Climate Change

Volkswagen's biggest fear: a cup of tea and a chat

Posted by jamess — 8 December 2011 at 12:33pm - Comments
"Everybody talks about the climate. VW ruins it"
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Our Beluga ship in front of VW's HQ in Germany ("Everyone's talking about the climate. VW's ruining it")

If you were poised to be the biggest car company in the world raking in annual profits of £5bn, you think you'd feel pretty confident about yourself.

Even if you felt a little insecure, a cool £1.5bn advertising budget could iron out some of the less-than-savoury aspects of your appearance. Besides, £1.5bn buys a lot of botox.

Article tagged as: climate, climate change, go beyond oil, volkswagen, VW, VWDarkside

The battle for the Frozen North: Point Hope (video)

Posted by bex — 7 December 2011 at 1:45pm - Comments

The small Alaskan community of Point Hope - or Tikiġaq, as the Iñupiaq people call their homeland - is one of the oldest continually occupied sites in North America.

Article tagged as: alaska, arctic, climate change, deepwater drilling, go beyond oil, oil, point hope, shell, videos

Stormtroopers expose car lobby get-together

Posted by sara_a — 2 December 2011 at 9:09am - Comments

Today the Dark Side has come to Brussels, where the world’s biggest car companies are gathering for a shadowy meeting where they will decide whether to block a key European climate law to clean up our engines.

Article tagged as: acea, cars, climate change, oil, transport, VW, VWDarkside

Why cars can't be greener: top 6 myths from car makers

Posted by jamie — 2 December 2011 at 9:00am - Comments
Stormtroopers outside Acea car lobbying meeting in Brussels
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Stormtroopers outside Acea car lobbying meeting in Brussels

Despite claims that they are eco-friendly, car makers are notorious for getting in the way of regulations that will bring down CO2 emissions from their vehicles. They've spread myths about how reduction targets will affect their business, but time and again they've been proven wrong.

Article tagged as: acea, cars, climate change, co2 emissions, transport, VW, VWDarkside

Meet the winners of the Greenpeace film competition

Posted by Richardg — 1 December 2011 at 4:10pm - Comments

Last week we were pleased to announce that two young filmmakers from Germany had won our film competition.

Article tagged as: climate change, film competition, film screening, volkswagen, VW, VWDarkside

Cairn's Arctic misadventure ends in dismal failure

Posted by bex — 30 November 2011 at 2:03pm - Comments
Kangerdlugssuaq Fjord in Greenland
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Kangerdlugssuaq Fjord in Greenland

It was the biggest oil exploration campaign ever in the Arctic. It cost over a billion dollars. And Cairn has absolutely nothing to show for it.

Article tagged as: arctic, cairn, climate change, go beyond oil, oil, oil drilling

We're challenging Cairn's gagging order: right to protest is as important as Cairn's right to run its business

Posted by bex — 29 November 2011 at 12:09pm - Comments
Cairn's rig - the most controversial in the world - about to start Arctic drilli
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Cairn's rig - the most controversial in the world - about to start Arctic drilling

I don't know if you read our Get Active blogs, written by our brilliant community of Greenpeace volunteers? It turns out that Cairn Energy do. Last week, Cairn's lawyers sent us a terse email warning us that we were in breach of the draconian interdict they've taken out against us.

Article tagged as: arctic, climate change, go beyond oil, injunctions, legal, oil

Ministry blocks anti-tar sands law, so we block ministry's front door

Posted by jamie — 28 November 2011 at 12:13pm - Comments

Right now, 50 activists are blockading the Department for Transport with two immobilised cars parked in front of the entrance. Why? Because our government is trying to scupper EU legislation that will block tar sands oil - the dirtiest, most polluting form of oil there is - from being sold at UK petrol pumps.

Article tagged as: canada, climate change, department for transport, energy, oil, tar sands, transport
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