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Coalition calls for greater ambition and transparency in Sector Deal for oil and gas industry

Greenpeace UK is today announcing imminent plans to build an underwater boulder barrier in a third UK Marine Protected Area to block destructive industrial fishing. In the coming weeks, Greenpeace’s ship Arctic Sunrise will sail to the South West Deeps (East), a…

At least 148 supertankers carrying Russian oil and gas have left the country since Putin’s army invaded Ukraine two weeks ago, a Greenpeace analysis of shipping data has shown, and 69 of them were headed to Europe.   The environmental group has launched today a beta version of its …

A report released by Greenpeace Mediterranean today, Game of Waste, reveals that five sites in southern Turkey are extensively contaminated with hazardous chemical pollutants. Last year Greenpeace investigators found UK grocery packaging dumped in the same five areas. Scientists found that levels of toxic chemicals in the soil…

A 30-metre-long living artwork made of seed paper was unfurled and displayed at Westminster this morning by artists and allotmenteers. They are urging the government to enable people to exercise their rights to allotments as part of the solution to food insecurity, the cost…

Just weeks away from the UK hosting global climate talks, COP26, in Glasgow, the Cambo oil field has become a symbol of the government’s failure on climate. Where it has the opportunity to show climate leadership, it’s shown reluctance and fear of change. The government has been loyal to the…

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

A new report by Greenpeace Germany shows how Greenpeace’s Detox My Fashion campaign has been a game-changer, with leading fashion brands eliminating the use and discharge of hazardous chemicals from their supply chain factories. Greenpeace UK is now using suppliers which work to Greenpeace’s own Standard – meaning Greenpeace UK can sell clothing made to the highest environmental and social standards.

A flotilla of fishing boats, accompanied by Greenpeace activists, is sailing up the Thames to the Houses of Parliament today.

The UK is leaving the EU. But what does this mean for environmental laws and standards? How are fishing, farming and climate change going to be handled from now on? There’s not much detail yet, but here are a few areas to watch as the government passes new laws and paves the way for future trade deals.

Britain’s homes are notoriously bad when it comes to energy efficiency, which means they use more gas, oil or electricity to heat. Insulating homes is one of the cheapest ways to cut carbon emissions, so why hasn’t it been done?

Some of the UK’s best-loved film and TV stars have united on World Oceans Day to urge the UK government to stand by its promise to protect the oceans by calling for a moratorium on deep sea mining.  Household names and longtime oceans ambassadors Olivia Colman,…

The UK Government announced today that it has created a global alliance to help protect the world’s oceans. So far, Belize, Costa Rica, Finland, Gabon, Kenya, Seychelles, Vanuatu, Portugal, Palau and Belgium have all signed up to the 30by30 initiative, which is pushing for at least 30 per cent of…

An allotment-sized living artwork called The Waiting List was guerrilla-planted by volunteers at a disused Tesco-owned site in Litherland, just north of Liverpool, this morning in an act of defiance against the industrial food industry. Made of seed paper and embedded with ash from…

Trump’s trade team wants to force the UK to accept poorly-produced chicken washed in chlorine as part of a post-Brexit trade deal. Here’s what you need to know.