Climate Change

Big Oil steps up the battle for deep water drilling

Posted by bex — 12 September 2011 at 3:16pm - Comments
Winning logo from our Rebrand:BP competition
by. Credit: Laurent Hunziker / Greenpeace
The winning entry to our 2010 'Rebrand BP' competition

Another week, another push for reckless oil drilling by a UK company. This time it's BP, which wants to drill its deepest ever well in UK waters - a 1300 metre well - off the coast of North Uist.

Article tagged as: BP, climate change, deep water drilling, deepwater horizon, go beyond oil, north sea, oil

Massive projection to show VW's Dark Side - take action now!

Posted by jamess — 8 September 2011 at 9:51am - Comments

Our campaign to turn VW away from its dark lobbying practices has entered a new phase.

Today we need you to put pressure where Volkswagen’s massive advertising budgets can’t dominate: on social media.

 Here’s what you can do right now:

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

VW's Dark Side: our campaign enters a new phase

Posted by jamess — 8 September 2011 at 9:40am - Comments
Volkswagen is lobbying against environmental laws
All rights reserved. Credit: David Sandison / Greenpeace
Volkswagen is lobbying against environmental laws

Today our climbers scaled VW’s headquarters in Germany while other activists projected a massive message onto the side of London’s Battersea power station – where Volkswagen is participating in a green car show.

Our actions kick off a new phase in our VW campaign – we will not let the car giant’s lobbying continue to threaten our planet.

Article tagged as: beyond oil, climate change, co2, ecovelocity, go beyond oil, oil, volkswagen, VW, VWDarkside

Verdict: Cairn's oil spill plan is outlandish, simplistic and "wholly inadequate"

Posted by bex — 31 August 2011 at 6:35am - Comments
Cairn's Leiv Eriksson rig off the coast of Greenland
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Cairn's Leiv Eriksson rig off the coast of Greenland

Earlier this month, after more than 100,000 of you asked Cairn Energy to open up its Arctic oil spill response plan to public scrutiny, the government of Greenland stepped in and published it.

The verdict is now in. Veteran marine biologist and international oil spill expert Professor Richard Steiner has completed a review of the plan and, well, it's no wonder Cairn didn't want you to see it.

Article tagged as: arctic, cairn energy, climate change, go beyond oil, greenland, oil, oil drilling, oil spills, spill response plan

VW film competition: classic Greenpeace films - A Time Comes

Posted by Richardg — 30 August 2011 at 1:51pm - Comments
The Greenpeace activists who closed down Kingsnorth coal-fired power station
All rights reserved. Credit: Will Rose / Greenpeace
Watch this classic film about our action against Kingsnorth coal power station

In just under three weeks we'll be rolling out the red carpets and challenging film makers to turn the cameras on Volkswagen. If you're in London, why not join us at the Curzon Soho at 10am, Saturday 17 September for the launch?

Article tagged as: classic films, climate change, emissions, film competition, kingsnorth, volkswagen, VW, VWDarkside
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