greenpeace says they plan to hang around as it were greenpeace says they have enough supplies to lastging off this drilling rig. they have the equipment they say to allow them to communicate with the outside world as they squat on this rig in the open ocean. they do not plan to interfere with the navigation of the vessel or the operation of the vessel while they are up there, but they plan to stay. shell is not happy. shell spokesman said today the protesters boarded the vessel illegally. the spokesman said they are jeopardizing the safety of the crew on board and themselves. shell is very motivated, for obvious reasons, to get the rig and the rest of the fleet to the arctic as soon as possible. this is their plan for years and they keep screwing it up. but as of tlont is a motivated, determined group of protesters that does not want to let that happen. and for now they are stuck like a barnacle on the side of shell. [chorus singings:] ♪ roundup ♪ i'm the protector of my patio. killing weeds where they grow. a barrier forms so weeds can't appear - serious weed prevention up to a year.

. >> the environmental charity greenpeace say katrina's symptoms are common in this area. in the district where katrina lives is home to 11 coal powered stations and another is under construction. this region is built an coal mining and coal burning. and as soon as you arrive in the area there's a real noticeable difference in the air quality. in fact some researchers say this area has some of the dirtiest air in the world. greenpeace says allowing the state owned oil company an extra five years to meet carbon emissions, can mean the death to more people. >> the department of environmental fears has clearly gone against south africa's constitutional right to a healthy environment. by improving almost all of the postponements, they put the people living in those areas at risk. >> the department admits it didn't carry out a health assessment before it made its decision. it says it wasn't in its mandate to do so. >> when the applications of postponement arrive in front of us we shouldn't be told that no leave those now go and do this air study. which isn't even in our purview

. >> reporter: the environmental charity greenpeace says katrina's symptoms are common in this area,t have access to electricity but the district where she lives is home to 11 coal-powered stations and another is under construction. this region is built on coal mining and colborneing. as soon as you arrive in the area, there is a real noticeable difference in the air quality. in fact something researchers say it has some of the dirtiest air in the world. greenpeace says allowing a state-owned power company and other big polluters an extra five years to meet carbon emission standards could cause the premature death of up to 19,000 people. >> you can't actually put a price on human health and the deem of environmental affairs has clearly gone against south safe can's constitutional right to a healthy environments. so by approving all of the postponements that they are applying fox, they are really putting the people living in those coal areas really at risk. >> reporter: the ministry of environmental affairs admits it didn't carry out a health assessment before it made the decision. it

. >> the environmental charity greenpeace says katrina's symptoms are common. she doesn't have access to electricity, and the district where she lives is home to 11 coal-powered stations and another under construction. this region is built on coal mining and burning. as you arrive there's a noticeable difference in the air quality. some researchers say it has some of the dirtiest air in the world. greenpeace says allowing the state-owned company five years to meet carbon emission standards could cause the death of up to 19,000 people. >> you can't put a price on human health. the department of environmental has gone against the constitutional right to help the environment. by approving almost all the postponements applied for. they are putting the people living in the coal areas at risk. >> reporter: the ministry of environmental affairs admits it didn't carry out the health assessment before making a decision. it says it wasn't in its mandate to do so. >> we knew what we were doing. when the application of postponement arrives in front of us. we shouldn't be t

but greenpeace would not let that happen without a fight.s followed the ship across the parker ocean and yesterday when it was about 750 miles northwest of hawaii the activists boarded inflatable boats and approached the rig where in a dramatic scene they used climbing equipment to get on board. six activists are now camping on the rig as it continues to cross across the ocean north of hawaii. shell said it filed a complaint against greenpeace and seeking an injunction to quote the illegal boarding currently taking place on the parker ocean and prevent such actions in the future. i spoke to one of the activists. >> we are as you said in the middle of the parker. it is a clear, sunny day and the ocean is incredibly blue. the wind is picking up a bit and i'm up here with my five teammates from all officer the world and at the moment we also have a small inflatable in the water with a handful more crew from the "esperanza" and looks like the deck crew on the blue marlin. >> have you communicated with the deck crew? i mean what, are those intera

. >>> on tuesday, we told you about how activists affiliated with greenpeace used climbing equipmentard and set up camp on a drill rig, that's being hauled across the specific ocean, in an effort to draw attention to shell's plans to use the rig to drill for oil in the arctic later this summer. the company has not drilled in the arctic since 2012. the rig, which the activist boarded three days ago, is now northeast of hawaii, en route to seattle, where shell hopes to base its arctic drilling staging ground. the company has now filed a complaint in federal court in alaska against greenpeace, seeking an injunction to get the activist off the rig, and to prevent similar actions in the future. the activists say they have no plans to leave, and they have hung a pair of banners to the rig to show the worldwide. earlier today, we spoke to one of the activists and asked when she expected to get off the rig. >> i'm wondering the same thing myself, in the middle of the cold, cold nights. but i really don't know. i know that myself and my teammates are all pretty committed to staying here for a

organizations like greenpeace and others have done assessments of cloud computing companies identifying which ones do a better job than others. calling attention to companies for example, like apple the made greater use of solar power for their data centers, and calling attention to others like amazon that simply won't reveal their sources of power, or their environmental impacts. we are beginning to think about data center impact. it is important we do so soon because we're talking about thousands of structures around the world. they are growing larger and larger. consider china, which has gotten on the cloud bandwagon only recently. it is building entire cloud cities that combine several data centers along with research and development facilities, and housing, etc., office facilities, within the same location. the new cloud cities. there is little attention directed to the environmental consequences of days. it is beginning. certainly there is more attention devoted to privacy and surveillance issues as we come to recognize that the information stored in the cloud is not nearly as sec

. >> greenpeace activists scaled a shell oil rig on its way to the arctic. they want to stop the energy giant from drilling in the region. to keep up profits shell has to more fields or tab into more in -- more energy sources. it has plans to acquire a british exploration firm. >> what's interesting about the deal is that bp is not an oil firm, it is a gas producer. clearly shell is making a bet on a cleaner fuel, by making a bet that gas will become an increasingly important you'll in the future, rather than oil. >> the merger will help shell secure its place as a market leader in the field. based on sales volume, shell is already the biggest oil and gas company in the world. last year, shells revenue reached almost 438 billion euros. china's state-controlled sign a pact took in around 430 billion euros. and 30 enforce -- third and fourth place bp in third place. 64 billion euros in cash and shares, valuing each share with a hefty premium on top to lock out other bidders. >> the massive deal is all anybody to talk about on the financial markets. >> oil was

greenpeace took its message to the walls saying south korea should reduce not expand reliance on coal. >> translation: the world is moving to the trend. korea is going the other way, each though premature deaths is linked to it riding >>> burning goal would seam to work against reducing emissions. another the main objectives is to reduce emissions. there is o conflict of interest. >> reporter: for all the efforts to tackle the problem, some may have to get used to living with dirty air for some time to come. >>> the executive director of clean air asia joins us. good to have you with us on al jazeera. this trilateral meeting between china, japan and south korea is about to take place. how important is it for the country to do something about their deteriorating air quality? >> it is important. it's an important step the three countries are taking across asia not just these countries, but we see the quality deteriorating in our cities. it's important that we act now, in terms of providing healthy and liveable cities for all including in the three countries. >> who is it that needs to a

. >> greenpeace activists have set up camp on a shale oil rig in the middle of the pacific ocean. the group of six has vowed to stay there to protest the company's plans to drill above the arctic circle. we have much more on our website wherever you are 1-855-730-9674. get the latest on all the stories we're covering. al jazeerawww.aljazeera.com. [ ♪ music ♪ ] this is "techknow". a show about innovations that can change lives. we're going to explore the humanity and we are doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. tonight tech your vets climate change. -- investigates climate change. it's science versus politician.ow what this is? it's a snowbal

greenpeace took its message to the walls of the plant saying south korea should reduce not expand reliance on coal. >> translation: the entire world is moving to the trend. korea is going the other way, each though premature deaths is linked to pollution rising. >>> burning coal would seam to work against reducing emissions. another the main objectives is to reduce emissions. we are trying to minimise the use of coal-powered station even if it's more expensive. there is a conflict of interest. >> reporter: for all the efforts to tackle the problem, some may have to get used to living with dirty air for some time to come. >>> well you can get more on all of stories if you head to aljazeera.com. you can see the front page of the website for stories we have been ^ below been following. >>> scuffles on the streets of baltimore. a curfew leads to an overall night of calm on the city streets. residents hoping it holds. [ chanting ] >>> hundreds of people blocked traffic in nepal's capital demanding better access to aid in the wake of a devastating earthquake. and nigeria's military

. >>> greenpeace activists set up camp on a shell oil rig in the middle of the pacific ocean. a group of six vowing to stay there, to drill above the arctic circle >>> people in the city of ferguson are voting to elect three council members. they hope to get more african-americans on the counsel. kristen saloomey met some of the canned days. >> reporter: the crowd at st. mark family church may have been small. >> an informed voter can make a difference... >> the field of council candidates, particularly black ones in ferguson missouri has never been large. four african-americans are running for three open seats in the april 7th election. >> we have an opportunity to effectuate sustainable real change right here in ferguson. >> reporter: change is what many of ferguson's residents demanded. ever since a white police officers shot mike brown, an unarmed black teen. the white officer was killed of - cleared of wrongdoing. a federal investigation found racial policing. it will fall to the next city council to make reforms demanded. adrian hopkins is a single mother of two. >> i sa

greenpeace took its message to the walls of the plant saying south korea should reduce not expand reliance on coal. >> translation: the world is moving to the trend. korea is going the other way, even though premature deaths is linked to it riding >>> south korea is pledging to reduce emissions by 13%. burning coal would seam to work against reducing emissions. another the main objectives is to reduce emissions. this is a conflict of interest. >> reporter: for all the efforts local and cross-border to tackle the problem, some may have to get used to living with dirty air for some time to come. . >> keep up to date with that story about pollution and the others that we are following here in al jazeera. head over to aljazeera.com, our web page updated around the clock. phil torres >> this is "techknow," a show of invo vasions that can save lives, we'll explore the intersection of hart ware and huge -- hardware and humanity. let's check out the team. marita davison is specialising in ecology. tonight, what are the scientists at monsanta up to. we go into their lab.

so as a result, there is a much greater impact on the environment and, organizations like greenpeace and others have done assessments of cloud computing companies identifying which ones do a better job than others and calling attention to companies, for example like apple, that make greater increasingly greater use of solar power for their data centers and calling attention to others like amazon that simply won't reveal their sources f power or their environmental impacts. so we're beginning to think about date at that center impacts. but it is important that we do so soon. we're talking about thousands of structures around the world that are growing larger and larger, consider for example china which is, has gotten on the cloud bandwagon only recently but it's building entire cloud cities that combine several data centers alongwith research and development facilities and housing, et cetera office facilities for businesses, within the same location with new cloud cities and there's as i observe very little attention directed to the environmental consequences of these but, it is begin

greenpeace have a point in the city center. it's not something that is likely to be inog use. the police sense is that it's calm, there's a large operation. they haven't reported anything large. >> thank you dominik kane covering the g7 foreign ministers meeting in northern germany. >> to iraq where forces won back the town of al-fatah cutting off a supply line used by i.s.i.l. fighters. government troops have been on the offensive after recapturing tikrit. the iraqi army has fought to defend the biggest oil terminal against an assault west of kirkuk. the fight against i.s.i.l. took the iraqi prime minister haider al-abadi to the white house to ask for more assistance. the u.s. president promised an extra $200 million in humanitarian aid and prays the iraqi people the progress that it made against the group patty culhane reports. >> as haider al-abadi arrived in washington, staff in baghdad made it clear that he was coming for reinforcement for the fight against islamic state of iraq and levant. on the list surveillance drones attack helicopters and fighter jets - needing them

i think it was mentioned that greenpeace is just focusing on the structure is not enough. >> well, clearly 100 years isn't very long, in the grand scheme of things, but it is a start and certainly if they do develop a plan that will allow them to safely remove the old fuel and store it properly, then that would be great progress. the greater problem is the fact that there are tens of thousands of square kilometers that are significantly contaminated in in the immediate facility, and this contamination is there and can be incorporated into the food chain in the local government and incorporated into the food of the people who live in the surrounding area and has large impacts on the wildlife of the area as well. when there are forest fires coming through, as there is right now, there is the chance to rerelease and redisperse the radio pivot in the environment as we see this in ukraine and belarus. >> joining me live from phoenix. thank you for joining us on the program. >> thank you. >> now russia's gas giant gazprom blame the weakened rubed for its troubled relationship. gazprom, russia pu

there's a greenpeace ship called the esperanza which has been shadowing the rig for more than 5,000 milesthey started following it in malaysia. the green peace folks have been tweeting photos of the rigs and putting up photos and messages showing themselves, the green peace crew gearing up for something. they posted this video to youtube without explanation. it shows six crew members from different countries suiting up with rocks and rock climbing equipment, which is kind of weird out in the middle of the open ocean. but then today at dawn, about 750 miles north west of hawaii we found out what they were doing with all the rock climbing youtube without explanation. it shows six crew members from different countries suiting up with rocks and rock climbing equipment, which is kind of weird out in the middle of the open ocean. but then today at dawn, about 750 miles north west of hawaii we found out what they were doing with all the rock climbing gear. those six green peace folks got suited up even more than we saw in the videos, and then they did this. they boarded. they scaled the 38,000-t

. >> reporter: critics like greenpeace say that simply covering over the problem isn't good enough. that long term risks lie in chernobyl's long term plan to store. i spoke with hans blix. >> the whole issue you would say is waste handling. there was molden uranium and the plan was to leave it and let it loose radio activity until the moment in the future when you can handle it. >> assuming construction is completed the arch steel structure will be slid into plagues sometime in 2017. it's expected to keep the world safe from chernobyl's deadly waste for at least 100 years. jonah hull, al jazeera london. >>> in the global view segment saudi arabia's capital punishment, to the saudi king stop the beheadings. the editorial suggests there is little to differentiate between beheadings by saudi arabia or by i.s.i.l. and that, quote the money in saudi arabia makes many people forget about its human rights abuses. >> dubai's kalish times the paper writes the vietnam's victory, washington remains trigger happy and the u.s. ignores the lessons of vietnam at its peril. >>> and finally the iris

greenpeace took its message to the walls of the plant saying the walls of the plant saying south korea should reduce not expand reliance on coal. >> translation: the entire world is moving to the trend. korea is going the other way, even though premature deaths is linked to it riding >>> south korea is pledging to reduce emissions by 30% by 2020. burning coal would seam to work against that goal. another the main objectives is to reduce emissions. this is a conflict of interest. >> reporter: for all the efforts local and cross-border to tackle the problem, some may have to get used to living with dirty air for some time to come. >>> it's been 40 years since the vietnam war came to an end. the conflict sparked a humanitarian crisis forcing a mass exo does from the country, 1.5 million fled from vietnam. hundred of thousands left by sea and were known as the boat people. many of the refugees died of starvation or were killed by pilots. most of the refugees that survived settled in the united states. al jazeera's tom ackerman caught up with a family in louisville kentucky who made america

greenpeace post office drilling in the ocean saying the risk of spills is too grade and drilling makes the climate change worse p tomorrow night remember the conflict. that's it of this addition of al jazeera international news. i'll see you again in an hour with one of the most iconic song. american pie. we will leave you with a sample, mcclain performing the song in 1972. ♪ good old boys drinking whiskey and rye ♪ ♪ singing this will be the day that i die ♪ ♪ this will be the day that i die ♪ ♪ did you write the book of love ♪ and do you have faith in god above ♪ ♪ if the bible ... bible ... >> louisiana's bayou, 70 miles southwest of new orleans. this is the heartland of the native american houma tribe. and it's one of the most valuable ecosystems in the entire united states. >> we go to the bayous to provide for our families. everything's there... >> raymond clark's ancesto

. >>> six greenpeace activists boarded an oil rig in the pacifics ocean. the rig was headed to the arctic to drill. green piece oppose the exploration in the region. any spill will be difficult to clean up much >>> four years ago a world first framework agreement on human trafficking was signed in the asia pacific settling guidelines to help the region. the trade affects as many as 2.4 million. a majority of the victims are in the region where there are around 3.5 million vulnerable refugees. those affected can find themselves forced into slavery or the sex trade. many trafficked children. >>> in southern thailand people have taken matters into their own hands to stop human trafficking. they are armed and say they are determined to stop their communities deteriorating into unlawlessness. >> reporter: deep in the jungles of southern thailand the men patrol one of asia's busy smuggling routes. they are volunteers answering calls for civilians to do what they can to stop trackers using thailand as a point. myanmar and bangladesh come through here every year i

. >>> well, with us now from oxford is the policy directors of green greenpeace doug parr.o you think 2014 was a breakthrough year for renewable energy? >> it was important because it was the bounce back from the recession that we've seen which has taken investment down in renewables in the past couple of years. it was a record-breaking year. there bass more capacity than ever before, but what it really does is show the surge of renewables in the energy system across the world in developing and developed countries. policy remains important but they're becoming more intrusive and more challenging to the existing companies and businesses that are based on fossil fuels and conventional way of doing things. >> how important was it that china in particular is now investing in things like solar energy? >> china, of course s hugely important. both because it's got the scale and size to mobilize largements of investment. also because it's the center of so much of the greenhouse gasses that we're worried about in terms of climate change, so it uses half of the world's coal, for exam

there's a greenpeace ship called the esperanza which has been shadowing the rig for more than 5,000 mileswing it in malaysia. the green peace folks have been tweeting photos of the rigs and putting up photos and messages showing themselves the green peace crew gearing up for something. they posted this video to youtube without explanation. it shows six crew members from different countries suiting up with rocks and rock climbing equipment, which is kind of weird out in the middle of the open ocean. but then today at dawn, about 750 miles north west of hawaii we found out what they were doing with all the rock climbing gear. those six green peace folks got suited up even more than we saw in the videos, and then they did this. they boarded. they scaled the 38,000-ton polar pioneer drilling rig, using ropes and pulleys. they set up camp basically, on the underside of the rig's main deck. they unfurled a banner opposing drilling in the arctic. green peace says they're planning on hanging around as it were. this group has enough supplies to last several days hanging off this drilling rig. they

six greenpeace activists road a boat, scaled then climbed their way up an arctic bound shell oil rig.otesting arctic oil drilling, and they brought enough supplies to last them a few days. greenpeace says that the six activists are not going to interfere with the operation or the navigation of that vessel. >>> all right. still to come on "power lunch" the final countdown of goldman sachs cheapest stocks that also have the highest dividend pay-outs. those five names ahead. first, we are just minutes away from the oil market closing for the day, and swraky deangeles, mother day this week where we are seeing the markets go up. >> absolutely, brian. actually it was a little bit of a head fake this morning because we had some downward pressure but then all of a sudden this rally. we're going to talk about what's impacting the crude trade here, if it will last, and, of course we have some inventory numbers coming as well but is the market going to care? we'll talk about that. stay with power lunch. financial noise financial noise financial noise >> rand paul running for president. he launch

harder time going after them because if the consumers and the managers are less aligned with the greenpeace agenda and so it had that mismatch between the people trying to do the shaming of the people that were asked to be a part of the audience. >> we are in a moment now where if you like you are an expert on this moment that we are in a way that you are we could benefit from. it seems like enough and this is now even under obama is how afraid we should be of terrorism which affects the wiki people whereas it seems like the big and as this climate change which could conceivably escalate and do so very rapidly to affecting and killing more people than terrorism has. it seems like the agenda behind this book commanded another negative word perhaps in the impetus at the heart of the book is climate change is that true? >> it's one of the many. it's a sort of my big research agendas but those are also all a part. >> so what you say that it could be a tool for all different things? you wanted this book to be out there for potentially fill of activists is that right? stack i could have written t

amy: six environmentalists with the group greenpeace have boarded a shell oil rig in the middle of the pacific ocean to protest shell's plans to drill in the arctic. the activists climbed aboard the polar pioneer as it was transported to seattle ahead of drilling in alaskan waters. they plan to occupy the rig and unfurl a banner showing the names of people opposed to arctic drilling. a new study in the journal natural geoscience predicts glaciers in west canada will shrink by 70% by the end of the century as a result of climate. -- climate change. researchers say the results may be applicable to other glaciers around the world. the national transportation safety board has called for urgent steps to prevent oil train explosions, including the retrofitting or replacing of tank cars over the next five years. a series of explosions in the united states and canada have highlighted the risks posed by the so-called bomb trains. the obama administration is expected to release new rules for oil tank cars next month. jury deliberations begin today in the trial of accused boston marathon bomber d

another example that i like is greenpeace, they went after a bunch of big box retailers or selling unsustainablefood and they would rank the members and year after year after year trader joe's kept coming up in the bottom third of the ranking it and they said that is strange because the consumers that care. in 2009, they launched a campaign and took out a full-page ad in "the new york times". they do that call managers around the nation and send a telegram begging to stop selling unsustainable seafood. it's very obvious that it is a result from something like 19 on the list to fourth on the list. are we eventually going to need i think probably serious legislation in place clicks yes. i don't see any evidence of guilt working at that scale.

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documents recently discovered by greenpeace show that one scientist whose work consistently downplayed the role of carbon pollution in climate change received -- get this -- more than $1.2 million from oil and coal interests over the last decade. those nice people at the charles g. koch charitable foundation -- yes, those kochs -- gave him at least $230,000. in recent years his grants came through donor's trust the front group that funnels money from oil, coal and other special interests. well what do we know? we know that financial incentives affect people's behavior. does anyone doubt that? that's life. that's why politicians have to disclose their political contributors and gifts and benefits they receive and even personal financial information. that's why regulatory agencies and scientific journals require scientific submissions to make plain who funded the work. that's why expert witnesses' funding sources are relevant in court proceedings. and that's why upton sinclair once said -- and i'll quote him -- "it is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends