but in the case of greenpeace i think they are on very, very shake a ground. the courts have ruled against the ministry of home affairs and i think a big problem with the ministry of home affairs is that they have got paranoid. i mean, they have got so paranoid it's kind of reminiscent of the '70s. >> let me ask you though -- those are pretty harsh accusations, why do you say that? >> let me explain why. >> okay. >> you have targeted a few ngos and you have blocked even their indian funding. the fact is, 60% of the money that greenpeace receives in india is from ordinary citizens of india. not corporate entities, not government he want i at thises at entity at thises and. got as per the law of the land has no right to block these funds but they have gone said and done testimony the courts will eventually in my opinion rule against the government. this is an example of intimidation and hair as. why? approximate that's because greenpeace and its supporters have been agitated against the establishment of a nuclear power plant in southern india. greenpeace india h

>> the government claims greenpeace india has broken the rules governing ngo which receive foreign in airplane the government froes greenpeace india's bank account. >> those who were doing verified work there are 22,000 ngos and the surprising point is a vast total majority of them don't even file their annual reports. >> the executive director of greenpeace india aid that the organization will stick to its mandate. >> up. >> we'll continue. >> india needs energy to speed up economic growth. the government sees lots of potential in coal. with the fourth largest coal reserves in the world india will increase it's use. >> many fear that this latest tussle between ngos like greenpeace india and the government is a worrying sign of things to come. >> sanjay is a senior advocate of the supreme court of india. he said these are the hallmarks of paranoid governments. >> every organization will have a breach of one or another. but in this response that is essentially saying a message. you're using a hammer to kill a fly. >> some of the organizations on the end of this message say this is not

. >> an indian group allowed greenpeace india temporary relief in a case against the government t can now access two of its domestic accounts after they were blocked by the government for allegedly breaking rules of foreign funding. greenpeace india is challenging the government's decision to cancel its registration for six months. yemeni military sources have sedco al list forces led by saudi arabia have destroyed the naval bates. 20 shiia houthi fight wrerdz reportedly killed in that raid. in the southern city of taiz, military sites bombed belonging to the houthis as well as forces to the ousted president. >>> east african leaders will meet this weekend to discuss the ongoing political crisis in burund: there have been weeks of protest. the u.n. says more than 170 people exav aped. they put up this barricade and basically stopping people from going in to the city saying those who want to go with their lives, even while the proceed tent isn't working that much they are using force to keep as many people back as possible so they can protest. they are angry because recently they went

the government says greenpeace has broken the rules along with many others. india's interior minnesota industry has canceled raging stations of 9,000 foreign funded ngos for failing for file annual returns the u.s.-based foundation was pout a security watch list just last month. >>> an extreme heat wave has killed more than 500 people across india. most died in the southern states. weather forecasters say the heat wave could could continue for two weeks at least. >>> the u.s. state of texas the governor has charged a state of disaster in 24 counties. four people have been killed and 12 people are still missing after wild storms brought flash flooding. the governor compared it to a tsunami which he says wiped out some homes completely off the map. 10s of thousands of homes have been left without power. >>> and a powerful tornado has ripped through a border city in northern mexico killing at least 13 people. and injuring hundreds more. homes and cars have been destroyed in a town that lies right on the board we are texas adam raney reports. >> reporter: the dam

nermeen: there was also an earlier greenpeace action against the raid. could you tell us about that? >> i believe it was six greenpeace activists and they boarded the rig as across the pacific ocean while it was ackley moving. -- while he was actually moving. it was a great feat of bravery and skill. they did it to highlight what shell is doing and this diabolical plan that shell has to actually go and real into the arctic from which we could never survive because we know the arctic is our air-conditioning system. what the greenpeace activists were doing, they were shining a spotlight on what shell is doing so the rest of the world can actually understand what is happening right here, right now, and they were heading right for the apple at the time so they galvanized so much of the movement right here in seattle. amy: the port of seattle decision voting to see the blockade of rigs used by the oil giant shell for its planned drilling arctic in the arctic this summer, your response to that? >> so the port of seattle once to pretend that it is listening to

greenpeace india is challenging the government's decision to cancel its registration for six months. >>> there's an increasing crackdown on ngos by the government. registrations of almost 9,000 ngos have been canceled for failing to file annual returns. >>> the economic impact of last month's earthquake is felt all across nepal and the flood of goods from china has slowed to a trickle hitting roadside businesses that depend on the trade. harry fossett traveled from kathmandu up to the border with tibet to see how communities are coping. >> reporter: the scholars of nepal's deadliest sdasest lie along the highway. there's another piece of evidence less immediately obvious. this is the main trade route to the chinese border and it's all but employment of traffic. we find one team dealing with roadside repairs. they have a bigger problem than a loose wheel mat. a landslide ripped through the cab while the driver was outside, but the damage to their business is just as severe. >> translator: it has had a big impact. we had to stop our trucks and we ned to pay bank loans. with the trucks

if you're looking for a forecast of renewables i recommend my former employer greenpeace but i think whether the u.s. is on track will be well-known in the u.s. for quite some time. i don't think there is any shortage of institutions that are going to be willing and able to focus attention on any short-term incidents that might or might not exist frankly including my institution which tracks the shutdown very carefully and be constantly point out to the administration that they rely heavily on incorporating decisions in their forecasting. so i think that's pretty much said and i guess i would give the second question to others. >> big picture though the monitoring is going to be a really big deal in the climate talks come isn't it? >> i think that's true and i would say where that's going to be a problem is not in the united states but in other countries. there are a number of players as i said before that will track u.s. compliance with targets you know ranging the whole spectrum from the -- a whale from the right and coral way over on the bright at the bigger challenges the transpa

for instance, greenpeace, civil disobedience at sea, began as an anti-nuclear movement. and some of the early voyages on which later actions were modeled were voyages by people like earl reynolds into nuclear test areas. so there's a relationship and their origins -- in their origins, yet they're very different. they're not the same. because nuclear weapons involve these things, these devices that are genocidal in their dimensions. and climate change involves the environment that we live in on a daily basis and that has been created with threat of altering the temperature from the time of industrialization for a few hundred years. they differ in that incremental side to climate change, but they basically resemble each other in the totality of the threat to the human habitat. amy: we've been covering the development movement across the country and really around the world. last month, democracy now! spoke to a sophomore at harvard college and coordinator of dive st harvard. she of them participating in a blockade throughout harvard heat week. explain what the students deci

during a press conference on the hotly contested kyoto agreement, greenpeace advocates protest against america. they claim it's not reducing greenhouse emissions fast enough. >> the united states, which admittedly was a big part of the cause of the problem because we had been an industrial fight for a long time, all of a sudden, is viewed by many as the heavy. we viewed ourselves as trying our damnedest to actually find solutions, but they weren't pure enough for some. >> one protester takes matters into her own hands, throwing a pie at u.s. undersecretary for global affairs frank loy. >> i had to make an immediate decision whether to be outraged or to treat it lightly. and i decided for the latter. this incident occurred the day before american thanksgiving, and i said, standing there with this stuff dripping off of me, i said, you would have thought that on the day before thanksgiving they could have picked pumpkin pie rather than cherry cream. >> a pie in the face is standard vaudeville stuff. i think you can almost get away with that because a pie in the face is something people do

others which tends to not be good for passing and if you look for a forecast and my former employer greenpeace. i think whether the u.s. is on track will be well known for quite some time. i don't think there's any shortage of institutions that are going to be willing and able to focus attention on shortcomings that might arise. including my institution which tracks very carefully at what constantly point out to the administration on incorporating those decisions. ali the second question to others. it is going to be a really big deal in the climate talks. >> i think that is true and where that is going to be a problem is not in the united states but in any country. there is a number of players as i said before that will track u.s. compliance with the target, ranging the whole spectrum and over on the left. the transparency and accountability of other countries. in the context of the negotiation has been very focused on a clear set of standards that apply to all players so that all countries put forward not just with their target is but what they are doing to accomplish it. >> rick did you want

club the natural resources defense council the union of concerned scientists, friends of the earth greenpeace and 350.org, they oppose this legislation. this is what the environmental organizations have written about this bill, and i quote -- "as leading u.s. environmental and science organizations we write to express our strong opposition to fast-track trade promotion authority and to urge you to oppose any legislation that would limit the ability of congress to ensure that trade pac's deliver benefits to workers public health and the environment." end of quote. so you've got organizations trade union organizations representing some 20 million american workers. they say we should not go forward with this agreement. you have organizations representing millions of people in the environmental community who say we should not go forward with this legislation. and then we have religious groups like the presbyterian church u.s.a., the united methodist church and sisters of mercy also opposing this legislation. and here is what they have written about it, and i quote -- "as people of faith we call o

if you're looking for a forecast of renewables, i recommend my former employer, greenpeace. but i think that whether the u.s. is on track will be well known in the u.s. for quite some time. i don't think there's any shortage of institutions that are going to be willing and able to focus attention on any shortcomings that might or might not exist. frankly, including my institution, which tracks the coal plant shutdowns very carefully, and we constantly point out to the administration that they rely heavily on incorporating those decisions in their forecasting. i think that's pretty much set. i guess i would leave the second question to others. >> big picture though. the monitoring is going to be a really big deal in the climate talks, isn't it? globally. >> i think that's true. and i would say that where that's going to be a problem is not in the united states but in other countries. i think there's a number of players, as i said before, that will track u.s. compliance with its targets, ranging the whole spectrum from me way over on the right to karl way over on the left. but

club the natural resources defense council the union of concerned scientists, friends of the earth greenpeace and 350.org, they oppose this legislation. this is what the environmental organizations have written about this bill, and i quote -- "as leading u.s. environmental and science organizations we write to express our strong opposition to fast-track trade promotion authority and to urge you to oppose any legislation that would limit the ability of congress to ensure that trade pac's deliver benefits to workers public health and the environment." end of quote. so you've got organizations trade union organizations representing some 20 million american workers. they say we should not go forward with this agreement. you have organizations representing millions of people in the environmental community who say we should not go forward with this legislation. and then we have religious groups like the presbyterian church u.s.a., the united methodist church and sisters of mercy also opposing this legislation. and here is what they have written about it, and i quote -- "as people of faith we call o