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Greenpeace activist updates direct from action at tar sands upgrader facility

Blog entry by laurak | 30 September, 2009 17 comments

9:15am local time Greenpeace activists from Germany, France, Brazil and Canada have just entered a Suncor upgrader facility in the tar sands of northern, Alberta and have shut down the conveyer belt of an open pit mining operation.

Rhys Darby's Global Warning

Blog entry by laurak | 27 July, 2009

Maybe you've spent some time thinking about the contribution you could make to stopping climate change. Changing energy providers? Actually getting the bike out of the garage and riding it to work - instead of thinking about doing it? ...

Nuclear comedy

Blog entry by Justin | 7 January, 2009

We’re just about ready to make our pitch to the TV studios with our comedy show set in a nuclear reactor. It’s got all the ingredients you might expect. It’s got the radioactive leaks ignored for 14 years (or is that too much like ...

Nuclear News for November 21st 2008

Blog entry by Justin | 21 November, 2008

Some other stories from the nuclear industry you may have missed: Easy Bourse: First Australian Uranium Shipped To China – Minister ‘The first Australian uranium has been exported to China, with demand for the fuel likely to...

The mysterious ways of nuclear reactor construction

Blog entry by Justin | 11 November, 2008 1 comment

Even away from its culture of cover-up and lack of transparency in its dealings, the nuclear industry is one wrapped in riddles, mystery, and wonder. The unanswered questions stretch on as far as the eye can see. Tom Burke, of the...

Nuclear quackery

Blog entry by Justin | 15 October, 2008

The Netherlands, this tiny country with endless possibilities in a liberal and tolerant environment, has a new scoop: the company " Atoomstroom.nl " (which translates as "Atomic electricity") offers its customers 100% nuclear...

Climate Action with Ice Sculptures in China

Image | 28 August, 2009 at 16:27

In order to raise awareness of the possible consequences of climate change, Greenpeace China organised a display of melting ice sculptures in Beijing in August 2009. The water for the sculptures came from melting glaciers in the Himalayas.

Climate Action with Ice Sculptures in China

Image | 28 August, 2009 at 2:00

28 August 2009 - Beijing, China. A child poses with one of the 100 ice sculptures of children which Greenpeace placed at the Temple of Earth in Beijing, symbolising the disappearing future of the 1.3 billion people in Asia who are threatened with...

Melting ice sculptures in Beijing

Image | 28 August, 2009 at 2:00

Melting ice sculptures in Beijing mark 100 days until the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen.

Activists occupy the roof of Canadian Parliament

Blog entry by laurak | 7 December, 2009 3 comments

Today 19 Greenpeace activists scaled the roof of the Canadian Parliament buildings in Ottawa. They were sending a message directly to Canadian Prime Minister Harper who will be attending the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen: 'Climate...

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