Climate Change

Esso, we've got you surrounded

Posted by bex — 5 November 2003 at 9:00am - Comments

An activist chained to a truck outside the Oil and Money conference

Article tagged as: climate change, esso, hachette, junk science, oil, stop esso

Support for welsh wind farm over three times greater than opposition

Posted by bex — 3 November 2003 at 9:00am - Comments

Poll results reveal 3 times as many in favour of wind power

More than three times as many local residents support an offshore windfarm proposal in South Wales than oppose it, according to results of an independent poll carried out by ICM research.

Article tagged as: climate change, offshore wind, renewable energy, scarweather sands, swansea bay, wales, wind power

World Climate Change Conference 2003

Posted by bex — 4 October 2003 at 8:00am - Comments

Greenpeace activists launch a banner at the World Climate Change Conference in Moscow

Article tagged as: climate change, esso, hachette, impacts, IPCC, kyoto protocol, russia, stop esso, UN

Latest update from Swansea Bay

Posted by bex — 25 July 2003 at 8:00am - Comments

Pro-wind public engagement in South Wales

Throughout August, September and into October 2003, Greenpeace volunteers hit the high streets of South Wales, encouraging those who are in favour of wind power and support the proposed wind farm at Scarweather Sands to speak out and say Yes to Wind in Swansea Bay.

Article tagged as: climate change, renewable energy, swansea bay, wales, wind power

Scarweather Sands: turbines won't harm the surf

Posted by bex — 22 July 2003 at 8:00am - Comments

wind turbines at sea

This wind farm won't harm the surf. The waves at Porthcawl are powerful - they have travelled across the Atlantic. They also have a long average wavelength which means that they are physically big. To absorb or diffract any noticeable amount of their energy would take an enormous obstruction. The wind farm is simply not big enough to have a significant effect on the power of the waves. Even with the biggest of the foundations (concrete gravity foundations which use blocks around 3m high) the waves simply won't 'notice' that there is an obstruction. The turbines are so widely spaced (each one at least a third of a mile apart) that from the waves point of view over 98 % of the wind farm is just open sea!

Porthcawl is a significant surfing location and an important part of the UK surf scene and industry. The wind farm at Scarweather Sands will in no way undermine this. In fact it is part of an important shift to clean energy in the UK that will help tackle climate change (that threatens all our beaches) and marine pollution - so it is good for water users and the environment.

Article tagged as: climate change, hachette, offshore wind, renewable energy, scarweather sands, wind power

Government announces green light for wind power

Posted by bex — 17 July 2003 at 8:00am - Comments

wind turbines at sea

The government has given the go-ahead this week for an ambitious programme of offshore wind farms to be developed around the UK coastline. Under plans announced by the Secretary for State and Industry, Patricia Hewitt, 1 in 6 households will be powered by energy harnessed from wind power by 2010. That's equivalent to every home in the south-east of England.

Article tagged as: climate change, offshore wind, patricia hewitt, renewable energy, wind power

Say 'Yes to Wind Power' in your area

Posted by bex — 7 July 2003 at 8:00am - Comments

Greenpeace has joined forces with Friends of the Earth and WWF to develop an interactive, pro-wind website. www.yes2wind.com has been developed to help you actively support the development of clean, renewable energy in your area.

The government is committed to producing 10%of the UK's electricity from renewable sources by 2010. Despite this step forward, many UK wind farm proposals are failing to get planning permission because of a small yet vocal minority. 75% of people in the UK support the development of wind power, but those speaking out against wind are being heard the most. You can help turn this around by logging onto www.yes2wind.com

Article tagged as: climate change, renewable energy, wind power, yes2wind

Turning up the heat on Esso

Posted by bex — 30 May 2003 at 8:00am - Comments

Greenpeace tigers at Esso HQ in Texas, USA

Greenpeace turned up the heat this week as the biggest oil company in the world prepared for its annual general meeting in Texas.

As a result, more shareholders supported a resolution calling for Esso (ExxonMobil in the US) to act on two hot issues: global warming and renewable energy.

Article tagged as: climate change, oil, stop esso, texas

Esso executives charged!

Posted by bex — 27 May 2003 at 8:00am - Comments

Greenpeace activists inside Esso HQ, Texas

Article tagged as: climate change, direct actions, junk science, stop esso

Stop Esso campaign history

Posted by bex — 3 May 2003 at 8:00am - Comments

Stop Esso campaign logo

The UK Stop Esso campaign was launched in May 2001 by coalition members Greenpeace, People and Planet and Friends of the Earth.

Bianca Jagger unveiled a "Boycott Esso" mobile billboard at the campaign launch. The Body Shop, Annie Lennox, Ralph Fiennes, Jerome Flynn, Damien Hirst, Keith Allen and several politicians signed up to the boycott.

On the first Stop Esso Day, in villages, towns and cities across the UK and Ireland, over 3000 people peacefully and legally campaigned at Esso petrol stations.

Stop Esso Day II saw Julia Sawalha and Alan Davies join the protests at Esso petrol stations.

These were the largest non-violent direct actions against global warming ever seen in the UK.

May 2002 also marked the launch of Stop ExxonMobil, a US campaign aimed at Esso's parent company. Over the following months, Stop Esso spread around the globe.

Article tagged as: climate change, friends of the earth, oil, people & planet, stop esso, successes

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