Posted by jossc — 5 June 2009 at 3:29pm
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A typhoon wrecks the Philippines coastline in 2008
News in this week from the first comprehensive study into the impacts of global warming on human society - and it makes uneasy reading.
The headline figures are: 300,000 deaths and 300 million people affected every year, at a cost to the global economy of £125 billion. The report was issued by former UN secretary general Kofi Annan's thinktank, the Global Humanitarian Forum.
Posted by jossc — 29 May 2009 at 11:46am
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In this edition of our podcast we talk to award-winning film maker Nick Broomfield about his latest project. 'A Time Comes' is an 18 minute documentary about our very own Kingsnorth Six, who were arrested for shutting down a coal-fired power station but found 'not guilty' at the subsequent trial.
But first let's head down to the Airplot to meet veteran comedian and star of fabled 1970s tv series 'The Good Life', Richard Briers. Richard turned up at our plot of land on the site of the proposed new runway at Heathrow to help us dig for victory in the campaign by starting an allotment – Christian Hunt grabbed a spade and went along to meet him.
Posted by jossc — 28 May 2009 at 2:27pm
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We've made some progress on the coal campaign lately, with Climate and Energy Minister Ed Miliband finally ruling out any new coal-fired power stations that don't capture a proportion of the carbon they emit. But that's not nearly enough to save the climate.
Posted by jossc — 28 May 2009 at 11:50am
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If saving our climate was a game of poker and all the various
stakeholders - our heads of state, the energy industry,
environmentalists, etc - were players, there would be one player at the
table who hasn't yet shown their cards. The hold-out in this particular
game is the Information Technology (IT) Industry, a player who is
sitting on a lot of chips in a high stakes game, despite holding a
winning hand.
On Saturday July 4, thousands of people will come together to form what we are calling the Mili-band (in honour of Climate Change secretary Ed) - a human chain surrounding Kingsnorth power station in Kent, in opposition to building a dirty new coal-fired power plant.
If you're planning to come (and we really hope you will - as Kingsnorth has become an iconic symbol in the battle over whether Britain is serious about tackling climate change), here's some logistical information that should come in useful.
Posted by mollybrooks — 13 May 2009 at 1:58pm
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Molly is our online marketing coordinator and is next up in the blog relay, a whistle-stop tour of Greenpeace staff here in the UK. Click here to catch up on the other entries.
In January 2005, the Onilahy River in southwest Madagascar flooded. Nineteen people were killed and thousands left homeless. The cyclone that caused it was probably exacerbated by climate change; the landslides that followed were definitely made worse by extensive deforestation in the area.
The flood was little reported outside Madagascar. Similar events, caused or worsened by environmental destruction, happen all over the world on a regular basis, and most of them don't make the news. The only reason I know about it is because I was there.
Molly is our online marketing coordinator and is next up in the blog relay, a whistle-stop tour of Greenpeace staff here in the UK. 
