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Eight Greenpeace activists today scaled one of Turkey´s tallest buildings with banners calling on the government to ´Quit (Nuclear) in Time´.
Three hundred and forty Greenpeace activists were arrested as they took their demand to "Bail out the Planet" to European Union finance ministers in Brussels.
How many light bulbs can 1 billion people change? About 400 million wasteful incandescent bulbs, in India’s case.
Today, India has put in place a market mechanism that will phase out incandescent bulbs, making way for a cleaner energy future. The Bachat Lamp Yojana programme will replace 400 million incandescent bulbs with CFLs by 2012, which would save about 55 million tonnes of CO2 each year.
We are delighted that Philips has announced a change in its recycling policy, taking responsibility for the cost of recycling its own products. Earlier this week Philips confirmed that these costs should no longer be paid directly by its customers through an additional fixed fee but instead come closer to being part of the overall product price.
We have officially opened a new Communications Centre in the northern fishing district of Aomori. As we mark 20 years of non-violent environmental campaigning in Japan this year, we're bringing our message of healthy oceans, whale protection, and sustainable fisheries direct to the people of this port city, along with information about our campaigns to prevent dangerous climate change and stop genetically modified food.
“Greenpeace could not have staged a bigger anti-coal demonstration than what you unintentionally put on” – Representative Jim Cooper, a Tennessee Democrat, to the Tennessee Valley Authority.
For the second time in less than three weeks, a coal fired power plant operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has leaked toxic coal ash into a nearby river.
We know that clean renewable energy sources are more abundant than coal, and they are the real solution to the climate crisis. These renewable sources can aide the economy in getting out of this global economic crisis. So, why are we choosing coal instead of solar?
Today, Greenpeace together with other environmental groups held a "die - in" activity in front of the Energy Ministry in Ankara protesting the nuclear tender announcement due from the government tomorrow, September 24th. During the die-in in front of the Ministry a group of Greenpeace climbers unrolled a banner saying "STOP" to support the protest. Both activities finished by police arresting all 37 activists.
Four climbers from our ship the Rainbow Warrior were arrested yesterday, in Turkey, after they occupied a giant coal loading platform to prevent a delivery of coal to the giant Sugozo coal-fired power station, one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the world. After 11 hours blocking coal coming off the “Global Winner” (“Global Warmer” more like), a South African cargo ship, they were forced down by police using high-pressure water hoses. The four climbers and their support team have now been released and are facing the prospect of heavy fines for their actions.
The Israeli police, supported by the navy, arrested the captain of the Rainbow Warrior - together with 14 Greenpeace activists, the photographer and the videographer - for passing on the message to “Quit Coal”. Activists had been painting the message, in English and Hebrew, on a ship importing coal to the Ashkelon power plant in Israel. Police boarded the Rainbow Warrior before we had even started the painting.
