This Month

October 30, 2008

October news

Posted by Juliette at 5:01 PM

Here is a summary of what we’ve done in October 2008 around the world:

Climate: We’re asking EU leaders, and in particular Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy to stop yielding to the car lobby and make strong emissions standards for cars in the EU.
The Rainbow Warrior and the Arctic Sunrise have been around Europe for a quit coal tour.
We are calling on EU leaders to take the lead in Climate protection.
We have launched the Energy [R]evolution, a report outlining the solution to stop our dependence on fossil fuels. It was followed by a video montage of John Kennedy calling for an energy revolution.

Forests: The Esperanza is currently in Indonesia as part of the Forests for Climate tour. We have been calling for an end to logging there as well as in Papua New Guinea to preserve the planet’s lungs.
Our ForestLove campaign has ended after over 500,000 watched our video and 100,000 people called for action. The EU has fallen short of the standards necessary to stop illegal logging.

Oceans: the Japanese whaling industry has been put in the spotlight after one of its ships was deflagged. The Panama authorities found that it was in violation of several national and international regulations.
Activists have blocked four vessels with a history of pirate fishing in Portugal. We have also released a list of notorious pirate fishing vessels.

Toxics: We are calling on Philips to take back and recycle its products. Philips has been in the red in our guide for greener electronics for a very long time.

Other news: Greenpeace and other NGOs are calling governments not to forget poor countries in the many financial bail-outs going on around the world.

The Rainbow Warrior and the Arctic Sunrise have been touring Europe for the Quit Coal tour. The Esperanza is in South East Asia calling for forest protection.

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