Blogposts tagged 'Uk'

Greenpeace and fishermen deliver 10,000 ‘fishy wishes’ to Cameron

Posted by Ariana - 16 December 2011 at 10:52am - 0 Comments
Greepeace and Nufta hand in CFP petition to Downing Street
All rights reserved. Credit: Felix Clay / Greenpeace
David Ritter, Ariana Densham (Greenpeace), Jerry Percy and Paul Joy (NUTFA) and Ian Campbell (Ocean 2012)

Something unprecedented happened yesterday. Greenpeace campaigners and part of the UK fishing industry came together to deliver 10,000 messages from Greenpeace supporters about the need for reform of the Common Fisheries Policy to Number 10.  

Article tagged as: CFP, common fisheries policy, number 10, overfishing, quotas, UK

The government's wrong turn on 80mph

Posted by emmagibson - 30 September 2011 at 2:55pm - 6 Comments
By pushing for strong European emissions laws, we can save a lot of oil
All rights reserved. Credit: © Greenpeace / Philip Reynaers
Government plans to increase the motorway speed limit are madness

I don't find myself agreeing with Jeremy Clarkson (well, Clarkson 2002) very often but transport minister Phillip Hammond really did get it wrong last night when he announced his intention to raise the motorway speed limit to 80mph.

Article tagged as: beyond oil, cars, climate, climate change, hammond, oil, UK

Are forests in the UK for sale?

Posted by jamie - 6 December 2010 at 5:11pm - 18 Comments

Image by Lee Jordan

The government recently announced it is considering selling off large areas of woodlands. Forested areas in the UK are important for local biodiversity, and while Greenpeace campaigns are focused on tropical rainforests, the Woodland Trust is all about our own trees. Guest blogger Kaye Brennan from the Trust explains what's going on in our own backyard.

For the latest news on the proposed forest sell-off, visit the Woodland Trust's website.

First of all, let me say that yes, we are worried, and no, we're not campaigning... yet!

Shocking news burst our peaceful Sunday bubble recently, as the Guardian and several other newspapers announced that Defra were considering the mass sale of at least half of the public forest estate.

Several petitions were swiftly started, between them gathering signatures from hundreds of thousands of concerned people and they are still growing in numbers. Online, views were made clear in the hundreds of comments left on articles, blog posts, Facebook pages and tweets.

Article tagged as: forests, politics, UK, woodland trust

Official: burning fossil fuels has changed rainfall patterns in the UK

Posted by bex - 24 July 2007 at 1:39pm - 0 Comments

Flooding

The Red Cross is stretched to their limits, in Tewkesbury. Thousands of people previously living in Gloucestershire’s rolling hills suddenly find themselves homeless. A third of a million people have no drinking water.

Article tagged as: climate change, flooding, impacts, precipitation, science, UK

You can't lock up a sunrise...

Posted by bex - 2 March 2007 at 2:58pm - 0 Comments

Part of the Trident: we don't buy it tour blog

The Arctic Sunrise at Faslane On the Trident: we don't buy it ship tour

After nearly a week of being impounded at Faslane nuclear weapons base, the Arctic Sunrise is now free! At 10 am this morning the ship was towed by two police tugs to the mouth of the Clyde, and the crew allowed back onboard. The challenge for us now is to make our way around the coast to London in time for a rendez-vous with London Mayor Ken Livingstone next Tuesday. The Sunrise will anchor close to Tower Bridge, and Ken will be helping us promote the 'Trident: we don't buy it' message ahead of the House of Commons vote on Trident replacement - now scheduled for March 14th.

Article tagged as: arctic sunrise, disarmament, nuclear weapons, peace, ships, trident, trident tour, UK

Greenpeace wins nuclear legal challenge

Posted by jamie - 15 February 2007 at 3:33pm - 0 Comments

Green groups outside court

Article tagged as: energy review, government, nuclear, nuclear power, UK

Artists on Aldermaston

Posted by bex - 2 December 2006 at 12:48am - 0 Comments

One of the hundreds of citizens inspecting Aldermaston earlier this week was the artist Kurt Jackson. He’s best known for his paintings of the Cornish landscape, but it turns out he’s also a dab hand at sketching nuclear weapons facilities. In the rain. Under the scrutiny of nosy police officers.

Article tagged as: aldermaston, art, artist, britain, england, kurt jackson, nuclear non-proliferation treaty, nuclear weapons, sketch, steve bell, UK, weapons inspectors

Citizens inspection of nuclear bomb making factory at Aldermaston

Posted by bex - 27 November 2006 at 5:47pm - 0 Comments

Anita Roddick at Aldermaston

© Greenpeace

Hundreds of citizen weapons inspectors have just spent this morning patrolling through the muddy fields of England. They came from all over the UK, converging on the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) facility at Aldermaston. They arrived from all directions, by bus, train, bicycle and on foot.

Article tagged as: aldermaston, britain, england, hans blix, nuclear non-proliferation treaty, nuclear weapons, orion laser, tony blair, UK, war on terror, weapons inspectors, WMDs

The "I Count" in Trafalgar Square, London

Posted by dave - 3 November 2006 at 3:18pm - 0 Comments

I Count in the Square
© Greenpeace/Dave Walsh

Here in London, we're all recovering from a hectic day at the Count in the Square - 25,000 people packed into London's Trafalgar Square. We were gathered to make a call for action on climate change - everyone from the Women's Institute to the rock band Razorlight. Quite a mixture.

Article tagged as: climate change, climate rally, icount, london, stop climate chaos, trafalgar square, UK

Climate Change: It's not too late, according to the UK government

Posted by bex - 31 October 2006 at 8:00am - 0 Comments

In a UK review on climate change, British economist and government advisor Sir Nicholas Stern has said that "climate change represents the greatest and widest-ranging market failure ever seen," but that there "is still time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, if we act now and act internationally."

Article tagged as: climate change, climate porn, stern review, UK
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