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Climate 9 trial gets underway in Aberdeen

Posted by jossc - 15 June 2010 at 10:43am - Comments

The Climate 9 with family and friends outside court this morning.

The first major climate trial since the failure of the Copenhagen talks begins today in Aberdeen sheriff's court.

Nine members of Plane Stupid Scotland are in the dock, following their successful shut down of Aberdeen Airport in March last year. For taking direct action to highlight the climate impacts of expanding the airport - a plan closely linked to business tycoon Donald Trump's proposal to develop a new golf course complex in the area - they're now facing charges of breach of the peace and vandalism.

Article tagged as: aviation expansion, co2 emissions, plane stupid, scotland

Climate defence is not an offence

Posted by jossc - 28 May 2010 at 2:06pm - Comments
Come to the Climate 9 launch event in London: 3 June 2010

In March last year, you may remember, Plane Stupid activists occupied the runway at Aberdeen airport. They took direct action (including erecting a makeshift golf course) to protest about expansion plans for the airport, which are being pushed through to serve an enormous golf course and hotel complex planned by US entrepreneur and The Apprentice star Donald Trump.

Now nine of them (including a call centre manager, a chef, a father, an artist and a university lecturer) find themselves on trial. But the Climate 9, as they've become known, plan to use the case to challenge Scottish climate policy. Currently all 17 Scottish airports are aiming to expand; if this happened it would triple the nation's aviation emissions, which already make up 11% of the UK total.

Greener machines in the latest electronics guide

Posted by jossc - 26 May 2010 at 10:21am - Comments

We've just released our latest edition of the Guide to Greener Electronics - the 15th since we started producing quarterly reports back in 2006. Find out which electronics producers are doing their bit for a cleaner environment. Just how green are big names such as Samsung, Dell, Apple and HP?

The guide ranks the 18 top manufacturers of personal computers, mobile phones, TVs and games consoles according to their policies on toxic chemicals, recycling and climate change.

There are detailed reports on each company's performance, plus an nifty new timeline showing how their ranking has changed over time since the first guide was launched - a helpful indication of how much effort they are making in this crucial area.

Check out the full guide on our international site »

Article tagged as: computers, green electronics guide

Carlisle Airport expansion quashed

Posted by jossc - 20 May 2010 at 4:16pm - Comments

Although there was a lovely buzz around the office following last week's wonderful announcement that the Third Heathrow runway had been scrapped, the wiser heads amongst us were quick to point out that we'd won a battle, not a war.

Our new coalition government may have made good on its pre-election promises over Heathrow, but there have been no such commitments over the 30 or so airport expansions planned for other parts of the country - and they could easily prevent us reaching our CO2 reduction targets if a significant number get the go-ahead.

Article tagged as: airport expansion, aviation, carlisle, co2 emissions

The Airplot Competition: we have a winner!

Posted by jossc - 13 May 2010 at 10:25am - Comments

This morning we're proud to announce the winner of the Airplot Contest - our competition to find the ideal structure to fortify the Airplot so that, if the police come to turf us out, we can peacefully resist them. There were two categories - one for architects and architecture students to come up with some practical solutions for how we can defend the land, and the other open to everyone to let their imaginations off the leash.

Article tagged as: airplot, aviation, heathrow, third runway, videos

Exhibition & Auction: Kurt Jackson - A Taste Of Glastonbury

Posted by jossc - 10 May 2010 at 3:54pm - Comments

Leading British painter and environmentalist Kurt Jackson is a long-time supporter of Greenpeace. As the artist in residence at last year's Glastonbury Festival, he created an amazing series of paintings and sketches - including portraits of Radiohead, Massive Attack, Lily Allen and Tinariwen as well as landscapes capturing the essence of the festival.

Article tagged as: bargehouse, events, glastonbury, kurt jackson, oxo gallery

BP Deepwater: oil slick hits the Gulf Coast

Posted by jossc - 30 April 2010 at 3:14pm - Comments

Gulf Coast disaster: Seabirds surrounded by oil booms © Sean Gardner/Greenpeace

America woke up to what could be one of the biggest environmental disasters in its history this morning as crude oil from the wrecked BP rig Deepwater Horizon started to wash ashore along Louisiana's Gulf coast.

The 5,000 square kilometre slick threatens to devastate fisheries, wildlife refuges and bird sanctuaries. Louisiana is most at risk, but Mississippi, Alabama and Florida are also in danger.

Article tagged as: BP, disasters, fossil fuels, oil spill, USA

BP rig disaster exposes its high risk investment strategy

Posted by jossc - 29 April 2010 at 3:17pm - Comments

Ships work to contain the oil spill © Sean Gardner/Greenpeace

Will they never learn? Today the Gulf coast of the southern US is facing environmental catastrophe. Over 200,000 gallons of crude oil a day is leaking from the wellhead of the destroyed BP rig Deepwater Horizon, creating a giant slick visible from space.

Article tagged as: BP, disasters, fossil fuels, oil spill, USA

China: why coal takes more than it gives

Posted by jossc - 23 April 2010 at 10:58am - Comments

China is the king of coal. It is the world's biggest producer and consumer - but this reliance on coal is costing the country dear.

Because coal kills.

From the miners who dig it, to the people who breathe in its fumes, to the skies that swallow immense clouds of carbon dioxide, heating the earth and causing climate change and rising seal levels, coal takes more than it gives.

Article tagged as: animations, china, climate change, coal, videos

The Times - are they a changing?

Posted by jossc - 21 April 2010 at 3:08pm - Comments

What interesting times we're living in. The unexpected Lib-Dem surge has made this election impossible to call, and at the same time forced both Labour and the Tories to debate questions which they'd far rather ignore. How do they intend to pay down our frighteningly large national debt, for example?

Nick Clegg put the spotlight squarely on Trident in last week's leaders' debate, arguing that £100bn to replace a Cold War relic that has no military value makes little sense at the best of times, let alone when we're facing financial meltdown.

Article tagged as: election 2010, nuclear weapons, trident

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