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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

Sewage flows into a river from two concrete pipes

Meat and dairy

How sewage got into UK rivers and seas, and how to fix it

Step onto a British beach and you might notice a warning sign saying there's sewage in the water. After years of deregulation and budget cuts for environmental agencies, our waters…

by Florence Stuart-Leach September 29, 2022

Gloster, Mississippi, resident Jasmine Jenkins stands in front of the Drax plant Amite Bioenergy, which began operations next to her community in 2014.

People

“Green” energy giant Drax pays out $3 million to settle toxic pollution claims

Campaigners accuse UK government of “subsidising environmental racism” The company that runs Drax power station has quietly agreed to pay out $3.2m to settle…

by Daniel Jones September 26, 2022

Water pollution

PM’s plan to weaken water rules will make sewage problem worse

Commenting on news reports that the UK government will use tomorrow’s “mini Budget” to weaken rules regulating the levels of phosphates and nitrates in waterways, Greenpeace UK’s chief scientist…

by Stefano Gelmini September 22, 2022

Photo montage shows a heat pump owner smiling and giving the thumbs-up in front of his heat pump, and a white cat sleeping on top of a domestic radiator

Climate change

Nationwide energy-saving home insulation scheme could inject almost £7bn into economy and slash bills

As soaring energy bills continue to fuel the cost-of-living crisis and the UK heads towards a recession, the government’s response has entirely neglected some of the most economically efficient solutions.

by Graham Thompson September 20, 2022

The rainbow insignia painted across the bow of a Greenpeace ship reflects in gently rippling water.

General

The future of Greenpeace’s ships

Greenpeace is making plans for a new, green ship that’ll boost our campaigns and cut our fossil fuel use. Here’s what you need to know.

by Greenpeace UK September 17, 2022

A dry road cuts through a flooded landscape. The floods stretch far into the distant horizon.

Climate change

You’re not imagining it – there really were a lot of climate disasters this summer

Sometimes climate change seems far away, then we’re hit with heatwaves, droughts, floods and fires. 2022’s summer of disasters broke records worldwide.

by Leah Das September 16, 2022

A boulder throws up a plume of rainbow spray as it's released from the Greenpeace ship Esperanza into the sea.

Oceans

Government’s Marine Management Organisation blocks Greenpeace UK boulder action overnight

The MMO, the government agency in charge of protecting our seas, has intervened to stop Greenpeace UK placing more boulders in the South West Deeps (East) Marine Protected Area to…

by Jasmine Watkiss September 8, 2022

Fishing

BREAKING: Government’s Marine Management Organisation blocks Greenpeace UK boulder action overnight

The Marine Management Organisation threatened Poole Harbour Commissioners with legal action if they allowed the boulders into port.

by Greenpeace UK September 8, 2022