Models in gas masks highlight Indonesian environmental devastation

Wearing gas masks and designer dresses, models paraded down a catwalk against a backdrop of polluted, rubbish-strewn paddy fields in central Indonesia, a colourful condemnation of the fashion industry's role in causing environmental ...

China air quality dire but improving: Greenpeace

The skies of China's notoriously smog-filled cities saw a marginal amelioration last year, according to figures released by Greenpeace Thursday, but pollution remained far above national and international standards.

Italy cruise ship toxins threaten wildlife: activists

It's nursing season in Europe's biggest marine sanctuary and schools of whales have brought their young to Italian shores—but environmentalists warn they are at risk from toxins leaked by the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ...

Greenpeace protests Europe's ageing nuclear plants

Greenpeace activists broke into the grounds of nuclear plants in six European countries Wednesday, urging governments to close down ageing reactors on safety grounds.

Greenpeace accuses P&G over Indonesian forest destruction

Environmental group Greenpeace on Wednesday accused US consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble of being responsible for the destruction of Indonesian rainforests and the habitat of endangered orangutans and tigers.

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