Month: November 2013

Greenpeace protest
At Risk

Greenpeace ‘Arctic 30’ Fail to Stop Gazprom Drilling Plans

November 4, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Greenpeace ‘Arctic 30’ Fail to Stop Gazprom Drilling Plans

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, November 4, 2013 (ENS) – Russia is moving the 30 Greenpeacers who tried to scale a Gazprom drilling platform in the Barents Sea from the Arctic port of Murmansk to St. Petersburg. Despite global demonstrations of support for the “Arctic 30,” Russia has piled charges of hooliganism and vandalism on top of piracy charges. […]

Obama
Air/Climate

Obama Creates Interagency Council and Task Force on Climate

November 1, 2013 News Editor Comments Off on Obama Creates Interagency Council and Task Force on Climate

WASHINGTON, DC, November 1, 2013 (ENS) – To prepare the United States for the impacts of climate change already being felt across the country, President Barack Obama today established an interagency Council on Climate Preparedness and Resilience, chaired by the White House and composed of more than 25 federal agencies. […]