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Facebook's coal problem overshadows green announcements

Blog entry by EoinD | November 8, 2010

Facebook launched an official "Green" page yesterday, highlighting what they're doing to be greener - from energy efficiency measures in their data centres, to auto/dual flush toilets in their offices. Those efforts are all good,...

Coal the answer to the wrong question

Blog entry by Simon Boxer | November 18, 2010

The guest editorial titled ' Year of silly advice on climate change ' and published in the Otago Daily Times earlier this week was never going to deal to the arguments around fossil fuels with a balanced hand - after all, the author...

A message in the floods

Blog entry by Bunny McDiarmid | January 20, 2011

A new year has begun and, as always, brings with it a sense of new potential and hope. And even though I’ve only been back at work a week it already feels like this will be a crucial year, a year where all that we do needs to count.

Facebook, let's commit to Unfriend Coal by Earth Day

Blog entry by Kumi Naidoo | February 4, 2011

Since we started our campaign in February 2010, over 600,000 Greenpeace supporters like you have called on Facebook to unfriend coal and embrace renewables to power their massive data centres. Thank you. Just last week, I met with...

Happy Birthday, Facebook!

Blog entry by Jodie Van Horn | February 7, 2011

According to its own page , Facebook is celebrating its 7th birthday today. Seven years-old! Isn't that, like, half the age of Facebook's founder? Just teasing, Mark. Facebook's stats page gives us an idea of just how far the...

Join our Facebook petition - competition!

Blog entry by nyoung | February 14, 2011

We've just launched a photo petition (or, competition  - see below!) for everyone who wants Facebook to pledge to go green by Earth Day , and it's already chock full of images from supporters! Student climate activists in the...

Ask Facebook to ♥ Renewable Energy! There's still time to enter our photo contest.

Blog entry by Anna Keenan | February 16, 2011

Wow! Only four days since we launched our photo-petition-competition and already we have over 500 creative entries calling on Facebook to Unfriend Coal ! View all the images – and vote by clicking ‘like’ for your favourites – by...

Ten-thousand call for an Energy [R]evolution in Thailand

Blog entry by Jay Harkness | February 28, 2011

10,000 people in Thailand took to the streets near their homes to oppose dirty energy. Their goal: protect their province from coal plants slated to be built by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand. Local communities...

Frozen in time

Blog entry by Frida Bengtsson | September 23, 2011

I will never forget Pyramiden , an abandoned Russian mining town on Svalbard that I visited last year. Walking over green grass unheard of in the Arctic and passing by building complexes that could be the homes of hundreds of...

Victory! Facebook 'friends' renewable energy

Blog entry by Eoin - Greenpeace International | December 16, 2011

After 20 months of mobilising, agitating and negotiating to green Facebook, the Internet giant has today announced its goal to run on clean, renewable energy. More than 700,000 people from all over the world joined to make this...

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