Police and Greenpeace say environmental protesters have left the roof of UK’s Parliament

October 12th, 2009 LONDON - An Indian green campaigner was perched on the roof of the British parliament along with other activists for the second day Monday in a protest against Western climate change policies. Brikesh Singh of Greenpeace India spent a very cold night Sunday along with 32 activists atop the Palaces of Westminster, a Greenpeace spokesman said.

October 11th, 2009 Climate-change protesters scale UK ParliamentLONDON — Several dozen environmental activists scaled Britain's Parliament building Sunday to draw attention to climate change. Greenpeace said 55 of its members were atop the building, where they could be seen holding yellow banners reading "Change the politics, save the climate." One flew a giant flag from a turret in the shadow of the Big Ben clock tower.

October 11th, 2009 LONDON - An Indian was among some 60 environmental campaigners who climbed on to the roof of the British parliament Sunday evening to urge rich nations to take the lead on climate change action. We are here on the roof because we want to tell British MPs that it is the rich countries who must lead by example and announce binding cuts on their carbon emissions, Brikesh Singh of Greenpeace India told IANS on mobile telephone.

September 23rd, 2009 Protesters hang G-20 banner from Pittsburgh bridgePITTSBURGH — Activists engaged in a precarious-looking stunt beneath a heavily traveled bridge and others gathered for a union-backed, pro-green jobs rally on the eve of the Group of 20 summit Wednesday. The summit of world economic leaders is being held here Thursday and Friday and is expected to draw protesters from around the world.

September 23rd, 2009 Greenpeace hangs banner from Pittsburgh bridgePITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh police say 14 people from Greenpeace were arrested Wednesday on two of the city's bridges. The environmental group unfurled a banner below the West End Bridge.

September 15th, 2009 WELLINGTON - Activists from the international environmental organization Greenpeace boarded a ship carrying palm kernel animal feed from Indonesia on Wednesday off the New Zealand coast and called on the government to ban the cargo. They locked themselves to the ship, East Ambition, its anchor chain and four cargo cranes, and vowed to prevent the cargo from being unloaded at Tauranga, its destination port on the east coast of the North Island.

July 28th, 2009 Greenpeace: China power companies hurting climateBEIJING — China's three largest energy suppliers emitted more greenhouse gases than all of Britain last year, environmental watchdog Greenpeace China said in a report issued Tuesday. The report reflects the heavy reliance on coal that is hampering China's efforts to tackle climate change.

July 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Activists of Greenpeace India, the environmental NGO, were all geared up to stage a rally in front of parliament Monday morning and demand an alternative subsidy system that promotes ecological farming. However, before they could even start out, they were detained by the police.

June 19th, 2009 LONDON - Two days before stepping down as British Prime Minister, Tony Blair submitted a whopping 6,990 pounds expense claim for roof repairs on his designated second home, it has emerged. Blair submitted an invoice on June 25 for "roof repairs," and left Downing Street on June 27.

June 18th, 2009 LONDON - Tamils have called off a round-the-clock vigil outside the British parliament after 73 days of protesting against what they described as a genocide by the Sri Lankan forces. The protest action, mostly peaceful and confined to a park opposite the parliament building, was one of the longest vigils seen in the British capital in recent years and cost the police millions of pounds.

June 18th, 2009 Greenpeace spoofs Int'l Herald Trib; IHT objectsBRUSSELS — Greenpeace published a spoof edition of the International Herald Tribune on Thursday to highlight environmental issues and draw attention to the Copenhagen climate change conference in December. The Paris-based International Herald Tribune, global edition of the New York Times, complained and, as the spoof also appeared on the Internet, said it had asked the environmental group immediately to remove any fake IHT Web pages.

May 19th, 2009 LONDON - Ten people were arrested after violent clashes early Tuesday left 21 British policemen and 11 Tamil protesters injured in central London, police said Tuesday. At least three policemen and eight Tamils were treated in hospital after the clashes, which began just after midnight when police moved demonstrators off a busy road opposite the British parliament, where they had been staging a sit-in.

May 11th, 2009 LONDON - Traffic outside the British parliament in central London was brought to a standstill Monday after hundreds of Sri Lankan Tamils staged a sit-in to protest the reported massacre of more than 400 Tamil civilians in their homeland. Sri Lankan Tamils have been protesting outside the British parliament in Westminster for weeks, but have so far been confined to Parliament Square - a grassy patch across the road from the parliament buildings.

May 11th, 2009 LONDON - Police arrested 31 people after hundreds of Tamil protesters waving LTTE flags brought traffic to a standstill outside the British parliament in the middle of Monday-morning rush hour. Police made the arrests after some 500 protesters calling for a ceasefire in Sri Lanka broke through police lines at around 10.30 a.m and squatted in the middle of the road in front of the British parliament in central London.

April 2nd, 2009 LONDON - 'Harry Potter' actress Emma Watson has reportedly been approached by environmental campaign group Greenpeace to become their global ambassador, after declared her love for clean environment. The decision to make her the global ambassador at Greenpeace comes after she publicly declared: "I cannot not be green." The 'Harry Potter' actress is an apt choice, as she revealed that she is a very eco-friendly human being.