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Activism

‘The nightmare after Halloween’: Groups urge Parliament to drop resurrected anti-protest proposals

Liberty | Greenpeace UK

by Alison Kirkman November 1, 2022

Red buses are held up, as a group of disabled activists protest. They defiantly block the road and fly banners for disabled people’s rights.

Activism

The government has tried to take away our self-respect – protest lets us take it back

Warmth in winter, affordable food and a stable climate are vital for all of us. But as the cost of living crisis spirals, millions are seeing their basic needs drift…

by Greenpeace UK October 31, 2022

Protester viewed from behind, holding up a handwritten cardboard placard that says 'hear our voices'.

People

Greenpeace UK statement on the case of Alaa Abd el-Fattah

In light of the new government taking office, Greenpeace UK’s new executive directors, Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum, have issued the following statement about the urgent case of Alaa Abd…

by Stefano Gelmini October 27, 2022

Loose group of activists walk under the ornate roof and stained glass of Westminster flying banners that say ‘Chaos costs lives’

Activism

I’ve campaigned on fuel poverty for over 10 years – I’ve never seen things so bad

The government is in chaos and they’re ignoring the crisis in the country. Ordinary people are desperate. That’s why I took people’s energy bills to parliament to show them how…

by Steve Burak October 25, 2022

A large group of activists sit in an ornate hall in the Palace of Westminster holding a banner saying 'chaos costs lives'

Activism

Over 30 activists occupy parliament to tell new prime minister political chaos costs lives

Almost a quarter of the UK face fuel poverty, while fossil fuel companies rake in record profits and politicians fail to govern. Activists blocked the Houses of Parliament to tell…

by Greenpeace UK October 24, 2022

Climate change

BREAKING – Energy Crisis Activists Occupy Central Lobby of Parliament

Dozens of activists occupy Lobby as Rishi Sunak set to become prime minister

by Stefano Gelmini October 24, 2022

An illuminated red and yellow Shell sign at night

Climate change

Shell’s partnership with British Cycling is brazen greenwash

Commenting on news that Shell and British Cycling have entered into a long-term partnership until 2030, Greenpeace UK policy director Dr Doug Parr said: “The idea of Shell helping…

by Stefano Gelmini October 10, 2022

Rows of leafy vegetables grow under rows of solar panels

Climate change

Farming and solar panels can work together – here’s the proof

From sheep and chickens to bees and berries, these farmers are producing food and clean energy from the very same fields.

by Greenpeace UK October 10, 2022

Blazing hot fire and smoke scars and engulfs a wooded area.

Climate change

Deforestation in the Amazon worse than ever for September ahead of Brazilian elections

An area almost twice the size of New York City was deforested in September alone - more than any other September on record

by Alison Kirkman October 7, 2022

In the audience at the Conservative Party Conference, wo activists hold up a Greenpeace-branded banner reading

Activism

Greenpeace campaigners interrupt Truss’s conference speech to ask: “Who voted for this?”

Truss accused of shredding Tory manifesto: "Nobody voted for fracking, nobody voted to cut benefits, nobody voted to trash nature, nobody voted to scrap workers' rights."

by Greenpeace UK October 5, 2022