The Social Business Club - Energy & Environment

Activists demand nuclear plant closed

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:30:11 +0100

Sixty activists are at the Garoña nuclear power plant in Spain to demand that the Spanish government make good on their commitment to start phasing out nuclear power plants, starting now with the immediate closure of the Garoña power plant. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Rainbow Warrior impounded by Dutch police

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:30:23 +0100

The Rainbow Warrior has been impounded and the captain arrested after it was boarded by the police three times over the weekend. The ship was part of a protest against the new coal fired power station that E.ON is building next to their existing climate changing coal plant. The Rainbow Warrior together with one of our other ships - the Beluga II - were blocking the coal port of Rotterdam to stop any coal ships from entering. After spending the day surrounded by police boats they were eventually forced to leave the coal port in the evening. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Dead tuna heads for deadbeat tuna managers

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:30:20 +0100

What does it take to get the governments responsible for the imminent collapse of the East Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery to wake up and do something? What about a mock "Pirates of the Mediterranean" poster of the responsible minsters in Pirate gear in the Economist? How about more than 10,000 emails? OK, how about several tonnes of dead tuna fish heads dumped on the doorstep of the French Fisheries minister? Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Thank you!

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:30:16 +0100

Whaling fleet attempts to sneak out of port

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:00:13 +0100

Our activists marked the departure of Japan's whaling fleet from the port of XXX with XXX. The fleet had attempted to leave for the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary unnoticed, by canceling their traditional high-profile departure ceremony in Shimonoseki. Instead, the factory ship Nisshin Maru left with no fanfare, waved off only by the crew's families and whaling officials. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Konin coalition stands up against coal

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:00:04 +0100

Our team at the Climate Rescue Station in Poland joined 400 local people who live close to an open coal mine for a mass demonstration. Seven mayors from villages and towns, which are facing destruction because of the mine's expansion, also attended. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Put this banner on your blog or website, you criminal

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:00:09 +0100

Put this banner on your blog or website, you criminal

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:00:06 +0100

E.ON’s Coal Construction brought to a full stop

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:30:05 +0100

Supported by the Rainbow Warrior, a hundred Greenpeace activists have occupied the construction site of the new E.ON coal fired power plant on the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam. The activists have halted construction and intend to stay until the coal plant is cancelled. The activists locked themselves onto strategic points at the site and occupied the building cranes. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Greenpeace opens African Office

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:00:41 +0100

Greenpeace Africa opened its first office in Johannesburg today, announcing a long-term commitment to building a strong presence in Africa dedicated to tackling the most urgent environmental problems facing the continent - climate change, deforestation and overfishing. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Activists block tanker carying palm oil

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:30:12 +0100

Activists have blocked the operations of another tanker bound for Europe stocked with crude palm oil. The tanker, the Isola Corallo, was supposed to load up today but activists onboard the Esperanza moved into its place alongside the harbour and prevented the Corallo from taking on palm oil. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Lignite mine expansion stopped in Czech Republic

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:30:06 +0100

Thirty of our activists have shut down a giant excavator in one of the largest lignite mines in the Czech Republic. We're calling on the Czech Republic to close this mine by 2012, commit to progressively decreasing their carbon emissions and to play a constructive role in the creation of effective climate policy. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Reports: Japanese government gives in, slashes whale quotas

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:30:05 +0100

Good news for the whales comes in threes. And then you get a dollop of extra. Asahi Shinbum, one of Japan's biggest newspapers, reports a victory in the whale wars: there will be a 20 percent reduction in the number of whales targeted in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary hunt this year -- the first reduction since 1987. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Japan's whaling programme in disarray

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:00:21 +0100

As the whaling fleet prepares to depart Japan, evidence is mounting of an industry in terminal disarray, as new revelations of financial and image problems add to the woes of the scandal-plagued industry. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Climate Rescue Station launched against coal in Poland

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:30:18 +0100

We have set up a Climate Rescue Station on the edge of a vast open pit coal mine in Konin, Poland. The Rescue Station is a four storey tall globe, and will stay here to highlight the true cost of coal in the lead up to crucial UN climate negotiations taking place in Poznan, Poland from 1-12 December 2008. On 8 December, a week into the talks, the dome will be moved to Poznan town square. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |