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Rainbow Warrior raises a reaction for the climate in Israel

Greenpeace flagship, Rainbow Warrior, anchors alongside MV Medi Firenze which unloads cargo at the Pagbilao coal power plant. A banner reading "Quit Coal" hangs on the Rainbow Warrior's masts. Greenpeace is protesting the impending expansion of the plant. Enlarge Image

Greenpeace activists in the dock: Experts take ‘the stand’ on climate change

As expert witnesses go, they don’t come any better than Professor James Hansen, one of the world’s leading climate scientists and Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. On Wednesday, he was called to give evidence before a UK Court on the threat posed by Kingsnorth coal-fired power station to the world’s climate.

Six Greenpeace activists are being charged with criminal damage after they took action last October, to highlight the threat posed by Kingsnorth.

28 July 2008, MACKAY AUSTRALIA Greenpeace activists in inflatables targeted a queue of almost 50 coal ships at Hay Point port in Queensland and are currently painting them with climate change protest messages such as: 'RUDD EXPORTING CO2', 'BARRIER REEF GONE', 'ICE CAPS GONE' and 'STOP COAL EXPANSION'. The peaceful action is to highlight the Rudd Government's plans to rapidly expand coal exports, when the world is trying to cut global emissions. Enlarge Image

Twenty coal ships get new paint jobs in Australia

Greenpeace Australia Pacific activists painted coal ships waiting in a queue at Hay Point port in Queensland with messages saying "Stop coal expansion", "Barrier Reef Gone", "Ice caps gone" and "Rudd exporting CO2".

Greenpeace hari ini menantang Kementerian Energi untuk menghentikan pembangunan PLTU terbaru di Thailand dan mengantinya dengan sumber energi terbarukan yang dapat membantu mencegah perubahaan iklim dan menjaga keamanan energi nasional.Pada aksi damai hari ini, aktivis Greenpeace membawa balon berwarna hitam putih yang bertuliskan “CO2” ke kantor Kementrian Energi sebagai simbol karbondioksida dari emisi yang dikeluarkan PLTU yang baru di Thailand. Enlarge Image

Quit Coal campaign completes Thailand tour

After successful campaigns in New Zealand and the Philippines, the Rainbow Warrior spent 21 days in Thailand as part of the "Quit Coal, Lead the Energy [R]evolution Tour" promoting solutions to climate change. The tour included human banners, port blockades and a visit to the Ministry of Energy.

Activists abseiled off the side of a 140-metre coal smokestack and painted the message "Go Solar". Enlarge Image

Australian smokestack occupied for 33 hours

Over the weekend, four activists from Greenpeace Australia occupied the top of a 140-metre high smokestack for 33 hours enduring near freezing temperatures overnight. They began the two-hour descent yesterday, at Swanbank B coal fired power plant near Brisbane, leaving a message for Australia's leaders - "Go Solar!"- painted on the side of the smoke stack.

Activist inside Eraring Power Station. Enlarge Image

Greenpeace blockades Australian coal-fired power station

Greenpeace activists, including an ex-miner from the Hunter Valley, blockaded Australia's most polluting coal-fired power station to call for an Energy [R]evolution. Entering the plant in the early hours of the morning, 16 activists were able to lock themselves to the conveyors that distribute the coal.

Volunteers light candles in front of Jaro Cathedral - sending a message supporting Iloilo people's demand to the Philippine government for a cleaner, safer, future powered by renewable energy. Enlarge Image

Philippine's leg of Quit Coal tour wraps up

“We believe there is no place for coal in a world beset by climate change and certainly there is no place for coal in Albay”

That was the statement of Governor Joey Sarte Salceda, setting the tone for our one month Quit Coal tour of the Philippines. Since the Rainbow Warrior arrived in the country we’ve taken our Quit Coal message to the places it needed to be heard, and generated real progress on the ground and in the corridors of power.

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