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Government hypocrisy risks pushing climate past point of no return

Blog entry by Aaron Gray-Block | January 23, 2013

Devastating storms and lives lost, houses destroyed, sweltering heat waves, menacing bushfires, plunging winter temperatures, droughts, floods and even snowstorms in the desert: this is the reality of our weather – it's not a forecast...

Clean Our Cloud - Act Now

Action | March 28, 2012 at 15:07

Apple, Amazon and Microsoft all use asthma-inducing, climate-destroying coal to power the "cloud" that stores your emails, photos, music and videos. Take action now & tell these companies to clean the cloud.

Eskom is burning South Africa’s water to produce electricity

Blog entry by Melita Steele | October 17, 2012

Water is the foundation of life: we’re unable to survive without it. But the problem is that water is scarce, and this country is running out of it. More than 98% of South Africa’s water has already been allocated, and this country...

Why we need a clean cloud

Blog entry by Monica Davies | May 5, 2012

Have you ever had this sort of exchange with someone of an older generation? You: “I’ve got 90 CDs’ worth of music on my iPod.” Older Person: “But where are the CDs all stored?” You: “They’re nowhere, they’re just… inside...

Infographic: How Eskom is crippling our water

Blog entry by Mike Baillie | October 17, 2012

Coal-fired electricity is a major threat to South Africa’s already stressed water resources – and Eskom’s new mega coal plants are set to make matters even worse. Luckily there are reliable alternatives to coal power, ways of...

What Coal Costs The Citizens Of South Africa

Blog entry by Monica Davies | October 31, 2011

Our new ground-breaking report, The True Cost Of Coal  reveals what South Africa's addiction to coal is really costing the country. But beneath all the alarming stats and figures, there is a very real human picture of how coal is...

The hidden water cost of South Africa’s coal addiction

Blog entry by Melita Steele | June 25, 2012

It’s a little known fact that South Africa has some of the best quality water in the world – for those who have access to it, and can afford to pay for it. But the country is facing a looming water conflict, and coal is right in the...

A look at the coal plants behind the iCloud

Blog entry by Iris Cheng, Greenpeace International | May 8, 2012

How does Apple’s $1billion iDataCenter in Maiden, North Carolina draw its power? Apple is sending millions of dollars a year to Duke Energy , one of the few utilities in the US that is still building coal plants.   By making a...

Tell Apple, Amazon and Microsoft that you want a cleaner cloud

Blog entry by Casey Harrell, Greenpeace International | April 17, 2012

Every day, our lives revolve more and more around the phenomenon that is “the cloud.” We check our e-mail, store our music, and share photos and status updates. It’s a key part of how we connect with our friends and family. But...

Fired up for a global Energy [R]evolution

Blog entry by Ruth Mhlanga | June 5, 2012

Today is international World Environment Day, and what better way to celebrate than with the launch of an updated strategy for powering the planet with clean, reliable, renewable energy! The latest version of Greenpeace’s Energy...

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