Greenpeace

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivers a speech every day. But when I heard him utter the word "Greenpeace" the other day, I was all ears.

"We have almost made a revolution in the field of hydroelectric power plants. But we have encountered serious obstruction, such as from Greenpeace and all the others. They have always caused trouble in our Black Sea," he said.  

Activists of the international environmentalist group Greenpeace have always been trouble in Black Sea, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, suggesting that they were only supposedly enlightened.

The Rainbow Warrior, the legendary boat of the international environmentalist group Greenpeace, arrived in Turkey this week on a three-stop tour for its campaign "Sail to the Sun," which aims to increase the use of solar energy in Turkey.

The Rainbow Warrior, the legendary boat of the international environmentalist group Greenpeace, arrived in Turkey this week on a three-stop tour for its campaign "Sail to the Sun," which aims to increase the use of solar energy in Turkey.

A bright orange peace sign appeared on a hillside on the Greek island of Lesvos on New Year’s Day.

The peace sign was made by gathering more than 3,000 life jackets discarded by refugees arriving on the island.

Locals and environmentalists have reacted to Turkey?s decision to construct a third nuclear plant in the country?s northwestern region of ??neada, which is famous for its floodplain forests. 

At least 16 EU member states plus four regions in other EU countries are prohibiting the growing of genetically modified (GM) crops on their territories under new rules, Greenpeace has said.

Those member states and regions represent over 65% of the EU's population and as much of the bloc's arable land, Greenpeace said in a press release.

Chancellor Angela Merkel is hoping to send a robust message on climate change from a G7 summit this weekend but may be undermined by Germany's own heavy dependence on coal.
 
Europe's top economy sees itself as a pioneer among industrialised nations for its "energy transformation" pushing the development of renewables while phasing out nuclear power.
 

A total of 94.5 per cent of people who turned out to cast ballots in the referendum on Sunday expressed disapproval about the building of the power Plomin C plant near the town of Labin.

But the turnout at 36 per cent was not high enough to make the vote binding because it did not pass the 50 per cent legal threshold.

Could "Under the Dome", Chinese journalist Chai Jing's new documentary about pollution, become China's "Silent Spring", the 1962 book that spurred the development of the U.S. environmental movement?
   
Since it was released online on Saturday, the film has been viewed more than 150 million times and has sparked a national debate on environmental problems.