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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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Greenpeace urges IMO to protect Pacific, agree on rapid emissions phase-out
London, UK - Greenpeace International is urging the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to at last take action against the shipping industry’s climate-polluting carbon emissions.
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Meet the activists uniting to put people ahead of pipelines
“It is up to us all to protect the sea and the land, and to speak on behalf of the creatures who share this Earth. Water is life."
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Why shipping needs to shape up for the climate
Cutting emissions from shipping would play a key role in meeting the Paris Climate Agreement’s goals
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There can be no green peace without equity
We write this as two women leading a global campaigning organisation who, like many others, are extremely excited and inspired by the #MeToo movement that is changing and challenging the world around us.
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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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How free trade hypocrisies are hurting our world
Do you want to be able to trust that the food on your plate is produced without animal cruelty, slavery and dangerous pesticides, regardless of where it comes from? That…
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Landmark human rights hearings against fossil fuel companies begin in the Philippines
Quezon City, The Philippines - Fossil fuel companies are today under the spotlight as hearings begin in the Philippines into their contribution to human rights harms resulting from climate change.
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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…
