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Greenpeace report reveals the true cost of coal

Press release | November 27, 2008 at 15:32

Greenpeace today released an analysis showing that the global cost of coal was at least €360 billion last year alone. The report, "The True Cost of Coal", released with the independent Dutch Institute CE Delft, arrived at this figure by looking...

Quit coal, save the climate! 2008 campaign highlights

Quit coal, save the climate! 2008 campaign highlights

Feature story | December 22, 2008 at 0:00

Quit coal – save the climate. It's a simple message, but it's also an urgent one. Coal, the dirtiest of all fossil fuels is the single greatest contributor to the climate crisis. In 2008, we've been taking the "quit coal" message across the world...

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...

UN climate negotiations begin in Poznan

UN climate negotiations begin in Poznan

Feature story | December 1, 2008 at 0:00

It has been a year since governments in Bali pledged to nail down an agreement to save the climate by December 2009. That means they have one year left to agree on how to stop the climate crisis. This year’s UN meeting on Climate Change has just...

America is ready to tackle global warming

Publication | December 9, 2008 at 15:46

For eight years the Bush administration made the United States an obstacle to international climate change negotiations. But the election of Barack Obama, coupled with substantial progress made in the US Congress on domestic climate change...

Greenpeace continues protests against coal ship in Denmark

Press release | December 3, 2008 at 14:21

Greenpeace activists are blocking the ship Hanjin Imabari, carrying coal from Richards Bay, South Africa to the Danish coal plant Enstedværket, in Aabenraa, from offloading its many tonnes of coal. Activists have blocked a crane used to unload...

After 50 hours Greenpeace activists leave coal stack and head for Poznan

Press release | December 4, 2008 at 12:52

Having spent two days atop the 150 metre chimney stack of the Pątnów power plant to highlight the catastrophic impact that coal-fired power stations are having on the climate, the 11 Greenpeace climbers came down today and are heading for the UN...

Greenpeace stops giant coal excavator, condemns coal-addicted Czech Republic's role...

Press release | November 13, 2008 at 10:16

Thirty Greenpeace activists have stopped the operation of a giant excavator in one of the largest lignite mines in the Czech Republic. Greenpeace is demanding the Czech Republic closes the CSA mine by 2012, commits to progressively decreasing its...

Greenpeace tells Enel to "Quit Coal" in Genoa

Press release | October 26, 2008 at 12:14

Greenpeace called on the energy company Enel to shut down its coal-fired power plant in Genoa, the capital of the Liguria region of Italy, in a series of actions this morning. Enel is persisting in keeping the plant open, despite demands by the...

Greenpeace calls on the Italian government to quit coal and stop blocking Europe's...

Press release | October 16, 2008 at 0:00

This morning, five Greenpeace activists scaled a crane at the new coal-fired power station in Civitavecchia, near Rome. The protestors unfurled two banners that read: 'Italian government opposes Kyoto' ("Il governo contro Kyoto") and 'No new...

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