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It was a mucky, wet morning in Berkshire - but that didn't stopped hundreds of people from all over the country converging on the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) facility at Aldermaston. They arrived from all directions, by bus, train, bicycle and on foot. Their mission? To carry out the world's largest ever inspection of a nuclear weapons factory, following reports that Tony Blair is building a new nuclear weapon.

We have obtained an independent, authoritative legal opinion from a top international lawyer indicating that replacing or renewing Britain's Trident nuclear weapons system is inconsistent with international law, putting Tony Blair at risk of breaking the same international disarmament treaty that he says Iran must respect.

One of Britain's dirtiest power stations has been shut down by climate change campaigners.

Thirty Greenpeace volunteers invaded the Didcot coal-fired power station at 5:30am this morning. They have immobilised the huge conveyor belts that carry coal into the plant by hitting emergency stop buttons and attaching themselves to machinery. A second group is climbing the 200 metre high chimney, and will set up a climate camp at the top.

Last year we challenged leading UK supermarkets to clean up their act by removing destructively fished seafood from their shelves - our new report shows that many of the biggest names on the high street have responded positively, and are leading a revolution that is transforming the entire fishing industry.

Intensive trawling during the winter and spring months coincides with relatively high levels of cetacean strandings

The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) and Greenpeace have released the results from the 2004-2005 winter surveys of cetaceans and pelagic (mid-water) trawls in the western approaches of the English Channel.

Greenpeace vows to return to the Southern Ocean to oppose Japan's continued 'scientific hunt'

Japan and the whaling lobby have finally won a simple majority vote at the 58th meeting of International Whaling Commission (IWC), held on the Caribbean island of St Kitts in June. 33 countries voted in favour of a resolution called the "St Kitts declaration" claiming that the "IWC has failed to meet its obligations under the terms of the International Convention on the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW)" and declaring its commitment to "normalizing the functions of the IWC" - in other words, returning the organisation to its original hunting mandate.

Whalers poised to seize control of the International Whaling Commission

International Whaling Commission 58th meeting
St. Kitts & Nevis, June 16th-20th 2006

Greenpeace calls for global marine reserves on World Oceans Day

As the kick-off to the football world cup approaches, how's this for a key pre-match statistic? Every four seconds, marine life in an area of ocean floor the size of ten football fields is wiped out by high seas bottom trawlers.

by Oliver Knowles, Oceans campaigner

Earlier this year I attended the Brussels Seafood Expo - the world's largest seafood and fishing exhibition. Held in 10 enormous exhibition halls over 3 days, retailers, processors, fishermen, exporters, importers and many more from around the globe come to buy, sell, talk about and eat massive quantities of seafood. And it's quite an experience.