Greenpeace Press Releases

Following the arrival of the Greenpeace ship M.Y. Esperanza in Manila as part of the group's global expedition to defend the oceans, the ship’s crew and volunteers from Greenpeace and the Eco-Waste Coalition this morning collected approximately...

The Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza arrived in the Philippines today, on the latest leg of her global Defending Our Oceans expedition to highlight the wonders and the environmental threats to the world's oceans and to campaign for the establishment...

Greenpeace today launched a "virtual march" against Lafayette's mining operations which caused toxic pollution in the rich marine ecosystem of Rapu-Rapu Island in the Philippines.

Greenpeace activists today scaled the roof of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) building in Quezon City and unfurled a giant banner with the words "Lafayette Mining: Countdown to an Oceans Disaster," in protest over the...

Greenpeace condemns the police detention of David Andrade, a Greenpeace employee who was apprehended and detained by police while obtaining water samples from Mirikpitik creek in Brgy. Pagcolbon in Rapu Rapu Island early this morning.

Greenpeace Southeast Asia Toxics Campaigner Beau Baconguis said: “The countdown to another oceans disaster has begun. The start of the controlled 30-day test run granted to Lafayette by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources...

Greenpeace activists today took their campaign to the doorsteps of the department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), warning that the government decision to allow the resumption of Lafayette’s mining operations in Rapu Rapu spells...

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources allows the resumption of Lafayette’s mining operations.

A new report launched on World’s Oceans Day today by Greenpeace reveals that a measly PhP2.00 per capita income per day(1) is all Rapu Rapu stands to gain during the seven-year operation of Lafayette’s open pit mining project which will seriously...