...their reception was cool except among a few local environmentalists. Greenpeace's representative in Alaska, Melanie Duchin of Anchorage, said: "As an Alaskan and an American, I'm shocked at the way Ketchikan has reacted to our visit...
...warming. "Global warming and rising temperatures in the Arctic jeopardize the polar bear's very existence," said Melanie Duchin, a climate campaigner with Greenpeace. "Polar bears cannot survive without sea ice. Polar bears could disappear...
...president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but also treasonable to the American public." Melanie Duchin of Anchorage serves as a forest campaigner for Greenpeace.
...activists are camping out in heated huts on the frozen Arctic Ocean to protest BP Amoco's Northstar development. Melanie Duchin, a Greenpeace spokesman in Anchorage, said the environmentalists arrived by snowmachine Feb. 12 and set up tents...
...more oil in the pipeline and more jobs and resources for Alaska," he said in a statement. Greenpeace spokesman Melanie Duchin said Thursday the group had not had a chance to review the decision and would not comment until Monday. BP was required...
...activists are camping out in heated huts on the frozen Arctic Ocean to protest BP Amoco's Northstar development. Melanie Duchin, a Greenpeace spokesman in Anchorage, said the environmentalists arrived by snowmachine Feb. 12 and set up tents...
...testing vessel Saber Tooth, shutting down that ship's seismic guns. ``We are going to continue our protests,'' Melanie Duchin, a Greenpeace spokeswoman aboard the Arctic Sunrise, said in a prepared statement. On Tuesday, protesters also...
...acted improperly. "On the one hand, he's acknowledging that global warming is impacting polar bears," said Melanie Duchin of Greenpeace in Alaska. "On the other hand, he's not willing to do anything about it. We're asking the administration...
...in the oil industry a huge gift. "These regulations seem designed to drive the polar bear extinct," she said. Melanie Duchin of Greenpeace USA said exempting global warming and oil development from the list of threats facing polar bears guts...
...polar bear listing. The time for debate is over, especially when the opposition is using "junk science," said Melanie Duchin with Greenpeace in Alaska. "This is clearly the same sort of 'question, deny and delay' tactic used by Exxon...
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