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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

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    Oceans Food

    Winning on the world’s largest tuna company and what it means for the oceans

    It took two years of relentless campaigning and nearly 700,000 concerned people from around the world, but today we are sharing the good news that together we convinced the world’s largest tuna company to clean up its act!

    Sarah King •
    11 Jul 2017
    4 min read
  • Action in Bangkok to Urge Thai Union for More Sustainable Tuna © Wason Wanichakorn / Greenpeace
    Press Releases
    Oceans Food

    Thai Union commits to more sustainable, socially-responsible seafood

    Bangkok, 11 July 2017 – Thai Union Group PCL has committed to measures that will tackle illegal fishing and overfishing, as well as improve the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of workers throughout the company’s supply chains.

    Greenpeace International •
    11 Jul 2017
    3 min read
  • Murdered Wixárika leader, Miguel Vázquez Torres. © Nelson Denman
    Stories
    Peace 50Years

    Violence against Indigenous peoples destroys our common home

    Indigenous lands contain vast biological diversity. These communities are fighting not only to preserve their cultures but also to preserve what is left of Earth's wild ecosystems.

    Rex Weyler •
    7 Jul 2017
    7 min read
  • Broken Smartphones © Fred Dott / Greenpeace
    Stories
    EnergyRevolution Consumption Coal

    5 ways tech companies are making your devices die too soon

    Imagine a world where your electronic gadgets would last, or a place where your devices could be easily repaired. Imagine all the money saved!  

    Elizabeth Jardim •
    27 Jun 2017
    3 min read
  • Public Bicycles in Seoul © Jean Chung / Greenpeace
    Press Releases
    EnergyRevolution Consumption Coal

    Apple, Samsung products among least repairable in new Greenpeace assessment of tech brands

    San Francisco, 27 June 2017 - Fairphone, Dell and HP are the only companies that make spare parts and repair manuals available to the public, while products from brands such as Apple, Samsung and Microsoft are among the least easy to repair and upgrade, according to Greenpeace’s latest IT product guide.

    Greenpeace International •
    27 Jun 2017
    3 min read
  • 'Our Voices Are Vital' Book Delivery to Publishers in New York © Stephanie Keith / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Forests

    What happened when we demanded that publishers hear the voices of 500,000 of you

    More than half a million people have stood up for free speech and for the Canadian boreal forest, raising their voices to call on the largest global publishers to pay attention and be our allies. 

    Amy Moas •
    19 Jun 2017
    5 min read
  • Stories
    Forests

    We speak for the trees

    When Resolute Forest Products, Canada’s largest logging company, threw two multi-million dollar lawsuits at Greenpeace and Stand.Earth for speaking out for the protection of the Canadian boreal forest, people around the world did not sit idly by.

    Ethan Gilbert •
    6 Jun 2017
    2 min read
  • Stories
    Forests

    Silent Spring, 2017

    In 1962, Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, drawing attention to the impact of DDT on bird populations. Her book inspired most nations to ban DDT by the 1980s. The ban and other protection efforts helped save some bird species from extinction, including the osprey, brown pelican, and white stork. However, fifty-five years after Carson's book,…

    Rex Weyler •
    2 Jun 2017
    7 min read
  • Annual Report 2016 cover
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    AboutUs

    Annual report 2016

    Our planet and people are more interconnected than any world-wide-web we could create. What impacts one part, affects another and environmental protection is inextricably linked with social justice. 

    Greenpeace International •
    1 Jun 2017
    1 min read
  • Protest at the Marine Litter Conference in Bremen © Marcus Meyer / Greenpeace
    Press Releases
    Consumption Oceans

    Greenpeace activists call on G20 to act for plastic-free oceans

    Bremen, 1 June 2017 – Greenpeace Germany activists took to the water today in protest against the world’s worsening marine plastic pollution crisis and called on the G20 countries to take concrete steps to adopt solutions and reduce the use of plastics.

    Greenpeace International •
    1 Jun 2017
    2 min read
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