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Short shrift for Trident renewal

Posted by bex — 1 June 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

Clare Short at Hay on Wye festival

Former International Development Secretary Clare Short MP delivered a withering critique of the case for Trident replacement during the Greenpeace Debate on the future of UK nuclear weapons at Hay Festival earlier this week.

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"The forest is the lifeline of the people"

Posted by admin — 12 April 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

Brian Baring, a customary landowner from Papua New Guinea

During his visit to the UK to highlight the threat to the forests of Papua New Guinea, we caught up with Brian Baring for a quick chat about his European mission. Listen to Brian talk about life in the forests and what people in the UK can do to help stop the illegal logging.

Ken's low carbon London

Posted by bex — 20 March 2006 at 9:00am - Comments

London Mayor Ken Livingstone

It's the capital of the UK, the biggest energy demand centre in the country and the largest city in Europe. And it can slash its CO2emissions, gas consumption and reliance on fossil fuels without nuclear power.

Greenpeace shuts down Range Rover assembly line

Posted by bex — 16 May 2005 at 8:00am - Comments

A Landrover is marked with CLIMATE CRIME SCENE tape

Early this morning 35 Greenpeace volunteers shut down the assembly line making gas-guzzling Range Rovers. Urban 4x4s made at this site are wrecking the climate.

Climate campaigners scale Prescott's roof

Posted by bex — 26 April 2005 at 8:00am - Comments

Greenpeace protestors fit solar panel on John Prescott's roof

Greenpeace volunteers fitted solar panels to John Prescott's roof and hung a huge banner across his house this morning that says: Oi 2 Jags! Hit targets, not voters.

Global oil trading stopped

Posted by bex — 16 February 2005 at 9:00am - Comments

A policeman and a Greenpeace volunteer

Today is a day for action. After a long and arduous process the Kyoto Protocol comes into force and business as usual is not an option.

Thirty-five Greenpeace volunteers halted trading on the global oil market by occupying the International Petroleum Exchange in London. They entered the high security building near Tower Bridge shortly before 2pm, just as the world market in Brent crude was about to switch to London.

January 25th 2005: Lord Ron Oxburgh, Charman of Shell UK, delivers the latest Greenpeace Business Lecture

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Lord Ron Oxburgh, Charman of Shell UK

Lord Ron Oxburgh, Chairman of Shell UK

Ken's vision for a low carbon London

Watch excerpts from Ken's speech.

It's the capital of the UK, the biggest energy demand centre in the country and the largest city in Europe. And it can slash its CO2 emissions, gas consumption and reliance on fossil fuels without nuclear power.

That was London Mayor Ken Livingstone's message when he laid out his vision for a low carbon London at a Greenpeace Business lecture in March 2006. The mayor called for the government to invest in decentralised energy (DE) instead of wasting taxpayers' money on nuclear power - "the failed technology of the past".

Stop Esso day II

Posted by bex — 18 May 2002 at 8:00am - Comments

Saturday 18th May: Hundreds of protesters gathered at Esso garages around the country - asking motorists to stop buying petrol from Esso.

Stop Esso day: Julia Sawalha and Alan Davies Julia Sawalha and Alan DaviesFamilies, groups of friends, campaigners, celebrities - many dressed as tigers and polar bears or wearing George Bush masks - handed out leaflets and explained to motorists and passers-by why they were there.

New Scientist and Greenpeace Science Debates

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New Scientist and Greenpeace Sciene Debates

New Scientist and Greenpeace Sciene Debates