In the past few weeks we have seen the Energy [R]evolution gather pace with two of the world’s leading economies, Japan and Germany, actively stepping away from dangerous energy resources, in particular nuclear energy following the Fukushima disaste... Read more >

Listen up, energy sceptics – today’s report from the IPCC has found that not only will renewable energy provide most of the world’s energy needs by 2050, it’s going to have an indispensable role in mitigating catastrophic climate change.

The 900-pa... Read more >

A cattle farm in the Amazon - from the Greenpeace International report 'Slaughtering the Amazon'. Image: Daniel Beltrá

A 2 billian Reais lawsuit (that’s $900 million USD) was launched yesterday against 14 slaughterhouses in the Brazilian state of Acr... Read more >

There’s a new kid in energy town - The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) had its first Assembly in Abu Dhabi this week. When you think of Abu Dhabi you probably think of oil. But this week, the talk of Abu Dhabi was all about the sun, th... Read more >

I’m typing these words from the Greenpeace office in Copenhagen, about a ten-minute walk from the Danish Parliament, where nearly 15 months ago, three Greenpeace activists were arrested for politely and peacefully calling on some 120 heads of state ... Read more >

So far, world political leaders are doing a fairly terrible job of moving us towards an environmentally sustainable future and towards resolution of the climate crisis.

If you were in charge of saving the earth, would you do a better job? Now you can... Read more >

(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 threat to (his) future.”... Read more >

On December 10, 2009, Greenpeace took its message to save the climate (summit in Copenhagen) directly to EU Heads of State who were gathering in Brussels. Activists managed, to their own surprise, to step onto the red carpet, where they delivered th... Read more >

A baby orang-utan plays at the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOS). Orang-utan habitat is being destroyed through the clearing of Indonesian rainforest by the palm oil and pulp and paper industries. Image: Natalie Behring-Chisholm Read more >

Last year ...

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 / Greenpeace

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