World news about “Greenpeace” published by euronews.
Belgium may face legal battle after 2 nuclear reactors get green light Greenpeace are threatening to sue the Belgian government. The leading environmental activist network is threatening legal action after Belgium’s nuclear… 17/05/2013
Call for Arctic protection A trek to the North Pole organised by Greenpeace has ended with four young explorers including American actor Ezra Miller planting a flag on the seabed. It… 15/04/2013
Greenpeace ‘polar bear’ draws attention to Arctic drilling A Greenpeace protester dressed as a polar bear has been seen floating down Moskva River in Moscow. The organisation is trying to draw attention to a joint… 01/04/2013
Greenpeace activists block petrol pump close to Davos – nocomment Around 25 Greenpeace activists forced a temporary shutdown of a Shell petrol station near the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. Their goal was to protest… 25/01/2013
Greenpeace Louvre protest – nocomment Greenpeace activists hung a giant banner on Thursday from the iconic Louvre Museum Pyramid in protest against plans by French authorities to build an airport… 20/12/2012
Artisan fishermen demand ‘fairer EU quotas’ EU fisheries ministers met in Brussels on Tuesday with the aim of agreeing on fishing quotas for next year. The European Commission wants to slash the… 18/12/2012
Overfishing: can the EU influence change? The darkest warnings are becoming reality: the world’s fish stocks are collapsing. Many blame the so-called “supertrawlers” supported by public money. … 13/12/2012
Greenpeace cautions Brussels over new GM crops Greenpeace has delivered a warning to Brussels on the use of new GM crops. The organisation gathered outside the European Commission to oppose the… 07/11/2012
Greenpeace protest Gazprom Arctic offshore drilling – nocomment Activists from the international environmental organisation Greenpeace, some dressed up as bears, staged a protest near Russian energy giant Gazprom’s… 06/09/2012
Polar bears occupy Shell headquarters – nocomment Greenpeace activists occupy Shell’s office in Colombes, near Paris, to denounce the oil drilling in the Arctic. Greenpeace asks for creation of a global… 20/07/2012
Greenpeace activist drops into nuclear power plant – nocomment A Greenpeace activist landed his hang-glider in an EDF nuclear plant in Bugey, France in a move to raise awareness of what the environment group says are… 03/05/2012
The ‘green race’ to win back the environment Isabel Marques da Silva, euronews: Almost 200 world leaders will meet in Durban, South Africa, to discuss the challenge of climate change. The future of the… 29/11/2011
Spanish fishing practices slammed by twin probe Spain’s fishing industry is corrupt and continues to be subsidised by massive EU handouts, two new reports allege. The investigations, one from Greenpeace… 03/10/2011
EU tightens nuclear waste disposal rules The EU has agreed tougher rules on the disposal of nuclear waste. The new pan-European plan will mean radioactive rubbish from the 27 member state bloc’s… 19/07/2011
EU promises fishing policy reform Brussels has announced a major overhaul of its much derided Common Fisheries Policy. The European Commission insists the new reforms will end overfishing… 13/07/2011
Greenpeace demonstrates against nuclear energy in Rome – nocomment Greepeace activists demonstrate by Colosseum in Rome urging Italians to vote against nuclear energy in a forthcoming referendum. 11/06/2011
Bulgaria uncertain over new reactor Europe’s atomic energy anxiety finds Bulgaria hesitating over plans to get a second nuclear plant, in Belene, in the north. The government is concerned about… 17/03/2011
Greenpeace’s chief: ‘Stop gambling with kids’ future’ In the beginning it was dismissed as a fringe hippy movement – annoying but unimportant. Almost four decades on Greenpeace is arguably the biggest NGO in… 03/12/2010
Greenpeace campaigners climb Russian Arctic oil platformGreenpeace activists have climbed an oil platform in the Arctic, to protest against plans by the Russian energy giant Gazprom to carry out drilling… 24/08/2012
Shell under fire over Arctic drill plansScores of Shell petrol stations were shut down in London and Ednburgh on Monday as Greenpeace continued its campaign against the oil giant’s plan to drill in… 16/07/2012
Greenpeace flies into French nuclear plantA Greenpeace protester paraglided into a French nuclear plant site to highlight what the environmentalists called “gaps in reactor security”. It happened on… 02/05/2012
Greenpeace test for pollution near Total gas leakPotential environmental hazards following the Total gas leak in the North Sea are being highlighted by Greenpeace, who have been testing air and water close… 02/04/2012
Greenpeace warns of oil around Elgin gas leak platformEnvironmental group Greenpeace says there is a lot of oil around Total’s stricken Elgin platform in the North Sea. Activists sailed up to the exclusion zone… 02/04/2012
Climate change talks suspended in DurbanGlobal climate change talks in Durban have been suspended on the last day after a number of delegations including the European Union complained the current… 09/12/2011
Greenpeace raid on French nuclear plants endsTwo more Greenpeace activists have been arrested by the French authorities after breaking into the grounds of a nuclear reactor in the southern town of… 06/12/2011
Greenpeace breaks into French nuclear sitesGreenpeace activists have caused a major embarrassment to the French government by breaking into several nuclear sites. They filmed themselves inside one of… 05/12/2011
Nuclear waste reaches German destination at lastPolice managed to clear hundreds of anti-nuclear activists, who argue that transporting the waA convoy of nuclear waste has arrived at Gorleben in Germany for… 28/11/2011
Prison sentence for spying on GreenpeaceIn France two employees of energy giant EDF have been jailed for spying on Greenpeace campaigners. The firm was also fined 1.5m euros. The court found… 11/11/2011
Court ruling a ‘devastating blow’ for European scientistsThe European court of justice has banned patenting any stem-cell process that involves destroying a human embryo. Some scientists have described this as a… 18/10/2011
Protest ship changes rolesAs befits an environmental group, Greenpeace has carried out some recycling on a grand scale. It has retiring its ship the Rainbow Warrior II from active… 16/08/2011
Greenpeace members arrestedThe boss of ecowarrior organisation Greenpeace and four leading activists have been arrested on a Greenland oil rig after protesting against Arctic drilling… 18/06/2011
Greenpeace blame Barbie for forest destructionGreenpeace is pointing the finger of blame at Barbie. It claims packaging for the doll is contributing to the destruction of Indonesia’s rainforests. Her… 08/06/2011
Fukushima to get fall-out tentsReactor number one at the tsunami-damaged Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan is to be covered with a huge tent to help contain radiation. Tepco Electric Power… 14/05/2011
Japan battles to cool quake-hit nuclear plantJapanese engineers are struggling to pump radioactive water from around six reactors at the Fukushima nuclear plant. They are now using fresh water rather… 27/03/2011
Japan suspends whale hunt after protestsJapan says it has suspended its annual whale hunt in the Antarctic after being hounded at sea by anti-whaling protesters. There has been irritation in Japan… 16/02/2011
EU fisheries ministers urged to ditch destructive policiesThe potential destruction of Europe’s fisheries has been invoked by environmental activists outside quota talks among EU ministers, in Brussels. Greenpeace… 13/12/2010
Underwater warnings about climate changeA Greenpeace protest with a difference – as the climate change conference in Cancun continues, young activists dived among statues at a subaquatic museum to… 07/12/2010
Protests at bluefin tuna conferenceEight days to save bluefin tuna – that’s the dramatic message environmentalists are trying to drive home as talks opened on the future of the endangered fish… 19/11/2010
Tense talks over 2011 bluefin tuna quotasFishing quotas for Atlantic bluefin tuna are under the spotlight at a meeting in Paris. Some 50 member countries of the International Commission for the… 17/11/2010
Greenpeace shuts BP’s London petrol stationsGreenpeace claimed to have closed down all of BP ‘s petrol stations in London on Tuesday. The activist group said it had shut down all the oil giant’s 50… 27/07/2010
Planes, ships fall within EU CO2 reduction scopeAviation and shipping will be added to the European Union’s greenhouse gas reduction targets, under a proposal said to have been agreed by the environment… 21/10/2009
British MPs hear cold facts about global warmingAs British politicians returned to parliament after the summer break there was a stark message on climate change from without and within Westminster. The… 12/10/2009
