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The Rainbow Warrior’s shocking exposure of illegal fishing on the Pacific high seas
On Wednesday 9 September, on the vast waters of the Pacific Ocean, not far from Papua New Guinean water, I and an international crew of Greenpeace campaigners aboard the Rainbow…
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Taking the Law Lightly: possible illegal construction of coal chemical plants in north western China
With its dusty Loess plateau, vast stretches of desert and bone-dry plains, China’s northwest is a harsh and arid environment. And as desertification makes its force felt and economic development and urbanisation spread, pressure on water supplies are become ever more intense. Yet it is in this area that China’s water-thirsty and polluting coal chemical…
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Nature lovers say NO to PFCs
Today, 250 nature lovers and green activists used their bodies to say NO to PFCs in West Beijing's beautiful Mentougou Water Spirit Village.
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Paradise Lost? Hazardous chemicals have reached the furthest corners of our planet
In June, we set out on a mission: to find out if the stunning nature that we love is as unspoiled as it appears. Eight teams of Greenpeace volunteers headed expeditions across three continents to the most remote and pristine places on the planet.
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How we responded to the crisis that was Tianjin
On Wednesday 12 August, Tianjin’s Binhai port area was rocked by two enormous chemical explosions. Greenpeace Beijing immediately went to the scene to test, check and measure. Here’s what they found.
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Tianjin blast update: satellite images of blast site
Beijing, August 20 2015- The distance between the Ruihai Logistics Company’s hazardous chemicals warehouse and the nearest residential area has become a key area of interest for journalists and concerned citizens. Whilst regulations stipulate that the distance between such developments should be at least 1000m, the Ruihai warehouse was located just 310m from the nearest…
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Think Tianjin’s bad? There’s been more than one chemical explosion in China this year
About a week ago, on a late Wednesday night, a sight of almost Armageddon proportions confronted the residents of Tianjin. Whether they witnessed the red and orange blaze shooting…
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Tianjin blast update: Greenpeace East Asia investigates factories in Tianjin port
Beijing, August 18 2015- Based on media reports and Tianjin port authority records, Greenpeace East Asia has discovered that other than the Ruihai Logistics Company, two other hazardous chemical facilities, containing up to seven types of chemicals, were present in the blast zone. Both are affiliated to the state-owned Sinochem Corporation.
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Tianjin blast update: Greenpeace’s independent testing for sodium cyanide in Tianjin
Beijing, August 16 2015-Greenpeace’s rapid response field team arrived in Tianjin’s Binhai district to conduct tests for the presence of the extremely hazardous chemical, sodium cyanide or cyanide, in bodies of water around the blast site.
