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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.
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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
    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

  • rone aerial of the Rainbow Warrior under sail in the Indian Ocean during the 'Beyond Seafood' campaign. © Maarten Van Rouveroy / Greenpeace
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    Actions ArcticSunrise Climate Oceans Witness

    Best of Greenpeace ships 2023 

    Greenpeace ships have been the beacon of hope for global environmental justice. They travel continuously across seas, documenting the vast diversity of the ocean.

    Sudhanshu Malhotra •
    15 Dec 2023
    3 min read
  • Night Confrontation with a Deep Sea Mining Ship in the at-risk Pacific Region. © Martin Katz / Greenpeace
    Press Releases
    Oceans ArcticSunrise

    Court confirms Greenpeace right to peaceful protest as activists’ 200 hour long protest against deep sea mining in the Pacific continues

    A Dutch court has largely rejected a request by a deep seabed mining company to issue an injunction against protest by Greenpeace International, stating that it is "understandable" the organisation has resorted to direct action in the face of the "possibly very serious consequences" of the company's plans.

    Greenpeace International •
    30 Nov 2023
    3 min read
  • Greenpeace climbers on deep-sea mining ship in the at-risk Pacific region
    Press Releases
    ArcticSunrise

    The Metals Company threatens Greenpeace with injunction but activists continue protest and scale their ship in the Pacific

    The Metals Company (TMC) has attempted to silence Greenpeace International’s ongoing protest in the Clarion Clipperton Zone by threatening the campaign group with an injunction

    Greenpeace International •
    27 Nov 2023
    3 min read
  • Greenpeace continues to confront a deep-sea mining ship in the at-risk Pacific region. © Martin Katz / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Oceans ArcticSunrise

    Deep sea mining will not start on our watch

    As long as the deep sea mining industry intends to plunder the seabed, we’ll be there to expose their reckless plan threatening the oceans.

    Maud Oyonarte •
    24 Nov 2023
    2 min read
  • Greenpeace confronts deep sea mining ship in at-risk Pacific region
    Press Releases
    Oceans ArcticSunrise

    Greenpeace confronts deep sea mining ship in at-risk Pacific region

    Greenpeace International activists yesterday began an ongoing peaceful action against a ship doing deep sea mining exploration for The Metals Company (TMC), to denounce the imminent threat that this industry poses to the world’s oceans

    Greenpeace International •
    23 Nov 2023
    2 min read
  • A Russian coast guard officer is seen pointing a gun at a Greenpeace International activist as five activists attempt to climb the 'Prirazlomnaya,' an oil platform operated by Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom platform in Russia’s Pechora Sea.
    Stories
    AboutUs ArcticSunrise Climate Oil

    Looking back on the Arctic 30 after 10 years

    Ten years ago today a group of activists from the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise climbed Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom’s Prirazlomnaya drilling platform in a peaceful protest. They became known as the 'Arctic 30'.

    Mads Christensen •
    18 Sep 2023
    4 min read
  • Humpback Whales along Ningaloo Coastline in Western Australia. © Greenpeace / Tiffany Klein
    Press Releases
    Oceans ArcticSunrise

    Scientists call for protection of newly discovered Indian Ocean hotspot for whales, dolphins

    Scientists call for the Indian Ocean’s Saya de Malha to be protected after the first survey of the remote area documented a diverse range of cetacean species.

    Greenpeace International •
    22 Aug 2023
    2 min read
  • Camila Speziale at the Leninsky District Court of Murmansk. © Greenpeace
    Stories
    Climate ArcticSunrise AboutUs Oil Amazon

    From the Arctic to the Amazon, peaceful protests will continue

    Peaceful activism is vital when governments fail to respond to catastrophic climate change and nature destruction. Disproportionate responses are purely to intimidate people who stand up to companies and countries that are causing serious harm to our wellbeing, planet and future.

    Mads Christensen •
    29 Jun 2023
    6 min read
  • Russian security services abseil from a helicopter onto the deck of the Arctic Sunrise ship and seize the ship and crew at gunpoint (19 September, 2013)
    Press Releases
    AboutUs ArcticSunrise Climate EnergyRevolution Oil

    European Court of Human Rights rules ‘Arctic 30’ were arbitrarily detained

    The European Court of Human Rights ruled today that Russian authorities arbitrarily detained the Arctic 30 (28 Greenpeace activists and two freelance journalists) and violated their right to freedom of expression.

    Greenpeace International •
    27 Jun 2023
    3 min read
  • MYAS Arriving in Kingston Aerials. © Gladstone Taylor / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Oceans ArcticSunrise

    The deep sea mining industry stalks, while governments talk

    The world is waking up to the significance of the threat from deep sea mining, but governments have squandered a major opportunity to take action at the 28th Session of the International Seabed Authority.

    Maud Oyonarte & Sebastian Losada •
    31 Mar 2023
    4 min read
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