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Greenpeace activists face Copenhagen court for 2009 peaceful climate protest

Press release | June 20, 2011 at 8:21

Copenhagen, 20 June 2011 –- A year and a half after two Greenpeace activists unfurled a banner urging for climate action at a state banquet attended by over 120 heads of state at the Copenhagen climate talks, 11 Greenpeace activists [1] from...

Rushmore activists sentenced for civil disobedience

Rushmore activists sentenced for civil disobedience

Feature story | January 5, 2010 at 0:00

Civil disobedience to stop climate change had its day in court in the US yesterday when activists pled guilty to climbing Mount Rushmore with their message demanding Obama take leadership on climate change. Four other climate activists who have...

Danish prosecutor seeks prison sentences for Greenpeace ‘red carpet’ peaceful protest

Press release | March 8, 2011 at 10:26

Copenhagen, Denmark: Over a year since two Greenpeace activists unfurled banners calling for climate action at a state banquet, attended by over 120 Heads of State during the failed Copenhagen UN Climate talks, the Danish prosecutor has today...

Danish court verdict recognises Greenpeace activists’ right to peaceful protest

Press release | August 22, 2011 at 16:02

Copenhagen, 22 August 2011 – A Danish court today recognised both the peaceful and political nature of a Greenpeace protest during the failed 2009 Copenhagen climate summit, by sentencing eleven activists to 14-day suspended sentence,...

Climate Heroes pay with their freedom

Climate Heroes pay with their freedom

Feature story | December 23, 2009 at 0:00

Our four activists who grabbed global media attention last week after being waved through the security cordon and allowed to gatecrash the Heads of State dinner at the Copenhagen climate summit will be spending Christmas and New Year in jail...

"Red Carpet Four" -- Our Heros!

Blog entry by nidhi | December 29, 2009 3 comments

In Copenhagen, leaders didn't make history--but the world's people did . A year of unprecedented action on climate change reached never before seen heights in the last two weeks: Thousands upon thousands of vigils, rallies, and...

Misquote of the week

Blog entry by Justin | February 11, 2009

After bizarrely likening a nuclear reactor to ‘ a big stove ’ this week, the Philippine Representative wanting to reopen the Bataan nuclear power plant (BNPP), Mark Cojuangco, finds himself in trouble with the Vatican. While comparing...

Climate Action Needed Now More Than Ever!

Climate Action Needed Now More Than Ever!

Blog entry by Dave Walsh | August 19, 2011 5 comments

More than a year and a half after Greenpeace activists walked up the red carpet at a state banquet where they opened a banner calling on world leaders to take urgent action to save the Copenhagen climate talks, eleven Greenpeace...

Activists vindicated and court recognises right to peaceful protest

Activists vindicated and court recognises right to peaceful protest

Blog entry by dwalsh | August 22, 2011 8 comments

Good news from Denmark: The Red Carpet trial has finally ended, with a victory for freedom of expression - the Danish court clearly recognised the place that peaceful protest needs to occupy in a democracy, and the importance of...

Daily News: Red Carpet Activists Vindicated; Thailand leads the energy [r]evolution

Daily News: Red Carpet Activists Vindicated; Thailand leads the energy [r]evolution

Blog entry by JPateraki | August 23, 2011

© Alex Stoneman / Greenpeace Top news: Danish court recognizes peaceful protest; Hormone disruptor found in dirty laundry; Thailand (r)evolts ; Carbon offsets down under;  Conservationists build Orangutan Bridges #Red...

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