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Renewable energy, better car efficiency can save the Arctic from oil drilling

Press release | June 5, 2012 at 11:00

Berlin, June 5, 2012 – A major expansion of renewable energy and more energy efficient vehicles can end the world’s dependence on fossil fuels and save the fragile Arctic from the destruction of oil exploration, according to a new comprehensive...

G20 leaders time to show us the money for climate action

Press release | September 23, 2009 at 0:00

Greenpeace activists are in the process of rappelling off one of Pittsburgh’s iconic bridges with a massive banner displaying their message to G20 leaders gathering for tomorrow’s summit: "Danger. Climate Destruction Ahead. Reduce CO2 Emissions...

It’s time to act before it’s too late

Blog entry by Aaron Gray-Block | May 25, 2012

Ever get that sinking feeling? That could literally be the case given data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) indicating the rate of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions hit a new record last year, raising the risk of...

Yoda visits the VW headquarters

Image | June 28, 2011 at 11:19

28 June 2011 - Belgium. Master Yoda, accompanied by a delegation of stormtroopers, visits the VW headquarters in Brussels on the day Greenpeace launched an international campaign to illustrate the dark side of Volkswagen. Volkswagen opposes key...

Stormtroopers expose car lobby get-together

Blog entry by Sara Ayech | December 2, 2011 1 comment

Today the Dark Side has come to Brussels, where the world’s biggest car companies are gathering for a shadowy meeting where they will decide whether to block a key European climate law to clean up our engines. We've found out...

World Leaders block shipment of Arctic coal at the top of the world

Press release | October 2, 2009 at 11:27

Barack Obama, Angela Merkel and other world leaders today finally took action on climate change by preventing a shipment of coal from being loaded onto a transport ship from a mine in Svalbard, 1400 km from the North Pole. The activist heads of...

Nuclear News: Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant to start operating by August 22

Blog entry by Justin | March 11, 2009

Today's big stories from the nuclear industry: Tehran Times: Bushehr nuclear plant to start operating by Aug 22 ‘The 1,000-megawatt Russian-built plant in the southern port city of Bushehr will first generate around 500 megawatts...

Coral and Coal

Blog entry by MartinB | June 6, 2007

Jasper, Greenpeace South East Asia climate and energy campaigner, took time out from a coal industry conference in Bali to go coral diving. Waking up early is always a pain, however, the prospect of going snorkelling in one of Bali’s...

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