press releases
Last edited 28 November 2002 at 9:00am
Greenpeace today attacked the European Commission's decision to approve a UK Government loan of over £ billion to the failed nuclear power company British Energy.
The Commission has chosen to accept the UK Government's claims that the loan is required on grounds of safety and security of supply.
Greenpeace rejects these claims:
Last edited 28 November 2002 at 9:00am
Responding to today's pre-Budget report by Gordon Brown, Greenpeace Campaigner Mark Strutt said,
"The measures announced to deal with Britains waste in today's pre-Budget report offer little to help the Government out of the waste hole it has dug itself into, because they fail to tackle the incineration issue".
Last edited 26 November 2002 at 9:00am
The furious debate raging in Hartlepool over the possible construction of a new nuclear power station will be joined by the Rainbow Warrior as the Greenpeace flagship docks in the town.
A press conference on board the famous ship will see Greenpeace executive director Stephen Tindale call on local decision makers to fight the push for a new nuclear plant. Local MP Peter Mandelson has courted controversy by publicly backing a new reactor. Mr Tindale will be joined on the platform by Keith Fisher - the former chairman of Hartlepool labour party who resigned in protest at Mr Mandelson's comments.
Last edited 26 November 2002 at 9:00am
Experts to come together to review alternative options for UK energy system
Greenpeace has published an in depth study by independent energy experts, ILEX, which shows that all of British Energy's nuclear power stations could be closed in the next 2-3 years without the lights going out. This analysis undermines the government's main justification for its controversial £50 million loan of taxpayer's money to the failed private nuclear generator.
Last edited 25 November 2002 at 9:00am
The jury trial of three Greenpeace volunteers who scaled the 75-metre chimney of Sheffield rubbish incinerator and shut down its operations for three days began on Tuesday 26th November at Sheffield Crown Court.
The volunteers took part in a Greenpeace action on the 22nd May 2001 to close the Bernard Road plant, after it was identified as the worst incinerator in England. It had exceeded its legal pollution limits 156 times in just two years and discharged tonnes of toxic chemicals on to the people of Sheffield.
Last edited 22 November 2002 at 9:00am
The High Court today gave Ecotricity and Greenpeace leave to proceed with a Judicial Review of the government's decision to loan £650 million of taxpayers money to private nuclear generator British Energy. The case will be heard the week of 27th January, 2003.
Last edited 22 November 2002 at 9:00am
Greenpeace today described as 'fantastic' a government report setting out a framework for the expansion of offshore wind energy. The report is intended to launch a consultation process on future development of wind farms at sea in the UK.
The report shows that there is a massive clean energy resource in and over the UK's waters. In total it says that over 3000 Terawatt Hours (3 trillion units) of electricity could be generated. This is 10 times the whole of current UK demand and 40 times the output of all the UK's nuclear power stations.
Last edited 21 November 2002 at 9:00am
Greenpeace and renewable energy provider Ecotricity are taking the Government to the High Court this Friday (22nd November) to lay out their case for a Judicial Review of the Government's £50 million bailout of failed private nuclear generator British Energy.
Last edited 20 November 2002 at 9:00am
International Whaling Commission 53: Greenpeace keep an eye on proceedings
There were no speeding inflatable boats, no water hoses, but the democratic process took a pummelling at the IWC meeting in Shimonoseki, as Japan used its bought voting bloc to stop sanctuaries and deny indigenous people subsistence quotas.
Last edited 14 November 2002 at 9:00am
Greenpeace today welcomed the decision to list Brazilian mahogany as a priority species in need of increased international protection. Big Leaf Mahogany, which is used primarily in high-end furniture, is found in tropical forests from the South of Mexico through Central America and down to the Amazon. Whilst the US is the largest importer, a significant volume is still traded in the UK. Brazilian mahogany dining tables sell at Harrods.
