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Climate Refugee 'Animals' in Johannesburg

Image gallery | December 3, 2010

Why 2011 Could Change the World

Publication | December 6, 2010 at 10:25

This is it. All the basics about this round of climate talks in Cancun are covered in this 2-page pamphlet. Download it now!

Underwater World in Mexico

Feature story | December 7, 2010 at 13:28

TckTckTck partners, Greenpeace and 350.org, have staged a haunting underwater action to highlight the need for urgent action as the UN Cancun climate talks go into their second week.

Climate SOS

Video | December 8, 2010 at 14:04

About 100 Greenpeace volunteers get together to make a human banner. The message? Climate SOS.

Climate Refugee "Animals"

Video | December 8, 2010 at 15:13

As part of a campaign to raise awareness about climate change in Africa, climate refugee 'animals' visited the Departments of Home Affairs and Housing. They carried boards with messages such as "My water hole has dried up. Need new home" and...

Greenpeace Submerges Icons of World Famous Buildings

Image | December 10, 2010 at 9:31

Greenpeace sends a message to Ministers meeting at the UN Cancun climate that the rising tide of climate impacts will affect each and every one of us - rich and poor. It calls on governments to make the right choices at the Cancun meetings to...

Greenpeace Submerges Icons of World Famous Buildings

Image | December 10, 2010 at 9:32

Greenpeace sends a message to Ministers meeting at the UN Cancun climate that the rising tide of climate impacts will affect each and every one of us - rich and poor. It calls on governments to make the right choices at the Cancun meetings to...

Greenpeace Submerges Icons of World Famous Buildings

Image | December 10, 2010 at 9:34

Greenpeace sends a message to Ministers meeting at the UN Cancun climate that the rising tide of climate impacts will affect each and every one of us - rich and poor. It calls on governments to make the right choices at the Cancun meetings to...

Greenpeace Submerges Icons of World Famous Buildings

Image | December 10, 2010 at 9:35

Greenpeace submerges icons of world famous buildings: Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, Taj Mahal, Statue of Liberty, Angel of Independence, the Christ, Great Pyramid of Giza, Temple of Heaven, and the Sydney Opera House in the sea. The activity is sending...

Greenpeace Submerges Icons of World Famous Buildings

Image | December 10, 2010 at 9:36

Greenpeace submerges icons of world famous buildings: Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, Taj Mahal, Statue of Liberty, Angel of Independence, the Christ, Great Pyramid of Giza, Temple of Heaven, and the Sydney Opera House in the sea. The activity is sending...

Stop gambling with kids' future

Video | December 10, 2010 at 11:01

An interview from Euronews with Kumi Naidoo, the head of Greenpeace. In it he calls on governments to 'stop gambling with kids' futures'.

Underwater World in Mexico

Video | December 10, 2010 at 12:55

In Cancun, Greenpeace and 350.org partnered to film activists amongst underwater statues, bringing attention to the plight of coastal communities that will be affected by sea level rise.

A Greener Christmas

Feature story | December 13, 2010 at 12:42

Here we go, ten ways to make this festive season a more sustainable one. Because Christmas shouldn't cost us the earth!

Turning REDD into Green

Publication | December 13, 2010 at 15:50

Can a National REDD Plan in the Democratic Republic of Congo set a new course for the protection of forests, people and global climate?

Recycled Wrapping

Image | December 15, 2010 at 8:49

It takes 1.3 kg of coal to produce 1 kg of wrapping paper, and the manufacturing process emits 3.5 kg of CO2 -- and that excludes the carbon footprint of packaging and then transporting the wrapping paper around the country. This year, why not...

Shell Shocked

Blog entry by Michael Baillie | December 15, 2010

I think it's outrageous that Shell sponsors part of the environment section on the National Geographic website. What makes the situation even worse is that right beneath one of Shell's adverts on the page is National Geographic's...

Free "print & play" game: Big Oil Vs Greenpeace

Blog entry by Martin Lloyd | December 17, 2010

It may not be the most festive of themes, but at least our holiday gift to you this year is not a tie or socks. It's a free print & play board game called Deepsea Desperation. It's all about Greenpeace against Big Oil, with one...

2010: A Year of Action

Video | January 3, 2011 at 10:42

Everything we accomplished, and every action we took in 2010 was thanks to you, and millions of Greenpeace supporters around the world. Join us in looking back on a year of action, with 99 of the best images in less than two minutes.

Our Happy (Sp)ending

Blog entry by Michael Baillie | January 4, 2011

Throughout history different civilisations have used different stories to make sense of their place in the world. During medieval times it was the great chain of being: God at the top, below him the king, humans, animals, and so on.

Coping with My Carbon Emissions

Blog entry by Michael Baillie | January 5, 2011

What's your car's carbon footprint? Check out this site to find out.  For the December holidays my girlfriend and I decided to hire a car to get around. Over the course of the two weeks we drove 984 km, visiting the winelands...

Green Electronics Survey #3

Publication | January 6, 2011 at 13:46

Greenpeace congratulates the electronics industry on making progress the many technical hurdles it has been facing - but we also show that the industry hasn't finished finding green solutions just yet.

Green Electronics Survey #3

Feature story | January 6, 2011 at 14:23

In our assessment this year we found a general improvement in green features compared to the previous two surveys in 2008 and 2009. Here's quick overview of what we found.

Are Our Lifestyles Really Worth All This?

Blog entry by Michael Baillie | January 10, 2011

A while back I watched a documentary-type film called Oceans. The whole film was spectacular, but for me one piece was particularly striking. Shot underwater, looking up towards the surface, we slowly panned over what looked like a...

Clean Energy is Crucial!

Blog entry by Melita Steele | January 12, 2011

In the opinion piece " Mania for renewable energy has soon to come up against reality ", Phillip Lloyd says renewable energy is not only a pipe dream, but that it is unnecessary. He could not be more wrong Prof Lloyd qualifies...

Nuclear Power – Why Not?

Blog entry by Dr. Rianne Teule | January 13, 2011

The most common question asked when I’m at a party and someone finds out I work for Greenpeace is: “What about nuclear energy?” Most people don’t want to know about blocking whaling ships in an inflatable, or whether I recently...

BP to Drill the Arctic

Feature story | January 17, 2011 at 15:15

Just days after BP was slammed by the US presidential commission for the poor safety practices that led to the Deepwater Horizon disaster, news of its plan to drill in the Kara Sea proves that the company has learned nothing!

Something fishy about your tuna?

Blog entry by Michael Baillie | January 18, 2011

Making tuna sustainable Following recent tests into the contents of tuna tins, Greenpeace UK has just launched a new tinned tuna sustainability ranking to encourage major retailers to provide tuna that is as possible. ...

Extreme weather and climate change: How long must we sing this song?

Blog entry by Dr. Paul Johnston | January 19, 2011

Extreme weather events will be more frequent in a warming world. Anyone reading the news about recent extreme weather events will understandably be confused by the varied statements regarding the attribution of these events to...

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...

Exposed: Suspected Illegal Tuna Carrier

Image | January 24, 2011 at 10:21

Activists on board the Rainbow Warrior expose a ship suspected of violating Taiwanese fisheries laws. They projected messages onto the hull, and called on the Taiwanese Fisheries Agency to investigate the Pacific-bound ship, MV Lung Yuin, which...

Greenpeace Stops Scandal-Ridden Tuna Carrier Ship

Feature story | January 24, 2011 at 10:50

Activists from the Greenpeace flagship the Rainbow Warrior have prevented the departure of fish carrier MV Lung Yuin, demanding that Taiwan's Fisheries Agency (FA) properly investigate and as appropriate, prosecute the ship’s owners, who are in...

Waking up to the hidden costs

Blog entry by Michael Baillie | January 25, 2011

Recently I've been writting a lot about externalities, and how they contribute to a corporation's profitability. What I've neglected is the flip side: that just as corporations should pay the full costs of their activities, so to...

From Taiwan to tinned tuna: The many steps to saving our oceans

Blog entry by Steve Smith | January 26, 2011

When you hear about Greenpeace taking action against shady fishing vessels, you may not think that fishing in Taiwan really impacts you. Well, it’s not true. Our planet is covered in ocean- 70% of the Earth is covered in water.

Help us get Facebook to unfriend coal

Page | January 26, 2011 at 14:18

We are campaigning for Facebook to drop coal and commit to 100 percent renewable energy, cutting its carbon footprint and helping to prevent catastrophic climate change.

Acid Mine Drainage

Feature story | January 27, 2011 at 11:15

Acid mine drainage has been described as a "ticking time bomb", and the recent heavy rains around Gauteng seem to be making a dangerous situation even worse.

Acid Mine Drainage in Johannesburg

Image gallery | January 27, 2011

Greenpeace Extends its Sincere Condolences

Feature story | January 28, 2011 at 15:22

Greenpeace is saddened by the death of Charles Bopelo who passed away last Wednesday 26th around 2 PM in Oshwe, Bandundu Province, following a wound infection. He was buried on January 27th Thursday at around 10 AM in Oshwe.

Nuclear: a phone call away?

Blog entry by Michael Baillie | January 28, 2011

The good news is that senior energy department officials have been facing pressure from MPs to cut South Africa's dependence on coal. The bad news is that a few MPs seem to think that nuclear energy can help to move beyond coal power.

Japanese whaling will come to an end - the question is simply when

Blog entry by Junichi Sato | January 31, 2011

On December 22, 2010 - the Fisheries Agency of Japan (FAJ) acknowledged and publicly apologised for embezzlement within the whaling industry . An official from the powerful agency gave a bow of apology on national television and...

South African Corp Wins Public Eye Award

Feature story | January 31, 2011 at 10:46

For its contamination of land, and the poisoning of people in Ghana, the South African gold mining corporation AngloGold/Ashanti has received the jury-selected Public Eye Global Award.

APP Awarded the Golden Chainsaw

Image gallery | January 31, 2011

Koch funds denialism

Feature story | February 1, 2011 at 15:48

A Greenpeace airship has been flying over the location of oil billionaires David and Charles Koch's latest secret political strategy meeting, with a banner reading "Koch Brothers: Dirty Money."

Trafigura: new corruption charges

Feature story | February 2, 2011 at 12:14

Trafigura, the Dutch-headed multinational responsible for dumping toxic waste in the Côte d’Ivoire in 2006, is under investigation by the Dutch Public Prosecutor -- good news in our campaign to bring justice to the people of Côte d’Ivoire.

Solar Power Breakthrough

Feature story | February 3, 2011 at 9:37

New study projects solar investments to double until 2015 as prices drop a further 40%.

Drought in the Amazon: What it Means

Blog entry by Dr. Janet Cotter, Greenpeace Science Unit | February 4, 2011

Severe drought could turn the Amazon rainforest into a source of carbon emissions contributing to climate change, rather than a carbon sink absorbing emissions. This is one of the alarming findings of a new study featured in ...

Drought in the Amazon

Image gallery | February 4, 2011

Forest reform in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:

Publication | February 7, 2011 at 9:35

In January 2010, twenty-seven villagers from the province of Bandundu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo staged a sit-in protest against the operations of Sodefor – a subsidiary of industrial logging company Norsudtimber (NST) who holds...

Facebook, let's commit to Unfriend Coal by Earth Day

Blog entry by Kumi Naidoo | February 8, 2011

Since we started our campaign in February 2010, over 600,000 Greenpeace supporters like you have called on Facebook to unfriend coal and embrace renewables to power their massive data centres. Thank you. Just last week, I met with...

Facebook, let's commit to Unfriend Coal by Earth Day

Feature story | February 8, 2011 at 12:56

Since we started our campaign in February 2010, over 600,000 Greenpeace supporters like you have called on Facebook to unfriend coal and embrace renewables to power their massive data centres. Thank you.

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