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Government announces green light for wind power

Posted by bex - 17 July 2003 at 8:00am - Comments

wind turbines at sea

The government has given the go-ahead this week for an ambitious programme of offshore wind farms to be developed around the UK coastline. Under plans announced by the Secretary for State and Industry, Patricia Hewitt, 1 in 6 households will be powered by energy harnessed from wind power by 2010. That's equivalent to every home in the south-east of England.

Article tagged as: climate change, offshore wind, patricia hewitt, renewable energy, wind power

Stop the British Energy bailout using taxpayers' money

Posted by bex - 15 July 2003 at 8:00am - Comments

Sellafield nuclear plant

Article tagged as: BE, government, nuclear power

Say 'Yes to Wind Power' in your area

Posted by bex - 7 July 2003 at 8:00am - Comments

Greenpeace has joined forces with Friends of the Earth and WWF to develop an interactive, pro-wind website. www.yes2wind.com has been developed to help you actively support the development of clean, renewable energy in your area.

The government is committed to producing 10%of the UK's electricity from renewable sources by 2010. Despite this step forward, many UK wind farm proposals are failing to get planning permission because of a small yet vocal minority. 75% of people in the UK support the development of wind power, but those speaking out against wind are being heard the most. You can help turn this around by logging onto www.yes2wind.com

Article tagged as: climate change, renewable energy, wind power, yes2wind

Is Britain still the 'dirty man of Europe'?

Posted by bex - 13 June 2003 at 8:00am - Comments

In 1998, the UK Government promised a 'progressive and substantial' reduction of radioactive discharges from the Sellafield spent fuel reprocessing plant into the Irish Sea.

At the time of the decision, the UK's Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, famously declared "I was ashamed of Britain's record in the past but now we have shed the tag of the Dirty Man of Europe and have joined the family of nations".

Yet discharges from Sellafield are higher now than in 1998 and are set to double over the next few years (Find out more in Greenpeace's briefing paper on OSPAR and radioactive discharges from Sellafield).

Article tagged as: nuclear power, nuclear waste, radioactivity, UK

Turning up the heat on Esso

Posted by bex - 30 May 2003 at 8:00am - Comments

Greenpeace tigers at Esso HQ in Texas, USA

Greenpeace turned up the heat this week as the biggest oil company in the world prepared for its annual general meeting in Texas.

As a result, more shareholders supported a resolution calling for Esso (ExxonMobil in the US) to act on two hot issues: global warming and renewable energy.

Article tagged as: climate change, oil, stop esso, texas

Esso executives charged!

Posted by bex - 27 May 2003 at 8:00am - Comments

Greenpeace activists inside Esso HQ, Texas

Article tagged as: climate change, direct actions, junk science, stop esso

Sellafield's radioactive salmon

Posted by bex - 21 May 2003 at 8:00am - Comments

Radioactive waste from Sellafield has been found in Scottish farmed salmon sold in major British supermarkets. Tests commissioned by Greenpeace revealed traces of radioactive waste in packets of fresh and smoked salmon.

The tests, conducted independently by Southampton University's oceanography centre, found low levels Technetium-99 (Tc-99) in farmed Scottish salmon sold at Sainsbury's, Tesco, Asda, Safeway, Waitrose and Marks & Spencer.

Tc-99 is a byproduct of Magnox fuel reprocessing. Dr David Santillo, a scientist at Greenpeace's research laboratories at Exeter University, said: "Tc-99 should not be there at all. It is inexplicable yet significant. Scottish salmon is marketed as something that comes from a pristine environment."

Article tagged as: north sea, nuclear power, oceans, radioactivity, reactor safety, salmon, sellafield

Stop Esso campaign history

Posted by bex - 3 May 2003 at 8:00am - Comments

Stop Esso campaign logo

The UK Stop Esso campaign was launched in May 2001 by coalition members Greenpeace, People and Planet and Friends of the Earth.

Bianca Jagger unveiled a "Boycott Esso" mobile billboard at the campaign launch. The Body Shop, Annie Lennox, Ralph Fiennes, Jerome Flynn, Damien Hirst, Keith Allen and several politicians signed up to the boycott.

On the first Stop Esso Day, in villages, towns and cities across the UK and Ireland, over 3000 people peacefully and legally campaigned at Esso petrol stations.

Stop Esso Day II saw Julia Sawalha and Alan Davies join the protests at Esso petrol stations.

These were the largest non-violent direct actions against global warming ever seen in the UK.

May 2002 also marked the launch of Stop ExxonMobil, a US campaign aimed at Esso's parent company. Over the following months, Stop Esso spread around the globe.

Article tagged as: climate change, friends of the earth, oil, people & planet, stop esso, successes

Esso and war on Iraq

Posted by bex - 4 April 2003 at 9:00am - Comments

Esso's drums of war

The links between the Bush administration and Esso are an "open secret" in the US. A Deutsche Bank report stated that Esso's "political clout" means it "may find itself in pole position in a changed-regime Iraq".

Article tagged as: climate change, iraq, oil, peace, stop esso

Esso and global warming

Posted by bex - 4 April 2003 at 9:00am - Comments

Global warming is caused by burning fossil fuels (oil, coal and gas). It is the biggest environmental problem we face today, and the effects - extreme weather, drought and disease - are already being felt.

To counter the effects of global warming, the burning of fossil fuels must be reduced and phased out over the next 30-40 years.

Article tagged as: climate change, fossil fuels, oil, stop esso

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