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Greenpeace activists paint two gigantic cracks on the 32 year old nuclear reactor dome at Borssele, Netherlands. The Dutch government wants to keep the plant, one of the world's oldest, open beyond 2013, despite inherent safety and security risks.

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Climate change is a priority issue for us here at Greenpeace.  Disruptions to ecosystems will likely harm everything from minke whales to coral reefs to polar bears. Whole forests will be lost, and hundreds of thousands of species will become extinct. Climate change will bring devastation to people and communities, especially some of the world's poorest.

Certainly, a big part of our job is bringing home to people everywherethe realities of climate change and the struggle against it.  To name names, protest corporations, shame governments - while helping make climate change solutions a reality.

Our expeditions document the impacts of climate change on people and ecosystems. Our professional negotiators, scientists and policy expertsattend world climate conferences and persuade decision makers to take action.  Our volunteers and cyberactivists keep up the pressure on lawmakers and corporations.  Our activists put their safety and freedom on the line for even the smallest chance to change the world.

Luckily enough, Greenpeace is itself only part of a much larger movement towards positive energy policy.  We are fortunate to work with and beside many other environmental organisations, as well as many companies, governments and individuals who share our dedication, optimism and belief that there is a solution for every problem.

If you would like to be a part of this global movement, and like how wework, please choose to volunteer, sign up as a cyberactivst, and/orsupport us financially. For more ways to help see the Take Action page.

The latest updates

 

Facebook Should Announce Clean Energy Plan

Blog entry by Jodie Van Horn | April 5, 2011 5 comments

Facebook is rounding up the press for an announcement at its headquarters on Thursday. Vague on the details, the company has invited much speculation about what’s to come. The invitation offers “a behind-the-scenes look at the...

Microsoft & Google Share Stage to Talk Energy

Blog entry by Jodie Van Horn | March 14, 2011

Last week at the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco, Microsoft’s Top Environmental Strategist and Google’s Green Energy Czar went head-to-head in front of a live audience. The topic: cloud computing and energy. The IT sector...

Google Ups the Ante on Clean Energy Lobbying

Blog entry by Jodie Van Horn | March 10, 2011 3 comments

Today Google announced that it is launching a lobbying campaign specifically to take aim at clean energy. Though Google had record 2010 lobbying expenditures, they perhaps have not yet paid off for green technology or renewable energy...

Beautiful Arctic

Slideshow | March 1, 2011

What Would a Facebook Employee Say?

Blog entry by Jodie Van Horn | February 23, 2011 1 comment

Ever since we issued a challenge to Facebook to put out a plan by Earth Day showing how it will go coal-free, we have been working on creative ways to crack that nut.  Last week we caught up with Facebook employees on their way to...

Activist faces up to 10 years in prison for peacefully challenging big oil

Blog entry by Henia Belalia, Greenpeace USA | February 18, 2011 11 comments

( Read the original post on the Greenpeace USA site. ) This is the story of an ordinary citizen (Tim DeChristopher) taking creative peaceful direct action to disrupt, as he put it, a “fraud against the American people and a...

Ask Facebook to ♥ Renewable Energy! 24 hours left in our photo contest.

Blog entry by Anna Keenan | February 15, 2011 6 comments

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...

The Amazon’s ability to withstand climate change weakened by severe drought

Blog entry by Dr. Janet Cotter, Greenpeace Science Unit | February 3, 2011 6 comments

This year an important Amazon river tributary, the Rio Negro, fell to its lowest ever recorded level. Droughts are likely to occur more frequently and become more intense in the future due to climate change. Image: Rodrigo Baléia /...

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

Blog entry by Kumi Naidoo | February 3, 2011 3 comments

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...

2011: The year of forests for people – and people for forests

Blog entry by John Bowler | February 2, 2011 4 comments

Greenpeace activists work with the Deni people of the Amazon. Image: Greenpeace / Daniel Beltrá The United Nations has labelled 2011 the International Year of Forests. The slogan is “Celebrating Forests for People”. It's a nice...

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