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Nature and wildlife

Whale facts: 11 fascinating things to know

Whales are truly extraordinary creatures with lots of hidden traits and talents. Here are 11 fantastic facts about whales showing just how crucial they are to the world's oceans.

by Willie Mackenzie February 1, 2020

Climate change

What does Brexit mean for farming, fishing and climate change?

The UK is leaving the EU. But what does this mean for environmental laws and standards? How are fishing, farming and climate change going to be handled from now on?…

by Helle Abelvik-Lawson January 31, 2020

Climate change

Ministers give themselves ‘licence to fail’ as they dodge urgent nature targets

The UK government has given itself a ‘licence to fail’ by refusing to take any legal responsibility for new short-term targets on sustainable fisheries and nature restoration, campaigners…

by Alison Kirkman January 31, 2020

Nature and wildlife

12 fascinating facts about endangered species

How much do you know about our incredible natural world? Here are 12 amazing facts about our endangered animal friends – from brainy and musical whales, to the highly evolved…

by Meena Rajput January 30, 2020

Climate change

On trial for challenging BP’s lust for oil in an age of climate change

Greenpeace is being put on trial for stopping a BP rig drilling for new oil wells. The penalties may be high, but this attempt to gag and bully those who…

by Jamie Woolley January 30, 2020

Climate change

BREAKING: The Guardian ends all fossil fuel advertising

More than 125,000 signed a Greenpeace petition calling for oil ads to be banned in the media

by Greenpeace UK Press Office January 29, 2020

Climate change

Oil industry giants like BP will push the planet’s climate way past 1.5ºC of global heating

Oil companies like BP are spending billions drilling for oil that, if burned, will heat the planet by way more than the "safe" 1.5ºC target agreed at the 2015 Paris…

by Helle Abelvik-Lawson January 27, 2020

Swimmer in front of an oil rig with a banner that says

Climate change

BP lobbied Trump to weaken environmental checks

Greenpeace calls out BP's 'despicable' lobbying and urges oil giant to switch to renewable energy

by Greenpeace UK Press Office January 23, 2020

Antarctic

Film stars and penguin scientists voyage to the Antarctic with Greenpeace to highlight ocean threats

London / Ushuaia, Argentina, 22 January 2020 - Award-winning actors and marine scientists on board two Greenpeace ships; the Esperanza and the Arctic Sunrise, have arrived in the Antarctic to…

by James Hanson January 22, 2020

Chickens densely packed into an industrial barn

Forests

Winging it: UK’s chicken boom is fuelling deforestation in South America

Greenpeace calls on supermarkets to set meat-reduction targets

by Alison Kirkman January 21, 2020