A wind farm in Poland. By Anders Lorenzen At the recent UN climate summit in Warsaw, Poland the Polish government were busy advocating the continued usage of coal and that it has […]
Poland’s renewable potential
In pictures: Russia releases the Arctic 30 on bail
Text: Anders Lorenzen Captions: Greenpeace International Photos: Dmitri Sharomov / Greenpeace, Kirill Andreev / Greenpeace, Igor Podgorny / Greenpeace, Irina Ivanova / Greenpeace and Liza Udilova / Greenpeace After spending over two […]
Amazon destruction on the rise again
By Guest contributor Daniela Montalto Last month, the Brazilian government released annual figures for deforestation in the Amazon and the news is not good. A total of 5,843 square kilometres are estimated […]
Gazprom vs. Greenpeace Arctic 30
By guest contributor Rex Weyler Russia’s overreaction to the Greenpeace Arctic protest — and their ludicrous waffling on the actual charges – will not work out well for Russia. Their extraordinary response […]
Fossil Fuel Free Europe tour lights up the way to a divested future
Photo credit: Fossil Free By Anders Lorenzen Sunday night in Berlin saw the launch of the European Fossil Fuel Free, championing a European wide divestment campaign similar to the one which has […]
Editorial: We’re standing with Greenpeace – make the Arctic a no go area for big oil
Photo credit: Will Rose / Greenpeace. You may have noticed that we have extensively covered the Greenpeace Arctic protest story about which 28 activists and two journalists have been detained in Murmansk […]
Dutch government files legal case against Russia to free the Arctic 30
Photo credit: Greenpeace By Anders Lorenzen On the eve of Greenpeace’s global day of action held to raise awareness of the 28 activists and two journalists who according to the environmental group […]
WWF enters Arctic Greenpeace row
Greenpeace activists outside the Russian embassy in Wellington, New Zealand. Phot credit: Greenpeace New Zealand. By Anders Lorenzen Conservation group the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) said in a press statement yesterday that […]
Russia seizes Greenpeace’s Arctic Sunrise ship
The Russian coastguard holds Greenpeace activists at gunpoint. Photo credit: Greenpeace. By Anders Lorenzen Thursday afternoon environmental campaign group Greenpeace peaceful protest against Arctic drilling took a violent turn as the Russian […]
‘If the oil men leave us in peace, we will always be able support ourselves’ says Siberian reindeer herder
Reindeer herders contemplate the devastation caused by onshore oil spills on their land. Credit: Greenpeace Russia By Maria Favorskaya, Greenpeace Russia A trip to reindeer herders’ family in Siberia For centuries Siberia […]
A greener life, a greener world 