primary future electricity option. On the other hand‚ some others believed (Greenpeace‚ 2009; ACS‚ 2009) that the development of nuclear power is often known as the most expensive sources to build compare to renewable energy development. In fact‚ even the nuclear industry has estimated the cost to build nuclear reactor precisely‚ the final cost result three times higher than the plan and it tend to be unpredictable (Greenpeace‚ 2009). For example‚ India that has experienced in constructing nuclear reactor
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ZHANG XIAOTONG Sara Genetically modified food :A great advance in science or a threat to agriculture and human beings? Disscuss With the development of biotechnology‚ more and more genetically modified food begin to sold in the maket all over the world. There are different opinions among people as to GM food. Some hold that GM food is a great prosess in science for the woeld. However‚ other people reject to buy the genetically modified food‚ they think the GM food are unhealthy to us. In this
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are now regularly consulted by the Department of Health as a result of their expertise‚ however not only insider groups can be successful. Greenpeace is an example of a successful outsider pressure group. Greenpeace was founded in 1971 to campaign for the global ban of nuclear weapon testing. There have been a great number of successes since then. Greenpeace managed to achieve a temporary stop to commercial whaling‚ a ban on sending toxic waste to less developed countries‚ a 50 year break on mineral
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of a specific section of society or to promote a particular cause. Pressure groups normally fall under 3 classifications‚ sectional which represent a specific section of the public‚ e.g. Age UK‚ promotion which promotes a particular cause‚ e.g. Greenpeace and finally dual-function who are a combination of both sectional and promotional‚ e.g. Countryside Alliance. Pressure groups can also be either insider groups which means that they have a close relationship with the government and have regular
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prevent industrial-production based environmental pollution‚ there has to be something to done. As it is said "think global‚ act local" might be the key motto for an organized resistance and I think Greenpeace use it successfully. Today’s presentation about working mechanism and activism politics of Greenpeace‚ as a transnational environmental organization‚ made me clear how effective an organized movement might be‚ both in local and global context. The core principal to capture attention‚ which is "bearing
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first shop on March 26th 1976 in Brighton‚ England. The business had a 50% annual expanding rate. By 1982 new shops were opening two every one month. They launched there first sponsor poster in 1985 for Greenpeace. The first major window campaign for The Body Shop is "Save the Whale" with Greenpeace. They launched their first shop in the USA in 1989. One year later there is 2‚500 applications for a franchise and they are trading with 39 different countries just fourteen years after opening their first
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preventing flooding and erosion. Ending deforestation and protecting forests will not only preserve biodiversity and defend the rights of forest communities‚ it is also one of the quickest and cost effective ways of curbing global warming. Greenpeace is campaigning for zero deforestation‚ globally‚ by 2020. Drivers of Deforestation Drivers of deforestation vary from region to region-below are examples of human activity driving the destruction of the world’s natural forests. Agri-business-
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growth Dizon‚C.‚ Y.Duggan‚ A. Harvey‚ K. Shahrokhi‚ A. Strype‚ S. Syal. 2008. UNILEVER BRASIL’S CORP ORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PROGRAMS IN GOIÁS‚ BRAZIL: Unilever Code of Indian tourist resort." http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/media/press-releases/greenpeace- accuses-unilever-of-negligence-over-mercury-poisoning-of-indian-tourist-resort/(accessed August 30‚2010) will-clean-up-but-not-come-clean/ (accessed August 30‚2010) Jack‚ L Montevideo‚ D.S. 2008."Unilever fined for environmental pollution" http://www
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THE STORY OF "GREENFREEZE" In the spring of 1992 Greenpeace brought together scientists who had extensively researched the use of propane and butane as refrigerants‚ with an East German company DKK Scharfenstein. The company had been producing refrigerators for 50 years and was the leading household appliance manufacturer in the former East Germany. After reunification‚ however‚ it faced severe economic problems and was due to be closed down. The meeting between the scientists and DKK Scharfenstein
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Gabriel Salgado Prof. Michael Sohan ENC1102-U65 30 January 2017 Exploratory Essay Draft Today’s technology is advancing at an unprecedented rate. However‚ as tech focused companies continue to profit and expand‚ their emphasis on innovation for the masses diminishes. Manufacturers are expected to release one or more new flagship products every year‚ in turn implicating an incentive to place aside supporting older generations in favor of quarterly profits. Planned obsolescence is the idea of a
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