Blogposts tagged 'Coal'

The Energy Omnishambles

Posted by petespeller - 22 May 2012 at 6:02pm - 3 Comments
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A loop hole in the Energy Bill could see the return of coal-fired power stations

The government's flagship attempt to reform where our electricity comes from prioritises expensive gas and nuclear over renewable energy, doesn’t even mention money saving energy efficiency and is so complicated that even the energy utilities don't understand it.

Article tagged as: climate change, coal, energy, gas, nuclear

Apple responds to customers, starts down road to clean energy iCloud

Posted by Gary Cook - 21 May 2012 at 6:00pm - 1 Comment
Balloons at the Apple Store in New York City
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Apple is starting to rise to the demands of its customers

Last week, after hundreds of thousands of Apple customers and Greenpeace supporters asked the company to use clean energy instead of dirty coal, it announced a significant investment in local renewable energy to power its data centre in North Carolina, US.

Article tagged as: apple, climate change, coal, duke energy, energy, icloud

Global actions challenge Apple to Clean Our Cloud!

Posted by petespeller - 26 April 2012 at 2:46pm - 0 Comments
'Clean our cloud' poster in the window of Apple's London store
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'Clean our cloud' poster in the window of Apple's London store

Yesterday, Greenpeace volunteers took the Clean Our Cloud message directly to Apple flagship stores around the world. From San Fransisco to Hong Kong, Sydney to Budapest, Apple stores were flooded with coal apples, cleaning crews, balloons and banners - all calling on Apple to Clean Our Cloud!

Article tagged as: apple, clean our cloud, climate change, coal, dirty data, mac

Apple - Time to clean our cloud!

Posted by petespeller - 24 April 2012 at 6:49pm - 1 Comment
'Clean our cloud' poster in the window of Apple's London store
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Pasting up the 'Clean our cloud' banner at Apple's London store

Today, we went to Apple's flagship store in London to challenge them to clean up thier iCloud. Volunteers put up giant banners on the windows to catch the eyes of passers-by, as well as handing out hundreds of apples made from coal to customers at the Regent Street store.

Article tagged as: amazon, apple, clean our cloud, climate change, coal, direct actions, energy, facebook, microsoft

How Clean is Your Cloud? - Apple responds

Posted by Gary Cook - 18 April 2012 at 10:33am - 4 Comments
Internet devices store and access data in the cloud which is powered by fossil f
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Internet devices store and access data in the cloud which is powered by fossil fuels

Our new report “How Clean is Your Cloud” is out today – to show that the massive increase in Internet use is mainly being powered by dirty energy. Apple, Amazon and Microsoft all score badly in the report for relying on dirty coal and dangerous nuclear power for their data centers.

Article tagged as: apple, clean our cloud, coal, data center, data centres, nuclear

Victory! Facebook becomes friends with renewable energy

Posted by Eoin D - 15 December 2011 at 3:01pm - 0 Comments

After nearly two years of mobilising, agitating and negotiating to green Facebook, the internet giant has today announced its goal to run on clean, renewable energy. More than 700,000 people from all over the world joined to make this possible! Facebook's message to energy producers is clear: invest now in renewable energy, and move away from coal power.

Article tagged as: climate change, coal, data centres, energy, facebook, successes, unfriend coal

From Chinese Young Pioneer to Greenpeace activist: the story of Tom Wang

Posted by Tom Wang - 28 September 2011 at 10:09am - 1 Comment
Tom Wang, Communications Director of Greenpeace East Asia
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Tom Wang, Communications Director of Greenpeace East Asia

My name is Tom Wang. Tom is my English name. I gave it to myself when I was learning English from my British teacher. She couldn't pronounce my Chinese name, Xiaojun. Xiaojun means "a soldier born at dawn".

Article tagged as: activism, china, coal, greenpeace

Frozen in time

Posted by Frida Bengtsson - 26 September 2011 at 3:38pm - 2 Comments
Svea Coal Mine in Svalbard
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Svea coal mine in Svalbard

I will never forget Pyramiden, an abandoned Russian mining town on Svalbard that I visited last year. Walking over green grass unheard of in the Arctic and passing by building complexes that could be the homes of hundreds of people. The feeling that those who lived there had just gone out on a day-trip and would be coming back soon.

Article tagged as: arctic, climate change, coal, mining, pyramiden, svalbard

Face it, Facebook, time to unfriend coal

Posted by sara_a - 15 April 2011 at 11:05am - 3 Comments
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Down at Facebook's London HQ

Very early this morning a handful of us went down to Facebook’s London HQ, to leaflet and talk to Facebook staff about Greenpeace’s global ‘Unfriend Coal’ campaign. We’re asking Facebook to stop using dirty coal to power its servers, and commit to sourcing 100% renewable energy.

Article tagged as: Campaigns, climate, climate change, coal, facebook, social media, unfriend coal, World Record

Help save our climate (targets)

Posted by tracy.frauzel - 5 April 2011 at 2:47pm - 61 Comments
wind farm at butterwick
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The ongoing problems with the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan has prompted many people to question where we get our energy from, now and in the future. The champions of nuclear power say the risks only affect a small number of people and are outweighed by the risks of climate change. So if we can’t burn coal, we must have nuclear power.

Article tagged as: carbon emission targets, clean energy, climate change, coal, energy, fossil fuels, nuclear power
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