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Every minute of every day, the equivalent of one truckload of plastic enters the sea
We have a right to healthy, clean water that is free from plastic pollution. Let’s make 2018 the year we #BreakFreeFromPlastic!
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Why I stand with the guardians of the Amazon
Although the Karipuna face death threats and blackmailing from the logging industry, they stand strong to protect the forest and their community. But they cannot do this alone. It’s time for the Brazilian government to start fulfilling those promises and its constitutional duties and protecting the Indigenous People who are under constant attack from an…
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Talking is good, but the logging needs to stop
“And the Greenpeace ‘Golden Chainsaw Award’ goes to... [dramatic pause for effect]... Magnus Groth, the CEO of Essity!”
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New Zealand places historic ban on all new offshore oil and gas exploration
Auckland, New Zealand - New Zealand’s government announced today it has banned all new offshore oil and gas exploration in an historic climate win that’s come after seven years of growing public protests.
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How you can go to the Antarctic without leaving your sofa
Right now, people are going on Facebook to check in to the Weddell Sea in the Antarctic to tell their friends just how incredible and precious this part of the…
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Greenpeace International to not renew FSC membership
Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Greenpeace International announced today it is not renewing its membership in the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), a global timber certification scheme for which the NGO was a founding member 25 years ago.
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The incredible firefighting women of Russia
Did you know that in Russia, women aren’t allowed to become firefighters by law? But that’s not stopping these courageous women from volunteering to fight forest fires anyway…
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10 things you always wanted to ask about going to the Antarctic
Penguins, seals, and whales… oh my!
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Deep sea mining decisions: Approaching the point of no return
For the last two weeks, the International Seabed Authority has been in discussions in Jamaica. Its mission; to work towards the finalisation of exploitation regulations, a so-called mining code.
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Activists confront krill fishing vessels in Antarctic to protect penguins and whales
London, UK – Two Greenpeace activists are currently occupying a survival pod which they attached to the anchor chain of a krill fishing vessel in Antarctic waters.