Prime Minister Modi's government has frozen the bank accounts of Greenpeace India, writes Praful Bidwai - provoking widespread protest from the environment and civil rights community. It's all part of a wider campaign against 'anti-national' movements that challenge India's development policies based on the aggressive exploitation of coal, minerals, big hydro and nuclear power.
… Indian government sanctions Greenpeace to send a menacing message Praful … government has frozen the bank accounts of Greenpeace India, writes Praful Bidwai - … government has launched an all-out attack on Greenpeace India by freezing its bank …
As Cuadrilla's application to frack in Lancashire goes to public inquiry today, protestors from Greenpeace have installed a full-size 'fracking rig' in Parliament Square, London, complete with flare and deafening sound effects, to let MP's know just how great it is to have a fracking well on your doorstep.
… They don't like it up'em: Greenpeace 'frack' Parliament Square The … goes to public inquiry today, protestors from Greenpeace have installed a full-size … is to have a fracking well on your doorstep. Greenpeace has installed a life-like ten-metre …
Environmental campaigners Greenpeace criticise financial sector for continuing to finance fossil fuels, despite dire warnings about the state of the climate.
… | 22nd January 2020 News Climate Emergency Greenpeace Finance Davos Thought Leaders … Environmental campaigners Greenpeace criticise financial sector for … the Paris Agreement was signed, according to Greenpeace International. In a new report , …
The UK's financing of fossil fuels abroad increased tenfold in two years to exceed £1 billion in 2013 / 2014, writes Christine Ottery. Incredibly, the fossil fuel funding increase came after a government promise to use the money to support 'innovative and green technologies'.
… to foreign fossil fuels Christine Ottery Greenpeace Energydesk | 9th January 2015 News … the Coalition, according to an analysis by Greenpeace Energydesk. The total support for … 30% of Russian coal imports to the UK. A Greenpeace investigation found the UK spends …
BP offers business-as-usual dividend payout despite historic drop in profits.
… crash Marianne Brooker | 29th April 2020 News Greenpeace Science And Systems Bp Oil Fossil … , Charlie Kronick, oil finance analyst for Greenpeace UK, said: “As profits tumble BP is … This article is based on a press release from Greenpeace. Our society’s response to the …
Backed up the Information Commissioner, DECC refuses to release the documents it sent to the European Commission to support its massive subsidy package for the Hinkley C nuclear plant, writes Terry McAlister. But now the case will go before a tribunal which could order their release.
… paying for HPC until they draw their pensions Greenpeace and Request Initiative , a Freedom … which is generally against competition rules. Greenpeace said it was extraordinary that the … London in May. Doug Parr, policy director at Greenpeace, said: "Bizarrely, the Information …
The UK tried to make the EU relax its rules on State Aid to allow subsidies to nuclear power. Now we know - it failed. The chances that the Hinkley C power station will ever be built have fallen another notch.
… the "world's most expensive power station" . Greenpeace: 'a serious blow' Commenting on the new state aid rules for nuclear, Greenpeace UK energy campaigner Louise …
A second legal challenge to the UK's proposed Hinkley C nuclear power plant in Somerset was launched this morning by ten renewable and municipal power suppliers in Germany and Austria, citing grave distortions to European energy markets.
… director of Hamburg-based energy cooperative Greenpeace Energy. "They should never have … people have responded to a call from the Greenpeace Energy to send postcards and sent … for Germany to take legal action. Today Greenpeace Energy will hand the postcards over …
Indian coal firm Adani is struggling to finance its proposed mega coal mine in Australia's Galilee Basin, write Marina Lou & Christine Ottery, as promised government support evaporates and a major investor looks set to pull out.
… Reef coal project Marina Lou Christine Ottery Greenpeace Energydesk | 16th March 2015 News … from burning coal - which as reported by Greenpeace, is worse in Delhi than Beijing - … Marina Lou & Christine Ottery write for Greenpeace Energydesk . This article is an …
Disregarding revelations of systemic political corruption in Brazil's hydropower sector, President Dilma Rousseff is ploughing ahead with a cascade of giant dams on the mighty Tapajos river. Among the companies touting to win huge construction contracts are France's EDF and Engie, and Germany's Voith and Siemens - in a consortium led by Brazil's Electrobras, which stands accused of high-level corruption over four other dam projects.
… up to bid for Amazon megadam Zachary Boren Greenpeace Energydesk | 13th April 2016 News … Danicley Aguiar, Amazon campaigner for Greenpeace Brazil, said the report highlighted … is an environment journalist writing for Greenpeace Energydesk, the Press Association, …
As Greece prepares for its referendum, Takis Grigoriou takes Greece to task for its highly polluting lignite power sector, its ditching of a successful solar program in favour of more coal, the minimal insulation in its buildings that locks in high fuel bills, and Syriza's failure to tackle these issues. The good news? Greece's latest €1.4bn coal project looks like going unfunded.
… its economic collapse Takis Grigoriou Greenpeace EnergyDesk | 3rd July 2015 News … renewable energy potential. In addition, as Greenpeace-Greece has revealed , the … Takis Grigoriou is an energy campaigner with Greenpeace-Greece. Petition: ' Say NO to coal! …
India's renewable power capacity is set to reach 170GW by 2022, write Areeba Hamid & Oliver Tickell - reducing power shortages and bringing electricity to off-grid of rural communities for the first time. But it may also have an unintended consequence - cutting off investment in India's troubled coal sector as prospects for future profitability evaporate..
… energy landscape in seven years Areeba Hamid Greenpeace EnergyDesk Oliver Tickell | 20th … having serious impacts on Indians' health. Greenpeace India estimated between 85,000 to … energy future. Areeba Hamid writes for Greenpeace EnergyDesk . Oliver Tickell edits …
With COP21 out of the way there is absolutely no time to lose, Greenpeace director Kumi Naidoo told Pavlos Georgiadis: 'Because by tomorrow, there might be no tomorrow.' We need substantial, structural, systemic change - and this change can only be led by the youth, who are not infected by the political pollution of the past. And whose future is it anyway?
… the way there is absolutely no time to lose, Greenpeace director Kumi Naidoo told Pavlos … now International Executive Director of Greenpeace, was at COP21 to join his voice …
When Shell decided to quit its Arctic oil exploration it cited 'insufficient quantities' of oil and gas, writes Louise Rouse. But that was not the whole story: what tipped the balance was a combination of investor discontent, reputational damage and public opposition on an unprecedented scale.
… Arctic - what tipped the scales? Louise Rouse Greenpeace Energydesk | 30th September 2014 … Rouse is an investment campaign consultant to Greenpeace UK. This article was originally published on Greenpeace Energydesk . There is no more time …
EDF has already moved heavy earth moving gear onto the Hinkley C nuclear power station construction site, writes Doug Parr - but that doesn't mean it's a done deal. On the contrary, a host of intractable problems are coming home to roost, and the increasingly troubled project is looking shakier than ever.
… whammy - is it all over for EDF? Doug Parr Greenpeace Energydesk | 20th November 2014 … Doug Parr is Scientific Director at Greenpeace UK. This article was originally published on the Greenpeace Energy Desk blog . It turns out …
As presidential contenders gather in Iowa for the beginning of the party selection season, they may have noticed a lot of wind turbines, writes Zachary Davies Boren. And if they have any sense, they will find only nice things to say about them. Wind supplies 30% of the state's power, more than any other US state, and Iowans are all for it. Ted Cruz, mind your words!
… state - and everyone loves it! Zachary Boren Greenpeace Energydesk | 30th January 2016 … is an environment journalist writing for Greenpeace Energydesk, the Press Association, … This article was originally published on Greenpeace Energydesk . Today, there are 12 …
Between 2011 and 2016 the UK's export finance agency UKEF provided £109m to underwrite exports of equipment to coal mines in Russia, writes Lawrence Carter - despite the agency's commitment not to support 'investment in dirty fossil-fuel energy production'. And that's just a fraction of the £6.9 billion UKEF has lavished on the corrupt, polluting sector since 2000, while it was meant to be backing the clean energy technologies of the future.
… 'clean energy' pledge Lawrence Carter Greenpeace Energydesk | 16th May 2017 News … Carter is Senior Investigative Reporter at Greenpeace Energydesk. He tweets … This article was originally published on Greenpeace Energydesk . View all energy deals …
VW's pollution cheating has caused thousands of premature deaths, write Mike Berners-Lee & Chris Goodall, creating costs that could destroy the company's entire shareholder equity. But this is no 'Black Swan' event. It is an early example of the existential threat to the fossil fuel economy.
… fine particulates than regulators thought. Greenpeace estimates that an extra 60,000 to … and 17,000. (These are numbers provided by Greenpeace ). A UK academic study (para 18, …
The main company due to build UK's 'flagship' nuclear power project at Moorside in Cumbria is on the ropes, writes Doug Parr, thanks to its multi-billion dollar nuclear losses on in the US. The obvious solution, (almost) all our politicians insist, is to ignore cheaper, faster, cleaner renewables, and make the taxpayer pick up the cost of yet another nuclear white elephant.
… for Moorside nuclear black hole! Doug Parr Greenpeace Energydesk | 14th February 2017 … it. Dr Doug Parr is Policy Director of Greenpeace UK. This article is an updated … version of one originally published on Greenpeace Energydesk . There simply is no …
They promote GMOs, defend toxic chemicals, and attack people who raise concerns about those products as 'anti-science'. But behind the slick 'astroturf' PR fronts lurk some very dubious funders: the same arch-conservative foundations that finance climate science denial. Stacy Malkan exposes the key players in the agribusiness and chemical industry propaganda wars.
… of documents, along with recent reports by Greenpeace , The Intercept and others, are … Entine as an " agribusiness apologist " , and Greenpeace details his history on their … Trust between 2005 and 2014, according to a Greenpeace investigation of STATS funding . …
Legislation will ban products that breach local laws to protect natural areas, and businesses that do not conduct due diligence on their supply chain will be fined.
… destruction by excluding the finance sector." Greenpeace said that these omissions meant the … to tackle deforestation. Pat Venditti, Greenpeace UK campaigns director said: “After …
Residents of Ecuador's Galápagos islands are mounting angry protests against government plans to open the World Heritage Site to foreign investment in luxury tourism and hotels, writes Jane Shaw. They fear for the fragile ecology of the islands, for water shortages caused by golf courses and swimming pools, and for their livelihoods which depend on current 'low intensity' tourism.
… from around the world to beg Greenpeace, the WWF and anyone else who will … yet clear whether environmental groups like Greenpeace and WWF will respond to the pleas …
Theresa May's first big decision as PM was to duck out of a signing ceremony and review the Hinkley C nuclear project. But she will soon have to reach her decision. In this open letter Scientists for Global Responsibility set out six compelling reasons for her to let the whole monstrous white elephant go.
… in cost. Indeed, further analysis by Greenpeace shows there is good reason to … 10. NAO (2016) - see 2 above 11. Greenpeace (2016). Even offshore wind could be …
The UK government kicked away one of the main financial supports for renewable energy in yesterday's budget. The surprise move will cost the sector £3.9 billion over the next five years and undermines any prospect of the country meeting its EU renewable energy targets.
… billion over the lifetime of this parliament. Greenpeace policy director Doug Parr said …