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Plastic pollution reaches the Antarctic
It’s not what we wanted to find. When Greenpeace set sail to the Antarctic earlier this year, we were going to look for the incredible wildlife — tottering penguins, majestic whales, soaring seabirds — that call the Antarctic Ocean home.
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Greenpeace expedition finds plastic pollution and hazardous chemicals in remote Antarctic waters
“We may think of the Antarctic as a remote and pristine wilderness, but from pollution and climate change to industrial krill fishing, humanity’s footprint is clear. These results show that even the most remote habitats of the Antarctic are contaminated with microplastic waste and persistent hazardous chemicals."
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Microplastics in the Antarctic
In early 2018, Greenpeace undertook an expedition to the Antarctic to carry out scientific research, including seabed submarine dives exploring little known benthic ecosystems and sampling for microplastics and persistent…
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Finally, is there an air pollution plan for India?
I’ve been living in Delhi for over a decade, and I’ve sensed the city’s air changing.
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Where corporations are failing, people like you are solving the plastic pollution crisis
While corporations stall, everyday people are tackling the plastic pollution crisis head on.
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Activists call on G7 and corporations to end plastic pollution crisis
“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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Orangutan habitats and human life: Why we must fight for our forests
The hot, stinging sun beat down on us as we travelled deeper into Ketapang province, Indonesia.
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Over 1000 orangutans threatened by illegal operations in Indonesia
“This is a major embarrassment for the Indonesian government, which has consistently promised to protect Sungai Putri."
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Activists interrupt Total’s AGM in Paris over company plans to drill in the Amazon Reef
“More than two million people, the scientific community and the Brazilian administration have already expressed their opposition to Total’s drilling project in the mouth of the Amazon. Despite these calls, Total refuses to listen.."
