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A tipper truck with 'Stop plastic exports' stencilled on the side drops bags of plastic waste outside the gates of Downing Street. An activist wearing a caricatured Boris Johnson mask looks on.

Plastic

Wasteminster: Greenpeace dumps 625kg of plastic waste at the Prime Minister’s gate in call to ban plastic exports

London, Tuesday 13 July – 625 kilograms of plastic recycling has been dumped at Downing Street this morning, the same volume that the UK exports every…

by Stefano Gelmini July 13, 2021

Activism

People in Scotland’s oil capital covered a wind turbine blade in messages. Here’s what they had to say.

After a few days touring northeast Scotland, the 42ft blade became Greenpeace's biggest ever petition.

by Mal Chadwick July 5, 2021

Climate change

Is Mark Carney’s proposed $100 billion-a-year voluntary carbon market the best the ‘rock star central banker’ can do on climate change?

Mark Carney’s Taskforce for Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets wants to help corporations fix climate change. But how effective will it be?

by Charlie Kronick June 29, 2021

Photo illustration shows plumes of green steam coming from a power station cooling tower

Climate change

We’re living in a golden age of greenwash

From 'carbon neutral' flights to 'net zero' bacon, dishonest green PR is on the rise.

by Stefano Gelmini June 29, 2021

Plastic

Why Amazon is throwing away millions of unused products – and how we can stop them

The Amazon waste scandal shows that the system is broken. Here’s how we fix it

by Helle Abelvik-Lawson June 28, 2021

Environmental justice

Giant protest at Tesco AGM as 10,000 shoppers say “drop forest destroyers”

Delegates arriving for Tesco’s Annual General Meeting were greeted by activists holding giant letters spelling out the words ‘FOREST CRIME’ 10 metres wide at Tesco’s Welwyn Garden City…

by Alison Kirkman June 25, 2021

Photo montage showing a small blue bird with pronounced eyebrow-like markings, and a pink insect-esque sea creature.

Quiz

Quiz: can you spot the fake nature facts hidden in a bunch of real ones?

Can you tell photoshopped animals and made-up facts from real ones? Test your nature knowledge in this quiz.

by Mal Chadwick June 23, 2021

Environmental justice

“Money making racket” in training courses blocks oil workers moving to renewables

Almost two thirds of offshore workers reported having to repeat training they'd already done.

by Emily Black June 22, 2021

Climate change

5 demands from people in Scotland to Nicola Sturgeon in the run-up to COP26

People in Scotland demand that our government lives up to its promises on climate change – that means ending support for new fossil fuels, while protecting Scottish jobs.

by Greenpeace UK June 18, 2021

Forests

Five questions for Tesco about its role in forest destruction

Vital forests are being destroyed for the meat and dairy in Tesco’s supply chain. Here are five ways you can challenge Tesco to tell the truth about deforestation.

by Alison Kirkman, Paul Morozzo June 18, 2021