Using fire ladders, firemen and police attempt to arrest Greenpeace protesters who scaled the walls and draped a banner on the Parliament buildings in Ottowa, Monday December 7, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 months ago

Using fire ladders, firemen and police attempt to arrest Greenpeace protesters who scaled the walls and draped a banner on the Parliament buildings in Ottowa, Monday December 7, 2009.

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  1. In this photo released by Greenpeace, Greenpeace China senior forest campaigner Ma Lichao, left, hands over an open letter to Nestle China Public Relations Manager Nancy He in Beijing on Thursday, March 18, 2010, urging the confectionary giant to stop buying palm oil from the alleged biggest and most destructive palm oil producer, the Sinar Mas Group. Destruction of the rainforest for palm oil is destroying habitat of the endangered orangutan, Greenpeace said.
  2. Greenpeace forest campaigner Bustar Maitar displays recent photographs showing cleared forests for palm oil in Sinar Mas concession area in Indonesia during a press conference in Jakarta on March 18, 2010. Sinar Mas, Indonesia's biggest palm oil producer rejected claims of environmental vandalism after Nestle, the world's biggest food company, dropped it as a supplier. It was the second embarrassing blow to Sinar Mas in three months after Anglo-Dutch company Unilever in December severed ties with it in response to Greenpeace claims it is destroying rainforests.
  3. Greenpeace forest campaigners Bustar Maitar (R) and Suzanne Kroeger (L) display recent a photograph showing cleared forest for palm oil in Sinar Mas concession area in Indonesia's eastern province of Papua during a press conference in Jakarta on March 18, 2010. Sinar Mas, Indonesia's biggest palm oil producer rejected claims of environmental vandalism after Nestle, the world's biggest food company, dropped it as a supplier. It was the second embarrassing blow to Sinar Mas in three months after Anglo-Dutch company Unilever in December severed ties with it in response to Greenpeace claims it is destroying rainforests.
  4. Greenpeace activists onboard inflatable boats are seen displaying a banner in front of the subsea vessel Far Samson near Ligurian Whale Cetacean Sanctuary, which is involved in the construction of an offshore Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal, in this handout picture released to Reuters March 16, 2010. Greenpeace activists painted the words "Balene Finite" (Whale Finished) on the side of the vessel during their protest against the construction of the terminal.
  5. Three Greenpeace activists are seen climbing onto the main deck crane of the subsea vessel Far Samson near Ligurian Whale Cetacean Sanctuary, which is involved in the construction of the off-shore Liquefied Natural Gas terminal (LNG), in this handout picture released to Reuters March 16, 2010. The activists are holding banners which read "Ministro salva il Santuario" (Ministry Save the Sanctuary) and "Fine del Santuario" (The End of the Sanctuary). Greenpeace claimed that police removed two of the three activists with force during their protest against the construction of the terminal.
  6. People hold flags during a demonstration by Greenpeace Environmental Organisation members on March 15, 2010 at Dieppe harbour to protest against the construction of a pressurised water nuclear reactor (EPR) in nearby Penly, northwestern France. French fishermen blocked the access to the harbour to prevent Greenpeace's boat from entering the fairway.
  7. People hold a banner during a demonstration by Greenpeace Environmental Organisation members on March 15, 2010 at Dieppe harbour to protest against the construction of a pressurised water nuclear reactor (EPR) in nearby Penly, northwestern France. French fishermen blocked the access to the harbour to prevent Greenpeace's boat from entering the fairway. The banner reads in French: 'stop EPR, neither in Penly, nor somewhere else'.
  8. A man waves a flag during a demonstration by Greenpeace Environmental Organisation members on March 15, 2010 at Dieppe harbour to protest against the construction of a pressurised water nuclear reactor (EPR) in nearby Penly, northwestern France. French fishermen (R) are blocking the access to the harbour to prevent Greenpeace's boat from entering the fairway.
  9. Greenpeace activists dive from their inflatable boats in the water to display a banner that reads 'Russia is not a dustbin' after crew members of the Russian cargo 'Kapitan Kurpotev' used water canons, on March 12, 2010 in Montoir-de-Bretagne, western France, to prevent their actions of protest against the transport of depleted uranium to Russia by this cargo. Greenpeace said French nuclear group Areva and its counterpart British Urenco, have sent close to 140,000 tonnes of nuclear waste to Russia in the past 15 years.
  10. Greenpeace activists dive from their inflatable boats in the water to display a banner that read 'Russia is not a dustbin' after crew members of the Russian cargo 'Kapitan Kurpotev' used water canons, on March 12, 2010 in Montoir-de-Bretagne, western France, to prevent their actions of protest against the transport of depleted uranium to Russia by this cargo. Greenpeace said French nuclear group Areva and its counterpart British Urenco, have sent close to 140,000 tonnes of nuclear waste to Russia in the past 15 years.
  11. Greenpeace activists jumped overboard their inflatable boats to display a banner that read 'Russia is not a dustbin' after crew members of the Russian cargo 'Kapitan Kurpotev' used water canons, on March 12, 2010 in Montoir-de-Bretagne, western France, to prevent their actions of protest against the transport of depleted uranium to Russia by this cargo. Greenpeace said French nuclear group Areva and its counterpart British Urenco, have sent close to 140,000 tonnes of nuclear waste to Russia in the past 15 years.
  12. A Greenpeace activist jumped overboard her inflatable boat to display a banner that reads 'Russia is not a dustbin' after crew members of the Russian cargo 'Kapitan Kurpotev' used water canons, on March 12, 2010 in Montoir-de-Bretagne, western France, to prevent their actions of protest against the transport of depleted uranium to Russia by this cargo. Greenpeace said French nuclear group Areva and its counterpart British Urenco, have sent close to 140,000 tonnes of nuclear waste to Russia in the past 15 years.
  13. Environmental international association Greenpeace activists display a banner that reads 'Russia is not a dustbin' as they head for Russian cargo 'Kapitan Kurpotev' (unseen) during a protest, on March 12, 2010 in Montoir-de-Bretagne, western France, against the transport of depleted uranium by the cargo to Russia. Greenpeace said French nuclear group Areva and its counterpart British Urenco, have sent close to 140,000 tonnes of nuclear waste to Russia in the past 15 years. Background is the Saint-Nazaire bridge.
  14. Environmental international association Greenpeace activists display a banner that reads 'Russia is not a dustbin' during a protest, on March 12, 2010 in Montoir-de-Bretagne, western France, against the transport of depleted uranium by the Russian cargo 'Kapitan Kurpotev' (background) to Russia. Greenpeace said French nuclear group Areva and its counterpart British Urenco, have sent close to 140,000 tonnes of nuclear waste to Russia in the past 15 years.
  15. Environmental international association Greenpeace activists display banners that read 'Russia is not a dustbin' during a protest against the Russian cargo 'Kapitan Kurpotev' (background) on March 12, 2010 in Montoir-de-Bretagne, western France, against the transport of depleted uranium by this cargo to Russia. Greenpeace said French nuclear group Areva and its counterpart British Urenco, have sent close to 140,000 tonnes of nuclear waste to Russia in the past 15 years.
  16. Environmental international association Greenpeace activists display a banner that reads 'Russia is not a dustbin' during a protest, on March 12, 2010 in Montoir-de-Bretagne, western France, against the transport of depleted uranium by the Russian cargo 'Kapitan Kurpotev' (background) to Russia. Greenpeace said French nuclear group Areva and its counterpart British Urenco, have sent close to 140,000 tonnes of nuclear waste to Russia in the past 15 years.

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