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Writing on the wall for fossil fuels

Posted by bex - 2 September 2002 at 8:00am - Comments
Choose Positive Energy petition hand in

Choose Positive Energy petition hand in

Greenpeace and The Body Shop presented 1,602,489 signatures to the Earth Summit in the form of an interactive mural calling upon delegates to agree to get clean, reliable, renewable energy into the hands of 2 billion of the world's poorest people by 2010.

Greenpeace and The Body Shop teamed up about a year ago to create the Choose Positive Energy Campaign, launched in January of this year. The demand: that governments vastly expand renewable energy for people across the world - the industrialised governments should expand their renewable energy supplies and all governments should commit to providing small-scale renewable solutions like solar and wind power, small-scale hydro, and biomass, to the world's poorest.

Article tagged as: baaba maal, climate change, earth summit, fossil fuels, impacts, renewable energy, the body shop

Rainbow Warrior supports Nuclear Free Irish Sea Flotilla

Posted by bex - 2 September 2002 at 8:00am - Comments
Nuclear free seas flotilla 2002

Nuclear free seas flotilla 2002

The Rainbow Warrior took its place among The Nuclear Free Irish Sea Flotilla at an official launch in Dublin on Sunday.

Dublin's Lord Mayor, Councillor Dermot Lacey, along with politicians and celebrities unveiled the flotilla, which will sail out into the Irish Sea to peacefully protest against the two nuclear freighters carrying rejected plutonium fuel back from Japan.

Article tagged as: irish sea, mox fuel, nuclear power, nuclear transports, plutonium, ships

Japanese nuclear safety cover-up - devastating news for British MOX business

Posted by bex - 30 August 2002 at 8:00am - Comments
BNFL shipment: Pacific Pintail

BNFL shipment: Pacific Pintail

Japan's largest nuclear utility has announced that a safety cover-up at its nuclear power plants has been going on for decades - a devastating blow to an already embattled nuclear industry, with global implications.

Article tagged as: BNFL, mox fuel, nuclear power, plutonium

The Islay Wave Bus - the world's first!

Posted by bex - 27 August 2002 at 8:00am - Comments
Islay wave bus: the worlds first electric bus to be powered by wave energy

Islay wave bus: the worlds first electric bus to be powered by wave energy

Update: For more on wave power, have a look at our ocean power page.

What is the Islay Wave Bus?
The Islay Wave Bus is the first electric bus in the world to be powered by wave energy. It is also one of only seven electric buses currently operating in the UK. It was formerly used in demonstration projects in Oxford and on Jersey, and has now been refitted with the most up to date electric vehicle technology for community use on Islay. The bus has been upgraded by C&H Bradbury Ltd for Greenpeace, and will be managed and operated by the Islay Development Company (IDC), and used by local community groups.

Article tagged as: climate change, electric vehicles, islay wave bus, renewable energy, road transport, scotland, transport, wave power

Argyll and the Islands Enterprise

Posted by bex - 27 August 2002 at 8:00am - Comments
Islay wave bus logo

Islay wave bus logo

What is Argyll and the Islands Enterprise (AIE)?
Argyll and the Islands Enterprise is the local enterprise company. AIE is part of the Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) network which consists of a strategic office based in Inverness and 10 local enterprise companies. HIE is the government economic development agency for northern Scotland, including Argyll.

Article tagged as: AIE, argyll, climate change, renewable energy, scotland, wave power

Bush, security, and the Rio Earth Summit

Posted by bex - 13 August 2002 at 8:00am - Comments
Earth from Space

Earth from Space

Rémi Parmentier, Political Director, Greenpeace International

You can hardly open a newspaper these days without finding the latest revelations about how the White House and American intelligence failed to interpret signs that the September 11th attack was being prepared. Eleven months after that day, discussions about 'security' seem to have stalled within that very narrow framework.

Article tagged as: climate change, energy security, george bush, international policy

New nuclear reactors - more radioactive waste

Posted by bex - 29 July 2002 at 8:00am - Comments
Map of nuclear Britian

Map of nuclear Britian

Article tagged as: nuclear power, reactor safety, renewable energy, waste

Esso chief in UK

Posted by bex - 26 July 2002 at 8:00am - Comments

Stop Esso: Passer-bys ask about climate chang

As Chief Executive and Chairman of ExxonMobil and architect of the company's climate policy, Lee Raymond, visits the ExxonMobil HQ in London, the StopEsso team is there to greet him.

 

Article tagged as: climate change, stop esso

Developing nations reject UK-funded dirty energy

Posted by bex - 19 July 2002 at 8:00am - Comments
Choose Positive Energy action at Sual coal power station

Choose Positive Energy action at Sual coal power station

Article tagged as: arctic sunrise, climate change, coal, direct actions, renewable energy, solar power

Government creative accountacy to subsidise radioactive waste industry?

Posted by bex - 4 July 2002 at 8:00am - Comments
On 4th July 2002 the Government published its White Paper Managing the Nuclear Legacy which contained plans for dealing with our worsening radioactive waste crisis that has accumulated over 50 years.

Article tagged as: energy review, government, NDA, nuclear power, nuclear waste, policy

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