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Nuclear Energy isn't Needed

Feature story | March 23, 2011 at 9:11

Greenpeace Executive Director Kumi Naidoo wrote the following opinion piece for the New York Times/International Herald Tribune.

Learn From Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster - Greenpeace Reminds SA Government

Feature story | April 11, 2011 at 12:07

Greenpeace repeats its call for SA government to abandon plans to build new nuclear stations in the face of deadly catastrophes such as the Chernobyl disaster that’s still affecting Ukrainians 25 years later.

TEPCO Admits Full Meltdown

Feature story | May 16, 2011 at 14:55

Greenpeace today criticised TEPCO and the Japanese government for continuing to downplay the seriousness of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis. Yesterday TEPCO admitted that a partial meltdown of the reactor 1 core at the Fukushima Daiichi...

"We Have to Stop the Arctic Oil Rush!"

Feature story | May 30, 2011 at 10:07

Environmental campaigners have scaled the world’s most controversial oil rig and are hanging from the underside in an Arctic survival pod with enough food and water to stay there for ten days. Their action will prevent the rig starting dangerous...

Crisis at Fukushima I/Daiichi and Fukushima II/Daini Plants

Feature story | March 14, 2011 at 8:37

First the earthquake, then the Tsunami, and now a severe nuclear threat: Greenpeace's thoughts are with the Japanese people, hoping that a worst-case scenario will be avoided.

Koch funds denialism

Feature story | February 1, 2011 at 15:48

A Greenpeace airship has been flying over the location of oil billionaires David and Charles Koch's latest secret political strategy meeting, with a banner reading "Koch Brothers: Dirty Money."

Trafigura: new corruption charges

Feature story | February 2, 2011 at 12:14

Trafigura, the Dutch-headed multinational responsible for dumping toxic waste in the Côte d’Ivoire in 2006, is under investigation by the Dutch Public Prosecutor -- good news in our campaign to bring justice to the people of Côte d’Ivoire.

BP to Drill the Arctic

Feature story | January 17, 2011 at 15:15

Just days after BP was slammed by the US presidential commission for the poor safety practices that led to the Deepwater Horizon disaster, news of its plan to drill in the Kara Sea proves that the company has learned nothing!

Say 'No' to Fracking in the Karoo

Feature story | March 9, 2011 at 12:39

It is not too late! Shell is currently applying for exploration licences in the Karoo and has said that it will include public concerns in the environmental management report.

China Suspends Approval for Nuclear Power Plants

Feature story | March 17, 2011 at 9:56

Following an executive meeting yesterday to discuss the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor crisis, China’s State Council has announced that it will re-adjust and amend China’s mid- and long-term development plan for nuclear power.

Polar Bear Blockade

Feature story | May 26, 2011 at 12:16

Carin Energy is preparing to drill in the Arctic region, we'd like to see their oil spill response plan.

25 million hectares of rainforest threatened in DRC

Feature story | February 28, 2011 at 17:25

New decisions by the DRC government mean that up to 25 million hectares of Congolese rainforest could be sacrificed for industrial exploitation.

Volunteer Spotlight: Delwyn Pillay

Blog entry by imaerten | February 16, 2016

Hi my name is Delwyn Pillay, I completed my Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Management, in 2009 at The University of South Africa. I’m a well known full time volunteer activist for Greenpeace Africa, based in Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal,...

Let's make it a green peace

Blog entry by Bunny McDiarmid and Jennifer Morgan | September 21, 2016

Today (21 September), around the globe, we mark Peace Day knowing that for many, peace is nowhere to be found. Not today. And unless things change dramatically, not any time soon. Archbishop Desmond Tutu visited the Greenpeace...

A Greener Christmas

Feature story | December 13, 2010 at 12:42

Here we go, ten ways to make this festive season a more sustainable one. Because Christmas shouldn't cost us the earth!

South African Corp Wins Public Eye Award

Feature story | January 31, 2011 at 10:46

For its contamination of land, and the poisoning of people in Ghana, the South African gold mining corporation AngloGold/Ashanti has received the jury-selected Public Eye Global Award.

5 Madiba Quotes to Reflect on this Mandela Day

Blog entry by Angelo Louw | July 18, 2018

Former South African president Nelson Mandela has become an international beacon of public service; he sacrificed 27 years of his life, serving a prison term for the liberation of his people. This is why the United Nations took...

Strength in numbers: Sensitising retailers and consumers plastic pollution in Nairobi...

Blog entry by Amos Wemanya | July 11, 2018

The Kenyan government’s single-use plastic carrier bag ban came into effect on 28 August, 2017. However, there are still a number of unregulated suppliers in Nairobi’s informal settlements supplying smuggled plastic bags on demand to...

3 Water-related Petitions to Sign this World Water Day

Blog entry by Angelo Louw | March 22, 2018

The past few years have been particularly devastating on the African continent as the effects of climate change have manifested in a series of crippling droughts, floods and other natural disasters in several countries. As weather...

Japan: Radioactivity Released from Fukushima Reactor

Feature story | March 13, 2011 at 8:27

Reacting to reports that radioactive materials have been released from the Japanese Fukushima power plant, and that increased levels of radiation have been detected in the area, Greenpeace Africa has reiterated the need for the authorities to...

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