Greenpeace High Court challenge begins
Greenpeace will front the High Court on Monday to challenge laws allowing Texan oil giant Anadarko to drill off the Raglan coast.
Greenpeace is due to take its fight against deep-sea drilling from the high seas to the High Court.
The activist group has mounted a legal challenge against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), claiming it made an error in law by allowing Texan oil giant Anadarko to drill off the New Zealand coast …
NZ City – 9 December 2013
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Japanese whaling fleet heads for annual Antarctic hunt
Andrew Darby
Hobart correspondent for Fairfax Media
Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt has confirmed Australia will again monitor Japanese whalers over the new year, as the fleet sails for its annual hunt.
Three vessels have left the port of Shimonoseki to join the factory ship Nisshin Maru on the passage south to hunt minke and fin whales, Kyodo news agency reported …
Sydney Morning Herald – December 8, 2013 – 10:57 PM
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Japanese killing fleet sets sail for the Australian Antarctic Whale Sanctuary
Japanese killing fleet sets sail for the Australian Antarctic Whale Sanctuary
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Palm oil giant Wilmar caves to public pressure, commits to end forest destruction
Jakarta, Wilmar International, the world’s largest palm oil trader today announced a No Deforestation Policy in response to pressure from Greenpeace, NGOs and consumers around the world. The policy has the potential to be a landmark win for the world’s forests and the people that depend on them for their livelihoods …
The Independent Singapore News – December 8th, 2013
Palm oil giant Wilmar caves to public pressure, commits to end forest destruction
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