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Greenpeace Supporters Set World Record for Most Facebook Comments

Blog entry by Eoin and Mike | April 14, 2011

With your incredible support, we just set a world record for the most comments on a single Facebook post in one day! Our supporters posted no less than 80,000 comments in at least eleven languages on our Facebook Unfriend Coal page ...

The Ball is in Eskom's Court

Blog entry by Michael Baillie | June 28, 2011

When we went to Eskom headquarters yesterday , what we wanted to do was highlight the fact that coal kills, and call on Eskom to stop construction on Kusile and start investing in renewable energy instead. Until they change course,...

Meet Annya

Blog entry by Michael Baillie | April 18, 2011

This is Annya in her room. When she was just four years old, little Annya Pesenko, trying to be a good girl, sitting up straight and eating her food nicely, would sometimes just pass out and fall flat onto the table. She could not...

The Milk of Chernobyl

Blog entry by Aslihan Tumer | April 18, 2011

As a child, I really didn't like milk. No matter how much my mother tried to add sugar or chocolate to it, I didn't want any. I still don’t like it much — something I can't help thinking about as I come to a remote village in the...

Help Us Make a World Record and Get Facebook Off Coal

Blog entry by Michael Baillie | April 12, 2011

As our deadline for getting Facebook off coal and onto renewables approaches (Earth Day, April 22nd) we are planning a massive push for tomorrow. So massive, in fact, that we hope to make a Guinnes World Record. To make it work,...

Nuclear is not the Answer: Earthlife Africa Protest outside Eskom Buildings, JHB

Blog entry by Michael Baillie | March 17, 2011

I just got back from a very exciting (and loud) protest outside the Eskom buildings in central Johannesburg. The protest, organised by Earthlife Africa , comes as the South African government is in the process of planning how the...

Who is the Dirtiest of Them All?

Blog entry by Dianne Mc Alpine | January 19, 2011

How much money do we really need to put into our fuel tanks - and into dirty hands? Working for Greenpeace leaves me with a predicament each month- I know where petrol comes from, and often campaign against various companies; BP to...

Nuclear Delusions

Blog entry by Rex Weyler | July 8, 2011

Deep Green is Rex Weyler's monthly column, reflecting on the roots of activism, environmentalism, and Greenpeace's past, present, and future. The opinions here are his own. Why nuclear power is not a solution to our energy...

Now more than ever

Blog entry by Michael Baillie | June 29, 2011

Following our action on Monday, I came across this very compelling video, and it really made me feel good about taking a stand. The importance and urgency of South Africa taking meaningful action on climate change really can't be...

Kumi Naidoo boards Arctic oil rig demanding Cairn’s oil spill response plan

Blog entry by Kumi Naidoo | June 17, 2011

At 6:45 am this morning an inflatable speedboat carrying Kumi was launched from the Greenpeace ship Esperanza. It evaded a Danish navy warship that has been circling the rig for several weeks and delivered Kumi to the base of the rig...

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