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Justice for the Toyko Two - Edinburgh style

Posted by jossc — 18 June 2009 at 11:04am - Comments

Greenpeace activists got a good reception at the Japanese Consulate in Edinburgh yesterday when they handed in a wishing tree* full of requests for justice for the Tokyo Two.

Article tagged as: japan, oceans, scotland, tokyo two, whaling

Will Ed make Britain a global leader on climate change?

Posted by jossc — 17 June 2009 at 4:44pm - Comments

Ed Miliband today announced the details of his new coal consultation. While recognising the need to reduce emissions from coal-fired power stations, as promised, it places equal emphasis on maintaining a "diverse, secure energy mix".

Article tagged as: CCS, climate change, co2 emissions, copenhagen, ed miliband, kingsnorth

Nuclear companies in cash crisis?

Posted by jossc — 17 June 2009 at 11:43am - Comments

A new report out today casts doubt on the ability of the nuclear industry to deliver its promised new reactors.

French companies EDF and Areva, who are at the forefront of the new worldwide reactor design and building programme, have been making serious investments in foreign markets where they hope to build new reactors, including here in the UK. As a consequence they are heavily in debt.

Article tagged as: areva, climate change, EDF, energy, EPR, nuclear power

May 2009 - the month in pictures

Posted by jossc — 12 June 2009 at 4:36pm - Comments

May's round up of images from around the Greenpeace world come from as far afield as Australia, where activists shut down a giant digger at the most polluting power station in the developed world; India, where we've been installing solar panels in schools; and Thailand, where volunteers canoed 350km to document the toxic damage being done to the Chao Praya, the country's most iconic river.

Article tagged as: climate change, coal, images, photography, photos, slideshows, solar power

Deep Green: overshoot and tech dreams

Posted by jossc — 12 June 2009 at 11:29am - Comments

Here's the latest in the Deep Green column from Rex Weyler - author, journalist, ecologist and long-time Greenpeace trouble-maker. The opinions here are his own.

Global warming is a symptom of human overshoot: the consumption and waste that exceeds the biophysical capacity of the Earth. If we attempt to reduce the fever, but ignore the disease, we will, at best, extend the suffering.

Article tagged as: climate change, deep green, ecology, geoengineering, overconsumption, rex weyler

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