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- Greenpeace Will Keep Up Pressure on Global Warming 29 Dec 2009 22:43 GMT
... Greenpeace Will Keep Up Pressure on Global Warming JOHANNESBURG -- Greenpeace will keep up the ... global warming, the head of the international environmental group says. Kumi Naidoo, Greenpeace's executive director, ... jailing of the four activists from the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Switzerland has been a ...
- Europe unites to build renewable energy 'supergrid' 4 Jan 2010 14:03 GMT
... governments involved – Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden and Ireland and the ... yet been calculated, but a study by Greenpeace in 2008 put the price of building ... to €30bn. The technical, planning, legal and environmental issues will be discussed at the meeting ...
- Renewable energy: The seat of power 31 Dec 2009 17:10 GMT
... Better sewage treatment is the latest thing in clean ... if they were simply dumped into the environment or allowed to degrade in the open ... this way, and the Czechs, Britons and Dutch are close behind (see chart). GENeco reckons ...
- North Sea countries developing renewable energy network 5 Jan 2010 18:30 GMT
... nations are planning to build a billion-euro renewable energy network spanning the North Sea, a national daily ... from Germany, Britain, France, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Ireland, Luxembourg and Norway agreed to the ...
- Politicizing Environment 5 Jan 2010 19:42 GMT
... fact all dialogues in Copenhagen left all environmental problems but climate while the models for ... the future sea level changes. What do Netherlands, Britain and the USA plan to save ... yield in the form of health. For global warming we have to tell the developed countries ...
- Dutch court to try Shell for Nigerian pollution 1 Jan 2010 04:30 GMT
... jurisdiction to try a case brought against Shell Nigeria by Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Mileudefensie). The Dutch environmental organisation and four Nigerians took Shell and its subsidiary Shell Nigeria to court for ...
- Dutch Company Sponsors Clean Energy Contest 31 Dec 2009 00:52 GMT
... a business plan competition organised by a dutch organisation. The "Access to Clean Energy Challenge East ... has been organised by BiD Network, a Netherlands-based organisation that promotes entrepreneurship and economic growth ... Carbon dioxide is the principal cause of global warming, which is contributing to climate change and ...
- Nigerians win right to sue Shell in Holland 30 Dec 2009 14:50 GMT
... Nigerians win right to sue Shell in Holland Environmental organisation Milieudefensie and four Nigerian farmers ... sue Shell and Shell Nigeria in the Netherlands, news agency ANP reports. Judges in the ... go ahead despite Shell's claim that the Dutch courts do not have jurisdiction. The villagers ...
- Dutch court to hear Shell case 30 Dec 2009 14:54 GMT
... four Nigerian men who allege that Royal Dutch Shell was negligent in cleaning up a ... a spokesperson for Friends of the Earth Netherlands, said: "For years, these people have been ... leak had "a limited impact" on the environment. Oil firms operating in the Niger Delta ...
- Dutch Court to Try Huge Petroleum Firm Over Oil Spills 31 Dec 2009 12:52 GMT
... Lagos — A Dutch court has said it has jurisdiction over ... in conjunction with Friends of the Earth Netherlands, began on December 3, 2009, in the ... polluted, fish ponds made unusable and the environment and health of local people harmed". Shell ...
- Greenpeace Spain demands Denmark release its director 29 Dec 2009 19:04 GMT
... Delegation from Earth about to be evicted from ... in Copenhagen are in their homes while environmentalists who denounced the lack of summit commitments ... was also arrested. The fourth suspect, a Dutch Greenpeace activist, Joris Thijssen, was arrested the ...
- Dutch court to hear Niger Delta case 31 Dec 2009 18:30 GMT
... AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A court in ... would hear a case against supermajor Royal Dutch Shell brought by Nigerian farmers complaining of environmental damage. A group of four Nigerian farmers ...
- Environmentalists Claim Victory Over Hague Court Ruling 4 Jan 2010 16:23 GMT
... Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has ... ruling of a court at The Hague, Netherlands affirming its jurisdiction over the operations of ... Netherlands, claiming their communities have been severely polluted by oil that flowed from a leaking ...
- Dutch court to take on Shell Nigeria cases 30 Dec 2009 12:26 GMT
... Court says competent to handle cases * Environmentalists, Nigerians seek damages for oil spills * ... comment) AMSTERDAM, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell ( ) and its Nigerian unit ... oil spills in a court in the Netherlands after the court ruled on Wednesday it ...
- Youtube video shows Greenpeace Copenhagen protest preperations 29 Dec 2009 13:13 GMT
... Youtube video shows Greenpeace Copenhagen protest preperations on 17th December, led ... three other activists, from Norway, Sweden and Holland. The four will therefore remain in prison ...
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