Environmental Organizations

Really Rare Rhinos Found by Dung-Sniffing Dogs (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - We all know dogs like to smell just about everything, including other animals' poo. Now scientists have figured out how to put the canines' odd pastimes to work to help sniff out the dung of endangered rhinos...

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Dangerous Greenpeace treaty

In December, President Obama will meet with leaders of other countries to possibly sign the Copenhagen Treaty. Greenpeace, with a coalition of six non-government organizations and 47 NGO experts from around the world, has...

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Permafrost thaw threatens Russia oil and gas complex: study

Thawing permafrost caused by global warming is costing Russian energy firms billions of dollars annually in damage control and shrinking Russia's territory, Greenpeace warned in a new study Friday. According to the report by...

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Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior sails into Edinburgh

Published Date: 21 November 2009 IT'S been battered, rammed, kidnapped, confiscated and chased. When it comes to ships, there's few with a name as famous as the Rainbow Warrior – and none with such a dramatic history. The...

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Greenpeace urges President to meet emission cut commitment

Around 100 Greenpeace activists staged a peaceful rally at the Hotel Indonesia circle here on Saturday to urge President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to meet his commitment to effecting a carbon emission cut in Indonesia.

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Reasons to be cheerful: how to turn economic gloom into environmental boom

Paul de Zylva presents this talk as part of the Green Week schedule Paul de Zylva presents this talk on: "Reasons to be cheerful: how to turn economic gloom into environmental boom," as part of Imperial College Green Week...

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Greenpeace accuses Taiwan tolerating overfishing tuna stocks

Taipei - International environment protection group the Greenpeace on Saturday accused the Taiwan government of tolerating illegal fishing and overfishing of tuna by the country's fishermen. At a news conference held in Taipei...

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NEWSMAKER: UN disaster expert knows first-hand what Copenhagen failure could entail

Among those keeping a close eye on the outcome of next month's climate summit in Copenhagen is the head of the United Nations body dealing with disaster risk reduction, who has seen first-hand the devastation wrought by...

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Vancouver's garbage: dumps full, recycling not enough

The first of four sessions called "Solid Waste: Options for the Region" took place in Coquitlam, B.C. on November 18. About 100 people turned out on a rainy night to have their say on measures that will impact over 2.25 million...

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Greenpeace says Europe smart power grid affordable

Revving up European power transmission networks to transport 90 percent of renewable energy by the year 2050 could be achieved at affordable sums, pressure group Greenpeace said in a study published on Friday.

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