UK News 18-02-2005 who: Greenpeace what: Invade International Petroleum Exchange as Kyoto treaty comes into effect where: LONDON when: Wednesday snippet: "The exchange, which trades oil worth up to $1,000bn a year and sets the price for as much as 60% of the world`s crude supply, was thrown into chaos just before 2pm," explains The Guardian, "as traders and security guards clashed with the activists coming through the only door on to the trading floor in the basement of the building." In other environmental news, Britain "defied the European Commission" on Monday, says The Scotsman, "by pressing ahead with a scheme that allows British industry to pollute more than permitted by Brussels" and a report by the BBC on Friday says there is "compelling" evidence that the oceans have risen in temperature over the past 40 years as a result of industrial pollution. [... more]

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