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Greenpeace activists wearing hazmat suits hold yellow banners inside the protective building around Chornobyl's nuclear reactor 4. The banners read 'Stand with Ukraine' and 'Russian Crime Sanction Rosatom'

Nuclear power

Russian attacks raise nuclear risks from Chornobyl plant, Greenpeace report warns

Ahead of the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, a new report commissioned by Greenpeace provides a detailed assessment of the extensive damage caused by a Russian drone attack on the site last…

by Greenpeace UK Press Office April 14, 2026

A large bird flies above smoking piles of waste.

Environmental justice

Fashion greenwash: how companies are hiding the true environmental costs of fast fashion

10 years on from the Rana Plaza disaster, major fashion labels are using false green claims to conceal their destructive business model. Can big-brand fast fashion really be as sustainable as they promise?

by Helle Abelvik-Lawson April 24, 2023

Greenpeace crewmembers prepare a boulder for placement on the seabed. A second ship is visible in the background

Oceans

Judge’s ruling on Greenpeace boulder action: An ‘absurd’ prosecution

Judge requires the UK’s Marine Management Organisation to review wasting public money and resources on ‘absurd’ prosecution of Greenpeace

by Leelou Gordon-Fox, Graham Thompson January 12, 2022

An oil rig at sea with another on the horizon

Climate change

Zeroing In

The International Energy Agency’s new Net-Zero Emissions by 2050 scenario, published in May 2021 and incorporated in the World Energy Outlook published in October, sparked wide debate on the future of oil and gas.

February 9, 2022

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 their rights.

by Sandra Ata May 4, 2023

Pigs crowded against the bars of their enclosure. They're lit by a camera flash, and the background is all dark.

Environmental justice

7 reasons why meat is bad for the environment

Get the facts on how the meat and dairy industry is damaging our world and heating the climate

by Natalie Brown August 3, 2020

Climate activists hold banners outside Scottish Court of Session before Rosebank and Jackdaw judicial review hearing

Climate change

Oil giants and campaigners in court in first test for North Sea oil and gas since landmark ruling

Shell and Equinor to concede permits are unlawful but argue they should be allowed to continue A crucial judicial review into Rosebank and Jackdaw is set to begin in the…

by Florri Burton November 12, 2024

Environmental justice

Brazil’s government is failing Indigenous Peoples. Here’s how Greenpeace is helping

Greenpeace is helping to deliver equipment and medical supplies – including oxygen to Indigenous communities – in an effort to save lives.

by Priya Surendra March 24, 2021

Aerial view of a thick soup of plastic waste clustered along the waterline of a beach.

Plastic

Uncovered: Unilever’s complicity in the plastics crisis and its power to solve it

This report exposes the gap between what Unilever says it will do, and what it actually does.

November 28, 2023

A close up of a part of a city bridge covered in people, against a blue sky, another bridge and and some buildings. The people on the bridge carry red and blue flags. A large banner central in the frame, reading

Activism

A vote for the climate is a vote to fix everything that’s wrong with the UK – here’s why

Political leaders are planning their pledges ahead of the next election. Here's how electing those bold enough to take strong action on climate would solve many of the UK’s most urgent problems

by Greenpeace UK September 21, 2023