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Poland must prove trustworthiness as host of 2013 climate talks – Greenpeace

Press release | November 28, 2012 at 14:03

Doha, November 28, 2012 – In reaction to news that Poland will host the next UNFCCC climate talks, COP 19, in 2013, Greenpeace Central and Eastern Europe climate expert Jiri Jerabek made the following statement:

Climate Rescue Station launched against coal in Poland

Climate Rescue Station launched against coal in Poland

Feature story | November 12, 2008 at 0:00

We have set up a Climate Rescue Station on the edge of a vast open pit coal mine in Konin, Poland. The Rescue Station is a four storey tall planet earth and will be used as a platform to tell the world that we can save the climate, but only if we...

Greenpeace joins Polish demonstration against coal

Press release | November 15, 2008 at 0:00

400 people living around a huge open pit mine near Konin, Poland, joined Greenpeace today to reclaim the land occupied by the mine, which threatens their homes andlivelihoods. At noon, local residents together with 7 mayors from villages and...

How Polish nuclear boss commemorated Chernobyl nuclear disaster

How Polish nuclear boss commemorated Chernobyl nuclear disaster

Blog entry by Jan Haverkamp | May 24, 2013

On the 27 th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe, Aleksander Grad, the nuclear director of Polish utility PGE, sat behind his huge desk in his likewise huge office in Warsaw. What was he doing?  Keeping two minutes of...

Konin coalition stands up against coal

Konin coalition stands up against coal

Feature story | November 17, 2008 at 0:00

Our team at the Climate Rescue Station in Poland joined 400 local people who live close to an open coal mine for a mass demonstration. Seven mayors from nearby villages and towns, which are facing destruction because of the mine's expansion, also...

VICTORY! Polish coal mine construction halted

VICTORY! Polish coal mine construction halted

Feature story | March 12, 2009 at 0:00

We are delighted that the construction of an open-pit coal mine in Poland, where we set up a Climate Rescue Station in December 2008, has been suspended. This is a significant win in our battle against the mine, which would have lead to around 50...

Rainbow Warrior hull arrives in Germany

Rainbow Warrior hull arrives in Germany

Blog entry by EoinD | November 19, 2010 1 comment

It takes a village to raise a child. It's taken five months of expert ship building in the Maritim Shipyard in Gdanks, Poland, to build the hull of the new Rainbow Warrior. Yesterday afternoon it arrived by tug in Fassmer Shipyard in...

Polish Prime Minister takes step towards EU leadership at UN Climate Summit

Polish Prime Minister takes step towards EU leadership at UN Climate Summit

Feature story | June 4, 2009 at 0:00

You asked and Poland answered. More than 16,000 of you have taken action and demanded that world leaders personally attend the UN Climate Summit in December. Today, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk became the first Head of State to respond...

"Quit Coal" says Greenpeace from the top of a Polish coal plant

Press release | December 2, 2008 at 0:00

Early this morning, 11 Greenpeace activists scaled a 150-metre high chimney at the Pątnów power plant in Poland to hang a banner reading "Quit coal, save the climate". Greenpeace is calling on the Polish government to stop undermining the...

Game Over

Blog entry by Lisa | November 29, 2008

The open cast mines around here are massive and seem to go on an on for miles. I had never seen an open mine before I came here but they are the most ugly looking landscapes. It's difficult to appreciate the size of one unless you go...

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