they've also found allies in finland yes and you are mo are in contact with tanian of greenpeace. we're going to connect in this in a couple of a couple of the greenpeace activist is 600 kilometers away and came in here where there are 2 pulp mills a minute the game was in and matty wants to prove that they are using lumber from primeval forest that are vital for the sami. together with jani a photographer he heads for a nearby lumber yard to gather evidence. was. just a thumb up article to the marks on the logs document the origins of the temper and the intended purchaser look like he made me out of. the timber here comes from a company that the activists have already run across during their investigation when i. was. like oh i've got to go this was to be several hundreds of us over sold one was most of it just might be coming from any old forest fire you have trees with different dates you see the visit has paid off. so now we know that this one particular area for the slogan go in on the hundreds of silver at least experiences in the old forest same number there and same number

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shaun burnie from greenpeace there speaking to us earlier now protesters in the u.s. state of minnesota have taken to the streets for a 2nd night after a young black man was shot dead by police near minneapolis the officer who fired at 20 year old dante wright says she confused her gun with her taser tensions in minneapolis were already running high before this latest incident a white former police officer derrick shaaban is currently on trial they're charged with the murder of george floyd the president is appealing for peace. the last moments of don't have rights life be courted by the party come of the police officer who fatally shot him. 22 year old reuters arrested during a traffic stop. he struggles free and gets back in the car then. police say the footage shows that the officer used her gun by mistake. as i watched the video and listen to the officers commands is my belief that the officer had the intention to deploy their taser but instead shot mr wright with a single bullet this appears to me from what i viewed in the officer's reaction in distress immediate

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john berney senior nuclear specialist at greenpeace thank you so much for joining us to share your view on this move from the japanese government that has been announced we appreciate it. world leaders have condemned russia's most recent military activity in and around ukraine the g. 7 group of advanced nations says that it's deeply concerned by what it calls russian provocations ukraine accuses moscow of sending thousands of troops to its eastern border in the crimean peninsula. kiev and moscow have traded blame over the worsening situation in the donbass region ukrainian troops have fought pro russian separatists since 2014 clashes in the region have become more frequent and there are fears that the result conflicts between the 2 sides could flare up again. a russian military camps set up suddenly close to russia's border with ukraine witnesses have reported seeing rows of tanks in the area and artillery being moved by train and leaders in europe and the u.s. are trying to find out why. russia is not denying the troop movements but says it's not threatening anyone. or spot over there

. >> anna waggoner from greenpeace puts it, think of it this way. if your bathtub was overflowing, you would not immediately reach for a mop, you would cut off the water at the tap, the source, which is what we have to do with plastic production. you see, we have already got enough plastic on the planet to last us a good, long time. we created an 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic since 1960. that's the equivalent of 25,000 empire state buildings. and while you and i are filling up our recycling bins with plastic, big corporations aren't purchasing enough of that plastic to make new products because it cost more money to use recycled plastics than it does to simply make new plastics. so they are raking in the prophets, and we are paying the price in the long run with oceans filling up and micro plastics on our dinner plates. i don't think it's worth it, how about you? because remember that company i told you about? that company dumping all of that plastic waste into the ocean. the good news is we are not just a part of this company, you are on the b

china, russia, greenpeace, they say they heat he hadly object.apan's story, -- sewer? what do you say to the story. >> this is a unforced error by the biden administration. john kerry envoy for climate change, meeting with the south koreans, declaring that the united states should reach carbon neutrality by 2050 while the south koreans, as you mentioned and many others including the taiwan east are deeply concerned about japan's move. they're making arguments that need to be really thought through carefully. one, john kerry has said that the japanese consulted with the international energy atomic agency, that is basically the consultation that is needed but what about all of the regional partners? they don't feel they're getting enough information from the japanese government. there is a concern among greenpeace japan, even and among other governments that the japanese leadership has not looked at all technologies available. they're going with the cheap, easier one. you just go down the list. this is not where the united states wants to be. absol

i think greenpeace is using that as a rhetorical device to inflict pain upon the the nuclear industry and japan in general. there's really no other other option it's it takes a long time for this radioactive part of gen which it has to be said is is very moderately radioactive compared to other forms of credit to be it's like you can only build so many tanks and they still have water which is being accumulated all the time and they're making those predictions for a couple of years from now so they really other alternative would be to a parade it into the air but that's not very controlled so. controlled don't lucian into the ocean as bad as it sounds actually is very site. what about the other contaminants beyond the radioactive hives and some scientists have raised concerns about those saying that they pose a greater health risk and accumulate more lesley in seafood. you will you certainly wouldn't want to make a case about carbon 14 because that's just we were in just a cabin for dayne even now your eyes we breathe in the air from the atmosphere so we don't want to be tricking peopl

are relying on bailouts let's speak to sara frey all about this she's a transport campaigner at greenpeace france and she's via skype from paris it's our very good to have you with us on al-jazeera so the french government says this is a way to lower carbon emissions in achieve net 0 targets does greenpeace france welcome this move this decision does it go far enough. we find that this decision is far from being ambitious you know just to make it clear that when they decided to buttle all that mystic flight when there is none to actually train you know and then to an as far as lecture you explain it quickly means that only 3 airlines will be concerned and will be concerned out of the in dread of the mystical of flight that exists in france with the kind of benefits that would be really reduced really limited so we we think that it's fun from being in the ship and beyond the worlds that make it seems like ambitious it's not it's not saw it we are quite good at pointed with that this young and this the law of elephant metion so what more needs to happen then sarah to accelerate france's envi

that can cause cancer well let's bring in shaun burnie he's a senior nuclear specialist with greenpeace east asia and he joins us now from castle douglas in the united kingdom sean i see that before they pump it up saying that the water will be significantly diluted to well within guidelines the concentration of tries him for instance will be one 7th of what's allowed and i see the eye has also back to this plan so what are you actual concerns in terms of impact. whenever he could is free says everything is ok he will be within city limits we always have to question their accuracy and their reliability. of waste that is in these times it's because of direct threat to any environment that it's released into and the decision of the japanese government to d. to move forward with plans to discharge were 1000000 tonnes is wholly unacceptable just to give you an example if you were to take one liter of this nuclear waste water after its process and you were to move on a ship into international waters into the pacific or any other option it would be illegal under international law the so-calle

government's decision and i remain optimistic absolutely that we can stop those sean bernie from greenpeace speaking to us earlier there. now protesters in the u.s. state of minnesota have taken to the streets for a 2nd night after a young black man was shot dead by police near minneapolis the officer who fired a 20 year old dante wright says she confused her gun with her taser tensions in minneapolis were already running high before this latest incident a white former police officer there shaaban is currently on trial there charged with the murder of george floyd the president is appealing for peace. the last moments of don't have rights life be courted by the party come of the police officer who fatally shot him. 20 year old wright is a wrist it during a traffic stop. he struggles free and gets back in the car then. police say the footage shows that the office a used gun by mistake. as i watch the video and listen to the officers commands is my belief that the officer had the intention to deploy their taser but instead shot mr right with a single bullet this appears to me from what i view

for what this is what a forest should look like and i'm a member of greenpeace and we're fighting against the forestation and illegal timber and point the problem is that we do need would rather draw on our own forests here in france but i don't want to exploit them to the point of destruction . in romania logging practices are the order of the day the country exports huge amounts of illegally log timber even the government admits it's a major problem. the carpathian mountains are still blanketed in forests but they're disappearing at an alarming rate your highness sonnen of the world wide fund for nature wants to change that. there are many reasons we have to combat these illegal logging and deforestation here. it's a threat to our very survival. it's a problem that's particularly severe in eastern europe and poverty is just one of the reasons as i just. heist fun we're seeing everything from poor people collecting firewood for the winter to organized crime networks and major corporate structures that feed off illegal timber. organized crime is a big problem in the car pay thousands the

as friend john byrne a senior nuclear specialist at greenpeace he's training us from scotland welcome to the program and thank you for joining us your reaction to this move i mean the water here is reportedly going to be treated deluded can it be safe no absolutely not and the government and the owner of the site to kill that should all be yours they cannot be trusted with their assurances these discharges ability to leave the store in 2 years time but it's at least 30 years old nuclear waste dump in the pacific with 'd the result. they say it's unavoidable for their part so i mean what do you make of that claim and do you see an alternate way to potentially deal with the problem. the clear alternative has existed for years and the long term storage we forced her to to admit into those 19 the fact lance bass on the site was available in fact the government school committee that investigated this issue who did last year the one who would be available to submit daiichi nuclear plant so the 2022 idea that is running out of space is a myth and it just serves the interests of the governmen

greenpeace has called on biden to reduce u.s.ns by 70% by 2030 and to phase out fossil fuels. the climate summit continues today with a focus in part on the role of big business. speakers include billionaires mike bloomberg and bill gates. we begin today's show with kate aronoff. she is staff writer at "the new republic." her new book is titled "overheated: how capitalism broke the planet -- and how we fight back.” can you respond to the earth day seven of at least 40 world leaders called by president biden, what he has set as goals for the u.s. and what others are setting for their own countries? >> yeah. i have been to a lot of these types of summits before. they're not so strange in the realm of global climate policy making. leaders coming together, making pronouncements, and generally feeling good about one another. it is good this happened. but biden announced yesterday, 50% below 2005 levels by 2030, this is fulfilling a basic requiremt of the u.s. -- they needed to date this target which joe biden is a lot of minutia top.

environmental groups including greenpeace and fridays for future back to legal challenge for them and 1st a few bucks in this ruling is a 1st important step in the right direction. so let's talk to our feliks a. lawyer who brought one of the cases the court ruled on today a welcome to d.w.p. professor you described today's verdict as groundbreaking for germany why. well it is actually groundbreaking and this is the 1st ruling where the german federal constitutional court ruled in favor i'm not against protection it's paris climate time to get the. pre-industrial levels. not only legally binding international law but also finding from that perspective a fundamental right constitutional law it is unconstitutional according to the constitution of. all. if they follow the established. and so one of the this is being. told. the court said that this law does not protect future generations sufficiently it sounds odd for a court now to be to make rulings about some future generations who may or may not coming to be. well. public policy and politics in general is about balancing different sphe

reporter: environ mental groups including greenpeace back to legal challenge.his ruling is a first important step for them in the right direction. brent: i am joined now by a climate activist involved in this legal challenge. it's good to have you on the program. we hear all the time from environmentalists that climate protection laws could be stronger. why do you say this verdict his groundbreaking for germany -- is groundbreaking for germany? >> it's not just groundbreaking, it is an earthquake. i think, i am pretty sure that in the next weeks and months, we will feel more short waves in a lot of different respects. brent: how s >> you mentioned the election. at the moment, there's no political party running for the new parliamen with a program that would fit what the court is requesting. another point is that climate policy was made basically by a group from within the government. the cost additional court said this is not the right way. -- the constitutional court said this is not the right way to create new legislation. brent: you say there's no political

environmental groups including greenpeace and fridays for future back the legal challenge for them and 1st of feedbacks in this ruling is a 1st important step in the right direction. now germany will start returning sculpture looted from africa during colonial times the objects known as been in bronzes were originally taken by british soldiers in the 19th century they were later sold on to museums worldwide and many are held in germany they're considered some of africa's greatest cultural treasures are returned they will return to nigeria next year. but that's it you are up to date up next is our documentary i talk film titled the invisibles a look at the workers behind the clicks at amazon cooper and air b.n. b. small world headlines at the top of the hour as well and you can find much more now of sites d.w. dot com. imagine how many polish the old love shall certain out in the world climb a tree different off the stores this is my plan for where i'm from just one week. before it can really get. we still have time to work i'm doing. this. from the meaty level as from peel resistible e

her case is not an isolated one waste disposal is one of russia's most pressing issues greenpeace numbersshow less than 4 percent of waste is processed and only 2 percent goes to incineration plants the rest lands and dumps ironically the country with the largest land area on earth can't find enough space for the estimated 70000000 tons of waste its population produces annually moscow's landfills in particular the ticking time bombs many of them fail to meet official safety standards contaminating soil ground and air over and over and local residents have protested like here. but they rarely see any results. if it was a year has joined the fight for teen and her neighborhood she and her fellow activists pooled their funds and bought a gauge that measures radioactivity chlorine hydrogen sulfide ammonia and other pollutants. grew out of the rebels we use this data to compile what we call a map of the stench for the whole area and then decide if we can go outside with the kids or not. their results are alarming. the activists report them to environmental thora sees regularly. in 2017 the sta

the case is not an isolated one waste disposal is one of russia's most pressing issues greenpeace numbers show less than 4 percent of waste is processed and only 2 percent goes to incineration plants the rest lands and. ironically the country with the largest land area on earth can't find enough space for the estimated 70000000 tons of waste its population produces annually moscow's landfills in particular are ticking time bombs many of them fail to meet official safety standards contaminating soil ground and air over and over and local residents have protested like here. but they rarely see any results. fitters a year has joined the fight for teen in her neighborhood she and her fellow activists pooled their funds and bought a cage that measures radioactivity chlorine hydrogen sulfide ammonia and other pollutants. that are both we'll use this data to compile what we call a map of the stench for the whole area and then decide if we can go outside with the kids or not. their results are alarming. the activists report them to environmental thora regularly. in 2017 the state emergency servic

her case is not an isolated one waste disposal is one of russia's most pressing issues greenpeace numbers show less than 4 percent of waste is processed and only 2 percent goes to incineration plants the rest lands and. ironically the country with the largest land area on earth can't find enough space for the estimated 70000000 tons of waste its population produces annually moscow's landfills in particular the ticking time bombs many of them fail to meet official safety standards contaminating soil around and over and over and local residents have protested like here. but they rarely see any results. fitters a year has joined the fight 14 and in her neighborhood she and her fellow activists pooled their funds and bought a cage that measures radioactivity chlorine hydrogen sulfide ammonia and other pollutants. that are both we'll use this data to compile what we call a map of the stench for the whole area and then decide if we can go outside with the kids or not. their results are alarming the activists report them to environmental thora regularly. in 2017 the state emergency services fina

environmental groups including greenpeace and fridays for future back the legal challenge for them and 1st a few facts in this ruling is a 1st important step in the right direction. how germany will start returning sculpture is looted from africa jaring colonial times the objects known as the bin in the bronzes were originally taken by british soldiers in the 19th century they were later sold to museums worldwide and many are held in germany they're considered some of africa's greatest cultural treasures will be returned to nigeria next year. well that's it you're up to date up next is our covert 19th special mind that you can find much more news on a website that is dot com and there will be more world news at the top of the hour césar up by. the phone against the corona virus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. information and context the coronavirus update. on t w. n u you may know years years we can hear you and how last year's german sausage are remembering you are going to a man called and you've never caught.

environmental groups including greenpeace and fridays for future back to legal challenge for them and 1st the feedbacks in this ruling is a 1st important step in the right direction. but i'm joined now by a. climate activists who was involved in this legal challenge it's good to have you on the program you know we hear all the time from environmentalists is that climate protection laws could be stronger so why do you say this verdict is groundbreaking for germany. you can go further it's not just groundbreaking it's i would say some of us quake. i think i'm pretty sure that in the next weeks and months. a lot more shot waifs in a lot of different respect. you mentioned. you know we mentioned the election at the moment there's no political party. running for the new parliament. with a programme that shit all the constitutional court is requesting another point is that we experience that. policy was made basically by groups from within the government the constitutional court said this is not the right way to create new. legislation. needs to be. this is a meeting as you say there's no p

the case is not an isolated one waste disposal is one of russia's most pressing issues greenpeace numbersshow less than 4 percent of waste is processed and only 2 percent goes to incineration plants the rest lands and. ironically the country with the largest land area on earth can't find enough space for the estimated 70000000 tons of waste its population produces annually moscow's landfills in particular are ticking time bombs many of them fail to meet official safety standards contaminating soil around and over and over and local residents have protested like here in out of hunger games. but they rarely see any results. if it was a year has joined the fight for team in her neighborhood she and her fellow activists pooled their funds and bought a cage that measures radioactivity chlorine hydrogen sulfide ammonia and other pollutants. that are both we'll use this data to compile what we call a map of the stench for the whole area and then decide if we can go outside with the kids or not. their results are alarming the activists report them to environmental thora sees regularly. in 2017 th

environmental groups including greenpeace and fridays for a future back to legal challenge for them and 1st the feedbacks in this ruling is a 1st important step in the right direction. but i'm joined now by andreas is under z is a climate activists who was involved in this legal challenge it's good to have you on the program you know we hear all the time from environmentalists that climate protection laws could be stronger so why do you say this verdict is groundbreaking for germany. to go further it's not just groundbreaking it's i would say it's an earthquake. i think i'm pretty sure that in the next weeks and months you a lot more waifs. a lot of different respects. you mentioned. you know we mentioned the election at the moment there's no political party. running for parliament. was a program that shit for constitutional court is requesting not only is that the experience that. policy was made basically by groups from within the government because it was a call set this is not the right way to create new. legislation. needs to be fully involved this is one of them is that as you say

for loosening lockdown restrictions on reopening businesses but it was also joined by a far right greenpeace members 3 smoke bombs at the police one protester was injured another arrested at his ease covert destructions in most regions after at least the lock down restaurant so will remain closed until at least the end of april only take out and delivery service is a permitted we spoke with some of the protesting business owners. they fear the anger of the people but the people are angry for a reason there are serious reasons not enough attention is being paid to important issues affecting the sector they have been hit by wrong and unfair decisions resources have not been allocated in a supportive or equitable way for restaurant owners. the state owes me but no help is coming i don't know how to make ends meet each month the expenses affixed each month there are more expenses than benefits we're desperate. to get we are in the square because we have the right to demonstrate this is a dictatorship maybe it's fine for brussels but not for us we are workers not criminals. and the mic related an

for what this is what a forest should look like and i'm a member of greenpeace and we're fighting against deforestation and illegal timber and point the problem is that we do need would rather draw on our own forests here in france but i don't want to exploit them to the point of destruction. in romania rapacious logging practices are the order of the day the country exports huge amounts of illegally log timber even the government admits it's a major problem. the carpathian mountains are still blanketed in forests but they're disappearing at an alarming rate yohannes sonnen of the world wide fund for nature wants to change that. there are many reasons we have to combat this illegal logging and deforestation here. it's a threat to our very survival. it's a problem that's particularly severe in eastern europe and poverty is just one of the reasons so just. i just flung we're seeing everything from poor people collecting firewood for the winter to organized crime networks and major corporate structures that feed off illegal timber. organized crime is a big problem in the carpathian the trade

translation: according | to greenpeace, this change would spare the most polluting of our connectionssengers in 2019, the flights between paris and nice generate the equivalent of 22,500 tons of carbon dioxide. france has a renowned train network. getting around here is usually pretty painless. it may not be the same for other countries considering a similar scheme. the ministers insist big steps have to be taken if we are serious about climate change. tim allman, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: brazil's battle with covid—19. with hospitals overwhelmed, victims�* families are now saying that the crisis is a public health disaster. pol pot, one of the century's greatest mass murderers, has reported to have died of natural causes. he and the khmer rouge movement he led were responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million cambodians. there have been violent protests in indonesia, where playboy has gone on sale for the first time. traditionalist muslim leaders have expressed disgust. the magazine's offices have been attacked and its editorial staff have gone into

translation: yeah according to greenpeace, this change would spare the most polluting our connectionsmore than 3 — polluting our connections. with more than 3 million _ polluting our connections. tn more than 3 million passengers in 2019, the flights between paris and niece generate the equivalent of 22,500 tons of carbon dioxide.— carbon dioxide. france has a renowned — carbon dioxide. france has a renowned train _ carbon dioxide. france has a renowned train network. - carbon dioxide. france has a - renowned train network. getting around here is usually pretty painless. it may not be the same for other countries considering a similar scheme. the ministers insist big steps have to be taken if we are serious about climate change. tim allman, bbc news. coming up, brazil's battle with covid. with hospitals overwhelmed, victims families say the crisis has become a public health disaster. pol pot, one of the century's greatest mass murderers, has reported to have died of natural causes. he and the khmer rouge movement he led were responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million cambo

translation: according | to greenpeace, this change would spare the most polluting of our connections passengers in 2019, the flights between paris and nice generate the equivalent of 22,500 tons of carbon dioxide. france has a renowned train network. getting around here is usually pretty painless. it may not be the same for other countries considering a similar scheme. the ministers insist big steps have to be taken if we are serious about climate change. tim allman, bbc news. the japanese government has approved a plan to release into the sea huge amounts of contaminated water from the stricken fukushima nuclear plant, which suffered a meltdown ten years ago. china has called the decision extremely irresponsible, and south korea has expressed strong regret at it. announcing the plan, japan�*s prime minister said safety was his paramount concern. translation: after constructing the relevant facilities and arrangements to conform to regulations, we will start the release in about two years. the concentration of tritium will be reduced to one 40th of domestic regulation standards, whic

together the whole kaleidoscope of different campaign groups from black extension with dahlia to greenpeace all very unhappy that this new legislation if it's passed would give the police great suppose to control the way people can protest for example it could set start and finish times on demonstrations it could limit the amount of noise. the demonstrations are allowed to create and that is seen by its critics as being really infringements on civil liberties on human rights on people's rights to dissent from things particularly in the context that we have at the moment the double problem context which is the corona virus pandemic which is a district of people's ability to mix and mingle and go about about their daily business which businesses and also the birth of what we call center everonn here in london at the start of lot. of big deal 2 weeks later was broken up many people say quite a 150 by the police and the lot of concern about the way the police are going about its plumping down on the way people are gathering to express what they see as magenta mix concerns about the way the coun

environmental groups including greenpeace and fridays for a future back to legal challenge for them and 1st a few bucks in this ruling is a 1st important step in the right direction. report was produced by g.w. political correspondent judy dally who joins us now. welcome julia so let's talk about 1st of all the significance of today's verdict yet is a very important ruling it was. one of the lawyers who brought the challenge to the court as groundbreaking and there are 2 important points this one is that the court has acknowledged that the paris agreement goals have to be the foundation of policy me policy making in germany in terms of environmental policy for example of the decision to keep the rising global temperatures below 1.5 degrees celsius compared to previous industrialize levels and the 2nd important point is that the ruling looks at the future and the risk for future generations not only to have to endure the toughest consequences of climate change but also to be stuck with carrying the burden of trying to fight climate change itself and to having to endure the toughest sacri

translation: according | to greenpeace, this change would spare the most polluting air connections.tting around here is usually pretty painless. it may not be the same for other countries who might be considering a similar scheme. but ministers insist big steps have to be taken if we are serious about climate change. tim allman, bbc news. there's been a shooting at a high school in knoxville in tennessee. police say one person was killed and an officer was wounded when police confronted the suspect, who repeatedly fired at them. the gunman was later identified as a student at the school. the bafta—winning netflix documentary �*my octopus teacher�* tells story of a filmmaker who befriends an octopus. it was filmed off the coast of cape town in one of the world's richest ecosystems. now the makers of the documentary are part of a campaign to preserve the underwater forest. our africa correspondent andrew harding went under water to bring us this report. the sea life here is spectacular. but try for a moment to look past the exotic creatures crowding the cold waters near cape town and

her case is not an isolated one waste disposal is one of russia's most pressing issues greenpeace numbers show less than 4 percent of waste is processed and only 2 percent goes to incineration plants the rest lands and dumps ironically the country with the largest land area on earth can't find enough space for the estimated 70000000 tons of waste its population produces annually moscow's landfills in particular are ticking time bombs many of them fail to meet official safety standards contaminating soil around and over and over and local residents have protested like here. but they rarely see any results. fit us a year has joined the fight 14 in her neighborhood she and her fellow activists pooled their funds and bought a cage that measures radioactivity chlorine hydrogen sulfide ammonia and other pollutants. that are both we use this data to compile what we call a map of the stench for the whole area and then decide if we can go outside with the kids or not. their results are alarming the activists report them to environmental thora regularly. in 2017 the state emergency services finally

environmental groups including greenpeace and fridays for a future back the legal challenge for them and 1st the feedbacks in this ruling is a 1st important step in the right direction. germany will soon begin returning sculptures looted from africa during colonial times the objects known as the bronze as were originally taken by british soldiers in the 19th century they were later sold to museums worldwide many ended up here in germany they're considered some of africa's greatest cultural treasures the returned to nigeria is scheduled for next year you're watching the news up next is business news with chris corbett stay with us he will be right back. to. take on.

that they're getting enough information from the japanese government, there is a concern among greenpeacet that the japanese leadership has not looked at all technology available. you just go down the list, this is not where the united states wants to be. >> we have a foreign minister in japan showing a tweet he say in the ocean is not japan's trashcan and they say japan officials drink it, john kerry feels safe, should he drink it first, they're talking the release of a million tons of contaminated water and they're claiming it is safe that they let japan filtered and has a radioactive hydrogen isotope and if it's so safe why are they releasing it over 2al - 3 decads and they're talking about 400 swimming pools. if it is so harmless why is it taking three decades to release an china spokesman with foreign ministry said to japan if it's safe, you drink the water and show us. >> you're hitting on really important point about the geopolitics of all of this and it's really not good for the united states to be in this position we are supposed to be the biden administration leading the globe o

environmental groups including greenpeace and fridays for future back the legal challenge for them and 1st of feedbacks in this ruling is a 1st important step in the right direction. well that's it you are up to date up next is chris cuomo with all the latest business developments more while these at the top of the hour and you can also find much more news analysis and video on our website that is the you dot com and we have. important news. smoking healthy posters signs are good for the b.b.c. global warming doesn't exist. well not yet comes from you have to read my mind. the industry is controlling your thoughts here. it's not easy to spot. the great books of the 20th century. present day hoaxes. and who's behind the. manufacturing ignorance starts may 3rd on d. w. . u.s. president joe biden marks 100 days in office with an ambitious new spending plan for families and children. 3rd big legislative proposal taxing businesses and the wealthy to expand the role of government in the united states also coming up post another big quarterly loss on the german flag carrier and also to mystic

it became a project of greenpeace and our goal was to reach the 25 million americans who are alarmedaven't done anything about it because nobody's asked them. you know and there are apparently 13,000,000 of them who would engage in civil disobedience, and risk getting arrested, but nobody asked them. so our target was the great unasked. and i figured, you know, i turned 82 at the time, and i thought, "well they'll see this old lady who, you know, she's getting arrested and going to jail." maybe they'll think, "well, i'm really concerned about this. maybe i'll do that too." and people started coming from all over the country mostly women mostly older women >> jimmy: wow. [ cheers and applause >> washington, oregon, everywhere from all over. and, so when the pandemic hit, we took it online and, you know, in 2020 we had nine million some views across all platforms. people have really stuck with it it's wonderful >> jimmy: and how did you come up with the name "fire drill fridays" >> about five days before the very first one in october of 2019, we still had no name and we'd been thinking

. >> greenpeace went and climbed aboard it and took a huge banner that we put on it.me, try recycling." it really became a metaphor of, "we are bumping up against limits here. we cannot keep just continuing this mindless consumerism, mindless consumptionand dump it somewhere else." >> american has a garbage problem too long ignored... >> sullivan: at hagley, we found a collection of internal plastic industry documents... thank you. (voiceover): ...about this period of time, when the industry was in the crosshairs of the environmental movement, and plastics we under attack. as we continued reporting,e found even more internal documents and court filings, and spoke with over a dozen industry insiders, including three top executives who represented the big plastic producers and agreed to talk publicly for the first time. back then, one of the vice presidents at the society of the plastics industry was lew freeman. he now heads a local environmental coalition, but he remembers a pivotal board meeting in the late '80s, when the industry was worried about its public image.

airlines are already struggling because of the pandemic sarah foyle is a transport campaigner at greenpeace france and says that the measure doesn't go far enough to have a considerable impact on carbon emissions. it means that only 3 airlines will be concerned will be concerned out of the old dread of the mystical of flight that exists in france with the kind of benefits that would be really reduced really cheap so we we think that it's fun from being in the ships now and beyond the world's make it seems like every ships it's not it's not so we have quoted that point with the decision and this the the lower level of phoenician. has been a law in violence in northern ireland after over a week of writing more intense in the region seen for decades bracks and the alleged breaking of coronavirus restrictions have seen as been seen as the ignition fang from pro british unionist but as andrew simmons reports from belfast it's teenagers who never experience passed on rest who are now on the front line. it's a new generation engaged in the sort of confrontation that belongs in the last century tha

let's get more on the story with sean bernie he's a senior nuclear specialist at greenpeace and he's joining us from scotland to sean good to have you on d. w. the japanese government says this water will be treated diluted before it's released into the sea and you say that it's not safe why. because through the years since the disaster the japanese government and the owner of the plan to kill a trip have misled have not told the truth the problems of the site including the operations to crew says this water 80 percent of that water billie's tanks still contains radioactive strontium redo it if i'd seen levels tens of thousands of times above what the government said it was successfully process and gotten so the generals government nur is the science of radiation protection argues that we do actually tritium is not hazardous has no threat whatsoever ok human health. to him certainly is not the most hazardous nuclear material in this water but to say that as a dual risk is scientifically illiterate ok china he said the japanese government has ignored science if you look at what they'v

translation: according | to greenpeace, this change would spare the most polluting air connections.ound here is usually pretty painless. it may not be the same for other countries who might be considering a similar scheme. but ministers insist big steps have to be taken if we are serious about climate change. tim allman, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... everyone aged 45 and over in england is now able to book their covid vaccination through the nhs — it comes as the target for offering a vaccine to all over 50s and people in high—risk groups in the uk is met, three days early. additional coronavirus testing has been put in place in two south london boroughs — after 44 confirmed cases of the south africn variant were identified. the united nations chief warns against human rights abuses in myanmar. police in the us state of minnesota say the fatal shooting of a black man by an officer was an accident. it's led to a second night of confrontation with protesters. change their lifestyles to tackle climate change, according to a new report. let's get more now on one of our top stor

harken in who's the deputy program director for biodiversity and peace with the environmental group greenpeace he's joining us from onboard the arctic sunrise shep which as i just said is in the middle of the indian ocean thanks for taking the time to speak to us and this is the 1st expedition to the. bank tell us what you are hoping to achieve with this mission. thank you so much for inviting me so what far we have been we have been documenting biodiversity on the side of the mali a bank and we are now moving on to document the fisheries. and other other traits today area and it's biodiversity and what will you do with this data that you collect. i think we just heard from the risks course by the climate change for for the fish species and other married species in the area what we're trying to show is that there is actually a kind of cascading effect or spy that human activity is in the area with the climate change so many of the especially the fish stocks here are being completely overfished cities for example the shot populations have declined by 70 percent in the in the only in the past 50

greenpeace u.k. as well as expressed its concerns about the these new laws so that the new law that's proposed that they used that we've seen a clown group there's another group over that is doing some kind of. type of class we've had music in speeches from the stage which is over my shoulder in the center of the parliament square but what unites them all is their concern about this mammoth piece of legislation the police and crime bill which is currently still in the lower house of parliament but is going to progress through because of the way it changes the rules in the laws around the way people can express their dissent in this country in england and wales specifically for example the police as you mentioned can put consents thoughts and and and limits on protest they can set noise limits as well the instigation for all of this was the extinction rebellion protests of 2019 which brought central london to an absolute standstill on the frustration of your horses and the police that they didn't have

greenpeace and the centers for law and poverty in the movement for black lives in further on down further evidence of extracting and burning fossil fuels disproportionally harms black and brown and indigenous airport committees and the report found that black americans have 1.5 times the exposure to the particulate matter compared to the overall population. what is that?e ar and found the natural gas has increased the risk of cancer for 1 million, 1 million black americans but natural gas has also contributed to 138,000 asthma attacks which caused over 100,000 today for black children and we know this is on acceptable. could you tell us more about how the possibly linda street attack on your community in minnesota effect downriver communities like st. louis? >> i would point out that minnesota is also the ground zero of racial justice right now, right? we just had the moment where the police officer will go to prison for murdering george floyd. that's happening in southern minnesota. using the same police force that are over policing and surveilling and resting indigenous people in the no