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

  • "We Have Had Enough" Rally 2019 in Berlin © Chris Grodotzki / Greenpeace
    Press Releases
    Food Health

    Pesticide giants make billions from bee-harming and other hazardous chemicals

    “Many of these pesticides are so toxic that the UK and the EU have banned them, but the industry has found new markets in countries with weaker regulations."

    Greenpeace International •
    20 Feb 2020
    3 min read
  • Solar Rooftop at Luang Suan Hospital in Thailand. © Greenpeace
    Stories
    Health

    Here’s how people power is tackling air pollution

    Despite the shocking negligence by big corporations, people are coming together to fight for a future where we can all breathe air that does not harm us.

    Kate Ford •
    18 Feb 2020
    4 min read
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    Food

    Locust invasion – A smallholder farmer’s worst nightmare

    Mwende was expecting a bumper harvest as a result of the recent rains. But then a new threat to her livelihood arrived; locust swarm.

    Claire Nasike •
    15 Feb 2020
    3 min read
  • Mussel and Shrimp Buying at Fish Market in Hamburg. © Joerg Modrow / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Oceans

    Why you should care where your seafood comes from

    Truth is, the journey from sea to supermarket is both complicated and eye-opening.

    Shuk-Wah Chung •
    14 Feb 2020
    5 min read
  • Air Pollution Action at Eskom's Megawatt Park in Johannesburg. © Shayne Robinson / Greenpeace
    Press Releases
    Health

    Air pollution from fossil fuels costs the world US$8 billion every day – Greenpeace

    Air pollution from burning fossil fuels is attributed to an estimated 4.5 million deaths each year worldwide and estimated economic losses of US$2.9 trillion.

    Greenpeace International •
    12 Feb 2020
    2 min read
  • Penguins in Antarctica © Christian Åslund / Greenpeace
    Press Releases
    ArcticSunrise Esperanza Oceans

    Antarctic penguin colonies decline by as much as 77% in last 50 years

    "As wildlife struggles, we urgently need sanctuaries ... so marine life like penguins have the space to recover from human activity and adapt to our rapidly changing climate."

    Greenpeace International •
    11 Feb 2020
    2 min read
  • Break Free Activity in Taiwan. © Ai-Ju Wang / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Health

    3 ways we can solve the air pollution crisis

    Air pollution is indeed a crisis, but it’s a crisis we can solve - and around the world, people are solving it! Here’s what that looks like.

    Andrew Tobert •
    6 Feb 2020
    4 min read
  • Monarch Butterfly in Canadian Boreal Forest. © Dave Taylor / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Forests Peace

    Tragic death of butterfly activists are reminder of dangers facing environmental defenders

    We mourn the loss of Homero Gómez and Raúl Hernández, defenders of the Monarch butterfly and their homes. We condemn the violence against the environmental activists in their own home.

    Greenpeace International •
    5 Feb 2020
    3 min read
  • Greenpeace radiation survey team in Fukushima, Japan ©︎ Shaun Burnie/Greenpeace
    Stories
    Health Nuclear Fukushima

    Fukushima and the 2020 Olympics

    What does it mean to host the Olympics and Paralympics in the context of an ongoing nuclear disaster, the effects of which are still being felt by Japanese citizens?

    Shaun Burnie •
    5 Feb 2020
    3 min read
  • Motorists wade through a flooded street in the Philippines after Typhoon Tisoy
    Stories
    Oil Climate

    Oil industry giants like BP will push the planet’s climate way past 1.5ºC of global heating

    Oil companies like BP are spending billions drilling for oil that, if burned, will heat the planet by way more than the "safe" 1.5ºC target agreed.

    Helle Abelvik-Lawson •
    3 Feb 2020
    3 min read
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