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Campaigners dressed as worker bees stand in front of the Defra building with Green Party MP, Sian Berry, holding placards reading 1.6 million people say protect our bees!

Nature and wildlife

‘Pesticides buzz off’: More than 1.6 million people call for a ban on bee-killing pesticides

A petition signed by more than 1.6 million people urging the government to enforce a total ban on bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides has been handed in to the Department of…

by Phil Richards January 9, 2025

A giant banner hangs from the grand stone building. It shows Dove plastic pollution with the wording

Activism

Charges dropped for dozens of Greenpeace activists in plastic pollution protest outside Unilever HQ

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has dropped all charges against 34 Greenpeace activists who blockaded Unilever’s London headquarters last September. The decision was made just days before the start…

by Kai Tabacek January 8, 2025

Aerial view of a boat sailing along a line where the brown water of a river and the green water of the ocean meet.

Activism

Turning the tide: wins for the planet in 2024 – and the road ahead

Earth on the line: a world on fire; a world at war; and a world going under. But a world that turns - and turns around.

by Gurvinder Uppal December 18, 2024

Sargassum seaweed floats in the foreground of the ocean with the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise and an inflatable boat in the background

Activism

Year in pictures 2024: Greenpeace’s greatest campaign moments recorded on camera

In 2024, our movement continued the fight to protect the oceans, combat climate change, stand up to polluters and tackle deforestation.

by Angela Glienicke, Helle Abelvik-Lawson December 17, 2024

Activists on top of a high platform overlooking a city display banners that say stop drilling start paying

Oil and gas

Shell settles multimillion-dollar SLAPP lawsuit against Greenpeace

Greenpeace International and Greenpeace UK have agreed with Shell to settle the oil giant’s multimillion-dollar intimidation lawsuit over a peaceful protest conducted by the campaign groups last year. The…

by Joe Evans December 10, 2024

Activists hang a banner reading 'Stop drilling start paying' from the flaring rig of an oil platform, high above a port city.

Activism

Breaking: Shell backs down in its lawsuit against Greenpeace

We showed Shell that their bully tactics won’t intimidate us – and now they’ve backed down and settled out of court.

by Greenpeace UK December 10, 2024

Renewable energy

Carollers, Ents and a coalition of green groups protest subsidies for burning ‘Christmas’ trees

Ghosts of Biomass Past return to haunt DESNZ Pictures are available here, video of the protest will be available this afternoon. Monday 2nd December, 2024. London. This morning at…

by Graham Thompson December 2, 2024

The words Norway, Stop Deep Sea Mining! Greenpeace are projected on a rock in the evening. Lights can be seen in the foreground.

Deep sea mining

Arctic deep sea mining plans stopped in Norway

Oslo, Norway, 1 December – After more than a year of massive pressure from activists, scientists and the international community, the Norwegian government has agreed to stop the first licensing round…

by Alexandra Sedgwick December 2, 2024

Climate change

10 reasons to stop subsidising Drax power station

Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire was once the UK’s largest coal-fired power plant. Starting in 2003, it was gradually converted to run on biomass, and it now burns…

by Paul Morozzo November 27, 2024

Activism

Following COP29, this is the international climate gathering of 2024 to know about

Learn about Greenpeace's Community Gathering for Climate Justice, 25–29 November 2024

by Helle Abelvik-Lawson November 22, 2024