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Environmental justice

Revealed: how Tesco fuelled record breaking fires in Brazil’s wetlands

The world’s largest wetland, the Brazilian Pantanal, was ravaged by fires in 2020. A Greenpeace report reveals that UK supermarkets, including Tesco, and fast food companies are funding the destruction.

by Alison Kirkman March 4, 2021

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Forests

UK supermarkets linked to 2020’s record-breaking fires in Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands

The world’s largest meat processor, JBS, and its leading competitors Marfrig and Minerva slaughtered cattle purchased from ranchers linked to the 2020 fires that destroyed one-third of the…

by Alison Kirkman March 4, 2021

People

Watch: The hat that saved the world – an ocean adventure read by Drag Queen Story Hour UK

Aida H Dee The Storytime Drag Queen reads 'The Hat that Saved the World' - an environmental story for young children.

by Greenpeace UK February 26, 2021

A large splash erupts alongside a Greenpeace ship as a boulder is placed in the water

Oceans

Greenpeace back with more boulders as government leaves 97% of protected areas open to destructive bottom trawling

Activists on the Greenpeace ship Esperanza have built a new underwater boulder barrier in the Offshore Brighton marine protected area in the English Channel, one of the UK’s most heavily…

by James Hanson February 26, 2021

Fishing

Greenpeace blocks destructive fishing with new ‘boulder barrier’ off the coast of Brighton

Destructive industrial fishing ships spent over 3,000 hours bottom trawling in this protected area in 2019. Until this broken system changes, it’s up to us to step in and stop…

by Greenpeace UK February 26, 2021

A pygmy blue whale breaking the surface of a blue ocean, a cloud of water vapour escapes from its blowhole.

Fishing

Meet the Pygmy Blue Whale: an amazing ocean discovery

The discovery of the Pygmy Blue Whale shows how much we still don't know about the world's whales - and how important it is to protect them.

by Willie Mackenzie February 22, 2021

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Environmental justice

Our transport system treats disabled people as an inconvenience. Here’s what needs to change

By improving public transport, we can help both the environment and disabled people

by Melissa Parker February 19, 2021

A light grey whale painted in watercolour with dark grey spots that give it a mottled texture, with spidery handwriting underneath reading 'Grey Whale' and a the signature of Quentin Blake with the year 2021

Oceans

We asked illustrators and artists to draw the oceans. Here’s what they created

Artists and illustrators have been drawing the oceans for Greenpeace’s #DrawTheOceans challenge. Here are some of the beautiful whale drawings they created.

by Indi Heath February 18, 2021

Climate change

Campaigners call for ‘long overdue’ shakeup of the audit industry for public good

A group of civil society organisations and institutions including Greenpeace, IPPR, Spotlight on Corruption and academics from Sheffield University, today called for urgent reform of the audit profession ahead…

by Stefano Gelmini February 18, 2021

Climate change

Shell’s net zero plan: grotesque and delusional

Campaigners criticised Shell's failure to cut oil production and its over-reliance on tree-planting

by Emily Black February 11, 2021