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Exxon, Shell, Chevron face inquiry hearing for human rights violations in New York
New York, 27 September 2018 - An inquiry hearing on 47 multinational corporations including Exxon, Shell, and Chevron for their possible responsibility in violating the human rights of Filipino citizens, by knowingly creating climate risks through their business, will be held at the New York City Bar Association over two days on September 27 and…
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Greenpeace: 11th hour for the climate, it’s time for leadership to truly emerge
Manila / San Francisco - Typhoon Mangkhut, one of the strongest storms of the year, is forecast to hit the north of the Philippines by the weekend before threatening Hong Kong and Macau. In the Atlantic, Hurricane Florence made landfall on the US east coast on Friday and is growing larger. Although its wind speed…
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World’s top climate experts to testify in landmark investigation into fossil fuel companies
Some of the world’s most highly-regarded climate change science, policy, research, and legal experts will appear as witnesses in the ongoing hearings by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in the Philippines on the responsibility of 47 fossil fuel companies for the global climate crisis.
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Yeb Saño: “We will not stop until we hold fossil fuel companies accountable for climate change.”
Yeb Saño, Executive Director of Greenpeace Southeast Asia, on climate justice
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Documents detail what Shell knew about climate change decades ago: Greenpeace reaction
The new revelations confirm that Shell has known for decades that the burning of its fossil fuels products could lead to devastating climate impacts
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Filipino typhoon survivors demand climate action on Haiyan anniversary
Fillipinos are gathering to commemorate the fourth anniversary of super typhoon Haiyan
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Yolanda survivor Joanna Sustento joins actress Lucy Lawless in protest against Arctic oil exploitation
Barents Sea, Norway-- Eleven peaceful activists from the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise have taken to the water in inflatable boats with handheld banners to oppose the Statoil Songa Enabler oil rig, 275 km North off the Norwegian coast, in the Arctic Barents sea.
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A movement spanning six continents demands a world free from fossil fuels
Amsterdam - Break Free from fossil fuels protests in Croatia and Israel have kickstarted the latest wave of protests by a global movement determined to accelerate the shift to an era of renewable energy, with further activities today in the Philippines and the Arab world.
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Women will change the world, for all our sakes and our planet
When thousands of women come together to mark International Women’s Day on 8 March - either on the streets or at home or in the workplace - they will do so as part of a growing and very powerful force, one that knows that positive change can happen if we fight for it. And we…
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Shell “knew of climate change danger” since 1991 – Greenpeace response
Manila, Philippines- A film in 1991, produced by Shell, shows that the oil giant has long known about the catastrophic risks of climate change.