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Greenpeace International

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    Whole Foods Is Clearing Out Its Fish Counter

    Don't expect to see any octopus, gray sole, skate, Atlantic halibut, or Atlantic cod gracing the icy shelves of the Whole Foods fish counter after April 22. The company has decided to stop selling seafood caught through unsustainable methods, according to the Associated Press.

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Lucy Lawless, Xena Warrior Princess, Captures Oil-Drilling Ship

    Lucy Lawless -- of Xena, Warrior Princess and Spartacus -- has taken over an Artic-bound, oil-drilling ship along with several other Greenpeace activists today. Lawless and the Greenpeace members boarded the Shell-contracted ship this morning, in hopes that their protest would keep it from leaving ... More >>

  • Film

    February 1, 2012

    Save the Humans! Actors and Whales Trapped in Big Miracle

    Lucy Lawless -- of Xena, Warrior Princess and Spartacus -- has taken over an Artic-bound, oil-drilling ship along with several other Greenpeace activists today. Lawless and the Greenpeace members boarded the Shell-contracted ship this morning, in hopes that their protest would keep it from leaving ... More >>

  • Music

    January 25, 2012

    Antony Goes Into the Light

    The singer brings his singular vision to Radio City

  • Film

    July 27, 2011

    In The Future, Miranda July Grows Up

    The singer brings his singular vision to Radio City

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Target Beats Whole Foods in Sustainable Seafood Rankings

    Tim Pearce/flickrFishy business at Whole Foods​In a recent Greenpeace ranking of seafood sustainability in supermarkets, Whole Foods ranked fourth, behind Target, which came in second, and Safeway, which took the number one spot.

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    Costco Expands List of Endangered Fish It Won't Sell

    ​While Whole Foods has whimped out on its imperative to safeguard endangered ocean fish - as reported by Fork in the Road -- Costco manned up last August and declared an outright sales ban on seven fish species that are among the most stressed worldwide.

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    Where the "Skinterns" Should Work

    Hard at Work for a Corporate Lobbying Firm​The Summer of Ass is real! And unpaid interns are riding the heels of it. The Baltimore Sun documented a new trend this week in the Greater Washington DC area -- interns in "scantily clad" clothing are running rampant in supposed "professional setting ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    The "Vaginal" McCarren Park Tree Has Been Pierced

    If the phrase "only in Williamsburg" gives you cause for concern, do not click ahead. Traumatizing (but safe-for-work!) dendrophilia fantasy after the jump.

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2010

    The 10 Worst Things to Eat Around Times Square, NYC

    ​Want to eat healthy and have a salad for lunch? Here are a couple of your salad bar options at Smiler's Deli. April is the cruelest month, as the poet who wrote Cats once noted, and maybe that's why we're on a negativity binge at Fork in the Road. Last week we put up Our 10 Most Overrated Re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Sushi Samba Removes Bluefin Tuna From Its Menus

    GreenpeaceSwimming towards extinction.​The proposed ban on bluefin tuna got voted down earlier this month, but at least one sushi chain seems to have realized that the fish are well and truly buggered: Sushi Samba just announced it will remove the endangered tuna from the menus at its seven lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    It's Official: Bluefin Ban Gets Sunk

    Sushi lovers sink the ban that could have saved this species.​ Despite the best efforts of Greenpeace, PETA, and OCEANA, the proposed ban on the trade of endangered bluefin tuna was rejected yesterday at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITE ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    Traitor Joe Loves Chilean Sea Bass

    adactio/flickr​ Like to think of your friendly neighborhood Trader Joe's as a purveyor of cheap organic -- and, therefore, ethical -- goods? Think again says Traitor Joe, a website by Greenpeace that aims to expose the retailer's peddling of endangered fish, such as Chilean sea bass. Of cour ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    Posts of the Week

    Hello and welcome to your Friday afternoon. Did you hear it's June? Someone should let the weather gods know. Anyhoo, this week we were feeling curmudgeonly and debuted our new feature Things We Hate! And here are some of our other favorite posts from the week. We brought word of Greenpeace's demon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2009

    Greenpeace Disrupts Nobu's Saturday Night

    Photo courtesy Steve Smith: Bluefin tuna at Nobu In an interesting turn of events, this weekend, Greenpeace stopped playing nice with Nobu, which persists in serving bluefin tuna, albeit with an asterisk labeling it "environmentally endangered." Members of the group made reservations for six table ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2009

    Obamas Dine At Blue Hill; Greenpeace Serves Up Endangered Species Menu

    The Obamas' date night in New York included dinner at Blue Hill. Was the choice of a seasonal, locavore restaurant politically driven, or did the Obamas just want to sample Dan Barber's farm-to-table fare? [NY Times] Greenpeace paid a visit to Nobu in TriBeCa for an elaborate plan to plant fake men ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2009

    2009 Creepiest Commercial Awards

    Commercials are growing creepier. Some devolution is easy to trace; 1990's Viagra ads begat modern "male enhancement" commercials, and mid-80's Teddy Ruxpin ads begat Charmin's current war on dingleberries. But from what market-tested pathology sprang BK's intentionally disturbing 'stalker' ads? ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2008

    Daily Flog: Heads roll on Wall Street, in Texas; houses, jobs whacked across U.S.

    Commercials are growing creepier. Some devolution is easy to trace; 1990's Viagra ads begat modern "male enhancement" commercials, and mid-80's Teddy Ruxpin ads begat Charmin's current war on dingleberries. But from what market-tested pathology sprang BK's intentionally disturbing 'stalker' ads? ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2008

    Beck Goes All Al Gore on Us

    Commercials are growing creepier. Some devolution is easy to trace; 1990's Viagra ads begat modern "male enhancement" commercials, and mid-80's Teddy Ruxpin ads begat Charmin's current war on dingleberries. But from what market-tested pathology sprang BK's intentionally disturbing 'stalker' ads? ... More >>

  • Film

    October 23, 2007

    Sharkwater

    Commercials are growing creepier. Some devolution is easy to trace; 1990's Viagra ads begat modern "male enhancement" commercials, and mid-80's Teddy Ruxpin ads begat Charmin's current war on dingleberries. But from what market-tested pathology sprang BK's intentionally disturbing 'stalker' ads? ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2007

    Moms Protest Toys "R" Us and Toxic Greed

    Commercials are growing creepier. Some devolution is easy to trace; 1990's Viagra ads begat modern "male enhancement" commercials, and mid-80's Teddy Ruxpin ads begat Charmin's current war on dingleberries. But from what market-tested pathology sprang BK's intentionally disturbing 'stalker' ads? ... More >>

  • Columns

    February 27, 2007

    Horoscope

    Commercials are growing creepier. Some devolution is easy to trace; 1990's Viagra ads begat modern "male enhancement" commercials, and mid-80's Teddy Ruxpin ads begat Charmin's current war on dingleberries. But from what market-tested pathology sprang BK's intentionally disturbing 'stalker' ads? ... More >>

  • Columns

    January 30, 2007

    Dangerous Dildos, Part 1

    In an unregulated industry, can sex toys be toxic?

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2006

    ACLU Seeks Pentagon Files

    In an unregulated industry, can sex toys be toxic?

  • Art

    January 31, 2006

    A Thorn Tree in the Garden

    Robinson Crusoe and Mad Max by way of Walden Pond, St. Augustine, and Greenpeace

  • News

    January 17, 2006

    Who's Watching?

    NYC activist groups react to new NYPD spy tactics

  • People

    January 10, 2006

    Mercury in Fish? Baloney!

    Lobbyist tells pregnant women to eat more tuna

  • Columns

    October 18, 2005

    Horoscope

    Lobbyist tells pregnant women to eat more tuna

  • News

    November 11, 2003

    Terrorist Tactics

    A State Law Would Pin the T-Word on Animal-Rights and Eco Protesters

  • Music

    April 15, 2003

    Music

    A State Law Would Pin the T-Word on Animal-Rights and Eco Protesters

  • Film

    April 1, 2003

    Apocalypse . . . How?

    The Elementary Article

  • News

    February 11, 2003

    Don't Fence Them In

    NYC Peace Activists Vow to Face Down Bush's War

  • Books

    September 17, 2002

    Hemon Can't Wait

    NYC Peace Activists Vow to Face Down Bush's War

  • NYC Life

    September 3, 2002

    Rallying the Troupes

    Young Directors Take Charge

  • News

    January 22, 2002

    Anti-WEF Protest in New York City

    A Field Guide

  • Columns

    November 20, 2001

    Horoscope

    A Field Guide

  • NYC Life

    August 7, 2001

    Billboard Baby

    A Local Couple Have Offered the Naming Rights to Their Newborn Son for $500K. Savvy or Sick?

  • News

    July 17, 2001

    First Tear Gas, Now Bullets

    Activists Weigh the Cost of Confrontation

  • News

    July 17, 2001

    Mutant Malathion

    How New York’s Mosquito-Spray Campaign Spawned a Deadly Neurotoxin

  • News

    June 26, 2001

    Guess Who’s Coming to Dharma

    Black Women Embrace Western Buddhism

  • News

    May 15, 2001

    The DNA Bomb

    Modified Crops are In the Crosshairs Now. You May Be Next.

  • News

    February 6, 2001

    Nation

    Modified Crops are In the Crosshairs Now. You May Be Next.

  • News

    September 12, 2000

    Gold Medals, Iron Fist

    Olympic Protesters Face a World-Class Crackdown

  • News

    August 8, 2000

    Demonstrate This

    Faced With a Powder Keg, Philly Cops Struck the Match

  • News

    July 18, 2000

    Act Up! Here’s How

    A Selected List of Organizations

  • Books

    February 22, 2000

    Last Exit to Boho

    A Selected List of Organizations

  • News

    February 8, 2000

    Nation

    A Selected List of Organizations

  • Film

    January 4, 2000

    Nights in Havana

    A Selected List of Organizations

  • News

    May 25, 1999

    A True Threat Is Not Free Speech

    Targeted Doctor Wears a Bulletproof Vest

  • News

    July 14, 1998

    Framing Diana

    Targeted Doctor Wears a Bulletproof Vest

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