protect biodiversity and eliminate pirate fishing. The Cook Islands proposal to [...]

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Oil Spill Truth: Georgia Hirsty Tells It Like it is

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Georgia’s day job right now is splicing lines and chipping paint aboard the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico, but that’s not all that’s on her mind. We’ll let her tell you. Please share this story!

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The Sacrifice Zone – Oil on the bottom of the Gulf

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By Kurt Davies for Greenpeace Now that was a totally new experience! Last night I got to touch clay and mud fresh from the bottom of the sea, 1,300 meters (4,000 feet) deep in the Gulf of Mexico. That was fun. Today we pulled up a sample and opened the lid to see little patches [...]

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Cat got your tongue? The Exxon Secrets Blog

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This database links Exxon Foundation and corporate funding to a series of institutions that have worked to undermine solutions to global warming and climate change for years. It details the working relationships of individuals associated with these organizations and their global warming quotes and deeds. Cat got your tongue? The ExxonSecrets Blog * Exxon continued [...]

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It’s our birthday and we’ll go beyond oil if we want to!

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Today, Sept 15, 2010, is the 39th birthday of Greenpeace and we have just arrived in Aberdeen on the Esperanza. Back in 1971 on September 15th – the first Greenpeace ship set sail to protest against a US nuclear test zone and peacefully prevent the destruction of Amchitka, a pristine island ecosystem off the coast [...]

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Give Earth a Hand

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This fragile Earth deserves a voice. It needs solutions. It needs change. It needs you. Many, many special thanks to: Avion postproduction, Barrandov Studios, Enzo Cinne, Panther Prague, Vantage Film Prague, and of course Stillking Films and Juraj Rothenbahler. Music and sound design by Hecq. Please share this story!

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We need the straight story, Is the oil gone?

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The following comes from Greenpeace. Mr. Obama, yes we can handle a relationship based on open communication.  Yes we can understand the facts of the situation if you give them to us. Yes we can handle truth instead of spin. This blog comes from John Hocevar, Greenpeace oceans campaigner. In a report released on August [...]

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Cat Island in the wake of the spill

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We watch day after day. The images can become overwhelming, but the individual life of each creature is relevant to all of us. Oil spill specialist and conservationist, Professor Rick Steiner, from the University of Alaska, moves along the shoreline of Cat Island in the Gulf of Mexico with a camera crew from Greenpeace. They [...]

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