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The world’s largest consumer brands are using palm oil from producers that have destroyed an area of Indonesian rainforest the size of Greater Manchester in three years, a new report by Greenpeace International shows
Tesco’s complicity in deforestation and deliberately-set fires in the Amazon and across Brazil is the subject of Greenpeace UK’s new film, Tesco’s Burning Secret, released today. Watch here Despite Tesco claiming to have met its deforestation targets, its meat is not deforestation-free. It buys British…
SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Pressure from companies, MPs, celebrities, NGOs and the public has succeeded in preventing the Brazilian Congress from voting on a law that has the potential to strike a fatal blow to the Amazon rainforest. Voting on Bill PL-2633/2020 was scheduled for 13:55 Brasilia time (17:55 BST)…
Greenpeace is calling on Sainsbury’s to eliminate unnecessary and un-recyclable plastic by 2020
…and why I shouldn’t have needed to.
The government claims to be a climate leader - but if we’re serious about tackling the climate crisis then one new coal mine is a coal mine too many.
By bringing in a windfall tax on the huge profits made by fossil fuel giants the Chancellor could raise enough money to cover a £500 payment to six million households expected to be in fuel poverty by April, with money to spare for insulating homes.
Regulating the finance sector is probably the biggest single thing the government could do to stop the global climate catastrophe.
I'll never forget my first time diving with sharks. Time seems to stand still when you’re in the presence of these magnificent animals. Many people are scared of sharks, but should they be more afraid of us?
Commenting on the rival bids by the INEOS CEO and the Qatari Islamic Bank chairman to buy Manchester United, Areeba Hamid, Greenpeace UK’s co-executive director, said: “It’s worrying that the Man Utd bidding process has turned into a dirty derby between entities linked to fossil fuels. Kicked out of museums and art…
Greenpeace calls out BP's 'despicable' lobbying and urges oil giant to switch to renewable energy
Plastic pollution in the ocean is a growing problem, but where does it come from? Here are the plastic pollution facts you need to understand what’s happening.
Public concern about plastic pollution is at a high, and promises to tackle the problem are pouring out of supermarket PR machines. But new research shows that the plastic footprint of the top 10 UK supermarkets has actually increased over the past year. Here’s the breakdown.
Download images and footage here Manaus, 17 July, 2020 – Images captured by Greenpeace Brazil from July 7-10 show fires raging throughout the state of Mato Grosso in the Amazon rainforest. It has been illegal to start fires in the state since July 1st and, as of…
Responding to the news that Brazil has recorded a 13-year high in fire hotspots for the month of June, Anna Jones, Greenpeace UK Head of Forests, said: “These fires are no accident. Brazil’s President, Jair Bolsonaro, has done nothing…