Topic: Greenpeace International

G20 summit wraps up with some success – for nations and Obama

But world leaders couldn’t agree on exit strategy for massive fiscal stimulus. And there was no solid commitment on climate change.

Greenland's Helheim glacier: a melting mystery

Scientists say the Greenland ice sheet is losing about 7 billion cubic feet of ice a year. Now, they are just finally beginning to uncover some reasons why its been shrinking.

China gets serious about carbon emissions, global warming

At UN, China's Hu Jintao commits to measurable limits on carbon emissions for the first time. Chinese environmental activists hail the shift toward low-carbon technology.

Can Nike and Wal-Mart save the Amazon?

An ambitious commitment by some of the world's largest companies not to buy beef or leather products from the Brazilian Amazon may falter if a strong monitoring system isn't put in place.

UN climate change summit awaits word from heavyweights US and China

China is due to unveil a new proposal at the gathering Tuesday, but its plans to cut "carbon intensity" rather than limit emissions may not satisfy US lawmakers.

Opinion: Do you work in sales? Thank you.

No matter what the rest of us do all day, our paychecks and prosperity rely on the efforts of salespeople.

Lead poisoning scandals highlight China's lack of oversight

Parents protest as tests show more than 2,000 children affected. Two new cases show that pollution regulations are often not enforced.

Energy and climate rallies – real or astroturf?

Energy rallies organized by coal and oil industry.

Beef producers, the next cutting edge for rain forest conservation?

Guilt-free sushi

Environmentalists tout sustainable fish for the dish.

Finalists chosen for 'Seven Wonders of Nature' poll

Dig the coal, bury the carbon

New coal-fired power plants will capture CO2 and inject it into the earth.

G-8 summit disappoints many, but not Berlusconi

Italy's leader deemed the event a logistical 'miracle' after a last-minute change of venue. But critics decried lack of concrete progress on climate change, Iran, and trade.

Greenpeace scales Mt Rushmore - issues challenge to Obama

Will we empty the oceans?

The next 'moon landing?' Norway plans deep-sea CO2 storage.

The oil-rich nation believes a half-mile thick rock formation could store the next 600 years, or so, of CO2 emissions from Europe. Some say the science is not so clear.

Should green-minded Norway invest in Canadian oil-sands?

Last week, Greenpeace failed in its bid to force Norway's StatoilHydro to abandon a $2 billion investment in a project that it says produces 10 times the greenhouse gases as North Sea drilling.

Sweeping climate-energy bill clears first big hurdle in Congress

The compromise measure would mandate reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions and require greater use of renewable energy. The Senate could be a major stumbling block.

Obama lays out steps for a nuclear free world

In Prague speech Sunday, the US president talked about Iran, North Korea, Russia, and how to stop the spread of nuclear weapons.

Obama can expect a week of protests ahead of G-20

British bankers won’t wear ties as groups threaten violence ahead of the economic summit in London.

Do climate protests work?

On Monday, thousands of climate activists descended on Washington, D.C., to protest the Capitol Power Plant, a partly coal-fired plant that heats and air-conditions the seat of the US Congress and is the District of Columbia's largest source of air pollution and carbon emissions.

Greenpeace: Stimulus package will fight climate change

An analysis commissioned by the environmental advocacy group Greenpeace has concluded that the economic stimulus package will reduce US greenhouse-gas emissions by at least 1 percent.

International news roundup

EarthTalk: Is push for ‘healthy’ oil destroying rain forests?

Oil-palm plantations are trumping biodiversity in equatorial lands.