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Reunion Island artist Dilo surrounded by pink and magenta flowers around her head.

Reunion Island artist Dilo uses the sounds of nature to celebrate it 

“What will our future sound like?” That's the question hundreds of artists like Dilo have answered in a new musical project that celebrates nature.

Reunion Island artist Dilo uses the sounds of nature to celebrate it 
Jay Inslee climate scorecard

Greenpeace releases scorecard for Democratic presidential candidates' commitment to climate change

Greenpeace releases scorecard for Democratic presidential candidates' commitment to climate change
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Greenpeace: Plastic pollution has spread to Antarctica

Greenpeace: Plastic pollution has spread to Antarctica
penguins sliding down a glacier

Photos: The glacial beauty of a journey to Antarctica

Photos: The glacial beauty of a journey to Antarctica
Greenpeace message next to Peru's Nazca Lines.

Greenpeace names activists behind a failed stunt at Peru climate talks

Greenpeace names activists behind a failed stunt at Peru climate talks
Britain's National Gallerly sells its soul to the villainous "Man from Shell" is this recent guerilla theater presentation by the activist group Art Not Oil. Fossil fuel industry support of cultural institutions has become increasingly controversial in th

For these activists, oil and art just don't mix

After scoring some big victories in the US in 2014, the movement to get institutions to cut their ties to fossil fuel companies is broadening its focus in the UK to include big name museums and even toy companies.

For these activists, oil and art just don't mix
Anti-government protesters at a TV station in Burkina Faso

In Burkina Faso, the people rise against a president who just won't leave

Burkina Faso is in turmoil after protesters decided they'd had enough of their long-serving leader finding new ways to stay in power. But it seems their protests have worked, and forced him from power.

In Burkina Faso, the people rise against a president who just won't leave
Robotic arm taking samples

Deep seabed mining is a new — and lightly regulated — ecological experiment

A Canadian company has struck a deal with Papua New Guinea to mine gold and other metals from deep beneath the sea. The project raises great concerns about the impact on life in the deep ocean.

Deep seabed mining is a new — and lightly regulated — ecological experiment
Greenpeace set up a faux fracking operation outside the country home of British Prime Minister David Cameron this week to protest a government plan to allow fracking companies to drill under private property without the owners' permission.

Greenpeace decides to create a fracking well — under David Cameron's home

The British government is set to introduce a bill that critics say would allow gas fracking under people's homes, without permission. Opponents from Greenpeace responded by setting up a bogus fracking operation outside the country home of Prime Minister David Cameron.

Greenpeace decides to create a fracking well — under David Cameron's home

Russia plans a Christmas present for Pussy Riot and the Arctic 30 — but is it just packaging?

The Russian Parliament has passed an amnesty law that covers two very high-profile Russian cases. It calls for the release of the two jailed members of the protest punk band Pussy Riot. And the amnesty is expected to end the prosecution of the Arctic 30, the Greenpeace activists arrested as they protested Russian oil drilling in the Arctic.

Russia plans a Christmas present for Pussy Riot and the Arctic 30 — but is it just packaging?

'We'll be home for Christmas' may be a reality for Pussy Riot and the Arctic 30

Russia's President Vladimir Putin seems to have once again pulled off a PR "master stroke" by having a routine amnesty law expanded to free two groups at the center of global human rights protests, just before the Sochi Olympics. The world's youngest nation, South Sudan, is suffering from renewed ethic violence. And the illegal practice of shark finning —stripping sharks of their fins — proves hard to end in Costa Rica. All that and more, in today's Global Scan.

'We'll be home for Christmas' may be a reality for Pussy Riot and the Arctic 30

Russia grants bail to most of the Greenpeace activists charged with hooliganism

A Brazilian Greenpeace activist walked out of a courtroom in Saint Petersburg, Russia on Wednesday, free until her trial on charges of hooliganism. She was holding a sign that said "Save the Arctic." Most of the 29 others picked up in the Arctic while protesting offshore drilling there, have been granted bail and should be released this weekend.

Russia grants bail to most of the Greenpeace activists charged with hooliganism
A passenger train starts, with a green carriage which is believed to transport 30 people who were arrested over a Greenpeace protest at the Prirazlomnaya oil rig seen in the train formation, in Murmansk on the way to St. Petersburg, November 11, 2013.

Greenpeace activist tells of life in a Russian prison

On September 19th, Russian journalist Andrey Allakhverdov was aboard the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise protesting at an Arctic oil rig, when Russian authorities arrested the entire crew. His letters from a prison in Murmansk tell a story of uncertainty, yet reasonable treatment.

Greenpeace activist tells of life in a Russian prison

A Soviet dissident father waits, as his Greenpeace activist son sits in a Russian jail

Pavel Litvinov is no stranger to Russian prisons. He's a former Soviet dissident and a retired math teacher now living in the US. But as he wrote recently in an op-ed letter to the Washington Post, "Disastor has struck my home."

A Soviet dissident father waits, as his Greenpeace activist son sits in a Russian jail
Merkel upset at NSA snooping

Now who's throwing a fit about NSA eavesdropping? Add Germany to the list

Suspicions abound in this edition of the daily Global Scan. Newly-leaked documents show the NSA has spied on leaders and citizens of America's friends and foes alike. The Roma fall under suspicion of child trafficking, while they fear losing their legitimate children. And an Australian leader is suspicious over claims that fires raging in his country are an early sign of climate change. Those are some of the stories we're tracking in today's Global Scan.

Now who's throwing a fit about NSA eavesdropping? Add Germany to the list