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What happens here in the Arctic affects the whole world - and often the people who have contributed least to climate change are the ones who are hurt by it the most. We have to act now.
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Live: Activists create protected area in North Sea to stop destructive fishing
Greenpeace is taking action in the North Sea to stop destructive fishing vessels from wrecking the seabed. Activists are placing boulders across a 47 square mile area of ocean, creating an underwater barrier against bottom trawling. Check back for live updates as the action unfolds.
Parliament asked ordinary people what the UK should do about climate change – here’s what they said
After months of learning and debate, the ‘citizens’ assembly’ on climate change has said how the UK should play its part to tackle the problem. The results might come as a surprise.
Greenpeace builds underwater barrier to stop destructive bottom trawling in North Sea protected area
Activists on the Greenpeace ship Esperanza have today begun the closure of almost 50 square miles of the Dogger Bank protected area in the North Sea to all destructive bottom trawling.
I asked people what it would take for them to give up their cars. Here’s what they told me.
Lots of people want to go car-free, but the government isn’t giving them good alternatives. Here’s what drivers said they’d need to get by without a car.
Polluting plug-in hybrids are the car industry’s “wolf in sheep’s clothing”
As the government prepares to announce a possible earlier ban on petrol and diesel vehicles, campaigners warn ministers not to be “duped” by plug-in hybrid cars (PHEVs) and exempt them from an earlier phase out, as studies show that they’re two and a half times more polluting than official tests indicate.
Electric cars are greener than petrol cars – but they’re far from perfect
Switching to electric cars is essential, but it’s not enough. Our transport system needs a rethink.
18 animals that went extinct in the last century
As David Attenborough explores in his latest documentary, humans have already driven many plants and animals extinct. Our impact serves as a stark warning at what species might yet be lost. Let's meet 18 animals that went extinct in the last 100 years, and find out what drove them to extinction.
Only 5 out of UK’s 73 offshore marine protected areas moving towards conservation targets, Greenpeace report reveals
After revealing that supertrawlers spent 5590 hours fishing in UK offshore protected areas in the first half of 2020 [1], a new Greenpeace analysis has found that only 5 of the UK’s 73 offshore protected areas ‘may be’ progressing towards conservation targets.
