As Europe’s resolve to becoming green appears to waver in the face of an energy crisis, activists have accused the Finnish government of failing to act on its lofty carbon neutrality ambitions. Environmental groups have sued the government for failing to take adequate action to combat climate change in Finland’s first-ever climate trial. Greenpeace and the Finnish Association for Nature... 

Until recently, climate change was a phenomenon debated by scientists, policymakers, and Greenpeace crusties. But doomsday prophets pushing climate fear into the mainstream have anxious liberals running for professional help. As activist groups around the world prepare to stage a global ‘climate strike’ on Friday, eco-warriors in Washington DC have been staging smaller rallies and outreach events... 

The advertising clearance body responsible for screening broadcast adverts, Clearcast, has banned the ad, made with Greenpeace and featuring an animated Orangutang which highlights the destruction of the rainforest by palm oil growers, saying that it breaks rules banning political advertising laid down by the 2003 Communications Act. Iceland was the first major UK supermarket to announce they are... 

A group of Greenpeace activists have set off fireworks inside the Cattenom Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in eastern France to raise awareness that such facilities may be targeted by terrorists. Speaking to Sputnik, French expert Stephane Lhomme described the action as a PR stunt but admitted that a terrorist threat to the NPPs is still in place. He said that the move certainly “plays to the crowd”... 

Russian President Vladimir Putin says global warming is being used as an economic weapon against his country. He characterized climate change as a “fraud” used to prevent Russia from tapping its vast oil and natural gas reserves. Greenpeace claims 85 percent of CO2 equivalent emissions in Russia come from its energy industry. According to a political analyst Stanislav Belkovsky, Putin believes... 

As many as 16 countries of the European Union have announced their decision to opt out of GM crops. The countries will no longer be cooperating with GMO produce of such major companies as Monsanto, Dow, Syngenta and Pioneer, EntryNews.com reports. Germany, Italy, Denmark, Bulgaria and Cyprus have recently filed their requests and applications, increasing the number to 16. In August, Scotland publicly... 

Greenpeace has denied a NATO claim that Russia is secretly working with EU environmental groups to oppose fracking. NATO secretary-general Anders Fogh Rasmussen has alleged Russia is trying to promote dependence on its gas exports through sabotage. Rasmussen told reporters Thursday that Russian intelligence agencies were secretly funding and collaborating with European environmental groups to prevent... 

Greenpeace is running ads in major transportation hubs around the world featuring an image of a depressed Santa Claus alongside the words, “The North Pole is melting. You’d better believe it.” amid historic snowstorm in the Middle East. The photo above, taken at a London underground station, encourages people to donate £3 to the charity, “To help save the Arctic and get a message from Santa.” However,...