Environment

Greenpeace activists call out Samsung’s sponsorship of Winter Olympics as hypocrisy

Greenpeace activists in Berlin and Taipei called out Samsung for sponsoring this year’s Winter Olympic Games in South Korea, which are touted to be powered by 100% renewable energy. Renewables account for only 1% of Samsung Electronics’ total energy...

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Business in Key Biodiversity Areas: minimising the risk to nature

A roadmap for businesses operating in some of the most biologically significant places on the planet has been issued by the Key Biodiversity Area Partnership involving 12 of the world’s leading conservation organisations – including IUCN,...

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WWF wins an important court case for Pirin

WWF and other NGOs of the For the Nature coalition have won a court case against the government of Bulgaria’s plans to open Pirin National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Bulgaria’s premier protected area, up to construction.

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Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem visits Antarctic seafloor in research submarine, calls to protect the Antarctic Ocean

Just days after Greenpeace released rare footage of the Antarctic seafloor, Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem has dived in a two-person submarine to visit this remote location and call for the creation of a vast Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary.

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