Greenpeace
Advocacy Group and Nonprofit Organization
Climate activists dump tons of coal in Sweden...the activists would face any charges. In Poland, Greenpeace activists also placed a high banner on a gantry at the coal transit station in Malaszewice, near the eastern border town of Terespol. Several activists occupied the gantry to... In this article: Coal, Greenpeace, Sweden, Vattenfall, European Union, Stockholm, E mail, Profen, and Germany |
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boston.com - Latest news | October 28, 2009
Climate activists stage coal protests in Europe
...among the biggest producers and users of coal in the 27-nation bloc. Greenpeace activists said Sweden -- which now holds the EU presidency -- must set a better example. Even though the country relies mostly on nuclear and hydro power for...
In this article: Coal, European Union, RWE, Europe, Carbon, Vattenfall, Fredrik Reinfeldt, Copenhagen, and Stockholm
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The Hindu - News | November 25, 2008
Green groups want more EU action
...global warming. The groups include Greenpeace and WWF and insist that the 27-nation EU should not cave in to demands by Poland, Italy and others to water down commitments made last year to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The financial...
In this article: European Union, Global warming, WWF, Brussels, Poland, and Italy
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Turkish Daily News | September 23, 2008
Rainbow Warrior campaigns against coal - Turkish Daily News Sep 23, 2008
...is to be held, in December. When they arrive in the Polish city of Poznan, Greenpeace will cooperate with the Climate Rescue Station and the local community, which is struggling with coal mining. But they say this will not be the...
In this article: Coal, Greenpeace International, Waste, Istanbul, Global warming, Turkey, and Greece
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BBC News | March 25, 2009
Poland reverses to spare wetland
...so work can begin next year. Original plans to have a 16km (10-mile) section of the road cut through the valley on concrete pillars had drawn angry protests from environmental groups, including Greenpeace. "Piercing the peat bog with...
In this article: European Union, Poland, Rospuda, Injunction, Donald Tusk, Finland, and Augustow
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PC World: Latest Technology News | January 08, 2009
Only at Expo: Aches Be Gone!
...but did not discuss... Greenpeace Still Hunting for Truly Green Electronics New consumer electronics products are a little greener than those on sale a year ago -- but manufacturers could do much more. Dell to Move Manufacturing, Lay...
In this article: Apple, Massage, Migraine, Dell, Poland, and Ireland
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Wikipedia | October 06, 2009
Konin
...Conference in nearby Poznan. The presence of Greenpeace was generally well received by locals who came in the hundreds to participate in activities and listen to lectures about the environmental situation. Krzysztof Gorczyca - historian,...
In this article: Konin, St. Bartholomew, Poland, Warta river, and Teutonic Knights
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The Seattle Times | December 05, 2008
Polish villagers combating coal company
Coal, which powered the industrial revolution of the 1800s and still provides 40 percent of the world's electricity, is the most polluting source of energy available and one of the largest contributors of carbon emissions, says Greenpeace.
In this article: Coal, Carbon, Poland, European Union, Konin, Expropriation, and Global warming
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www.canada.com
East-West rift derails EU climate funding offer
...developing world. "Today's EU fiasco has made the chance of failure in Copenhagen very real," Greenpeace campaigner Joris den Blanken said after EU finance ministers failed to reach agreement at talks in Luxembourg. "Instead of laying...
In this article: European Union, Climate change, Copenhagen, Europe, Kyoto Protocol, Hydrocarbon, Jacek Rostowski, and Poland
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Greenpeace is an international non-governmental organization for the protection and conservation of the environment. Greenpeace utilizes direct action, lobbying and research to achieve its goals. Greenpeace has a worldwide presence with national and regional offices in over 40 countries, which are affiliated to the Amsterdam-based Greenpeace International. The global organization receives its income through the individual contributions of an estimated 3 million financial supporters.
Greenpeace, originally known as the Greenpeace Foundation, was founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1972. On September 15, 1971, the Don't Make a Wave Committee sent an eighty foot halibut seiner “Phyllis Cormack”, from Vancouver, to oppose the United States testing nuclear devices in Amchitka, Alaska. While the boat never reached its destination and was turned back by the US military, this campaign was deemed the first using the name Greenpeace.
In 1972, the Greenpeace Foundation evolved in its own right to a less conservative and structured collective of environmentalists who were more reflective of the days counterculture and hippie youth movements who were spearheading the social revolution of the 1960s and 1970s. The social and cultural background from which Greenpeace emerged heralded a period of de-conditioning away from old world antecedents and sought to develop new codes of social, environmental and political behavior.
The focus of the organization later turned from anti-nuclear protest to other environmental issues: whaling, bottom trawling, global warming, old growth. nuclear power, and even genetically modified organisms.
On its official website, Greenpeace defines its mission as the following:
- Name:
- Greenpeace
- Type:
- Non-governmental organization
- Location:
- Amsterdam, Netherlands (international)
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 1971
- Key People:
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- Gerd Leipold, Executive Director
- Lalita Ramdas, Chairman
- Revenue:
- €212,316,000 (2007)
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