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• 2 May 2002: Blessings rain down for a solar future
• 22 April 2002: Protest against Exxon expands across the globe
  
• 22 April 2002: Tactical victory for US and the oil industry: Greenpeace calls on scientific community to rise above politics
  
• 19 April 2002: Accept or reject polluting coal-fired power? Thai President will soon decide
  
• 19 March 2002: Antarctic ice shelf collapses - Greenpeace predictions proved correct.
  
• 8 March 2002: Polluting Oil shale project could face closure without government bail out.
  
• 4 March 2002: An historic moment for the climate.
• 14 Feb 2002: ExxonMobil (Esso) gets what it paid for with new "voluntary" Bush Climate Plan
  
• 8 January 2002: Oil giant BP announces end to hunt for new oil in the Arctic after Greenpeace campaign.
  
  
• 10 November 2001: Kyoto is the key. Now use it!
  Greenpeace calls on governments to implement the Kyoto Protocol as latest climate change negotiations end.
  
  

• 9 November 2001: Umbrella group blocking agreement in Marrakech

• 7 November 2001: Australia plays international brat at climate talks.

• 7 November 2001: San voters back solar power measures championed by Greenpeace: Passage of Ballot Measures Puts City on Path to be Clean Energy Leader in the United States.
  
  

• 6 November 2001: Kilimanjaro set to lose its ice field by 2015 due to climate change

• 2 November 2001 - Climate conference urged - use your power to tackle poverty

• 1 November 2001 - Four nations seeking to spoil climate talks

• 29 October 2001 - Usual subjects, usual suspects, Climate still at risk

• 17 October 2001 - Solar able to meet a quarter of global energy needs by 2040

• 27 July 2001 - Greenpeace Hails Major Political Victory for the Climate

• 25 July 2001- Greenpeace Shuts Down Esso Pipeline in UK and Installs First Offshore Windmill in North Sea
• 23 July 2001- Agreement at ClimateTalks - Now the Hard Work Begins
  
• 22 July 2001- Pronk Paper: First Step Towards Agreement to Honour Kyoto
• 22 July 2001- G8 Summit Fails to Make Commitments to Protect the Climate
• 22 July 2001- G8 Plan for Africa Pointless Without Renewable Energy Support
• 20 July 2001- Climate Alarm - Time to Get Serious in Bonn
• 20 July 2001- "I closed my eyes and prayed to God." At the climate conference in Bonn witnesses of climate change are talking about their personal experiences.
• 19 July 2001- Honour Kyoto: Agreement on climate protection now – no excuses
• 18 July 2001- Greenpeace activists end blockade of the Exxon oil tanker in Italy due to bad weather
• 17 July 2001- Greenpeace Activists board and block Exxon oil tanker
  
• 16 July 2001- Japan: Climate Saviour or Climate Killer? Opening of the UN Climate Meeting
• 2 July, 2001: Time is running out for Japan and the Kyoto Protocol Statement by Bill Hare, Greenpeace International Climate Policy Director
• 28 June, 2001: Greenpeace and the Body Shop Launch Challenge to Bring Clean Energy to Two Billion Worldwide
• 27 June, 2001: Greenpeace to Japan: "Do The Right Thing, Please!""US Stay Home!" 20 Days to Bonn
• 17 June, 2001: Greenpeace Shuts Down Conoco Rig for 36 hours
• 16 June, 2001: Kyoto - Bush increasingly isolated, EU pressing ahead with Kyoto
• 16 June, 2001: Greenpeace shuts down US Oil Rig. "Stop Bush - Save the Climate"
• 14 June, 2001: New Greenpeace action against export of Norwegian oil to the US. "Kyoto with or without the US"
• 14 June, 2001: Bush fails on Kyoto - the first domino to fall
• 13 June, 2001: Greenpeace blocks airport as Bush arrives in Brussels
• 12 June, 2001: Greenpeace Stops Oil Bound for the US in Norway over Bush Climate Stance
• 11 June, 2001:George Still Doesn't Get It - Still Hiding Behind Uncertainty
• 10 June, 2001: Greenpeace blocks US oil delivery to protest GW Bush's climate stance
• 7 June, 2001: Greenpeace Head says Italian Prime Minister, Berlusconi, is Threatening a Split in Europe on Kyoto
• 18 May 2001: Greenpeace responds to Bush/Cheney National Energy Plan and world science academies call for action on climate change. US activists dump five tons of coal and fake oil and nuclear waste drums outside Vice President Cheney's residence in Washington.
• Read more about the top ten ripoffs, sellouts and industry paybacks in a Bush Energy Plan Reality Check.
• "It is now evident that human activities are already contributing adversely to global climate change. Business as usual is no longer a viable option." From a statement issued by 17 national science academies from around the world. The academies support the Kyoto Protocol and call for prompt action to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Download the statement from the UK's Royal Society's website and read more in their media release.
• May 9 2001: Coca Cola breaks ranks; others run for cover on climate
• 26 April 2001: GREENPEACE TARGETS CORPORATE AMERICA AND GEORGE W.BUSH TO WORK WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD TO SAVE THE CLIMATE.
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• 20 April 2001: GREENPEACE FLOATS HOT AIR BALLOON OVER SUMMIT DELEGATION
  
• 19 April 2001: SHAREHOLDERS VOTE AGAINST BP ON EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON INVESTMENTS
  
• 6 April 2001: Greenhouse fells first oil industry domino.
  
• 5 April 2001: GREENPEACE ISSUES GLOBAL WARNING TO US BUSINESS
  - Click here for the letter Greenpeace has sent to the top 100 companies on the Fortune 500. (pdf)
  - Click here for the html version.
  - Click here for a list of the top 100 companies on the Fortune 500. (pdf)
• 30 March 2001: EU LEADERSHIP NEEDED NOW TO SAVE KYOTO PROTOCOL (click for press release)
  Read Greenpeace's letter to EU President, Roman Prodi calling on the EU to develop a strategy that can enable ratification of the Kyoto Protocol in light of the US's opposition.
  
• 23 March 2001: EU DEMANDS PRESIDENT BUSH COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE
• 14 March 2001: BUSH CAVES IN TO FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY
• 5 March 2001: UN REPORT: GOVERNMENTS COULD REMOVE BARRIERS TO CHEAP GREEN ENERGY TO SAVE THE CLIMATE
• 4 March 2001: NO TIME TO WASTE!
  Greenpeace today welcomed the result of the G8 environment ministers' three day meeting in Trieste to resume talks to tackle global climate change as probably the best that could be done at this stage, until the new USA administration's position is clear.
• 2 March 2001: "CLEAN ENERGY NOW: GET THE MESSAGE!" - Greenpeace activists from 14 countries call on ministers meeting at the 3 March G8 meeting in Trieste, Italy, to agree urgent action to save the climate. Click here for a round up of the countries taking part...
  
• 19 February 2001: WORLD ALREADY FEELING EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE - WORSE TO COME SAYS UN SCIENTIFIC PANEL
  Download the summary for policy makers 'Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation & Vulnerability' - IPCC Working GroupII, Geneva 13-16 February 2001
• 22January 2001- Galapagos face environmental threat from stricken oil tanker
• 17 January 2001: SCIENTISTS UP WARNINGS FOR A WARMING WORLD: PRESSURE ON GOVERNMENTS TO ACT
• December 18, 2000: US REFUSES TO NEGOTIATE ON CLIMATE
• November 25, 2000: GREENPEACE FINAL STATEMENT AT THE CLOSURE OF THE UNFCCC COP6
  "If governments continue to act irresponsibly, as they have done this week, then people from rich countries should prepare to build ever higher and wider dikes, from which they can watch the rest of the world suffer and drown from climate change. Either that or demand that politicians give them access to the solutions to climate change in the form of clean energy and energy efficiency".
  
• November 23, 2000: CLIMATE TALKS AT BRINK
  
• November 22, 2000: ONE DAY LEFT FOR A DEAL TO STOP DANGEROUS CLIMATE CHANGE: GREENPEACE CALL TO CONFERENCE: "DON'T LET US D(R)OWN"
• November 22, 2000: HUNDREDS OF U.S. STUDENTS TAKE GLOBAL WARMING NEGOTIATIONS BY STORM: Students deliver declaration to call on U.S. delegation to act now
  
• November 19, 2000: FOREST DEFINITION CAN MEAN RICH COUNTRIES GET OUT OF JAIL FREE
• November 16, 2000: GREENPEACE STOPS MORE FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS IN FOUR DAYS THAN CLIMATE CONFERENCE DOES SINCE BIRTH
• November 13, 2000: WE DON'T WANT YOUR COAL, WE WANT GREEN ENERGY, SAYS PUBLIC VIA THE WEB
• November 11, 2000: GREENPEACE BLOCKS COAL IMPORT AT START OF CLIMATE CONFERENCE
• November 6, 2000: NORTH SEA COUNTRIES COULD REPLACE CLIMATE DESTROYING FOSSIL FUEL WITH WIND ENERGY

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