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Bees

Pesticide giant ignored warnings over ineffective safety measures used in world’s deadliest weedkiller, investigation reveals

Internal documents and a whistleblower reveal how global pesticide giant Syngenta and its predecessors knew for decades that a key 'safety' feature in its lethal paraquat-based weedkillers did little or…

by Phil Richards March 24, 2021

Environmental justice

Brazil’s government is failing Indigenous Peoples. Here’s how Greenpeace is helping

Greenpeace is helping to deliver equipment and medical supplies – including oxygen to Indigenous communities – in an effort to save lives.

by Priya Surendra March 24, 2021

Two activists in hi-vis jackets paste a large red and white poster onto a window on a city street. A cathedral is visible in the background.

Oil and gas

Activists demand an end to new oil and gas licenses – and a green jobs revolution

The government wants to be a global climate leader. So why is it still granting licenses to climate-wrecking oil and gas projects in the North Sea?

by Helle Abelvik-Lawson March 22, 2021

Climate change

Cold weather and climate change explained

The polar vortex isn’t something out of science fiction – it explains why we sometimes get freezing cold weather from climate change.

by Helle Abelvik-Lawson March 22, 2021

Climate change

New oil and gas licences could see emissions reach equivalent of 25 Cumbria coal mines

Campaigners urge Energy Minister to end new licensing and back a smooth transition to renewables

by Emily Black March 22, 2021

Climate change

World Water Day: What water means around the world – and how communities are fighting for it

All across the world, clean water is becoming increasingly scarce. Here’s how people are fighting for our most precious resource.

by Helle Abelvik-Lawson, Angela Glienicke March 19, 2021

A short-snouted seahorse with its tail wrapped around a rubbery frond of yellow-green seaweed.

Oceans

World’s first underwater climate strike at vital blue carbon store

Mauritian scientist and climate advocate, Shaama Sandooyea, has held the world's first ever underwater climate strike at the heart of the Indian Ocean. The protest took place at the Saya…

by James Hanson March 18, 2021

Climate change

Government finally intervenes in plan for Cumbria coal mine after climate backlash

People power works! In a dramatic twist of events the government has announced it will intervene in the decision on a new climate-wrecking coal mine in Cumbria.

by Sam Wockner March 17, 2021

World leaders standing in a line and cheering in front of a United Nations conference backdrop during negotiations for the Paris Climate Agreement

Climate change

What is the Paris climate agreement and why does it matter?

Everything you need to know about the Paris climate agreement – the world’s most important climate change treaty.

by Mal Chadwick March 16, 2021

Aerial view of a lush forest on fire, with clouds of smoke rising from the canopy.

Environmental justice

Stolen Amazon land is now for sale on Facebook

Brazil’s government has been making it easier for land grabbers to steal and burn protected Amazon land reserved for Indigenous People. Now, it’s for sale on Facebook Marketplace – and…

by Helle Abelvik-Lawson, Aakash Naik March 12, 2021