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The Quit Coal tour reached Denmark this morning, as activists in inflatable boats, supported by the Rainbow Warrior, moved into the coal terminal of the Enstedværket power plant in Aabenraa, Denmark. A team of ten activists is occupying a crane used for unloading coal,and have settled in for the night, while waterborne activists are protesting Denmark’s coal-powered energy policy.
As politicians gather to discuss the future of our climate, we took dramatic action on land and at sea to kick start an energy revolution. In Poland, activists carrying a banner reading “Quit Coal, Save the Climate” have scaled the 150 metre-high chimney of the Pątnów power plant. Meanwhile in the Baltic Sea, activists have intercepted the 300 metre-long ship Hanjin Imabari. The ship is carrying a load of coal from Richards Bay, South Africa to North Europe’s biggest coal terminal at Danish coal plant Enstedværket in Aabenraa.
It has been a year since governments in Bali pledged to nail down an agreement to save the climate by December 2009. That means they have one year left to agree on how to stop the climate crisis. This year’s UN meeting on Climate Change has just started in Poznan, Poland and we think it is about time for government leaders to stop the talking, get serious and start real negotiations.
If we are to avert catastrophic climate change the world must quit coal. But, the industry and the powerful forces which rely on it will not go down without a fight. Today, in Warsaw, Greenpeace, provided them with two reminders of why we should quit coal.
The latest edition of our Guide to Greener Electronics has revealed that very few firms are showing true climate leadership. Despite many green claims, major companies like Dell, Microsoft, Lenovo, LG, Samsung and Apple are failing to support the necessary levels of global cuts in emissions and make the absolute cuts in their own emissions that are required to tackle climate change.
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