All articles by Mehdi Leman
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4 false solutions that won’t solve the plastic pollution crisis
From recycling to bioplastics, here are 4 examples of approaches that fail to tackle the scale of the global plastic pollution crisis.
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5 reasons why people of faith are a powerful force in the fight against climate change and environmental crises
Whether religious or atheist, faith guides many of us. Simply because success is not guaranteed in most struggles. Our energy and motivation sometimes find their source beyond logic and rationality. Here are five reasons why people of faith can be a powerful force for a liveable planet.
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5 reasons why affordable and accessible public transport is crucial for social and climate justice
In around 40% of countries, transport is the largest energy consuming sector. These facts and figures show that making public transport affordable and accessible must be a priority for governments that claim to want to tackle the climate crisis and combat inequality.
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Barbie vs Oppenheimer: two diametrically opposed universes that remind us of two existential threats
“Barbenheimer” is probably the film event of the year. For the Greenpeace community, these two films echo past and present campaigns against very real existential threats: deforestation, plastic pollution and nuclear annihilation.
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6 reasons why nuclear energy is not the way to a green and peaceful world
With the costs and efficiency of renewable energy solutions improving year on year, and the effects of our rapidly changing climate accelerating across the globe, we need to take an honest look at some of the myths being perpetuated by the nuclear industry and its supporters. Here are six reasons why nuclear power is not…
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We must break the soft power of the fossil fuel industry
The sooner we take the microphone away from fossil fuel companies, the faster we will be able to make them change their harmful ways of working and start a green and just transition for real.
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Climate crisis fires burning from the Amazon and Turkey to California
With so many fires on our horizons the only option is to increase forest protection and recovery like never before and pull the plug on fossil fuels by escalating climate action as if our lives depended on it.