GreenPeace BlogCastor 2011: news from a besieged province Part 3
Legal, illegal, damn. So apparently the motto of the Federal Government for this is Castor. For the little that we see, according to notices of Lower Saxony Ministry of Environment on file access requests to the beam to the Gorleben interim storage scandal were allowed, which was canceled yesterday by a new decision.
Castor 2011: news from a besieged province, Part 2
dated 24.11.2011, 15.00 clockThe teachers at the schools in the district Lüchow-morning stand in front of empty chairs. The student demonstration in the county town since 1995 Lüchow is the prelude to the weekend in Castor Wendland. Absurd situation: the citizen initiative speaks of 1400 participants, the police did 2000th We've also never had.
Castor 2011: news from a besieged province Part 1
dated 23.11.2011, 20.00 clockThe rails are secured in Dannenberg with razor wire. Police, wherever you look. The “fifth season” is called the crew here in the state of Lower Saxony Wendland. Busy, but routine-bustle of the so-called Esso-Wiese in sight of the last crossing before the Castorverladestation in Dannenberg.
Oil spill off the Brazilian coast
All signs point to storm: Before the Brazilian coast, has an accident happened, which reminds us strongly of the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Again there is a deep hole that is out of control, oil comes out again that the operator, in this case, the U.S. oil giant Chevron, does not get under control.
New Report: Who prevents the climate treaty?
From 28 November to 9 December 2011 will take place in Durban, South Africa, the 17th International climate conference There is a network of industries, which earn billions of fossil fuels. This network is investing in the prevention of ambitious climate protection targets in key countries and the UN process is blocked! In the financial sector, we have already seen more than clear how the government led by the nose ring on the banks by the financial crisis.
Greenpeace Film Competition: And the winner is …
After sweaty plebiscite or nerve-wracking jury session was announced last night at London's Curzon Soho, finally, the winner of Greenpeace's short film competition “Volkswagen See Differently”. The first prize winner is – drum roll -. “Pretending” by John Laidler and Andrew BorlinghausWe are pleased to announce a very well known at this point that the winners are from the beautiful Constance! Especially since it is Borlinghaus Andreas and John Laidler two incredibly likeable and is measured by the high quality of their winning film also about two incredibly young Constance.
The pressure grows
From 28 November to 9 December 2011 will take place in Durban, South Africa, the 17th International climate conference Latest results of the World Meteorological Organization show: The pressure on governments to meet in a week in Durban, grows immensely. Chancellor Merkel also has to ask itself what Germany has achieved since 2007 in climate protection.
Endich there – on the ship!
The Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise is currently traveling in the Northeast Atlantic, to protest against the destructive deep sea fishing. Also on board: Yve Tiede. Here she talks about her experiences on board.Very top of Scotland, the Outer Hebrides, I go on board the Arctic Sunrise.
On the Road to Durban: Take part for the climate!
Andreas Sieber, a Greenpeace youth is at the climate conference in Durban, to move something for the climate. Here he reports from South Africa. Germany rolls – or perhaps not – first of Castor through the country, but already in Durban, our preparations for the climate change conference in full swing.
Greenpeace wins audience award at the Viral Video Award 2011
Past Year's was the Jury Prize for our Nestlé spot against forest destruction, yesterday decided to netizens: the Audience Award at the Viral Video Awards 2011 goes to our VW spot. “The Dark Side” The commercial is part of the air campaign against VW and a parody of the advertising for the new VW Passat.