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Arctic Sunrise in the UK

Posted by bex — 11 February 2007 at 11:41am - Comments
Part of the Trident: we don't buy it tour blog

Arctic Sunrise at Leith docks near Edinburgh
Article tagged as: arctic sunrise, disarmament, nuclear, nuclear weapons, peace, scotland, ships, trident, trident tour

Government's key energy review on trial

Posted by bex — 8 February 2007 at 11:34am - Comments

Green groups gather outside the High Court as the government's energy review goes on trial

The government's decision to back a new fleet of nuclear power stations in the UK was "legally flawed", the High Court has heard.

In the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Greenpeace will argue that the government's recent energy review was not the "fullest public consultation" it had committed itself to before making a decision to back new nuclear power stations. The commitment had been made in the earlier energy white paper in 2003.

Article tagged as: climate change, energy review, government, judicial review, legal, nuclear power, tony blair

Blair: fossil fool

Posted by bex — 6 February 2007 at 3:59pm - Comments

Greenpeace volunteers tip four tonnes of coal on government's doorstep

The world's top climate scientists have this morning released their latest report on the science of global warming. Their verdict: the world is on the verge of climate catastrophe.

Article tagged as: climate change, coal, decentralised energy, direct actions, fossil fuels, IPCC, tony blair

It's not too late!

Posted by bex — 30 January 2007 at 2:58pm - Comments

It's not too late!

As the world's top climate scientists gather in France to finalise their landmark climate report due out on Friday, we've taken our message to Paris to urge the world's governments to act.

Article tagged as: climate change, direct actions, france, government, impacts, IPCC, science

Car manufacturers put the brakes on climate law

Posted by bex — 29 January 2007 at 2:51pm - Comments

Emmissions from transport are on the rise

Car manufacturers are trying to sabotage a new European climate law that would force them to improve the efficiency of their new vehicles. But there's time to act to make sure that Europe's cars are cleaner and greener in future.

Article tagged as: climate change, EC, emissions, EU, fuel efficiency, pollution, road transport, transport

Endangered whales dumped in landfill site

Posted by jossc — 26 January 2007 at 2:17pm - Comments

A fin whal carcass rots at an Icelndic whaling stationNo sooner has Iceland granted permits for some of it's fisherman to resume commercial whaling than they discover, big surprise, what informed opinion has been telling them all along - namely that they would struggle to find any market for the meat.

Article tagged as: fin whale, iceland, oceans, whaling

Decentralised energy: what are we waiting for?

Posted by bex — 11 January 2007 at 4:53pm - Comments

Update - July 2007: We've launched a new film about why nuclear power can't stop climate change and how a combination of renewables, efficiency and combined heat and power can: watch The Convenient Solution.

Decentralised energy. It can double the efficiency of our power stations. It's helped Woking Council cut its carbon emissions by 77 per cent. It already provides over 50 per cent of Denmark's electricity supplies.

Article tagged as: climate change, decentralised energy, solutions, videos, woking

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