September 2011

No oil in the Arctic for Cairn, but hazardous chemicals aplenty


Posted by bex — 29 September 2011 at 10:50am - Comments
The Arctic Sunrise and the Esperanza intercept Cairn Energy's controversial Arct
All rights reserved. Credit: © Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise and Esperanza intercepting Cairn Energy's controversial Arctic rig

Yesterday brought the news that yet another Cairn well off Greenland - the sixth so far - has come up dry. The Delta-1 well will be plugged and abandoned and Cairn now has to pin its hopes for this year's drilling season on two remaining wells.

Article tagged as: arctic, cairn energy, climate change, go beyond oil, greenland, Hazardous chemicals, OSPAR, wildlife

Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai dies at 71

Posted by petespeller — 26 September 2011 at 3:59pm - Comments
All rights reserved. Credit: Christian Åslund / Greenpeace

Greenpeace is deeply saddened by news of Professor Wangari Muta Maathai's passing away. It is a sadness we are sharing with people right across the African continent, and the world.

Article tagged as: climate, environment, forests, kenya, wangari maathai

Time to move beyond fossil fuels

Posted by petespeller — 22 September 2011 at 12:09pm - Comments

Greenpeace supporters will join tens of thousands of other people across the world this Saturday for the Moving Planet event, calling on our leaders to move beyond fossil fuels.

Article tagged as: 350.org, climate change, fossil fuels, moving planet

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