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Climate change

Comment on Welsh, Scottish and local election results

Responding to the results of the Welsh, Scottish and local elections in England, Ami McCarthy (they/them), Head of Politics at Greenpeace UK said: “Despite Reform’s gains, huge numbers of people…

by Kai Tabacek May 8, 2026

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Climate change

Polling shows Labour defectors want action on climate, nature and the cost of living

New polling commissioned by Greenpeace suggests that voters, particularly Labour defectors, would like to see the Labour government adopt stronger policies on climate and nature, when tested against a number…

by Greenpeace UK Press Office May 7, 2026

Oil and gas

Greenpeace shines light on Shell’s war profiteering

Greenpeace projects on Shell HQ as oil giant posts $53,241-per-minute profits Photographs and video of the various projections are available here. In response to Shell announcing their first-quarter profits this…

by Graham Thompson May 7, 2026

Oil and gas

Trump’s bombs bring billions for BP, bills for us

In response to BP announcing this quarter’s profits, Maja Darlington, climate campaigner for Greenpeace UK, said:“The oil industry’s capacity to profiteer from human misery is almost limitless. Seventy years after…

by Graham Thompson April 28, 2026

Climate change

Greenpeace build wind farm on Trump’s Golf Course

Pictures and footage available here. Monday 20th April, 2026, Scotland. At 6.30am this morning, as the first of the day’s golfers were arriving at the Trump Turnberry Golf Club, a…

by Graham Thompson April 20, 2026

Greenpeace activists wearing hazmat suits hold yellow banners inside the protective building around Chornobyl's nuclear reactor 4. The banners read 'Stand with Ukraine' and 'Russian Crime Sanction Rosatom'

Nuclear power

Russian attacks raise nuclear risks from Chornobyl plant, Greenpeace report warns

Ahead of the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, a new report commissioned by Greenpeace provides a detailed assessment of the extensive damage caused by a Russian drone attack on the site last…

by Greenpeace UK Press Office April 14, 2026

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Oceans

Regional Fisheries Management Organisations are on the precipice of weakening the High Seas Treaty

Regional Fisheries Management Organisations or RFMOs, bodies in charge of fisheries management in the high seas, are trying to water down the High Seas Treaty’s capacity to deliver on protecting…

by Alexandra Sedgwick April 1, 2026

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Oceans

More than 1.3 million tonnes of fish taken from UK’s marine protected areas since 2020, new analysis reveals

Between 2020 and 2024, 1.347 million tonnes of fish were caught inside the UK’s Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) according to new analysis by Greenpeace of official data. That’s enough fish…

by Alison Kirkman March 31, 2026

Oil and gas

Top North Sea drillers see £73bn share price bonanza from Iran war

Greenpeace urges ministers to “tax every penny” of Big Oil’s war windfall The five largest North Sea oil and gas companies have received a staggering £73 billion boost to the…

by Stefano Gelmini March 27, 2026

Activism

‘THEY PROFIT, WE PAY’: Rosebank production ship pursued and painted by Rainbow Warrior

Pictures, video footage, drone and phone footage of the protest are all available here. As the Rosebank oil field was being discussed in Parliament yesterday in an Opposition Day debate[1], Greenpeace…

by Graham Thompson March 25, 2026