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Climate change

BP AGM: Greenpeace activists tell BP – Time to go renewable

Socially distanced protest follows open letter calling out BP boss for 'mixed messages' on climate

by Emily Black May 27, 2020

Plastic

Malaysia endures toxic legacy of UK plastic waste exports

A new Greenpeace report reveals the toxic legacy left by plastic waste shipped to Malaysia from countries like the UK, US, Germany and Italy

by Stefano Gelmini May 27, 2020

Aerial view of a forest. One side is blackened and bare, the other is still lush and green.

Air travel

The biggest problem with carbon offsetting is that it doesn’t really work

Airlines and oil companies love talking about carbon offsetting. But to be serious about tackling climate change, they need to stop carbon emissions from getting into the atmosphere in the…

by Alia Al Ghussain May 26, 2020

Giant iguana in a tree looking back towards the camera

Forests

Amazon wildlife: 10 bizarre creatures you could meet in the rainforest

There's a reason that the Amazon rainforest inspired scientists to invent the word 'biodiversity' - the region is home to 10 percent of all plant and animal species known on…

by Angela Glienicke May 21, 2020

Forests

People power succeeds in delaying vote that would put future of the Amazon in jeopardy

SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Pressure from companies, MPs, celebrities, NGOs and the public has succeeded in preventing the Brazilian Congress from voting on a law that has the potential to…

by Alison Kirkman May 21, 2020

Forests

New Amazon law “would be like plunging a dagger into the lungs of the world,” says Greenpeace

SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Today,…

by Alison Kirkman May 20, 2020

Pupils at Georgeham Primary in Devon play football in front of the school's new solar panels

Climate change

The UK just went two months without coal power

In the 21st century, every piece of coal we don’t burn is a small victory for life on Earth.

by Mal Chadwick May 14, 2020

A huge fishing ship pulls in its nets using a rear-mounted winch

Oceans

Russian supertrawlers caught fishing in Special Area of Conservation

A Greenpeace investigation has discovered a fleet of Russian flagged and owned supertrawlers fishing in a UK Special Area of Conservation (SAC) off the Scottish coast.

by James Hanson May 14, 2020

Activists on Boat alongside BP Oil Rig in the North Sea

Climate change

The court case that could spoil BP’s North Sea oil drilling plans

It’s clear that any new oil and gas drilling will hurt our chances of tackling climate change. But in 2018, the government granted BP a permit for a new oil…

by Alia Al Ghussain May 12, 2020

Air travel

If the airlines want billions of pounds of public money, we should force them to change

Airlines are demanding government bailouts to keep them in business. Here's what we should ask for in return.

by Sam Wockner May 12, 2020