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Coal and climate change: what a difference a decade makes

10 years ago this week, a group of Greenpeace volunteers snuck into Kingsnorth coal power station just before daybreak. Emily, Huw, Kevin, Tim, Will and Ben climbed the plant’s 200m chimney, forcing the plant to go offline. Standing at the… Read More

Mal Chadwick - 13th October 2017

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Is Coke Finally Getting The Message?

Its week two of our global push to get Coca Cola to stop choking our oceans. In this new push, we are joined by Greenpeace offices from across five continents and are calling on Coke’s global CEO to reduce their plastic footprint. This campaign comes on the heels… Read More

Tisha Brown - 12th October 2017

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Why Velvet’s claim of protecting forests should be flushed away

Comments have been flooding onto Velvet’s Facebook page, admonishing the company for using pulp from vital parts of the Great Northern Forest in their toilet paper. Customers are appalled that spectacular and important forests are being wiped away for luxury loo roll. Velvet has been forced to post a… Read More

Jamie Woolley - 10th October 2017

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Tell Velvet to Stop Wiping Away the Great Northern Forest

We’re papering Velvet’s Facebook page to tell them to stop wiping away forests, here’s how you can get involved.  Velvet are using trees from some of the most precious parts of the Great Northern Forests to make their toilet paper. Over 100,000 of us are calling on them… Read More

Charlotte Gill - 10th October 2017

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The Cosmetics Industry Try to Flush Microbeads Ban Down the Drain

In July, we were pleased to announce that the government has decided to ban microbeads. In what will be the strongest microbeads ban in the world covering all rinse-off personal care products. From 1 January 2018, these products would no longer be manufactured with microbeads and from 30… Read More

Tisha Brown - 5th October 2017

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