climate change

'Back to petroleum' - 2007 results reveal the recarbonisation of BP

Last edited 5 February 2008 at 3:32pm
5 February, 2008

BP's full year results released today, show that the company carries a responsibility for emission of 1.3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2007 [1], but the press release hides that worse is yet to come. Greenpeace and PLATFORM have discovered that BP is making a dramatic shift 'back to petroleum'.

Since the appointment of Tony Hayward as Group Chief Executive, BP has invested heavily in Canadian tar sands [2] and the company has substantially deprioritised BP Alternative Energy.

Article tagged as: BP, climate change, energy, fossil fuels, press releases

EfficienCity: what to ask your local council

Last edited 5 February 2008 at 1:45pm

EfficienCity: a climate-friendly town

Thanks for deciding to help make your community climate friendlier! Councils can transform the UK's energy system - and many already are. We want all councils that take the leap into a genuinely sustainable energy future

Article tagged as: climate change, decentralised energy, efficiencity, energy, local authorities

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Clean grafitti hits London streets

Posted by jossc — 4 February 2008 at 4:07pm - Comments

Stop Heathrow: clean graffitti on Defra's doorstep

Anti-Heathrow expansion activists were out and about at the weekend keeping up the pressure on the government to think again about plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport. This time they took to the streets - literally - to get the message across, using a new method called 'clean grafitti'.

Taking a cue from the "wash me" messages scrawled on the back of delivery trucks, clean (or reverse) graffiti uses high-pressure steam to imprint images on dirty walls and pavements.

Article tagged as: aviation, BAA, climate change, co2 emissions, heathrow, transport

Coal giant dictates government climate policy

Posted by bex — 31 January 2008 at 8:50pm - Comments

One email, four words and six minutes: that’s how long it took for the government to reverse its energy policy and trash our chances of meeting our climate change targets.

We’ve got our mitts on some government documents which show how a single angry email from E.on destroyed a central pillar of the government’s energy policy in just a few minutes.

Article tagged as: climate change, coal, eon, kingsnorth

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Together, we can stop climate chaos

Last edited 30 January 2008 at 5:59pm


The world is warming up. Already 150,000 people are dying every year because of climate change and, within 50 years, one-third of all land-based species could face extinction.

We're the last generation that can stop this global catastrophe, and we need your help.

Article tagged as: climate change, donate, support

Heading for hell and high water in the US

Posted by jamie — 30 January 2008 at 3:21pm - Comments

A projection on the Washington Monument, Washington DC

US climate change policy will deliver hell and high water
© Greenpeace/Bill Auth

Last night, a day after George Bush's final State of the Union speech, Greenpeace volunteers in the US used one of their nation's most iconic monuments to paint a clear picture of what his climate change policies will mean for the planet.

Article tagged as: climate change, george bush, kyoto protocol, politics, USA

A life in carbon: totting up indirect emissions

Posted by jamie — 30 January 2008 at 1:34pm - Comments

A stream of car headlights

Emissions from municipal services such as road maintenance are included as part of indirect emissions © Greenpeace/Steve Morgan

In my last post about carbon calculators, the tricky question of indirect emissions came up. I'm putting my own life through various calculators and seeing how they compare, but in trying to log my daily activities that consume energy and resources there are a number of unknowables.

Article tagged as: carbon calculators, climate change, emissions, energy

Biofuels protests planned across the UK

Posted by jamie — 28 January 2008 at 6:56pm - Comments

The guys at Biofuelwatch have been cooking up a week of protests around (what else?) biofuels. Like us, they're concerned about the rising demand for biodiesel etc and the implications that has for the climate, as well as deforestation, food prices and a host of other related issues.

Article tagged as: activism, biofuels, climate change, deforestation, direct action, forests