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Microbeads ban creeps closer as MPs demand action

Great news this morning – an influential government committee just backed our call for a ban on microbeads! Sign the petition – ask Theresa May’s Government to show leadership on this important environmental issue and ban microbeads. It’s rare that MPs from… Read More

Fiona Nicholls - 24th August 2016

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7 times the UK press condemned Hinkley nuclear plant

For a brief moment last month, it looked like the Somerset coast was destined to become the home of the most expensive object in the world — Hinkley Point nuclear plant. But after a last minute intervention by Prime Minister Theresa May, the government’s nuclear ambitions were suddenly put on… Read More

Alexandra Stenbock-Fermor - 22nd August 2016

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In pictures: In the palm of our hands, orangutans on their special International Orangutan Day

Every year on the 19th August the orangutan gets its own special day. One of the renowned victims of the palm oil industry the orangutans are threatened with extinction due to the destruction of the tropical rainforest. The population of the Sumatran orangutan in the wild is thought to have fallen… Read More

Angela Glienicke - 19th August 2016

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Five reasons why Hinkley nuclear power station is not the golden goose

Hinkley Point is set to be the first new nuclear power station in years, and the most expensive object on earth. The nuclear industry and the government claim Hinkley is a good option if we want to “keep the lights on” – but is it really the golden goose… Read More

Esther Freeman - 11th August 2016

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Why are Indigenous warriors and 15 monkeys at Siemens HQ?

Two Munduruku Indigenous People, 15 mischievious ‘monkeys’ and a few Greenpeace activists – this morning we’re bringing the Amazon to Siemens’ grey campus in Surrey. The Munduruku have travelled thousands of miles to demand a meeting with Siemens bosses about Amazon dams, after months of ambivalence to warnings from across the… Read More

India Thorogood - 10th August 2016

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