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We can change the world with a fashion revolution
100 billion garments are manufactured every year. Fast fashion companies like H&M, Zara, Primark and Uniqlo have helped double worldwide clothing production in the last 15 years. New collections hit stores every week. We’re wearing clothes for half the time we used to and throw them away much faster, adding to the billions of waste…
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10 things you’ve always wanted to ask an environmental scientist
We talked to Dr. Paul Johnston, who’s worked in Greenpeace’s Science Unit for over 30 years and founded our Research Lab, about how to deal with climate deniers and what the future holds for our planet.
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Pesticides are not needed to feed the world, UN says
Pesticides, which have been aggressively promoted, are a global human rights concern, and their use can have very detrimental consequences on the enjoyment of the right to food.
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Without the oceans, you wouldn’t exist
All life on Earth comes from the oceans... and they're still looking after us today. The oceans have protected us from the worst impacts of global warming. Our oceans have trapped 90% of the extra heat caused by greenhouse gas emissions over the last sixty years.
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You did it! Samsung will finally recycle millions of Galaxy Note 7s
After five months of people powered actions around the world, Samsung pulled its head out of the sand and committed to recycling the millions of Galaxy Note 7 phones it recalled!
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Global protests push Samsung to finally recycle Galaxy Note 7 – Greenpeace
Seoul, 27 March 2017 - Samsung today officially published its plan to deal with the 4.3 million Galaxy Note 7 devices produced and recalled worldwide following battery faults. This major win comes after nearly five months of campaigning and global protests addressing the environmental impact of the recall.
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Melting sea ice breaks new records — an Arctic sanctuary is more urgent than ever
With sea ice at record low levels this winter, the Arctic needs us now perhaps more than ever. Last week, a vote in the European Parliament showed that Arctic protection has become an established conversation in the corridors of power – but we don’t need words; we need action.
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Why Brazil’s rotten meat scandal is a big problem — and not just for Brazilians
Food scandals like this happen more often than you think and may affect you more than you know — even if you don’t live in Brazil.
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When reindeer have nowhere to run
For hundreds of years the Khanty people of Western Siberia have lived in harmony with nature. But as the oil industry seizes more and more of their land, their animals perish in oil spills and reindeer herders are losing their last pastures.
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Mars, Nestlé commit to clean up pet food supply chains, increasing pressure on Thai Union to act
Washington, DC, 16 March 2017 - Following global pressure on pet food companies, industry giants Mars and Nestlé have announced that they will take steps to ensure their pet food supply chains are free of human rights abuses and illegally caught seafood. Their commitments to act on transshipping at sea increase the need for global…
