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As G8 and EU ministers gather in Berlin to discuss energy efficiency measures, Greenpeace uses a mechanised road roller to crush ten thousand energy-wasting light bulbs at the Brandenburg Gate. Enlarge Image

Greenpeace launches its campaign against energy-wasting products Activists crush thousands of light bulbs at Brandenburg Gate

20 April 2007

As G8 and EU ministers gathered in Berlin to discuss energy efficiency measures, Greenpeace used a mechanised road roller to crush ten thousand energy-wasting light bulbs at the Brandenburg Gate today, demanding tough European efficiency standards for energy using products, and an immediate ban on incandescent light bulbs.

A 131 foot banner simulating a ruler for measuring the sea level, and bearing a message "It's not too late" on Copacabana Beach. Rio de Janeiro is one of the Brazilian cities more vulnerable to the rising of the ocean level. Enlarge Image

New IPCC report shocking: Running out of time for action

06 April 2007

Greenpeace today welcomed the latest climate change report "Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability" from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), but warned that time was nearly out to prevent the dramatic, harmful and dangerous impacts projected for coming decades.

Greenpeace: The world’s climate being betrayed by G8 states

16 March 2007

“G8: Stop Talking – Act Now” is the message sent by Greenpeace today to environment ministers meeting in the Cecilienhof Palace in Potsdam, Germany. Activists from the Greenpeace ship “Beluga II” swam to the palace to take a petition to the ministers urging them to use the forthcoming June G8 summit in Germany to agree concrete action to halt climate change.

Comprehensive global energy strategy sets out blueprint for tackling climate change

25 January 2007

Renewable energy, combined with efficiencies from the ‘smart use’ of energy, can deliver half of the world’s energy needs by 2050, according to one of the most comprehensive plans for future sustainable energy provision, launched today.

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