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Go beyond oil, coal: Clean energy now

Marine biologist and Greenpeace Oceans Campaign Director John Hocevar assesses the heavy crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead, penetrating the wetland grasses on an island in Bay Batiste. The grass will die as a result and erosion of the low lying island will be accelerated.  The BP leased Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded April 20 and sank after burning, leaking record amounts of crude oil from the broken pipeline into the sea. zoom
  • Marine biologist and Greenpeace Oceans Campaign Director John Hocevar assesses the heavy crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead, penetrating the wetland grasses on an island in Bay Batiste. The grass will die as a result and erosion of the low lyin
  • A Greenpeace activist dressed as a polar bear to represent a climate refugee holds a sign reading "Home melted, looking for any work to help feed my family" during an action to draw attention to the climate crisis. Greenpeace wants to emphasize the need f
  • A polar bear in drifting and unconsolidated sea ice in Kane Basin, off Cape Clay, at a position of 79 57.359N 064 51.120W. Polar bears cannot survive without sea ice, using it to raise their young, to travel and as a platform for hunting seals - their pri
  • A crack in the ice presents an obstacle to Greenpeace explorers, Lonnie Dupre and Eric Larsen. The duo make history as they become the first-ever to complete a trek to the North Pole in summer. They undertake the expedition to bring attention to the pligh
  • A juvenile male polar bear leans on a tundra buggy operated by Great White Bear Tours, 04 November 1999, near Churchill, Manitoba.  A report by Ian Sterling with the Canadian Wildlife Service links a decline in the weight of adult polar bears in the weste
  • Ice melting on a berg on the Greenlandic coast. Greenpeace and an independent NASA-funded scientist completed measurements of melt lakes on the Greenland Ice Sheet that show its vulnerability to warming temperatures. The measurements are the last schedule
  • A boy looks at a solar panel during a solar power training on the day of the World Cup final match at the Jericho community center. The Jericho project, a solar powered public viewing area for the World Cup, was initiated by Greenpeace Africa, marrying en
  • Man holding Greenpeace flag kneels on top of Greenpeace display truck fitted with solar panels, Brazil. Greenpeace tour through Brazil in large truck loaded with a container full of factual information on the positive aspects of renewable energy.
  • Newly constructed wind turbines stand at the Butterwick Moor Wind Farm.  The site, which consists of 10 turbines with a total power of up to 30MW, is being developed by E.ON.
  • A man stands with a flock of sheep near the Datang Saihanba Wind Farm in Chifeng. Datang is one of the largest wind power developers in China. The Saihanba Wind Farm has an installed capacity of 49.5MW and the power generation output is 275.14GWh.
  • Wind turbines in the early morning light at the Datang Saihanba Wind Farm in Chifeng. Datang is one of the largest wind power developers in China. The Saihanba Wind Farm has an installed capacity of 49.5MW and the power generation output is 275.14GWh.
  • Wind turbines in Zhong Guanghe Wind Farm. China has set a target for renewable energy consumption of 15 percent of the market by the year 2020. According to the Greenpeace Energy Revolution Report, the 15 percent should rise to 40 percent by the year 2050
  • Aerial view of coal mine operations north of Palangkaraya. Coordinates: South 00' 14" East 114' 44".
  • Capitol Climate Action activists march to the Capitol Power Plant in Washington. More than 2,500 former coal miners, ministers, mothers, students, and climate activists, representing over 40 states from Arizona to Appalachia, successfully blocked all five
  • A group of Native American activists carry the lead banner in the Capitol Climate Action march to the Capitol Power Plant in Washington. More than 2,500 former coal miners, ministers, mothers, students, and climate activists, representing over 40 states f
  • Greenpeace climber with banner reading 'Go Beyond Oil' attached to the anchor chain of Chevron's giant oil drilling ship the Stena Carron. Greenpeace are preventing the ship moving to a deepwater drilling site 100 miles north of the Shetland Isles
  • Activists occupy the Stena Don oil-rig in the Arctic. If they succeed in stopping drilling for just a short time the the operators Cairn Energy, will struggle to meet a tight deadline to complete the exploration before winter ice conditions force it to ab
  • Greenpeace activists take action in Israel's Hadera port to stop the unloading of a coal shipment, as the coal carrier "Augusta" arrives from the Ukraine.  They climb a massive crane and unfurl a Hebrew and English language banner reading "Coal Kills."  T
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