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Holding Barclays to account

Toxic tar sands pipelines don’t just happen – they need funding, serious amounts of funding. And that money comes -in part at least- from banks, like Barclays… It’s kind of a simple story, really, big projects need big money – without finance from banks, it’s really tough for… Read More

Fiona Nicholls - 16th July 2018

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How Theresa May can stop Trump from trashing the environment

Ahead of Theresa May’s meeting with President Trump, the Prime Minister should focus her talks on using the Anglo-American ‘special-relationship’ to address climate change. We have already seen just how sceptical Trump is on environmental issues, pulling out of the Paris Agreement in June last year despite condemnation… Read More

John Sauven - 12th July 2018

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Six months in: the government’s environment report card

It’s now six months to the day since our government launched its 25-year Environment Plan: its strategy for cracking down on plastics, helping wildlife to thrive, protecting our environment post-Brexit and more. We were told the government’s plan would “improve the environment over a generation.” Green… Read More

Flo Stuart-Leach - 11th July 2018

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How to change the world, one plastic bottle at a time

Hi, I’m Will and I’ve dedicated the last 3 years of my life to the anti-plastics movement. As Head of the Oceans campaign at Greenpeace UK, I’ve been working with governments and companies to prevent our plastic crisis, as well as researching what everyday consumers can do to reduce… Read More

Will McCallum - 11th July 2018

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Major Win! Krill industry backs Antarctic Ocean Sanctuaries

This is big: a huge group of krill fishing companies have just committed to reduce their impact on Antarctic wildlife and back the campaign for ocean sanctuaries in the Antarctic. The global call from 1.7 million people to protect the Antarctic goes from strength to strength. Read More

Louisa Casson - 8th July 2018

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