4 July 2002
Greenpeace stops oil tanker entering Bosphorus. Dinosaur oil industry stamps out our right for clean energy.
3 July 2002
Greenpeace to send ship to Earth Summit. The announcement was made as
a dinosaur symbolising the outdated oil industry appeared under the Bosphorus bridge in Istanbul, where Europe and Asia meet.
1 July 2002
Greenpeace invades nuclear power plant in Belgium. Activists place a banner on the plant's cooling tower reading "Stop nuclear power".
27 June
2002
G8 undermines the potential for a successful Earth Summit.
Despite evidence that the free market is not going to alleviate poverty or protect the environment, the G8 is moving ahead with its global free market agenda.
26 June
2002
Greenpeace launches renewable energy global tour.
North Sea countries could generate one third of their electricity needs
from offshore wind within a generation.
25 June
2002
Hosts of Earth Summits past and future launch
campaign to make Johannesburg a success: South Africa to
take the torch to Canada to seek G-8 support
24 June
2002
Another world is possible. On the eve
of the G8 Summit, activists in Calgary demonstrated the
power of renewables and alternatives to
globalization.
22 June
2002
EU taking the lead on sustainable development
to the Earth Summit.
19 June
2002
Greenpeace covers the "Plaza de España" of
Seville with postcards demanding renewable energy.
7 June
2002, Bali
Rich countries refuse to pay their
environmental and social debt as the final PrepCom
breaks down without a resolution on key issues.
7 June
2002
As these two weeks draw to a close, the
Earth Summit is sinking in a sea of indecision and
intransigence. The question the world is asking is how
did the governments let us down?
6 June 2002
Greenpeace
delivers a three headed monster to preparatory Earth Summit
meeting. The monster represents the three countries that are the
main obstructors in the negotiations for progress in ensuring global
sustainable development.
4 June 2002
Greenpeace
calls on governments to make corporations more accountable. As
government representatives entered the last preparatory meeting
before the August Earth Summit, they were met with an avenue of
posters depicting hotspots of environmental crime.
31 May 2002
The
Earth Summit is in danger of collapse.
30 May 2002
Renewable energy
got a significant boost on Wednesday, when shareholders told
dirty energy company Exxon-Mobil to look at a strategic shift to
renewables. This vote sends a strong message to Exxon, and President
Bush, that renewables are the right solution to the world's energy
needs.
29 May 2002
Choosing
our future. Has anything changed since the Rio Earth Summit ten
years ago? Are we out of the crisis -- or even closer to the
brink? Read the latest Greenpeace feature story and op-ed
piece to find out more.
28 May 2002
The
will for wind. Greenpeace and the wind energy industry today
released a global blueprint to provide 12 percent of the world’s
future electricity by 2020.
27 May 2002
Greenpeace
ship acts as eyes for the world in Bali. The MV Arctic Sunrise
today arrived at the last prepartory talks for the Earth Summit, to
ensure that developing nations in the south are not sold down the
rivers by their obese neighbours in the north.
22 May 2002
Greenpeace
statement on UNEP report: "Global Environmental Outlook 3".
Delegates on their way to the final preparatory meeting for the
Earth Summit should heed UNEP's warning of declining environment
quality.
21 May 2002
Greenpeace protests against Exxon
Mobil. Exxon Mobil has been steering US climate policy in recent
months, ensuring that George Bush's government refuses to support
the massive increase in renewable energy. Visit our stop Exxon/Esso
website to find out more about Greenpeace's global protests.
15 May 2002
Greenpeace
ship to Bali: last chance for governments to set it right at the
summit. The Greenpeace ship the MV Arctic Sunrise will take
activists to witness the Bali preparatory meeting for the
Johannesburg Earth Summit, which begins in a fortnight's time.
15 May 2002, Fiji,
Pacific
Sink
or swim? For many years the islands of the
Pacific have been renowned for their beauty -now they're making
headlines because they may be inundated by the ocean, thanks to the
effects of climate change.
2 May 2002
The
Thai village of Ban Krut is the site of a proposed coal-fired power
plant, but today the community received from Greenpeace the kind
of energy they truly want: clean, renewable solar
powery.
26 April 2002
Controversial
nuclear transport leaves UK for Japan. The risks of continued
nuclear energy reliance were clear today as two ships left the UK
for Japan, aiming to transport deadly plutonium fuel across the
globe.
5 April 2002
Greenpeace
to capitals: Whose side are you on? As pre-Earth Summit
negotiations in New York grind to a halt, Greenpeace and other NGOs
highlight the role of the US Bush government in undermining this and
other attempts to protect the planet from destruction.
4 April 2002
Activists
arrested at Edison Mission Energy headquarters. Greenpeace
activists occupy energy company's US headquarters to protest its
plans for a coal-fired power plant in Thailand. The Thai community
affected has protested these plans for eight years.
22 March 2002
Wind
to power renewables revolution in the North sea. European
countries will promote wind power from the North sea to battle
climate change, according to agreements made during the recent 5th
North Sea Conference in Bergen, Norway.
22 March 2002
Governments
fail sustainable development and the environment at recent UN
conference. On the final day of the UN International Conference
on Financing for Development, governments have singularly failed to
move the sustainable development agenda forward.
21 March 2002
Finance
conference fails millions of poor people and the environment. As
the world's leaders gathered today in Monterrey, Mexico, for the
final days of the UN International Conference on Financing for
Development it is clear that after three days of negotiations there
is little to help billions of poor people around the world and the
environment.
