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Australian smokestack occupied for 33 hours

12 July 2008: Greenpeace activists finish painting a clear message to Australia’s leaders - Go Solar! We occupied this plant, Swanbank B in Queensland because it is old, dirty and inefficient and could easily be replaced by renewable energy. Enlarge Image

The Swanbank B occupation

Greenpeace activists in Australia have occupied one of Queensland's oldest and dirtiest coal-fired power stations for two days and 33 hours. The activists left behind a message for government leaders, painted on the side of a smoke stack – "Go Solar".

12 July 2008, 8am: A Greenpeace activist paints "Go Solar" on the side of a smokestack at Swanbank B coal-fired power station, near Ipswich, Queensland. Activists spent the night on top of the 140-metre high smokestack to highlight Australia's need to cut greenhouse emissions by switching to renewable energy sources. Enlarge Image

Day 2 on top of Swanbank B power station

Swanbank B power station is a major greenhouse polluter. Overnight, Greenpeace activists stayed on its smokestack, 140 metres up in near-freezing temperatures. Now it's Day 2 on Swanbank - time for some painting.

Greenpeace activists scale a smokestack of Swanbank B coal plant, near Ipswich, Queensland. Enlarge Image

We're occupying a Queensland power station

Greenpeace activists are occupying one of Queensland's oldest and dirtiest coal-fired power stations.

5am, 3 July 2008: Greenpeace activists locked on to the coal conveyor at Eraring Power Station in NSW's Hunter Valley. 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.

A worker spray paints a wind turbine in a Vestas factory in Scotland. Vestas is the world's largest wind turbine manufacturer, employing more than 15,000 workers. Enlarge Image

Bright future for coal workers

Thousands of jobs will be created in Australia when renewable energy and energy efficient technologies replace coal-fired power plants, confirms a new report.

Greenpeace activists construct a "climate defenders camp" at the site of a proposed coal plant coal in Iloilo city, Philippines demanding the cancellation of the said coal plant. Burning coal is the single biggest source of carbon dioxide emissions and a major cause of climate change. Enlarge Image

Greenpeace occupies proposed Philippine coal station site (Updated)

Following the recent Target Climate tour of New Zealand Greenpeace activists from various countries along with crew from the Rainbow Warrior, and members of Responsible Ilonggos for Sustainable Energy (RISE) have established a "climate defenders camp" at the site of a proposed Philippines coal plant coal in Iloilo.

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