Sustainability and Justice in the High Seas
<p>Greenpeace Southeast Asia urged Philippine-based tuna canneries to step up improvements in their systems and business practices to address issues on labor rights, sustainability, and traceable produce
Greenpeace
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Larger than life
Late January, the European Patent Office took a tough stand on gene patenting by upholding a patent granted to the Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine, Melbourne,
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Friction over fusion
European countries are trying to nuke a proposed Slovakian nuclear facility
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Heated protests over nuclear waste
Global resentment brews as Japan plans to ferry a new consignment of radioactive waste across maritime boundaries, flattening the latest perceptions and innovations of safety
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Reprieve for penguins
All's well that end well for the plump toddlers. France has finally decided to give up its 12-year effort to build a large Antarctic landing strip at the French base of Dumont d'Urville, on
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Bigger than some governments
When it started, it was considered a part of the lunatic fringe. Greenpeace is today perhaps the most influential of green movements
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Thorp gets the nod
MUCH to the dismay of environmentalists in the UK, British Nuclear Fuels has been given a go-ahead for its Thorp plant by the High Court. The decision marks the end of a long battle between the
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Using yen as bait fails to lift whaling ban
The Japanese are furious that the moratorium on commercial whaling has been extended. They and the Norwegians say they will continue to harpoon minke whales for "research".
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Nuclear tank explodes in Siberian plant
A blast in a secret weapons factory in the off limits city of Tomsk 7 shook western Siberia recently and revived memories of Chernobyl.
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Jaitapur: CM Chavan confirms Finn was his European man
Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday confirmed that the
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CETPs: in fashion
Pollution from small-scale industries has grown by leaps and bounds. So, building common effluent treatment plants (cetps) has become a fashion. The Union ministry of environment and forests (mef)