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Inside Antarctic 360°

This October, governments will decide on whether to establish an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary, the biggest of its kind. Scientists that advise the body responsible for this decision, known as the Antarctic Ocean Commission, held talks this July in Cambridge to discuss the details of this sanctuary. Read More

Agasty Baylon Yogaratnam - 2nd August 2018

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What’s going on with the weather?

In recent weeks we’ve seen horrifying fires in Greece, Colorado and the Arctic circle, record breaking temperatures around the world and extreme drought in places like Cape Town – to name a few. And in the UK, we’ve been feeling it too with blistering heat followed by dramatic storms. So while… Read More

Flo Stuart-Leach - 30th July 2018

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Rebecca from Belfast – Why Barclays needs to stop funding tar sands pipelines

My name’s Rebecca and I am a self-published author, writing science fiction based on current environmental issues. I’ve been running the Belfast Greenpeace group since February this year and of the campaigns I’ve been involved in, I find the current pipelines campaign against Barclays really important. Read More

Greenpeace UK - 24th July 2018

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Why the government’s post-Brexit environment plan isn’t good enough – and what you can do

In January, the government issued its ‘’25 year Environment Plan” in a grand bid to foster the first generation to leave the environment in a better state than before. Hurrah! Except… plans for protecting the environment in the Government’s Brexit legislation agreed in June still contain some serious loopholes. Here’s… Read More

Flo Stuart-Leach - 23rd July 2018

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Why Greenpeace blocked Barclays’ HQ

Earlier today 40 Greenpeace UK volunteers took over the main entrance to Barclays Bank’s corporate headquarters near Canary Wharf in London’s docklands. Six of them were climbers who scaled the entrance’s portico, where they recreated a tar sands oil leak dripping down from the bank’s logo. The team also… Read More

Aakash Naik - 19th July 2018

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