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Say no to new coal

Posted by bex — 31 May 2007 at 1:51pm - Comments

Ferrybridge power plant

A month ago, we reported that E.ON had applied to build the first new coal-fired power plant in the UK for 33 years. This new application, we said, could open the floodgates to a spate of new coal power plants in the UK.

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UK government to sell more BE shares - Greenpeace reaction

Last edited 30 May 2007 at 4:21pm
30 May, 2007

Reacting to the news that the UK government is to sell more of its stake in British Energy, Greenpeace Senior Climate and Energy campaigner Ben Ayliffe said:

Article tagged as: british energy, climate change, EDF, eon, nuclear power

US harpoons climate language in leaked document

Posted by bex — 29 May 2007 at 5:20pm - Comments

If we needed more proof that the Bush administration is still ignoring the global scientific consensus on climate change, we now have it - in the form of a leaked document from the G8. Track changes in the Word document - a draft communique on climate change and energy security - reveals the edits made by the Bush administration.

The opening paragraph says it all really:

Article tagged as: climate change, g8, george bush, international policy, USA

Stanstead public inquiry gets underway - Greenpeace response

Last edited 29 May 2007 at 3:51pm
29 May, 2007

Reacting to the news of the opening of a public inquiry into plans to expand Stanstead airport, Greenpeace aviation campaigner Emily Armistead commented:

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Glastonbury festival 2007: "Together we can cool it"

Last edited 29 May 2007 at 12:46pm
29 May, 2007

Festival-goers at this year's Glastonbury Festival will be asked to sign up to the "I Count" climate change campaign. The target is for 100,000 people to make a commitment by the end of the weekend (22-24 June).

Everybody arriving at the festival will be given a special wristband with the "I Count" message, "We can stop climate chaos". As people sign up, the rising total will be registered at the main Pyramid music stage.

Article tagged as: climate change, glastonbury, icount, oxfam, wateraid

Why Tony Blair is wrong about nuclear power

Posted by bex — 23 May 2007 at 1:12pm - Comments

Melting ice

Today, the government has finally published its energy white paper. After last year's energy consultation was ruled "seriously flawed", "misleading" and "manifestly inadequate and unfair" by a High Court Judge, this white paper outlines a new energy policy - and a new nuclear consultation.

Yep, despite a few ineffectual concessions to renewables and efficiency, Tony Blair is still busily spinning the nuclear industry's line: that nuclear power is the answer to climate change. And we still think he's dangerously wrong.

Article tagged as: climate change, energy review, energy security, energy white paper, nuclear power

Government publishes Energy White Paper and nuclear "consultation" - Greenpeace response

Last edited 23 May 2007 at 1:03pm
23 May, 2007

Reacting to the release of the government's Energy White Paper and a new nuclear consultation, Greenpeace director John Sauven said:

Article tagged as: climate change, energy security, nuclear power

Energy Review update 10

Last edited 23 May 2007 at 11:28am
Publication date: 
23 May, 2007

In this issue:

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Greenpeace on Planning White Paper

Last edited 21 May 2007 at 6:00pm
21 May, 2007

Reacting to the publication by Ruth Kelly of a Planning White Paper, Greenpeace Director John Sauven said:

Article tagged as: climate change, energy review, energy white paper, nuclear power, UK policy

Energy Review update 9

Last edited 21 May 2007 at 5:43pm
Publication date: 
21 May, 2007

In this issue:

1. Greenpeace High Court victory exposes ‘seriously flawed’ nuclear consultation
2. Nuclear reactor sites liable to flooding
3. Nuclear utilities carry on regardless
4. Scottish political consensus against nuclear and for decentralised energy
5. Finnish reactor over budget and behind schedule
6. Energy White Paper set for 23rd May launch
7. British Energy’s cracked reactor bits
8. Green energy blueprint
9. Still no waste solution
10. Nuclear Tsar appointed - negotiations undermine consultation

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