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Giant cranes assemble the tower of a new wind turbine. A dramatic sunny sky and completed turbines can be seen in the background.

Climate change

Labour’s green pledge offers everything voters want. To delay it would be foolish

Swift investment would make any Labour government a climate and economic leader – so why the dithering?

by Rebecca Newsom June 12, 2023

Digital illustration of a t-rex roaring with skyscrapers in the background.

Activism

What simple actions can people take to reduce their carbon footprints?

It's a tempting question, but it might not be the right one. Here's what we should ask instead.

by Jeremy Williams June 8, 2023

Climate change

Media briefing: Labour’s proposal to stop new oil and gas

Several myths are in circulation around Labour’s policy to end North Sea oil and gas exploration. These are the facts.

June 8, 2023

Photo montage showing cutouts of four women smiling into the camera, against a green background.

Activism

Why I’m here: four disabled female voices on their place within the environmental movement

“People in power will justify exclusion by saying ‘you can't please everyone.’ Never accept that.”

by Melissa Parker May 31, 2023

A group of people gathered under a marquee in the sunshine.

Climate change

Why the green movement can’t turn its back on refugees

The climate crisis is set to make huge parts of the world near-impossible to live in, while the government ramps up hostility towards refugees. We need to stand up for…

by Sandra Ata May 4, 2023

Greenpeace campaigners are outside the High Court to challenge the UK Government’s reckless decision to announce a new licensing oil and gas round, with fossil fuel companies submitting more than 100 licences to explore for new oil and gas. The oral hearing is a permissions hearing for Judicial Review on this decision.

Climate change

First setback for UK Government’s fossil fuel expansion plans as High Court allows legal challenge

Greenpeace granted permission to proceed with a Judicial Review of the Government’s decision to launch a new licensing oil and gas round

by Florri Burton April 26, 2023

A group of Chinese people sitting and standing around a table, with a Chinese window frame in the background. One woman is standing in the centre smiling; two men are sat at the table wearing face masks

Air pollution

How Greenpeace campaigns in China

Greenpeace has been campaigning on the world’s most important national energy transition for two decades. And they’re getting results. How do they do it? Greenpeace’s Chief China Representative Yuan Ying…

by Yuan Ying April 4, 2023

Colourful 3-panel illustration with factories on the left. The central panel is a scene in a fashion factory, with arounud 10 women working on sewing machines, wearing colourful clothes and some wearing facemasks. The final panel on the right is a piles of colourful clothing in landfill piles, with a yellow tractor pouring more clothes on to the piles.

Climate change

How fast fashion fuels climate change, plastic pollution and violence

The 2013 Rana Plaza factory collapse sparked a call for change in the global fashion industry. But 10 years on, more than 100 billion clothes a year are made –…

by Helle Abelvik-Lawson April 3, 2023

Activists in colourful beach wear parade alongside a high stone wall. The leader holds a banner reading 'pool party at Rishi's'

Climate change

Activists in swimwear queue up outside Sunak’s heated pool to highlight electricity grid scandal

'While Sunak will enjoy doing lengths in his warm pool, the rest of us are stuck with an outdated power network'

by Greenpeace UK Press Office March 29, 2023

Fuel poverty protesters walk along a street with banners reading

Climate change

Government to review ‘unlawful’ fuel poverty strategy following Greenpeace pressure

Further legal action looms as government fails to require private landlords to upgrade properties

by Phil Richards March 28, 2023