climate change

Climate change - your animations

Posted by bex — 19 June 2007 at 11:21am - Comments

Blimey, there's a lot of talent out there... In our competition to win Glastonbury tickets, we asked you to create images and videos about climate change, anything from how it makes you feel to what you're doing about it. Video entries had to be less than two minutes long but that was pretty much the only criterion we had.

Greenpeace gives away free train tickets at airports across the UK

Posted by bex — 19 June 2007 at 8:46am - Comments

Campaigners offer free train tickets to travellers at Manchester airport

UPDATE (9.25am): The booths have now all been moved by security.

Over the past hour or so, impromptu ticket exchange booths have been appearing in airports across the UK.

Greenpeace volunteers (fetchingly dressed as stewards and stewardesses - pics here) have been offering BA passengers checking into domestic flights climate-friendly train tickets.

Greenpeace sets up 'climate ticket exchanges' in airports across UK

Last edited 19 June 2007 at 8:24am
19 June, 2007

Campaigners offered free train tickets to travellers at Edinburgh airport this morning

Campaigners offered free train tickets to travellers at Edinburgh airport this morning

Video and stills available.

Climate change - what you think

Posted by bex — 18 June 2007 at 12:57pm - Comments

The entries for our competition to win Glastonbury tickets are in. We asked you to create images and videos about climate change, from how it makes you feel to what you're doing about it. We had around 60 entries - and the quality was fantastic! Apparently there's a lot of creative genius out there...

After a lot of discussion and deliberation here at Greenpeace HQ, we've chosen the winners:



Best image (click to see the full size):

My machine can save the world
"My machine" by Matthew. © All rights reserved.

Airline pilots report 'pure propaganda' says Greenpeace

Last edited 18 June 2007 at 12:41pm
18 June, 2007

Greenpeace today branded a report by airline pilots on climate change 'pure propaganda... a dodgy dossier produced by people who should know better.'

The new report from the British Airline Pilots' Association (BALPA) claims aviation is being scapegoated by environmentalists, alleging campaigners use 'half-truths' in the climate debate. BALPA presents no evidence to back up the claim, but a reading of the report reveals BALPA has relied on an almost comical reading of the statistics to back up its claims.

MEPs show themselves to be a bit dim

Posted by jamie — 15 June 2007 at 4:23pm - Comments

The numbers are in and sadly they weren't quite what we were hoping for. Despite the huge amount of emails you sent to MEPs, asking them to support a ban on inefficient light bulbs across the EU, not enough signed up to adopt the declaration.

Solving the oil crisis: "We need something like whales, but infinitely more abundant"

Posted by bex — 15 June 2007 at 3:47pm - Comments

Exxon's PR campaign (which seems to run along the lines of "we may fund climate change deniers and oppose Kyoto but we're quite nice really") suffered a slight setback yesterday, when 300 people from the oil industry apparently believed that Exxon's newest fossil fuel was made out of human flesh - belonging to the victims of climate change.

The real solution to "Heathrow hassle"

Posted by bex — 14 June 2007 at 2:20pm - Comments

Airport queues

A few days ago, FT commentator Philip Stephens lambasted BAA for Heathrow's infamously interminable delays, long queues and chaotic terminals. He received so many responses that today he said:

Aviation - what we're doing

Last edited 13 June 2007 at 5:32pm

Aeroplane vapour trails forming a rude hand gesture The aviation industry's response to climate change is scandalous and reckless.

This could be you...

Posted by bex — 13 June 2007 at 4:23pm - Comments

Just a reminder to get your wellies on and enter our online video and photo competition. There are four days left to win a pair of Glastonbury tickets!

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