climate change

Stories from the Frozen North: Kaktovik, Alaska

Posted by bex — 2 November 2011 at 6:33pm - Comments

Robert Thompson, a local guide in Alaska, explains how climate change is affecting his remote Alaskan community - and the spectacular Arctic wildlife.

Article tagged as: arctic, climate change, go beyond oil, indigenous people, oil, oil spills, polar bears

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LABOUR HEATHROW U-TURN – GREENPEACE RESPONDS

Last edited 31 October 2011 at 2:31pm
31 October, 2011

Commenting on the Labour party's decision to reverse policy and oppose the expansion of Heathrow airport, Doug Parr, Greenpeace Chief Scientist said:

Article tagged as: climate change, heathrow, labour

"Greenest Government" halves solar subsidies

Posted by petespeller — 31 October 2011 at 2:00pm - Comments
Solar power station in Spain
All rights reserved. Credit: Greenpeace / Markel Redondo
Solar power station in Spain

The self-styled "greenest government ever" has cut feed-in-tariffs for solar power by half, doubling the length of time it will take homeowners to receive payback and risking thousands of jobs in a growing industry in manufacturing and installing solar panels.

Article tagged as: climate change, energy, feed-in tariff, greg barker, solar power

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The Dark Side of Volkswagen

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Publication date: 
28 June, 2011

The Volkswagen Group is the largest car maker in Europe. It has repeatedly claimed that it wants to be a ‘green’ company, but has so far failed to live up to its green ambitions. It has been slow to make its fleet more efficient, despite having developed the technology to do so, and has actively worked to impede strong European climate policies.

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

VW takes three months to reply. But says nothing.

Posted by sara_a — 25 October 2011 at 12:08pm - Comments
Volkswagen is lobbying against critical environmental laws
All rights reserved. Credit: Greenpeace / Pedro Armestre
Volkswagen is lobbying against critical environmental laws

After three months of our campaign to turn VW away from the Dark Side, millions of views to our campaign film and over 440,000 Jedi emails and phone calls later, Volkswagen have finally responded to us with a letter.

Article tagged as: cars, climate, climate change, efficiency, go beyond oil, oil, oil spill, volkswagen

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