EU, U.S. call Greenpeace 'flatly wrong' on points group reveals in secret trade deal papers
A sweeping free trade deal being negotiated between the European Union and the United States would lower food safety and environmental standards, Greenpeace said on Monday, citing confidential documents from the talks. But the European Commission said the documents reflected negotiating positions, not any final ...
Whale meat arrives in Osaka via new Arctic route to avoid protesters
A ship carrying 1,816 tons of whale meat from Iceland arrived Sunday in the port of Osaka, coming for the first time via the Arctic Ocean to avoid obstruction by anti-whaling groups in the Indian Ocean. The ship, flying the flag of St. Kitts and ...
Japanese activists fight against the tide to save whales and dolphins
Homegrown foes of dolphin hunts and "research whaling" face off against a daunting array of powerful interests.
Researcher aims to bust myth of Japan's 'whale-eating' culture
It is a cliche and it is far from reality: Japanese diners chomping on whale meat over sake. But this is what Junko Sakuma heard a Japanese representative describe when pressing the case for whaling at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission in 2003. ...
Yet another generation imprisoned in Russia
Disaster struck the New York home of a physics teacher and former Soviet dissident after his son, a Greenpeace activist, was jailed a month ago jailed in Murmansk, Russia.
Greenpeace's Shard stunt may not help its cause
Greenpeace's staged scaling of central London's Shard skyscraper makes one wonder if the environmental organization might be even more effective if it grew up.
