Oil and gas

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A group of campaigners smiling and cheering outside the Supreme Court.

Climate change

The game-changing legal decision on oil drilling, explained

A landmark court case has ended with a big win for the climate. Here’s what you need to know.

by Greenpeace UK June 26, 2024

Climate change

10 Conservative government climate and nature blunders

Some ambitious commitments have been made by Conservative leaders during the party’s time in power. However, a mixture of poor leadership, divisive and cynical climate politics, and corporate capture by…

June 3, 2024

Activists in matching T-shirts with a Globe and

Climate change

The climate evidence Shell doesn’t want you to see

The oil giant is suing Greenpeace for a peaceful protest. Now they’re trying to stop us exposing their role in the climate crisis.

by Aiyan Maharasingam May 9, 2024

A drilling structure platform lit up at dusk, silhouetted against the blue-orange sky

Environmental justice

Taxing fossil fuel giants could raise $720 bn by 2030 to help world’s poorest with climate damages, new report finds

A tax on the extraction of fossil fuels in the world’s richest advanced economies could raise $720 billion by the end of the decade to support the world’s…

by Joe Evans April 29, 2024

Activism

Open letter to Wael Sawan, CEO of Shell plc

We are writing to express our alarm at your decision to launch a multimillion dollar lawsuit against Greenpeace for peacefully protesting on a Shell oil drilling platform in early 2023.

April 1, 2024

Climate change

Spring Budget 2024: Greenpeace briefing

Major parties rollback on climate spending: why reforming our tax system and borrowing is crucial to a healthier, fairer, green economy.

March 4, 2024

Activists dressed in suits perform as Shell shareholders. In the foreground, burning letters spell out 'our future'.

Climate change

Activists install burning ‘Your Future’ sign outside Shell HQ as company announces £22.4 billion annual profits

Greenpeace activists dressed as Shell board members partied around a burning sign reading ‘Your Future’ at a mock party outside the Shell headquarters as the company announced it made £22.4…

by Joe Evans February 1, 2024

Screenshot from the TV show Succession. Main characters Tom and Greg stand face-to-face in a plush corporate lounge. The subtitle reads

Climate change

Succession writer Jesse Armstrong hands Greenpeace £25k to fight Shell lawsuit

Shell's lawsuit echoes Cousin Greg's attempt to sue Greenpeace during Season 3 of Succession.

by Joe Evans January 23, 2024

5 people stand in front of the House of Commons holding a big red banner reading #StopRosebank

Climate change

Uplift and Greenpeace take government to court to stop Rosebank oil field

Consent “incompatible” with UK climate plans and ignores emissions from burning Rosebank’s oil

by Phil Richards December 18, 2023

A group of young activists hold a large banner that says 'climate action now'. They're in a bright plaza lined with palm trees with an ornate conference building in the background. A group of men in traditional emirati dress or western business suits walk past.

Climate change

COP28 sends the signal the fossil fuel industry has been afraid of – Greenpeace comment

The final outcome of the COP28 climate summit in Dubai is not the historical deal the world needs, but it does send the signal the fossil fuel industry has been…

by Kai Tabacek December 13, 2023