The theme of China’s annual National People’s Congress taking place this week – the proceedings of which remain highly secretive beforehand – has been largely an economic one. Although the environment is hardly the priority issue du jour, China has not entirely changed its course with re...

AND NOW, AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI Satire by Shawn Goodwin Good morning, Fidels and infidels! My name is Ayman al-Zawahiri, and I am the second in command of al Qaeda Terrorism Incorporated (AQTI). Our Zionist lawyers advised us to incorporate our organization so we would not be pe...

It’s Jackass meets environmental activism! Okay, so maybe it's a little heavier on the Jackass side. Earlier this week, dinner jacket-clad Greenpeace representatives entered the BP headquarters in London and staged an impromptu award ceremony. They attempted to present the oil company with an “...

It wasn't all that long ago that supporting nuclear power as a Democrat in New York State was an easy way to lose an election. "In 1992 I was in a three-way race for the State Assembly," said Assemblyman Kevin Cahill, whose opponents in that race were a high school math teacher in his fift...

With all of the time and energy we expend using computers, it makes sense that developing energy efficient alternatives should be a high priority for technology companies. And who better to grab the reins and innovate this category than Apple, reinforcing their commitment to bringing leading edge so...

Photo ©Greenpeace/Kate Davison Sjoerd Jongens, 57 years old, died yesterday in a bicycle accident on his way to work here at Greenpeace International in Amsterdam. He joined Greenpeace in 1987, when he took on the job of radio operator at World Park Base in Antarctica -- a place he loved for its ...

If Greenpeace wanted attention, it got it: The organization released a report this week rating supermarkets on the sustainability of their seafood selection, and a lot of people pretended to be shocked, shocked, that any environmentally dicey fish were being sold. Notably, of course, the National Fi...

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New movie damns Monsanto's deadly sins 07 March 2008 Aerial view of a crop circle made by local farmers and Greenpeace volunteers in Isabela province, 300 km northeast of Manila. The crop circle, with a slash over the letter 'M' symbolizes farmer's rejection of genetically-modified Bt corn crops fro...

You might remember that I wrote a blog entry about my switch to the green electric utility "Lichblick" (Germany) a while ago. I did that purely out of environmental reasons, I didn't want to continue to waste money on polluting and/or dangerous crap such as fossil or nuclear power. Yes, even if that...