Greenpeace


Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The GM food debate is nonsense

Crikey readers have their say.

Greenpeace and the agri-politics of GM wheat

Greenpeace’s destruction of a GM wheat trial was less about denialism about GM as the disastrous economic potential of contamination.

Low-key McKinsey can’t see the (rain)forest for the trees

Global consultancy giant McKinsey’s response to serious allegations made by Greenpeace and the Rainforest Foundation reported in Crikey last month has so far been conspicuously low key, writes campaigner and commentator David Ritter.

Leaked: 30,000 BP oil spill memos, emails and transcripts

Greenpeace has obtained some 30,000 memos, emails and transcripts which document last year’s disastrous BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Here’s what Tom Cowie and Amber Jamieson pulled out of the WikiLeaks-style document dump.

Cancun Calling: couple of all-nighters in final countdown

The parties have until Friday morning to agree on negotiations. Experienced negotiators say there is a fat chance of that, writes Giles Parkinson of Climate Spectator, from Cancun, Mexico.

Can we bank on business to take the environmental lead?

The Greenpeace campaign against ANZ raises an interesting question: Is there a responsibility on bankers to become society’s police when politicians fail to act? asks Climate Spectator’s Giles Parkinson.

The ‘unintentional’ reason why Australian babies consume GM food

The reason why Australian kids eat GM food without their parents knowing it goes back to a decision by the Howard government in 2000, and the apparent impossibility of guaranteeing GM-free food sources.

GM seed for Australian wheat: great initiative or costly experiment?

Australian wheat farmers may soon have no choice but to grow genetically modified seed, say anti-GM campaigners concerned by wheat giant Monsanto’s move into the local industry. And while industry group WA Farmers welcome the move, they also acknowledge that there must be some kind of guarantee that the “interests of Australia’s growers are going to be taken into account.”

Greenpeace: The billionaires behind the climate denial industry

Greenpeace has released an extensive expose on oil industry kingpins David and Charles Koch, who it says have quietly pumped $50 million into “climate-denial front groups”.

Spare a thought for the Japanese voice of anti-whaling

Not all of Japan is pro-whaling. Greenpeace’s Japanese operation is fighting the government on a number of fronts to end the slaughter, reports Dan Bray.

Our love affair with coal: hotter than ever

Forget renewable energy or gas: our states are embracing coal-fired power more enthusiastically than ever before.

Abbott’s army powerless against climate change

Tony Abbott will rally a “green army” to save the environment, but his anointed generals say it will be powerless in the face of climate change inaction.

A whale of a double standard

Australians care passionately about the plight of the whales, but what about tuna, caged chooks and all the other animals suffering in the name of dinner? The Japanese have every right to ignore Australia’s moralising, says Tom Ormonde.

Greenpeace: Our plan for a nuclear-free Australia

Greenpeace’s Steve Campbell says Australia can be powered by clean energy without resorting to nuclear like France, Finland and now the UK. Instead, we should follow the lead of countries like Spain, who can generate more than half of its energy needs from renewables.

Politics has failed — time for civil disobedience

The protesters who expect to be arrested this weekend in the campaign to close down Hazelwood power station may break the law, but they have justice on their side.

Yes bwana: how Australia called the shots at small islands forum

Here is the analysis of the PIF from Shirley Atatagi - climate political advisor for Greenpeace in the Pacific.

Greenpeace turns video game consoles on their makers

Greenpeace has released three very clever and creative videos attacking Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo for using toxic substances in their video game consoles, turning their scraps into spokespeople against the companies.

Post-traumatic environment dysfunction

The world’s responses to environmental issues make more sense if you think about the world as just one, big dysfunctional family, Greenpeace bloggers write.

The Greenpeace guide to greener electronics

Greenpeace has released the 12th version of their ‘guide to greener electronics’, ranking the top 17 electronics manufacturers on their products’ green credentials. Top marks go to Nokia, but it’s Game Over for Nintendo.

Mediterranean: sea of hell

Kings of understatement, Greenpeace, say climate change is turning the Mediterranean into a “sea of hell” with the sea now filled with “alien species” like poisonous puffer fish, and covered in slime from algae.

VIDEO: Western demand for beef and leather fuels Amazon deforestation

A three-year survey by Greenpeace has found that our appetite for beef and leather is responsible for intensified deforestation in the Amazon.

War and (Green)peace

Greenpeace in Australia raised their monthly donor prices recently, without properly consulting donors first. Michel Hogan examines the delicate trust between businesses and their customers.

Democracy and science vs Big Coal: the final round?

Coal industry front groups are again telling Kevin Rudd to do nothing on climate change, in defiance of public opinion, writes Dan Cass.

Greenies of the world unite

Greenpeace’s Steve Campbell delivers a climate change action call to arms.

Greenpeace brings Apple to heel

Apple has copped it from Greenpeace, which singled out the company by describing its products as producing iPoison, writes AntiGeek.