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From fires to floods, this is what extreme weather looks like
There is a very clear pattern happening around the world right now, and it represents the stark action that must be done.
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Emma Thompson: “If we want to save orangutans from extinction we need to save their home”
For too long, big brands and the palm oil companies they buy from have been getting away with murder – I mean that quite literally. And for too long our response to orangutans has been, ‘ohhh, the poor things’ as we’re shown photographs of them orphaned, thin and at death’s door. But change is possible…
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World Photography Day through the lens of Greenpeace
Photography is the best ally to an environmental movement. It is a medium that speaks volumes to cross-cultural audiences, in a language everyone understands.
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World Orangutan Day: Numbers in decline despite Indonesian government’s claims
“If hunting and forest loss are halted in the future this decline could be reversed, but to the best of our knowledge that has not happened yet."
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Monsanto loses world’s first Roundup cancer trial — Greenpeace comment
“This is the latest in a long string of wake up calls. The WHO has called the main ingredient in RoundUp, glyphosate, ‘probably carcinogenic to humans’. Now the findings in this latest court case demonstrate that we need to stop the use of chemicals that can potentially harm human health and move to an ecological…
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New Zealand ban on single-use plastic bags a win for people power
"It’s time for the world’s largest governments and companies to recognise that we cannot recycle our way out of this problem."
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Plastics aren’t just polluting our oceans — they’re releasing greenhouse gases
As if you needed another reason to break free from plastic there's now a link between greenhouse gases and plastic in the environment.
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Let’s talk about climate change
We must once more tell the world’s political leaders that the time to act is now. This is the moment of truth.
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What does the burning of the Great Northern Forest mean for us?
Wildfires are not only local disasters; they influence the entire planet.
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Greenpeace: Extreme weather ‘consistent with predictions of climate changed world’
“The global spread of these devastating heatwaves points to climate change as a clear factor."
