Greenpeace Greets E.U. Fisheries Ministers With Demands to Stop Spain's Overfishing and Save Our Seas
As EU Fisheries Ministers begin debating the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform in Spain, Greenpeace flew airborne banners and displayed balloon-bound banners demanding ?Spain: Stop Overfishing? and ?EU: Save Our Seas.? Spain, which holds the European Union presidency, is hosting the fisheries meeting in Vigo. Greenpeace is singling out Spain as the worst overfishing nation of all EU member states. (05/05/2010)

Greenpeace condemns Czech energy giant?s coal-fired power play
Greenpeace denounced the Czech Environment Ministry?s decision today to accept a seriously flawed environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the expansion of the Czech Republic?s largest coal-fired power plant as a shamefully manipulated political decision, which does not respect expert analysis. The energy giant, CEZ, forced through the substandard plans for the extension of Prunerov II. (29/04/2010)

IT Leaderboard showcases growing divide between talk and action on developing climate solutions
The latest version of Greenpeace?s 'Cool IT Leaderboard' (1) reveals how some global IT companies are leading the industry by proving the potential of IT solutions to address climate change and reshape energy use, while others seem unable to decide if IT climate solutions are a significant business opportunity or a simple marketing strategy. (29/04/2010)

Greenpeace Seafood Ranking Shows Half of U.S. Retailers Now ?Pass? on Sustainability Efforts
In the fourth edition of the Greenpeace USA seafood sustainability scorecard - Carting Away the Oceans (1) - released today, half of the leading U.S. supermarket chains for the first time received ?passing? scores for their seafood sustainability efforts (2). Companies that moved into the ?passing? scoring range are: A&P, Delhaize, and Trader Joe?s. (28/04/2010)

Indonesia's palm oil giant Sinar Mas continues to break sustainability commitments
Today, as shareholders arrived at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Golden Agri Resources (GAR), the palm oil arm of Sinar Mas, Greenpeace released fresh evidence showing how Sinar Mas continues to destroy Indonesia's rainforests despite promises to stop. Deforestation for palm oil expansion is driving climate change and pushing endangered orang-utans to the brink of extinction. (27/04/2010)

Greenpeace calls for BASIC leadership to tackle climate crisis
As ministers from the BASIC countries (Brazil, South Africa, China, and India) meet today in Cape Town, Greenpeace displayed banners reading ?climate change needs BASIC leadership? on a boat directly opposite the 12 Apostles Hotel in Camps Bay where the conference is taking place. Greenpeace volunteers from BASIC countries held banners with the same message outside the hotel as the ministers gathered to meet. (25/04/2010)

Save Whales, Not the Whaling Industry: Greenpeace reaction to IWC Proposal
Following the release by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) of its proposal(1) in advance of its upcoming 62nd Annual Meeting in Agadir, Morocco taking place in June, Greenpeace Japan Programme Director Junichi Sato released the following statement: (23/04/2010)

Orang-utans urge shareholders ?Stop Nestlé using palm oil from rainforest destruction?
30 Greenpeace activists (1) dressed as orang-utans today called on Nestlé shareholders to ?give orang-utans a break? and stop profiting from destroying the rainforest and accelerating climate change as they arrived at Nestlé?s Annual General Meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland. (15/04/2010)

Old Habits Die Hard at First UN Climate Conference of 2010
The first UNFCCC meeting since the failed Copenhagen Climate Change Summit closed today, with countries agreeing to minimal measures on how to move forward. The meeting was marred by a complete lack of the required sense of urgency as many countries fell back on bad habits. (12/04/2010)