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Can't We All Just Get Along?
Activist says he was shot in confrontation with whalers |
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07 Mar 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 10:10 AM on 07 Mar 2008 The captain of the radical anti-whaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society says he was shot in a clash with Japanese whalers on Friday. Paul Watson says he found a bullet in his Kevlar vest; Japan's fisheries agency disputed the accusation, saying those onboard the whaling ship retaliated with non-lethal flash grenades after activists threw stink bombs of eye-stinging butyric aci ... |
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| Topics: grassroots activism, Japan, news, oceans, whaling, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Whaling and Gnashing of Teeth
Norway says whale consumption is good for the planet |
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04 Mar 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 4:53 PM on 04 Mar 2008 Eating whale meat is better for the planet than eating beef, pork, or chicken, according to a comparative carbon-emissions calculation by Norwegian lobbying group the High North Alliance. Says the alliance's Rune Froevik, in what may be a bit of an exaggeration, "Basically it turns out that the best thing you can do for the planet is to eat whale meat compared to other types ... |
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| Topics: Australia, climate, food, grassroots activism, greenhouse-gas emissions, Greenpeace, Japan, news, Norway, oceans, whaling (all these topics) |
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Whale Played
Aussies release gruesome footage of Japanese whale hunt |
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08 Feb 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 2:30 PM on 08 Feb 2008 There's a new twist in the twisty tale of Japan's off-then-back-on-again whale hunt: the Australian government has released gut-wrenching footage of what it says is a mother and baby minke whale being harpooned and hauled aboard a Japanese ship. An unamused official at Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research denied that the large and small whales were a mother and calf, and warned that the Austr ... |
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| Topics: Australia, international politics, Japan, news, oceans, whaling, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Just Say Noh
Forty nations condemn Japan's 'scientific' whale hunt |
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31 May 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Just Say Noh Forty nations condemn Japan's "scientific" whale hunt The International Whaling Commission has been meeting in Anchorage this week, and as always, Japan is making a splash. Yesterday saw fierce debate over a resolution condemning that country's "scientific hunt," in which it's allowed to kill about 1,000 Antarctic whales. The resolution, sponsored ... |
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| Topics: fishing, international politics, Japan, news, oceans, politics, whaling (all these topics) |
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Nisshin Accomplished
Burned out of business, Japan calls a halt to its annual whale hunt |
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28 Feb 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Nisshin Accomplished Burned out of business, Japan calls a halt to its annual whale hunt Japan's whaling fleet, unable to recover from a mid-February fire that killed a crew member and disabled its main ship, has called off its controversial annual hunt a month early. While protesters expressed sympathy for the human loss, they also did a dance of joy that "no more Southern Ocean whales will die from grenade ... |
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| Topics: Greenpeace, Japan, news, oceans, whaling (all these topics) |
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Sending Out an SOS
Protesters ask whalers for help in missing-persons search |
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12 Feb 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Sending Out an SOS Protesters ask whalers for help in missing-persons search The bone-chilling waters of Antarctica are seeing heated conflict as the U.S.-based Sea Shepherd Conservation Society tangles with Japanese whalers. The protesters, upset over a 1,000-whale hunt they deem illegal -- but which was OK'd by the International Whaling Commission as a scientific pursuit -- have dumped a safe but stench-ridden acid on whali ... |
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| Topics: Japan, news, oceans, whaling (all these topics) |
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A Bid for a Whale, and It's About to Set Sail
Japan may have enough votes to set stage for repeal of whaling ban |
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31 May 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| A Bid for a Whale, and It's About to Set Sail Japan may have enough votes to set stage for repeal of whaling ban The end of the 20-year-old global commercial-whaling ban is a looming possibility, as pro-whaling Japan may have garnered enough allies to win control of the 66-member International Whaling Commission. The IWC's pro-whaling contingent now numbers about 35 countries, including some ... |
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| Topics: International Whaling Commission, Japan, news, oceans, whaling (all these topics) |
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