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London takes bold step to clean up toxic pollution

Today, the toxicity charge (or T-charge) goes live in London – meaning that cars bought before 2006 will be charged an extra £10 to enter central London between 7am and 6pm.  This is a first step in a series of measures introduced by the Mayor, Sadiq Khan, aiming… Read More

Paul Morozzo - 23rd October 2017

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We have one year to create the largest ever protected area on Earth

In the words of David Attenborough, “Our planet is a blue planet”. With over 70% of our world covered by water, our oceans can be seen from across the solar system. It wasn’t long ago that the oceans were still believed… Read More

Claire Leveson - 17th October 2017

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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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