China Cannot Be Blamed for Rising CO2 Emissions: Britain Official

...ill well below those of rich nations. Adding to Ashton's comments, greenpeace UK Director John Sauven said, "It is estimated that the average American st...ly more polluting than Japan, Europe or the US," Sauven added. The greenpeace director went on to criticise the pattern of western investment in China as...

Everest, Five Other World Heritage Sites Face Climate Change Risk

...mpact of climate change, feel environement protection experts and groups . Urging the United Nations to act quickly on the matter, groups like greenpeace and the Climate Justice Programme have petitioned the global body to list the locations as being "in danger". Nations that have signed the UN ...

Tritium Risks at New Heights

... greenpeace says nuclear power plants in Canada could be releasing dangerous levels of ... standard when it comes to the release of tritium, Shawn-Patrick Stensil of greenpeace said the findings should prompt the government to reconsider the dangers of...

Health Checks on Workers Dismantling Blue Lady in Gujarat

...d in June off the Alang ship-breaking yard, contains more than 900 tonnes of asbestos which would put the health of workers at risk. A recent greenpeace report said that thousands of ship breakers in countries such as India, China and Pakistan had probably died in the past two decades from accidents or...

Study Focus on Environmental Hazards Posed by IT Scraps

...ter, and raw materials go into PC manufacturing. It's been estimated that 15 kg of raw materials are needed for one processor, says Martin Hojsik from greenpeace International in Bratislava, Slovakia. It is clear, however, that valuable material is built into and around the PC: the metal casing in particu...

GMO Corn Causes Liver, Kidney Problems in Rats: Study

... Environmental group greenpeace launched a fresh attack on genetically modified maize developed by U.S. bio...n consumption presents signs of toxicity," Arnaud Apoteker, a spokesman for greenpeace France said in a statement. Campaigners against Genetically Modified ...

Bhopal Gas Victims Demand Treatment of Children With Birth Defects

...thoxychlor that can cause birth defects are still present in the groundwater samples collected from the area. International environmental organisation greenpeace reported finding tetra-, penta- and hexa- chlorobenzene as well as lead and mercury in soil and groundwater samples, all of which can cause birth defe...

Babies in Womb Exposed to Harmful Chemicals

...s those found in flame retardants that have leaked into the environment. Last year, a similar report by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) UK and greenpeace found that babies are being exposed to a whole array of chemicals at the most vulnerable point in their development. Blood tests of 30 newborn ...

French Ship docks in Alang, Gujarat

...r-causing toxic waste which the workers at Alang cannot handle effectively. greenpeace and other groups have pointed a finger at the pressure tactics which the co...nceau which was on its way to Alang, after an exhaustive drive launched by greenpeace and other environmental groups. ...

Greenpeace Says 93,000 Extra Cancer Deaths Due To Chernobyl Fallout

... greenpeace has rejected the UN findings that claim an extra 4,000 cancer deaths would ...ad released the report saying that there would be 4,000 deaths from cancer. greenpeace suggests that this number has been grossly underestimated and says that 270...

Greenpeace in Biological News

Universities develop a more sustainable future

...tainable University: Relating Ecological Thinking, Learning and Research", will feature a keynote speech by Professor Michael M'Gonigle, co-founder of greenpeace International and Professor and Eco-Research Chair of Environmental Law and Policy at the University of Victoria. Putting the event into context, D...

TAU scientists probe 'deep' questions aboard EcoOcean's environmental research ship

...ho helped conceive and fund the idea of giving a free, floating marine research lab to any scientist who needed it. I didnt want us to be just another greenpeace group of environmental activists. My dream was to build the foremost research vessel for high-level scientific marine research. I wanted to be able to...