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Just nine months into construction, Areva’s new flagship nuclear reactor is already nine months behind schedule.
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As the latest round of UN climate talks came to a close today, Greenpeace urged governments to pick up the pace of the negotiations which, in just over a year, must deliver a global deal to save the climate.
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The Indonesian province of Riau has pledged to halt the destruction of its forests and peatlands; a move that will prevent billions of tonnes of carbon from entering the atmosphere.
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Greenpeace activists aboard the Beluga II sailed into the German North Sea today and began placing over 150 granite rocks, each weighing 2-3 tonnes, on the seabed.
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G8 leaders in Hokkaido, Japan (7-9 July) have the responsibility to fight climate change through committing to binding emission reduction targets and ending the global food crisis by addressing the causes behind it.
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20 Greenpeace activists this morning stopped construction of the European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) in Flamanville from restarting today by blocking the entrance to three quarries which supply sand and gravel for the build, as none of the safety problems that shut the construction down in May has been addressed.
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Embassies flooded with protests after Tokyo Two ordered to remain in custody.
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Greenpeace has engaged its international pool of online activists to petition the Japanese Prime Minster to end this embarrassing charade and free the innocent activists.
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Greenpeace today launched a new seafood campaign website, publishing its 'Red Grade' Criteria for Unsustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture.
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Greenpeace shows how Japan can generate 60% of energy from renewables by 2050.
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Greenpeace welcomes the United Nations Environment Programme's criticism of plans to build 2014 Winter Olympics facilities on a site critical to rare and endangered species.
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Greenpeace's ship the Rainbow Warrior today ended a three-day blockade of the Pagbilao coal-fired power plant, 150 kilometres southwest of Manila, as leading politicians joined the organisation's call for the Philippines to "Quit Coal".
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Greenpeace activists travelled in a Flintstones-style car from the headquarters of ACEA, the European car industry's lobby group, to the European Parliament, to deliver a stone tablet bearing the logos of Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes and the message "Driving Climate Change"
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The Greenpeace scientific report "Playing Dirty" released today, reveals that the world's most popular game consoles, Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation 3 Elite (PS3) and Microsoft Xbox 360, tested positive for hazardous chemicals and materials such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC), phthalates, beryllium and bromine indicative of brominated flame retardants (BFRs).
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Today Greenpeace exposed an illegal tuna purse seiner, the Queen Evelyn 168, in a pocket of international waters between Papua New Guinea and the Federated States of Micronesia.
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On the eve of the 22nd Chernobyl anniversary the nuclear industry has been rocked by revelations of cover-ups following a major nuclear accident in Spain and ongoing embarrassment over costly delays and deficiencies related to the construction of reactors in France and Finland.
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Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Philips) is failing to take responsibility for the take-back of its used products.
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An international team aboard the Greenpeace ship Esperanza, currently searching for the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, has made a rare series of recordings of humpback whales in Antarctic waters.
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The activists have constructed a wall in front of the building's main entrance bearing the message "Shut Down until Fish Stocks Recover.
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Two Greenpeace activists this evening unfurled a five by seven metre banner reading "Stop Nuclear Madness - Energy Revolution Now" during the opening ceremony of the World Energy Congress in Rome.
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