Greenpeace News

Activists set up home on the Happy Ranger

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A few days ago the cargo ship The Happy Ranger left France carrying steam generators intended for the nuclear European Pressurised Reactor under construction in Olkiluoto, Finland. As the ship made its way from France to Finland, activists from the Arctic Sunrise boarded the cargo ship and are currently occupying the cranes on the deck of the cargo ship.

End of Japanese whaling may be in sight

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

We've been watching the horizon for this one for a very long time, but our colleagues up in the crow's nest report that a new blip on the horizon could mean an end to Japanese whaling in Antarctica.

SHUTDOWN! Forest destruction blocked by Greenpeace to save the climate

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

On the eve of Barack Obama's arrival in Asia for his first official visit and while the United States continues to block progress ahead of the critical UN climate - we've taken direct action at the frontline of forest and climate destruction - to urge the US President and other world leaders to end global deforestation as part of the deal at the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen this December. With up to a fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions coming from cutting down and bringin forests, it's clear we cannot avert a climate disaster unless they do.

Obama and the whale

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The government of Japan has decided to look into wasteful spending. We can't think of a greater waste than the Japanese whaling programme. So we sent a delegation to the place where the review committee is meeting.

Naked emperors: the Greenpeace Guide to Climate Politics

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:52:06 GMT

Greenpeace's new Guide to Climate Politics shows just how badly the leaders of rich, industrialised nations are failing in their efforts to address climate change. In the last year developing nations have made real progress and put a series of offers on the table during the UN climate negotiations.

Inglourious treehuggers dam climate change!

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

If we told you that there was one single way to cut a fifth of global greenhouse emissions - that simply involved hugging trees - would you believe us? Probably not - but that's exactly what's required. And we've got 50 activists in the Indonesian rainforest together with Inglourious Basterds star Melanie Laurent - doing just that - and calling on world leaders to do the same.

EXPOSED! The poisoning of China's Pearl

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:51:48 GMT

The Pearl River is China's third longest river, and second largest by volume. But when it comes to pollution, it may well be on its way to being second to none.

Google, IBM and Microsoft with their heads in the clouds

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

People could some day recall that it was the Information Technology (IT) industry's advocacy for strong action which tipped the balance at the Copenhagen climate summit. But that's not going to happen unless all of us press them to become climate champions. As our updated Cool IT Challenge leaderboard reveals, IT heavyweights such as Google, Microsoft and IBM are still hesitating to speak up on the urgent need for emissions reductions.

GE Not the Answer - Straight from the Farmer's Mouth

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:45:31 GMT

From the paddy fields of Thailand, 62-year old rice farmer Samnieng Huadlim joined Spanish and Swedish farmers in Brussels to present the EU Commissioner for Health Androulla Vassiliou with our 180,000-signature-strong petition against potential legislation authorizating the introduction of GE rice; along with a selection of delicious organic tapas.

Forest Carbon Scam

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:12:59 GMT

Coal and oil companies are using forest offset projects to try and cheat the climate. Our new report Carbon Scam investigates how American Electric Power, BP and Pacificorp - all investors in the Noel Kempff Climate Action Project in Bolivia - are using the forest protection project to try and avoid reducing their own greenhouse gas emissions.

Greenpeace staff member wins alternative Nobel Prize

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

We are thrilled to announce that one of our staff members, René Ngongo, has today been named a recipient of the 2009 Right Livelihood award.

Voila! Stop tar sands en Français

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Greenpeace Canada’s tar sands campaign expanded into France early this morning when 30 Greenpeace activists entered Total’s refinery site in Gonfreville-l'Orcher, located close to Le Havre (Normandy), and hung three large banners.

Bravo Apple

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Apple has stormed out of the biggest lobby group in the United States. At issue is the US Chamber of Commerce's use of funds to oppose climate change legislation. Apple has done the right thing, and IBM and Microsoft should think different too.

700 strip naked for climate message

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

700 volunteers posed nude in a French vineyard to send a message about climate change. This human art installation in the South of Burgundy was created by artist Spencer Tunick - to warn about the dangers of global warming.

Global cattle giants unite to ban Amazon Destruction

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

It’s a big day for the climate and the Amazon as four of the biggest players in the global cattle industry join forces to reduce their carbon hoofprint and ban the purchase of cattle from newly deforested areas. JBS-Friboi, Bertin, Minerva and Marfrig are clearing the climate killing cattle from their supply chains and backing our call for zero deforestation in the rainforest

New: Google Earth tour of rainforest victory for climate

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Google's Climate Change tools launched last week with a set of tours, narrated by Al Gore, about what the world might look like in 2050 if we do nothing to stop global warming. This week, Google launches a tour telling a success story about what can happen when we take action for solutions today: the moratorium on new soy plantations in the Amazon.

Obama shows up in Copenhagen two months early

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Our jaws hit the deck and we all fell out of our inflatables when we got word that Presidents Obama, Lula, Zapatero and Prime Minister Hatoyama were going show up in Copenhagen. And then we found out that instead of showing up in Copenhagen for the UN Climate Summit in December, world leaders were actually going to be there today, 2 months ahead of schedule to lobby the Olympic Congress for their cites to host the 2016 Games

World leaders block Arctic coal shipment

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Angela Merkel, Barack Obama and other world leaders stopped the loading of a coal shipment in Svea, Svalbard today. They denounced coal, the fossil fuel that's powering the meltdown happening here in the Arctic.

23 Greenpeace activists blockade tar sands operation

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

'Dying for climate leadership' - is the message 23 Greenpeace activists, from Canada, France, Germany and Brazil, took to the heart of Canada’s deadly tar sands development today. Blockading a bridge between an open pit mine and a vast processing plant, they renewed the call for the Tar Sands to be abandoned - in the interest of the climate and the health of the local people.

Green points for Hewlett Packard and Apple

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Our 13th Guide to Greener Electronics rewards Hewlett Packard for putting a PC on the market that is virtually free of PVC and brominated flame retardants (BFRs). Meanwhile Apple just released their own green stats, and Newsweek published an environmental guide of 500 top US firms, many of them in the tech industry.