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Taking your message to VW

Posted by bex — 19 April 2012 at 3:18pm - Comments
Protest during Volkswagen's AGM
All rights reserved. Credit: Daniel Mueller / Greenpeace
Protest during Volkswagen's AGM

For almost a year now, you’ve been asking VW to turn away from the dark side and reduce its fleet’s CO2 emissions. Today we took that message to the company’s AGM in Hamburg with a giant banner reading "Take responsibility seriously! Honest climate protection now" (in German, obviously).

Article tagged as: climate change, co2 emissions, direct actions, germany, oil, vehicles, VW, VWDarkside

Clean Our Cloud actions at HQ's of Microsoft, Amazon and Apple

Posted by petespeller — 18 April 2012 at 4:48pm - Comments
Action at Microsoft Offices in Turkey
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Action at Microsoft Offices in Turkey

Today we took the ‘How Clean is your Cloud’ challenge directly to Apple, Amazon and Microsoft, the three companies which need to switch from dirty coal to clean, renewable power. This challenge follows yesterday’s launch of our 'How Clean is your Cloud’ report.

Article tagged as: amazon, apple, clean our cloud, climate change, clouds, microsoft

Greenpeace activists scale Apple's HQ in Ireland

Posted by petespeller — 18 April 2012 at 11:23am - Comments
All rights reserved. Credit: Kim Haughton / Greenpeace
Greenpeace activists on the glass frontage of Apple's HQ in Ireland

Early this morning climbers from Greenpeace International scaled the European HQ of computer giant Apple in Cork, Ireland challenging Apple to clean up its act and stop powering their iCloud with dirty coal. The very public message covering 15 metres by 5 metres across the glass roof of the HQ asks the company to ‘Clean Our Cloud’.

Article tagged as: amazon, apple, clean our cloud, data centers, fossil fuels, ireland, microsoft

CO2 - Das Problem

Posted by bex — 17 April 2012 at 4:56pm - Comments
Paraglider with banner flying around VW headquarters
All rights reserved. Credit: Michael Loewa / Greenpeace
Paraglider with banner flying around VW headquarters

This morning, two activists in Germany climbed the towering VW office building, dropped a banner reading “CO2 - Das Problem”, demonstrating that VW’s boss needs to show more responsibility when it comes to climate change. The climbers were removed, but another Greenpeace activist has since managed to paraglide around the tower - sending the message that the rebellion will continue until VW commits to real climate protection.

Article tagged as: car efficiency, climate change, germany, oil, VW, VWDarkside

How Clean is Your Cloud?

Posted by petespeller — 17 April 2012 at 4:30pm - Comments

If you use a smartphone, Facebook, email or any sort of online storage then you're using what is referred to as "the cloud". Every day, our lives revolve more and more around the phenomenon that is the cloud. We check our email, store our music, and share photos and status updates. It’s a key part of how we connect with our friends and family.

But have you ever stopped to wonder… where does the cloud actually exist?

Article tagged as: amazon, apple, clean our cloud, google, HP, IBM, microsoft, yahoo

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