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Zombies sneak under the wire

Posted by Graham Thompson - 10 February 2012 at 8:54pm - 0 Comments

Thursday we issued a zombie warning – we had concerns that armies of undead arguments were likely to crawl from their graves onto ITV’s ‘Tonight: the real cost of going green’. Did you spot any?

Well, perhaps not entire armies - ITV were a bit more sensible than we expected. And they were a lot more sensible than the Panorama crew who based a whole documentary on a KPMG report on the costs of renewables, which they never actually saw, and which KPMG have now decided not to release. Overall, Tonight was relatively even-handed. Perhaps the KPMG fiasco has taught the media to be a bit less trusting of dubious pronouncements on green energy. 

Nevertheless, a few zombies did manage to sneak under the wire.

Article tagged as: comment, household bills, renewable energy, subsidies, wind power

Big Miracle: why saving whales means saving the Arctic

Posted by Willie - 10 February 2012 at 9:48am - 3 Comments

The film is inspired by a true story. I’m not going to recount it in detail here, as others have done that  much more splendidly than I can.  But in a nutshell, Drew’s character was involved in an international effort to save some gray whales which became trapped in Arctic ice.

Article tagged as: arctic, Big Miracle, climate change, Drew Barrymore, gray whales; whaling, Greenpeace activist

In 30 years we've lost 75% of the Arctic sea ice

Posted by jamess - 10 February 2012 at 8:57am - 2 Comments
In 30 years we've lost 75 percent of the Arctic sea ice
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In 30 years we've lost 75 percent of the Arctic sea ice

If there's one fact to remember which underlines the urgency in protecting the Arctic it's this: in 30 years we've lost 75 per cent of the Arctic sea ice.

Article tagged as: arctic, arctic sea ice, climate change, climate impacts, oil

Tonight: Climate Zombie Bingo

Posted by Graham Thompson - 9 February 2012 at 5:18pm - 0 Comments
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Since Lord Lawson’s climate denial group the Global Warming Policy Foundation gave up on disputing climate science and moved on to disputing climate economics, a whole new army of zombie arguments have started lurching their way across the internet in search of mainstream media exposure and brains to consume. We're worried an entire legion of the undead might appear in ‘Tonight: The Cost of Going Green’ on ITV at 7.30pm.

Article tagged as: climate change, climate denial, energy bills, ITV, zombies

Amazon campaign director receives UN Forest Hero award

Posted by Jess Miller - 9 February 2012 at 4:47pm - 0 Comments
Paulo Adario
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Paulo's amazing work in the Amazon has been recognised by the UN

Paulo Adario, who heads up our Amazon campaign, may not be your archetypal hero (we’ve never seen him don a pair of tights) but we’re proud to announce that he has just been awarded the honour of Forest Hero by the UN.

Article tagged as: amazon, forests, paulo adario, rainforests, un forest hero

Google wrests control of Cool IT climate leaderboard

Posted by Gary Cook - 8 February 2012 at 10:47am - 0 Comments
Cool IT leaderboard February 2012
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Google takes the top spot, but there's still more to be done on climate issues across the technology industry

The tussle for the top of our Cool IT leaderboard has taken its latest twist, with Google grabbing the top spot ahead of 20 other technology companies, including Cisco and Ericsson.

Article tagged as: climate change, cool IT, google, green electronics guide, technology

VW's new advert misses a trick, so remix your own version

Posted by jamie - 2 February 2012 at 2:01pm - 3 Comments
Dog chases Beetle in VW's new advert
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Dog chases Beetle in VW's new advert

VW has launched its latest advert ahead of the US Super Bowl this weekend.

The advert is a follow-up to last year’s Little Darth one which we lampooned to reveal the Dark Side of VW’s environmental claims. It still riffs on a Star Wars theme and throws in a cute dog for good measure, but is there any mention of supporting ambitious climate laws?

Article tagged as: cars, climate change, superbowl, the bark side, transport, VW, VWDarkside

VW: 500,000 Jedi can't be wrong

Posted by jamie - 1 February 2012 at 11:17am - 0 Comments

Our VW campaign has passed a significant milestone, as the Jedi ranks swell to over 500,000. That's an incredible half a million people demanding that Volkswagen gets behind the sort of climate laws we need to save our planet.

So thank you for signing up, recruiting your friends and keeping up the pressure on VW - it's been absolutely amazing.

Article tagged as: cars, climate change, oil, transport, volkswagen, VW, VWDarkside

Tuna bluewash? Bolton’s fishy commitments

Posted by simon clydesdale - 30 January 2012 at 12:19pm - 1 Comment
A Greenpeace activist cuts the lines on a fish aggregating device (FAD) - curren
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Tuna giant Bolton says it will be '100% sustainable' by 2017, but how?

After the huge success of our UK tinned tuna campaign, described by the Independent as "one of the most successful environmental campaigns in years", it was great to hear a big European tuna brand - Bolton commit to completely clean up its act.

Article tagged as: bolton, FAD, fads, overfishing, tuna

Senegalese fishermen fight back against factory fishing

Posted by Alicia C - 27 January 2012 at 4:38pm - 1 Comment
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Senegalese fisherman join Greenpeace campaigners in defending fish stocks from industrial trawlers

In the run up to the Senegalese presidential elections, Youssou N’dour isn’t the only controversial show on the road. Last week, a caravan tour organised by the small-scale fishing sector and our colleagues in Greenpeace Africa, called on presidential candidates to take urgent action against foreign super trawlers.  

Article tagged as: CFP, common fisheries policy, overfishing, senegal

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