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  • Geneva Streets Painted Black to Call Out Big Oil’s Chokehold on Global Plastic Treaty Talks. © Samuel Schalch / Greenpeace
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    Plastics

    Still no Plastics Treaty: How the fossil fuel industry keeps polluting negotiations

    It’s time for world leaders to confront the elephant in the UN Global Plastics Treaty negotiation room: Big Oil.

    Sarah King •
    19 Aug 2025
    7 min read
  • "Made for the bin?!" Action against Fast Fashion in Vienna.
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    Plastics

    How fast fashion fuels climate change, plastic pollution, and violence

    We all have to wear clothes, and they need to be affordable for everyone. But there is a better way.

    Helle Abelvik-Lawson •
    22 Sep 2023
    12 min read
  • Nuclear Power Plant Philippsburg. © Bernd Hartung / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Nuclear, Peace

    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…

    Mehdi Leman •
    18 Mar 2022
    8 min read
  • Crew of the Greenpeace. © Greenpeace / Robert Keziere
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    50Years

    A Brief History of Environmentalism

    Anthropologists have found evidence of human-induced animal and plant extinctions from 50,000 BCE, when only about 200,000 Homo sapiens roamed the Earth. We can only speculate about how these early humans reacted, but migrating to new habitats appears to be a common response.

    Rex Weyler •
    5 Jan 2018
    8 min read

  • Scientist Paul Johnston onboard Beluga Edinburgh Scotland. © Kajsa Sjölander / Greenpeace
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    AboutUs

    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.

    Chiara Milford •
    20 Apr 2017
    6 min read
  • Annual Report 2015 cover
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    Annual report 2015

    Greenpeace is on a transformational path. Our world is changing faster than at any other time in human history.

    Greenpeace International •
    1 Jun 2016
    1 min read
  • Greenpeace Ship Phyllis Cormack. © Greenpeace / Rex Weyler
    Stories
    AboutUs

    Greenpeace and the Sisiutl: Cultural appropriation and reconciliation

    How the Sisiutl symbol came to be part of Greenpeace’s identity is both an important part of our origins and a troubling story of cultural appropriation.

    Eduardo Sousa •
    27 Oct 2015
    11 min read
  • Joni Mitchell, Amchitka benefit, 1970. © George Diack, Vancouver Sun
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    AboutUs 50Years

    Joni Mitchell: A tribute to the artist

    Joni Mitchell helped launch Greenpeace with a 1970 benefit concert, and emerged as one of the greatest songwriters and performers of the last 50 years.

    Rex Weyler •
    2 Jul 2015
    8 min read
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    Annual report 2014

    Now well into its fifth decade of existence, Greenpeace continues to reinvent itself. Rather than bask in past glories, our organisation is undergoing a process of renewal.

    Greenpeace International •
    1 Jun 2015
    1 min read
  • Annual Report 2013 cover
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    Annual report 2013

    Campaigning for a peaceful, just and green future is no longer the job of a specialised few, but the common struggle of all. 

    Greenpeace International •
    1 Jun 2014
    1 min read
  • Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Campaign. © Greenpeace / Rex Weyler
    Stories
    AboutUs 50Years

    Civil Disobedience: Why direct action is necessary

    History shows us that civil disobedience is often necessary when the relatively weak face the relatively strong.

    Rex Weyler •
    27 Feb 2014
    9 min read
  • Faiza Oulahsen Bail Hearing at Court in Murmansk.
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    AboutUs Peace 50Years

    Gazprom vs. Greenpeace Arctic 30

    Historically, overreaction by authorities — violence, arrests, jail — galvanises social movements, empowers individuals and strengthens organizations.

    Rex Weyler •
    31 Oct 2013
    4 min read
  • Annual Report 2012 cover
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    Annual report 2012

    With the environmental crisis deepening and climate change impacts being felt across the globe, our work in 2012 proved increasingly more challenging and demanding.

    Greenpeace International •
    1 Jun 2013
    1 min read
  • Annual Report 2011 cover
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    Annual report 2011

    2011 was the year in which Greenpeace celebrated its 40th anniversary as a campaigning organisation.

    Greenpeace International •
    1 Jun 2012
    1 min read
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