In the next 20 years a substantial amount of the
UK’s existing electricity generation capacity will
close. How this capacity is replaced will have a
major impact on the UK’s ability to meet its
international and domestic carbon emissions
reduction targets.
To explore this issue WWF-UK and Greenpeace
commissioned Pöyry energy consultants to look
at the implications for the UK electricity sector of
meeting the UK’s share of the EU renewable
energy target. This requires the UK to produce
15% of its energy from renewables by 2020.
Posted by bex — 17 November 2008 at 11:19am
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Two Greenpeace ships - one of them the Rainbow Warrior - have been impounded and their captains and 90 others arrested after three days of nonviolent direct actions in the Netherlands.
Some of the 100 volunteers occupying the construction site of a new E.on coal plant in Rotterdam.
I'll start at the beginning. On Friday evening, nearly 100 Greenpeace volunteers pitched tents next to the construction site of a new E.on coal
plant in Rotterdam (one of eight E.on plans to build in Europe), to bear witness to
the unfolding climate disaster.
At first light on Saturday, they moved onto the
site and occupied it, stopping construction for 10 hours
before all being arrested.
Posted by bex — 14 November 2008 at 6:28pm
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"While the environmental threats facing Africans
are urgent and critical, Africa is in a position to leapfrog dirty
development and become a leader in helping to avert catastrophic
climate change and protect the natural environment. We are here to help
make that happen."
Amadou Kanoute, Executive Director of Greenpeace Africa.
Greenpeace Africa is here! Marking a whole new era for Greenpeace, we opened our first African office yesterday, in Johannesburg. In the coming weeks, we'll be opening two more - one in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the other in Senegal.
The Sierra Club just won a HUGE legal victory in a coal permitting case at the Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Appeals Board [in the USA]...
While the Sierra Club's legal team and
other lawyers are still determining the full implications of the
decision, it appears that this decision will essentially stop all new coal plant permitting dead in it's tracks for at least a year as EPA decides what BACT means in the context of CO2...
In short, with this new regulatory uncertainty, it's highly unlikely anyone will want to invest a dime in a new coal plant for the foreseeable future.
Posted by bex — 14 November 2008 at 12:24pm
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Greenpeace volunteers worked constantly over several days to build the domed Rescue Station.
As governments prepare for the next round of crucial climate talks this December in Poznan, Poland, we're making a few preparations of our own. Obviously, we'll be at the talks, pressuring governments to quit coal and work towards a meaningful deal
to save the climate - but we also have plenty planned for the run up to the talks.
On the edge of a vast open pit coal mine in Konin, Poland, we've set up a Climate Rescue Station - a four storey high earth dome powered by renewable energy - to highlight the true cost of coal in the lead up to the negotiations. People from 15 countries will be staying at the station, telling the story of how coal (the single greatest threat to our climate) is affecting our planet.
Jamie wrote this - his thoughts and reflections on the ship tour so far - as he was waiting for something to happen in Indonesia last night. Eventually, something did.
Direct actions can be quite boring at times. The few moments of excitement are the ones which make the headlines and the photos, but anyone who has participated themselves will know there can be long, drawn-out stretches when not much is happening. Direct inaction, if you will.
I'm currently experiencing that now. As I write this, nestled in the campaign office on board the Esperanza, we're playing a waiting game. You've probably read about what the crew here has been up to in the Indonesian port of Dumai, painting and blockading palm oil tankers.
After painting and obstructing various palm
oil tankers in Dumai earlier this week, we of the Esperanza have been playing a
waiting game. There was one tanker due in which the campaigners were
particularly interested in - not only was it bound for Europe, but it was
picking up a cargo of palm oil from Sinar Mas, the largest palm oil company in Indonesia. As
soon as it arrived, a climber was installed on the anchor chain and then there
was some more waiting. A lot more waiting.
