Blog: Climate

Your ad is in the papers – Shell’s spin exposed

Posted by Danielle Boobyer — 13 November 2014 at 3:07pm - Comments
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Our Shell counter-ad in today's papers

It’s a bad day for Shell! If you opened the Metro, Independent or Telegraph newspaper this morning, you’re one of two million people who saw our counter-ad against the Arctic oil drillers.

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In pictures: Let's celebrate World Energy Day

Posted by Angela Glienicke — 22 October 2014 at 11:43am - Comments
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Wind turbine in Portland, Australia © Greenpeace / Dean Sewell

Today is World Energy Day which highlights the importance of society's choices regarding energy production and the environment. I love positive solution stories, so had a look in our photo archive to share some of our interesting energy pictures with you and celebrate this day.<--break->

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8 amazing renewable energy projects that we love

Posted by Richard Casson — 22 October 2014 at 7:23am - Comments

It's World Energy Day today (hooray!). To mark the occasion, here's at a few renewable energy projects from around the world -- ones that we totally love.

Got a question for the man in charge of UK energy policies? Here's your chance to ask

Posted by Richard Casson — 21 October 2014 at 4:09pm - Comments
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Ed Davey MP will take your questions on Twitter and online

Here's your chance to put questions to Ed Davey, the minister in charge of the UK's energy policies.

How LEGO got awesome to #SaveTheArctic

Posted by Greenpeace UK — 9 October 2014 at 9:01am - Comments
LEGO characters celebrate Lego dumping Shell
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We did it! LEGO has dropped Shell

Today we got the awesome news: after a three-month campaign supported by more than a million people worldwide, LEGO has announced it will not renew its contract with Arctic destroyer Shell.

This is fantastic news for LEGO fans and Arctic defenders everywhere. And it’s a huge blow to Shell’s strategy of partnering with beloved brands to clean up its dirty image as an Arctic oil driller.

So how did we win this victory for the Arctic? Let’s take a look back at the top five moments of our campaign:

Article tagged as: arctic, climate, climate change, lego, Save the Arctic, shell

How LEGO got awesome to #SaveTheArctic

Posted by Greenpeace UK — 9 October 2014 at 9:01am - Comments
LEGO characters celebrate Lego dumping Shell
All rights reserved. Credit: Greenpeace
We did it! LEGO has dropped Shell

Today we got the awesome news: after a three-month campaign supported by more than a million people worldwide, LEGO has announced it will not renew its contract with Arctic destroyer Shell.

This is fantastic news for LEGO fans and Arctic defenders everywhere. And it’s a huge blow to Shell’s strategy of partnering with beloved brands to clean up its dirty image as an Arctic oil driller.

So how did we win this victory for the Arctic? Let’s take a look back at the top five moments of our campaign:

Article tagged as: arctic, climate, climate change, lego, Save the Arctic, shell

Supreme court order kills Essar’s plans

Posted by aksheykalra — 25 September 2014 at 1:59pm - Comments
Women peacefully protesting in Mahan
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Peaceful Forest Protest in India

If you haven't heard so far, the Supreme Court of India cancelled 214 coal blocks allocated to private companies since 1993, deeming them illegal. And one of these coal blocks brings us to the story of Mahan, one of the oldest Sal forests in Asia and livelihood to more than 50,000 people.

Article tagged as: coal, essar, forests, Mahan
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