This briefing paper outlines Greenpeace's plans for new measures to tackle fuel poverty, promote energy efficiency, stimulate the economy and help to meet the
UK’s targets on climate change.
Oil giant accused of using advertising to ‘greenwash’ massive new investment in fossil fuels
22 December, 2008
Greenpeace representatives in dinner jackets and bow ties were today ejected
from BP's London headquarters after attempting to present the British oil giant
with the first annual "Emerald Paintbrush" award.
Security guards threw
out the smartly dressed protestors after they staged an impromptu awards
ceremony in the lobby of the building.
Greenpeace plans to award the new
prize each year to any company it deems guilty of hiding its environmental
impact with misleading advertising.
Posted by jamie — 15 December 2008 at 3:33pm
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Despite the gloom coming out of the EU climate talks at the end of last week (and the non-event that UN discussions on the same topic in Poznan appear to have been), there is one ray of hope shining from Brussels in the form of the Renewable Energy
Target which will set binding goals for EU governments on sourcing energy from
renewable sources.
It's been a tough road, not least because of ex-business
secretary John Hutton's attempts to weaken the deal. Then it looked like some
countries - Italy and Poland
were the ringleaders - were going to knobble the agreement by demanding it be
reviewed in 2014 but a compromise was put forward and a deal has been reached.
It’s quite a sight: under a wintry sun, a flotilla of Greenpeace boats is heading down the Medway, straight towards Kingsnorth power station. The Rainbow Warrior is leading the peaceful armada and, from up here on the bridge, I can see our rigid inflatable boats abreast of us and streaming out behind in a V formation.
A couple of minutes ago, John, our executive director, phoned E.on and told them that our peaceful flotilla will be arriving at midday. Here's the mp3 or click to play:
Our amphibious incursion has a serious and peaceful purpose. The boats are carrying dozens of campaigners who plan to board Kingsnorth’s 700-metre coal jetty and then walk through the existing coal plant site to the site where E.on wants to build the UK’s first new coal plant in 30 years.
Just a quick one to let you know that we've just left Southend pier and are heading towards Chatham, to pick up the leaders of the UK's most important development, faith and environment groups - including the Women's Institute, Oxfam, Tearfund and RSPB - representing four million people.
From Chatham, we'll be sailing towards Kingsnorth, where the directors will sign a declaration saying: "Four million strong, we say no to dirty coal power stations, and yes to a clean green renewable energy future". The declaration will then be taken to Kingsnorth by one of our inflatable boats and delivered by hand to E.on staff.
Posted by bex — 3 October 2008 at 10:18am
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Given that we have the best renewable resources in the European Union, the fact that Britain languishes near the bottom of the European renewables league table is pretty humiliating.
On Monday though, the International Energy Agency added insult to injury. Britain's renewables strategy, it said, is 'ineffective' and 'very expensive'. The agency's new report (published here, but you have to pay) ranks Britain 31st out of 35 countries - "including all the major industrial nations such as the US, Germany and China" - in its green energy cost league. And our 'renewables effectiveness', it says, is a paltry three per cent.
