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Remember, remember, the 4th of November... Will you be wandering around London on that day? Worried about climate change wreaking catastrophic planetary destruction? Terrified you might not be able to...
View ArticleScientists map flooding risk to nuclear sites
8 March, 2007Nuclear power stations are at risk from significant sea-level rises and storm surges in the future. Many existing and proposed sites are not suitable locations for new nuclear reactors,...
View ArticleProposed new nuclear plants at grave risk of flooding
Close to the edge? Dungeness is one of the nuclear plants most at risk In its recent Energy Review, the government insisted that new nuclear power has a key role to play in combating climate change and...
View ArticleThe impacts of climate change on nuclear power station sites
Publication date: 12 March, 2007 This review looks at the impacts that climate change will have on the coastal environment around a selection of power station sites, over the lifetime of both existing...
View ArticleOfficial: burning fossil fuels has changed rainfall patterns in the UK
The Red Cross is stretched to their limits, in Tewkesbury. Thousands of people previously living in Gloucestershire’s rolling hills suddenly find themselves homeless. A third of a million people have...
View ArticleMaking a connection and making a difference
Molly is our online marketing coordinator and is next up in the blog relay, a whistle-stop tour of Greenpeace staff here in the UK. Click here to catch up on the other entries.In January 2005, the...
View ArticleHow often do ‘once in a thousand year’ events happen?
Flooding in the UK - The river Severn in 2000 I grew up in Cumbria, so I've been following the flooding there, described by the Environment Agency as ‘unprecedented', pretty closely. Electricity and...
View ArticleRain pain blame game: our top 5 scapegoats
All rights reserved. Credit: unknownin ur base movin ur goalpostsImage caption: in ur base movin ur goalposts Britain currently has the rare pleasure of weather really worth talking about, and the...
View Article3 reasons why David Cameron must get rid of Owen Paterson
All rights reserved. Credit: GettyDavid Cameron went from promising the “greenest government ever” to appointing a climate change denier, Owen Paterson, as environment secretary. With swathes of our...
View ArticleGreenpeace maroon Paterson
Giant Owen Paterson puppet marooned in dinghy outside Westminster as more abandoned flood plans come to light17 February, 2014Monday 17th February 2014, London – This morning, Greenpeace activists have...
View ArticleIs there any kind of weather climate change DOESN’T cause?
All rights reserved. Credit: Greenpeace more of that wet stuffImage caption: more of that wet stuff Funny how environmental issues can rocket to the top of the news agenda when UK property prices...
View ArticleGovernment must tackle causes as well as effects of flooding
2 December, 2014In response to announcements on flood spending and the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project, Dr Doug Parr Greenpeace Chief Scientist said:“The Government’s allocation of finance to new...
View ArticleGovernment issues fracking licenses in areas of significant flood risk
22 December, 2015Nearly one-fifth of recent fracking permit blocks offered by the government substantially overlap with zones at significant risk of flooding according to new analysis by Greenpeace’s...
View ArticleStrong majority of UK public slams government flood plans
28 January, 2016A strong majority of the UK public thinks the government is not spending enough on flood defences and should do more to prevent future flooding, according to a new survey by YouGov.The...
View ArticleNational Flood Resilience Review - Greenpeace response
8 September, 2016Responding to the Government’s National Flood Resilience Review published today, Dr Doug Parr, Chief Scientist at Greenpeace UK, said:‘The devastating floods felt by the north of...
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