Tag Archives : whaling

‘Greenpeace has been fighting Japanese whaling for more than three decades, from the waters of the Southern Ocean to the online world to the courts of Japan.’ The organization ‘first brought whaling to the world’s attention in 1975 when activists put their own lives on the line by navigating small inflatable boats in front of the harpoons.’ [...]

Illegal whaling ships have been roaming the oceans of the world literally scotch-free for the last couple of decades and most often the only little hindrance they get is from those tiny little ships that have brave volunteers from ‘eco-friendly’ groups trying hard to stop the fast paced giants. Well, finally the huge ships and their sharp harpoons [...]

The International Whaling Commission has been unsuccessful in imposing a complete ban on whaling. Some countries such as Japan have invoked their right to continue catching whales supposedly for research studies. The agency had declared a 23-year-old whaling moratorium, but what it is sadly left to do is police whaling ships. The group is also in a [...]

The concept of acceptable risk is not particularly easy to define. It is essentially a measure of the risk of harm, injury or disease arising from a chemical or process that will be tolerated by a person or group. Think China’s insistence to continue using coal-fired plants because the economy is said to be unable to afford non-coal power generation. Whether [...]