Archive for the ‘Business & Politics’ Category

• European parliament election results strengthens the Greens

  Photo credit: rockcohen Green political parties from across Europe made a successful European parliament election this past week. The European Greens gained 11 new seats in the parliament and will now have a total of 46 Green MEPs, an increase …

• Co-founder of the Pirate Bay wants you to vote green in the European elections

  Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi (more known as brokep) the co-founder of the Pirate Bay, the world’s largest BitTorrent tracker, also wants you to vote green in the upcoming European elections. Watch: via Vote or Die 2009 The upcoming European Elections are …

• European citizens: This is our chance to vote for the climate

  Photo credit: rockcohen The upcoming European Elections are just a few weeks away. And when it comes to saving the climate this EU election is one of the more important ones. And I believe it’s definitely something you must take …

• Watch: Emma Thompson gets tough about Heathrow decision

  A third runway is proposed to be built at the Heathrow airport in the UK. Once constructed the third runway would make Heathrow to the single biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the UK. It’s expected that the airport …

• Tamara Stark: Don’t blame China!

  Photo credit: MK Media Productions Tamara Stark, Communications Director at Greenpeace in the UK, writes this spot on blog post about the environmental “China bashing” in the international media. “Having spent the last three years living in China, I and …

• FedEx, GM, Microsoft, Toyota, Visa, and WalMart funds climate denialism

  According to Climate Progress well-known companies such as Comcast, FedEx, GM, Honda, Microsoft, TimeWarner, Toyota, Visa, VW, and WalMart is helping to fuel global warming denialism by funding the Cato Institute. “Comcast, FedEx, GM, Honda, Microsoft, TimeWarner, Toyota (!), Visa, …

• Stupidity in action: Congressman says God decides when the earth will end

  The stupidity coming from the religious right in USA never ceases to amaze me. This time it’s Congressman John Shimkus’s (R-Ill) who said that God will decide when the earth will end during introductory remarks at a House Subcommittee on …

• France involved in another major nuclear scandal, accused of spying against Greenpeace

  Twenty four years after the deadly attack by the French secret services against Greenpeace’s flagship the Rainbow Warrior it seems France and its nuclear industry is once again caught up in a major scandal involving Greenpeace. A week ago the …

• Communities Coming Together for the Environment

  Photo credit: kevindooley When most of us think of a community fair, we think of ferris wheels, halls of mirrors, rodeos and greasy food. Families come from miles around to ride the rides, watch the shows, look at the animals …

• Unlawful, repressive and disproportionate policing at Kingsnorth Climate Camp

  After the Kingsnorth Climate Camp in August last year I heard that the police had been in overwhelming numbers and that there had been some “clashes” with the protestors. But I could never imagine how ruthless the actions from the …