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Bolsonaro vows to fight ‘illegal deforestation’ in Brazil

Article Agency - 5 Aug 2019

The president has previously floated the idea of opening up protected rainforest areas to agriculture, a highly controversial move

Eskom: From fail to bail to auction block

Article Kevin Davie - 14 Jun 2019

A Greenpeace report outlines ways Eskom can adopt green technology and save itself financially

China plastic waste ban throws global recycling into chaos

Article Sam Reeves - 23 Apr 2019

In mainland China, imports of plastic waste have dropped from 600 000 tonnes per month in 2016 to about 30 000 a month in 2018

NGOs launch legal action against France over climate

Article Catherine Hours - 18 Dec 2018

The NGOs allege that France, where greenhouse gas emissions rose again in 2015, has not met its short-term climate objectives

UN warns paradigm shift needed to avert global climate chaos

Article Marlowe Hood - 8 Oct 2018

Earth's surface has warmed 1°C and is on track toward an unliveable 3°C or 4°C rise

Rid South Africa’s electricity plan of coal-fired power

Article bogdan TagDiv - 31 Aug 2018

At present, almost 90% of South Africa’s electricity mix consists of coal, but many of these plants fail to meet the required emission standards

Africa buys into nuclear dream

Article Lynley Donnelly - 10 Nov 2017

The continent’s three largest economies are all being courted by Russia’s Rosatom

Five years after Fukushima, SA hasn’t learned its lesson

Analysis bogdan TagDiv - 10 Mar 2016

A severe nuclear accident can happen anywhere, and its impact extends over great distances. The socioeconomic consequences are significant.

Greenpeace director not shocked by leaked intelligence on him

Article Sapa - 26 Feb 2015

"What hurts is that my government might have been engaging in surveillance on me and may have shared that, upon request, with South Korea," he said.

Greenpeace red-faced after staffer’s costly speculation

Article Philip Oltermann - 19 Jun 2014

Greenpeace has suffered large losses after an employee speculated on currency markets.

Pussy Riot members could be freed under amnesty

Article Reuters - 17 Dec 2013

Two members of punk protest band Pussy Riot could be freed from prison under an amnesty proposed by Russia's President Vladimir Putin, say lawyers.

Freed Arctic 30 activist would risk freedom again

Article bogdan TagDiv - 23 Nov 2013

Briton Anthony Perrett says the Greenpeace arrests highlighted the issue of climate change as he tells of his two months in jail.

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