Oceans

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Nature and wildlife

How Greenpeace is working to protect pollinators and defend nature

Nature is under threat – but together we’re fighting back. From saving the bees to defending the seas, here’s how Greenpeace is standing up for pollinators and the wider natural…

by Greenpeace UK April 25, 2025

Two Greenpeace activists in an inflatable boat on the ocean, with a big ship in the background. One stands holding a a banner that says

Deep sea mining

Greenpeace accuse UK government of losing control of deep sea mining exploration licences as parent company goes bust

Environmental group puts in symbolic £1 bid as UK licences auctioned off Greenpeace UK lawyers have written to the UK government to express serious concern about its lack…

by Alison Kirkman April 22, 2025

Greenpeace activists on a small boat hold up a stop deep sea mining banner in front of a giant industrial ship

Oceans

Norwegian owner of UK deep sea mining company goes bankrupt

Bergen, Norway, 03 April 2025 – Norwegian deep sea mining company, Loke Marine Minerals, owner of UK deep sea mining company, UK Seabed Resources (UKSR), has declared bankruptcy. Loke…

by Alison Kirkman April 3, 2025

A banner featuring a turtle and the slogan

Oceans

‘Lammy Don’t Dally!’ Greenpeace unfurls giant banner on Foreign Office to keep Ocean Treaty afloat

Hi-resolution photos and video available here London, Thursday 3 April 2025 – Climbers from Greenpeace scaled the Foreign Office in central London in the early hours of this…

by Kai Tabacek April 3, 2025

Nature and wildlife

9 interesting facts about puffins

Puffins are enchanting little seabirds. Here are 9 fascinating facts about puffins and their marvellous, yet sometimes challenging, lives in the wild.

by Greenpeace UK March 14, 2025

Nature and wildlife

Environmental disaster from tanker crash ‘narrowly avoided’ – Greenpeace

Commenting on the aftermath of the collision between a tanker and a container ship in the North Sea, Dr Paul Johnston from the Greenpeace Research Laboratories, said:…

by Graham Thompson March 12, 2025

Gannets fly over a trawler as it fishes for herring

Fishing

Supertrawlers: the massive industrial fishing ships plundering the UK’s most precious waters

Giant supertrawlers are spending thousands of hours fishing in supposedly protected UK waters. This is why we need real ocean protection now.

by Greenpeace UK March 11, 2025

Oceans

Greenpeace extremely concerned about ‘multiple toxic hazards’ from ship collision in North Sea

Greenpeace has expressed serious concerns about the threat to marine life posed by the cargoes and bunker fuel of both the chemical tanker and container ship that collided off the…

by Alexandra Sedgwick March 11, 2025

Oceans

Supertrawlers spent 7,380 hours fishing in UK Marine Protected Areas each year since Brexit

An investigation by Greenpeace UK reveals today that giant supertrawlers relentlessly continue to catch fish in the UK’s Marine Protected Areas, damaging precious marine habitats and fish populations, despite the…

by Alexandra Sedgwick March 11, 2025

Oceans

Oil tanker collision off the coast of Yorkshire

Responding to the news of an oil tanker collision off the coast of Yorkshire, a spokesperson for Greenpeace UK, said: “We are monitoring reports of a cargo vessel crashing into…

by Alexandra Sedgwick March 10, 2025