Drilling Deep Again

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By Marii Stoltsen Activists fear there is a danger of a new oil spill as the UK government throw themselves in the midst of a new drilling contract.  With the devastation still prominent on the Gulf Coast, there is a worry that no lessons have been learned from the latest environmental disaster. Last week, UK [...]

Greenpeace members jailed in Denmark for twenty-two days for bursting official dinner

By Irene Gimeno  Four Greenpeace members, including the president of the organization in Spain, were arrested in Copenhagen on the 17th of December 2009 to remain in prison until the 7th of January because the Danish Superior Court decided so after they faked their identities in an official dinner organized by Margarita II of Denmark [...]

Of Whales and Men

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by Aly Fraser- 8th October ’09 The Institute for Cetacean research in Japan recently released its kill figures for the 2008/2009 Antarctic whaling season. Of the quota of 935 Minke whales 679 were caught and only 1 of the desired 50 endangered Fin whales. However this was not the fault of nature; This season’s catch [...]

Tesco Cuts Carbon Footprint

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Tesco have unveiled ambitious new plans to generate energy on-site at 50 of its UK stores, it revealed earlier this month.  Making decentralised energy generation is a key part of the strategy to halve the carbon footprint of its existing estate by 2020. Lucy Neville-Rolfe, Corporate & Legal Affairs Director, said: “At Tesco, we care [...]

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