Blog: Climate

Power station occupation enters day two

Posted by bex — 3 November 2006 at 9:00am - Comments

A Greenpeace volunteer looks down at the chimneys at Didcot power station

UPDATE: Twenty-five climate campaigners were arrested at 5.30pm today after ending their two day occupation of one of Britain's dirtiest power stations. One of the volunteers Ben Stewart said, "Since being here we have halved Co2 emissions from this power station by stopping coal entering the facility. We've forced Tony Blair to answer direct questions from us about his climate trashing policies and shown that there is a cleaner, more efficient way of generating energy."

Article tagged as: climate change, coal, decentralised energy, direct actions, power stations, UK policy

Tea at the top of a coal tower

Posted by bex — 2 November 2006 at 9:00am - Comments

Tea at the top of the coal towerThis morning 30 of our volunteers envaded the UK's second largest coal power station. One group stopped the coal conveyor belt and chained themselves to machinery, while a second group made their way up 1052 stairs to the top of the chimney.

After all those stairs, it was time for a cuppa.

We shut down the facity because - like most of the Britain’s power stations – two-thirds of the energy it generates is wasted, making a massive contribution to climate change. Later the volunteers set to work painting "Blair's Legacy" down the side of the chimney.

We hear a lot of fine talk from Tony Blair, but in reality C02 emissions have gone up under Labour while the climate crisis deepens. His legacy will be climate chaos. Our volunteers will leave the power station when he pledges to ditch these dinosaurs and start investing in cutting edge decentralised energy.

Article tagged as: climate change, coal, decentralised energy, didcot, oxfordshire, power stations

Climate Change: It's not too late, according to the UK government

Posted by bex — 31 October 2006 at 9:00am - Comments

In a UK review on climate change, British economist and government advisor Sir Nicholas Stern has said that "climate change represents the greatest and widest-ranging market failure ever seen," but that there "is still time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, if we act now and act internationally."

Article tagged as: climate change, climate porn, stern review, UK

Climate change: We still have time!

Posted by bex — 30 October 2006 at 9:00am - Comments
Greenpeace activist climbs 700ft coal plant smoke stack

Greenpeace activist climbs 700ft coal plant smoke stack


In his review on climate change, economist and government advisor Sir Nicholas Stern says that "climate change represents the greatest and widest-ranging market failure ever seen," but that there "is still time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, if we act now and act internationally." Which is exactly what we have been saying all along. The scientific and moral cases for acting against climate change have been known for some time - but it's taken an economist to spur the government into action.

Article tagged as: climate change, co2, decentralised energy, gordon brown, hachette, stern review

EU policy on climate change: I will if you will

Posted by jamie — 24 October 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

It's so easy to shift the blame onto someone else but politicians do it better than most. Witness Margaret Beckett earlier today, speaking to foreign policy experts at the British Embassy in Berlin. Quite rightly, she stressed the dangers of climate change but her role as foreign secretary lead her to framing it as "a serious threat to international security". Which it is, but it's a lot more besides.

Article tagged as: climate change, politics

What's £10 million between friends?

Posted by jamie — 13 October 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

solar.jpg From BBC News earlier today:

A £10m drive to add wind turbines to public sites and to promote renewable energy is being funded by cuts to other green projects, it has been claimed. The Partnership for Renewables scheme will work with private firms to put the turbines on sites such as hospitals. But the Lib Dems and the Energy Saving Trust say money from insulation and double-glazing schemes will pay for it. The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said the sum was never allocated to a specific project.

Article tagged as: climate change, david miliband, DEFRA, oil, renewable energy
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