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. - we've got the expense of our loans on these large ships. ...you don't want greenpeace or some of those other n.g.o.s to start coming after you about "the death ship." that might really ruin your business plan. as an advisor, i think it's very important to recognize that whereas greenpeace has a very strong moral position: in their view the environmental standards in novastan should be exactly the same as they are in the united states, and i think the other moral position that paul articulated suggests that in fact we would be obscenely immoral if we basically tried to suppress their ability to escape poverty. - lowe: but fred-- - mcdonough: i think we can bridge this gap by being responsible, taking the $20 million deal but investigating whether it would not be possible for us to have the contractor do the business in a somewhat different way, which would lessen our possible both moral and legal risk. - what does that mean? - if they would have asbestos-laden clothing that they would be required to take off at the end of the day, shower, get themselves cleaned up before they go h
. - we've got the expense of our loans on these large ships. ...you don't want greenpeace or some of those other n.g.o.s to start coming after you about "the death ship." that might really ruin your business plan. as an advisor, i think it's very important to recognize that whereas greenpeace has a very strong moral position: in their view the environmental standards in novastan should be exactly the same as they are in the united states, and i think the other moral position that paul...
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. >> a performance has been staged by greenpeace activists to draw attention to the risks faced by millions of people living in coastal areas as the threat of global warming increases. on land, the un climate talks have moved into their week with the agenda dominated by future cuts in carbon emissions. scottish artist who makes sound has made history by winning this year's prize. susan phillips creates works that use her own voice that are played in public spaces. our editor is at the ceremony in central london. >> the winner tonight is suzanne phillips. >> the artist susan phillips becomes the fourth woman to win the prize. and the first artist of any gender to do so by making art out of noise. ♪ this is the sweet sound of her success. why did she settled on sound as a way of making her art? >> i started school sure it -- i started school shirt and then i started to think of the qualities of the sound -- sculpture and started to think of the qualities of sound. it was then i started thinking about working with that. >> >> susan phillips -- her art in goals you. it is like those charismatic
. >> a performance has been staged by greenpeace activists to draw attention to the risks faced by millions of people living in coastal areas as the threat of global warming increases. on land, the un climate talks have moved into their week with the agenda dominated by future cuts in carbon emissions. scottish artist who makes sound has made history by winning this year's prize. susan phillips creates works that use her own voice that are played in public spaces. our editor is at the...
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and greenpeace launched a balloon filled with hot air, exactly what this u.n. process is accused of. expectations are low wild levels of greenhouse gases just keep rising. david shipman, bbc news. >> spanish police have released cctv footage showing off-duty policemen rescuing a spanish man who fell onto the track at the porta dell angel station in madrid. the 41-year-old man you can see on the left of the screen in the platform loses his balance and falls on to the track. the cctv footage then shows passengers on the opposite side of the platform beginning to realize that a train is coming into the station. they all try desperately to alert the conductor of the incoming train. you can see them waving at the incoming train. a 30-year-old off-duty policeman, who graduated from the police academy just two months ago, rushes on to the tracks. here's the footage showing him pulling the man cleared just in time before the train arrives. what a rescue. a reminder of our main news -- the military in spain has taken over the country's air traffic system. several airpor
and greenpeace launched a balloon filled with hot air, exactly what this u.n. process is accused of. expectations are low wild levels of greenhouse gases just keep rising. david shipman, bbc news. >> spanish police have released cctv footage showing off-duty policemen rescuing a spanish man who fell onto the track at the porta dell angel station in madrid. the 41-year-old man you can see on the left of the screen in the platform loses his balance and falls on to the track. the cctv...
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greenpeace activists dressed in everyday clothing interacted with concrete sculptures of people on theeabed. the aim, to bring attention to the possibility that millions of people living in coastal areas will be under water if global warming is not curbed. the protest coincided with a climate conference taking place in cancun. >>> american sarah shourd, who was freed after spending more than a year in an iranian prison, is still fighting for the release of her two friends. as elaine quijano reports, shourd is hoping that a song will help bring them home. >> reporter: american sarah shourd still feels like a prisoner. 12 weeks after she walked out of an iranian jail. do you feel free now? >> no. i mean, my life will not be anything approaching normal until shane and josh are with me. i truly don't feel any more than one-third free. >> reporter: shourd was released in september, after nearly 14 months in captivity. her ordeal began in july 2009, when shourd says she was hiking with her fiance, shane bauer, and their friend josh fattal, in kurdistan, a peaceful region in northern iraq. >>
greenpeace activists dressed in everyday clothing interacted with concrete sculptures of people on theeabed. the aim, to bring attention to the possibility that millions of people living in coastal areas will be under water if global warming is not curbed. the protest coincided with a climate conference taking place in cancun. >>> american sarah shourd, who was freed after spending more than a year in an iranian prison, is still fighting for the release of her two friends. as elaine...
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and environmental action group, greenpeace, built a model of a fishing trawler in front of the eu council in brussels, a protest over fishing. they wanted the european union to reduce fishing quotas by 50% to protect dwindling populations of many species. activists also called for the establishment of more marine natural reserves in e.u. waters. now, it is back over to meggin. >> one of the most famous german organizations is active in almost 100 countries, promoting the german language and also promoting closer cultural ties. also, it is promoting democracy and liberty in countries where democracy -- where freedom cannot be taken for granted. it is also facing cuts to its budget, as the government reins in public spending. >> this is only semi legal. for years, artists have had a hard time of it. they only allow artists to take a non critical stance, whether it is theater or other. >> they are hindered by the state, which does not like artistic freedom in suppresses it, so this is a classic role for the institute, to give this group of people, these artists, a place in which to work. >>
and environmental action group, greenpeace, built a model of a fishing trawler in front of the eu council in brussels, a protest over fishing. they wanted the european union to reduce fishing quotas by 50% to protect dwindling populations of many species. activists also called for the establishment of more marine natural reserves in e.u. waters. now, it is back over to meggin. >> one of the most famous german organizations is active in almost 100 countries, promoting the german language...
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and tom watson who was the founder of greenpeace said human beings are the aids of the earth. [laughter] and so now you might say this is extreme, and of course it is, and of course any sensible environmentalist would know even if people were sensible and they've already retracted it as i understand it, but there is a logic to it that actually you can get to the conclusion that the world -- the new utopia if it's not a people utopia, is actually a world without people. and there's actually books now, you know? popular books. the new utopian literature. >> well, you know about the -- >> a world without, a world without people, i think that's the title of the book. >> the voluntary human extinction movement. i thought their bumper sticker should be, you first. [laughter] >> well, no, i mean, the moderates in this movement say it will be done by just voluntary abstinence from having children. so in 100 years we'll reach our goal. but anyway, so there is a certain sense. the thing about it is that the assumptions that get you there, you know, are embedded in mainstream environment
and tom watson who was the founder of greenpeace said human beings are the aids of the earth. [laughter] and so now you might say this is extreme, and of course it is, and of course any sensible environmentalist would know even if people were sensible and they've already retracted it as i understand it, but there is a logic to it that actually you can get to the conclusion that the world -- the new utopia if it's not a people utopia, is actually a world without people. and there's actually...