Cairn Energy Wins Big Victory Over Greenpeace
According to reports, an energy company has just recently won a court order over Greenpeace. Apparently Cairn Energy won a court order that is going to prevent Greenpeace from publishing any records that they received while they occupied the Cairn ...
by Tessa Clarke July 21st, 2011
Greenpeace Activists Get Arrested Over Drilling Protest
It now seems that the protest involving Cairn Energy and its drilling operations off the cost of Greenland has ended badly for Greenpeace activists. Although Greenpeace says it was successful in its goal of delaying drilling, the activists that took ...
by Tessa Clarke June 7th, 2011
Cairn Energy to Deal with Greenpeace Protests All Summer
It seems that Edinburgh-based oil firm Cairn Energy is going to have to deal with Greenpeace protests all summer long. In fact, the environmental group said that they are calling it their "summer of protest" campaign against the oil firm. In fact, just recently this protest was kicked off when Greenpeace
by Emma Young May 27th, 2011
Greenpeace Finally Forced to End Protest Against North Sea Oil Drilling
Just recently, environmental campaigners, who attached themselves to an oil drill ship, ended their protest. The Greenpeace activists spent four days in a survival pod that was hanging off the Stena Carron's anchor in an attempt to stop the drilling ...
by Lynnette Adamson September 27th, 2010
Greenpeace said it Shut Down Arctic Oil Rig
The well known environmental group Greenpeace has claimed that they slipped through security boats to scale Cairn Energy oil rig in a raid. Greenpeace claims to now have shut down this offshore drilling by the British oil company. The group ...
by Emma Young September 1st, 2010
Cairn Energy Strikes Oil in the Arctic As Greenpeace Moves In
It now seems that a British oil firm will announce this week that they have struck oil off Greenland. It is very likely that this is going to trigger a rush to exploit oil reserves in the pristine waters of ...
by Justin Becks August 25th, 2010
Greenpeace Says European Union Could Gut Emissions by 95 Percent
Apparently, in a report from Greenpeace International and European Renewable Energy Council, the savings that would be made from switching over to renewable energy would far out weight the €2 trillion investment. The European Union could actually obtain 92 percent ...
by Emma Young July 12th, 2010
Energy Revolution Says Renewable Energy Could Generate 95 Percent of Electricity Needs
Apparently there are some companies out there that say the majority of electricity needs could be produced by renewable energy as soon as 2050. According to Energy Revolution: A Sustainable World Energy Outlook, 95 percent of the world's electricity ...
by Tessa Clarke June 10th, 2010
E.ON to safeguard coal plants to keep lights on
The E.ON chief executive has urged the UK government to exempt old coal-fired power stations from environmental regulations and to keep them operational to stop electricity from running out. Paul Golby divulged the information that some of the current operating coal-powered plants are about to close this year due to
by Jenson Brayshaw January 19th, 2010
Green groups dissatisfied with Copenhagen climate change summit outcome
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and US President Barack Obama are trying to put a positive outcome on the Copenhagen climate change summit, as a draft agreement brokered between five countries – namely Brazil, China, India, South Africa and the US – on Friday night. Brown described the plan as a
by Lynnette Adamson December 22nd, 2009
Eco friendly building opened in Dezhou
China may have a reputation for emitting huge amounts of harmful carbon gases, but the country is also considered as a global leader in renewable energy technology. The East Asian country has built some of the world’s most impressive green infrastructures, ...
by editor December 18th, 2009
