Black cloud over China’s green growth

China making huge strides in using green energy but coal consumption continues to increase.

COP17 activists and volunteers clash at Zuma meeting

Civil society activists who gathered for a meeting with Jacob Zuma at the Durban City Hall allege they were 'pushed and punched' by volunteers.

Ministers at COP17 deserve Oscars, say NGOs

Environmental NGOs have lambasted ministers at COP17, saying that governments were creating theatre out of the climate talks.

Crunch time at COP17 as high-level negotiations begin

Twelve heads of state and 130 ministers are set to attend the high level segment of the COP17 conference to broker a new climate deal.

Greenpeace activists to be deported after Durban arrest

Three Greenpeace activists will be deported after they were arrested for trespassing while trying to abseil from the roof of a Durban hotel.

Climate change activists arrested at COP17

Seven environmental activists have been arrested for trespassing after trying to put up a flag at a high-rise hotel in Durban.

Dissonance in Durban

Protesters marched through the streets of Durban on Saturday morning creating a spectacle that was worlds apart from the solemn climate change talks.

Battle over financing at climate change talks

International climate negotiators were at odds on how to raise billions of dollars for the new green climate fund, on the second day of COP17.

Nuclear power will cost the country dearly

Government and the unions are being lobbied by an industry increasingly desperate to sell reactors, says Rianne Teule.

Eskom: Yes, yes ... we're trying!

Eskom has responded to Greenpeace's coal-dumping protest at Megawatt Park, insisting it was vigorously implementing renewable energy strategies.

Kumi Naidoo feels Arctic heat

Kumi Naidoo, the South African head of Greenpeace International, has been banned from Greenland for a year after he was deported from that country.

Drilling deep mistakes in the Arctic

Greenpeace's Kumi Naidoo writes from a prison in Greenland about the effect deep water drilling in the Arctic could have on climate change.

Greenpeace head Kumi Naidoo risks arrest in Arctic protest

The executive director of Greenpeace International faces prison in Holland for breaking an injunction and boarding a giant rig.

Activists occupy oil rig in fight to prevent Arctic drilling

Environmental groups fear oil industry is not prepared for potentially catastrophic impact of oil spills in the Arctic.

Speaking to power

Davos is not a revival meeting for the socially or ecologically aware, but many are starting to realise it's directly linked to their bottom line.

Sasol fingered in espionage case

Greenpeace sues corporate giant for damages.

Green energy in South Africa 'necessary' for future

South Africa has got to consider renewable energy, or risk being left behind. This was the message from a seminar held by Greenpeace Africa.

Time for South Africa to stand up for its ideals

As a significant resolution hits the table at the UN Human Rights Council this month, SA's vote will make all the difference, argue activists.

Greenpeace 'shuts down' Arctic oil rig

Greenpeace claims to have shut down offshore drilling by a British oil company at a controversial site in the Arctic.

Greenpeace gives conditional support to whaling plan

Plans to overturn the 25-year-old ban on commercial whaling were in confusion on Monday, with governments and environmental groups divided.

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