Energy

Coal and climate change: what a difference a decade makes

Posted by Mal Chadwick - 13th October 2017
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10 years ago this week, a group of Greenpeace volunteers snuck into Kingsnorth coal power station just before daybreak. Emily, Huw, Kevin, Tim, Will and Ben climbed the plant’s 200m chimney, forcing the plant to go offline. Standing at the… Read More

Victory! Scotland is banning fracking

Posted by Mal Chadwick - 3rd October 2017

This is massive news. The Scottish Government has announced that it will be listening to the people of Scotland and saying “No!” to fracking. For years we have been calling on the SNP to take a stand against this uneconomic and unnecessary industry. Earlier this year 3,000 of you were part of a groundswell… Read More

New offshore wind power is now (much) cheaper than nuclear

Posted by Mal Chadwick - 11th September 2017
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This is huge. New auction results out today show that the price set for new offshore wind contracts has fallen by more than 50% since 2015, making it significantly cheaper than nuclear. It’s very likely that offshore wind power will keep getting cheaper too. But… Read More

For BP, the Amazon Reef is becoming a PR nightmare

Posted by Mal Chadwick - 18th July 2017
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Together, we’re turning BP’s plan to drill near the Amazon Reef into a PR nightmare. I’m no expert, but sparking a million-strong resistance and upsetting SpongeBob Squarepants can’t be good news for an oil project.   Send a message BP might be hoping they can ride this… Read More

Why SpongeBob is the perfect champion for the Amazon Reef

Posted by Priya Surendra - 4th July 2017
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So you might have seen SpongeBob SquarePants waving a placard around telling BP to back off the Amazon Reef and thought: ‘What a minute… what?’ Yeah. It’s not everyday that the world’s most famous sea sponge stands up to big business. But with more… Read More

BP’s next disaster? Not on SpongeBob’s watch!

Posted by Priya Surendra - 4th July 2017
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BP are at it again. The company responsible for the Deepwater Horizon disaster wants to drill for oil near the pristine Amazon Reef. What could possibly go wrong? ???? Home to pink corals and sunset-coloured fish, the Reef has been described as… Read More