climate change

Heralding the world's renewable energy future

Last edited 15 April 2004 at 8:00am
Robin Oakley (right)  with the Greenpeace China team

Robin Oakley (right) with the Greenpeace China team

The Sound and our fury

Posted by bex — 17 March 2004 at 9:00am - Comments
An otter affected by the Exxon Valdex oil spill

An otter affected by the Exxon Valdex oil spill

Sea wind in the future for Europe

Posted by bex — 16 March 2004 at 9:00am - Comments
North Hoyle offshore wind farm

North Hoyle offshore wind farm

Almost a third of Europe's total electricity demand could be powered by clean green offshore wind energy, by 2020. That's enough to supply electricity to every single one of the 150 million EU households.

A new report commissioned by Greenpeace, called Sea Wind Europe, also found that in the process:

Sea Wind Europe

Last edited 28 February 2004 at 9:00am
Publication date: 
21 March, 2007

Publication date: February 2004

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Pentagon predicts climate chaos

Posted by bex — 25 February 2004 at 9:00am - Comments
smokestack

Wasting energy - power station cooling towers are grossly inefficient

Pictures of climate change from the disappearing glaciers of Patagonia

Last edited 10 February 2004 at 9:00am
10 February, 2004

Greenpeace today released new visual evidence of the impacts of climate change. Dramatic new photos of Patagonian glaciers taken by a research team on board the Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise show the extent of glacier retreat this century, when compared to photos of the same glaciers taken from the same point in 1928.

StopE$$o logo legal, French court rules

Posted by bex — 4 February 2004 at 9:00am - Comments
Stop Esso campaign logoGreenpeace hailed a Paris judge's ruling permitting the use of a parody of the Esso logo on its StopEsso website as a victory for freedom of expression on the internet, as well as for the climate.

Kyoto dead... Don't hold your breath!

Posted by bex — 5 January 2004 at 9:00am - Comments
international climate talks 2001

international climate talks 2001

The latest round of international discussions about global warming concluded in Milan, Italy on 12th December. Sadly, the UN Convention on Climate Change (COP9) again failed to ratify the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, prompting critics to write it off for the umpteenth time.

In the past ten years, it has been almost impossible to count the number of times that the Kyoto Protocol has been declared 'dead'.

Russian election politicking over Kyoto Protocol nothing more than hot air

Last edited 2 December 2003 at 9:00am
2 December, 2003

Milan, Italy - Today's (Tuesday 2nd December 2003) statement by a Russian economic suggesting Moscow is now against ratifying the Kyoto Protocol was nothing more than pre-election bluster ahead of Moscow's Duma election this Sunday, according to WWF and Greenpeace.

A Russian economic advisor to President Putin, Andrei Illarionov, had stated that he believed Russia would not ratify Kyoto in its present form, because it placed "significant limitations on the economic growth of Russia".

Renewables in practice: Greenpeace supports offshore wind farm proposal in Swansea Bay

Posted by bex — 22 November 2003 at 9:00am - Comments

A pioneering new wind farm will put South Wales at the forefront of the UK's clean energy future. Scarweather Sands off-shore wind farm will produce enough electricity to meet the needs of 80,000 homes - that's equivalent to a town the size of Swansea.


The developments at Scarweather Sands, off Rest Bay in Porthcawl provide an excellent example of the push towards renewable energy. It's an opportunity to highlight the advantages and dispel some of the myths surrounding the development of this new, clean alternative to fossil fuels.