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

  • Projection for Final Shutdown at Emsland NPP. © Lars Berg / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Nuclear Fukushima

    Tschüss, Atomkraft: the end of nuclear power in Germany

    After decades of protests, the era of nuclear power in Germany has ended. Roland Hipp, Managing Director of Greenpeace Germany, looks back - and with joy into the future.

    Roland Hipp •
    15 Apr 2023
    4 min read
  • Illegal Mining in the Kayapó Indigenous Land. © Marizilda Cruppe / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Forests Amazon

    The link between excavators and the increase in illegal gold mining in the Amazon

    Heavy machinery has been a key factor in the rapid expansion of illegal mining on the Kayapó, Munduruku and Yanomami Indigenous Territories.

    Danicley de Aguiar •
    14 Apr 2023
    3 min read
  • Illegal Mining in Yanomami Indigenous Land in Brazil. © Christian Braga / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Forests Amazon

    Inside the fight against illegal mining in the Amazon

    Deforestation and degraded forests. Polluted and poisoned rivers. Invasion of Indigenous Lands. Exposure to illness. Lost lives and endangered traditional ways of life. Illegal mining is a threat to all facets of life in the Amazon rainforest.

    Chris Greenberg •
    10 Apr 2023
    7 min read
  • Dina Kafafy
    Stories
    Food Climate AlternativeFutures

    Living, loving and learning from the “people of the mountain”

    All over the world people are coming together to build a better future for their communities and themselves, despite challenging situations. Their experiences don’t hit the headlines, but offer some help...

    Renata Nitta and Yasmin Kamal •
    6 Apr 2023
    5 min read
  • A water damaged mosque in Balochistan, Pakistan.
    Stories
    Climate ExtremeWeather

    Rising Emissions, Rising Waters: Filmmaker chronicles the human impacts of Pakistan’s 2022 flood crisis

    After hearing that one-third of her homeland was underwater, a British-Pakistani filmmaker sets out to learn more about the floods and share the stories of those on the frontlines of the climate crisis.

    Martin Zavan •
    6 Apr 2023
    5 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
  • Still for Fossil Free Revolution animation
    Stories
    EnergyRevolution

    Can gender equality end the climate crisis? Here’s 5 blogs

    Looking for blogs that unpack the relationship between gender, human rights and climate breakdown? We’ve got you covered

    Angelo Louw •
    30 Mar 2023
    5 min read
  • Feminist Assembly of Latin America at International Women's Strike in London. © Marie Jacquemin / Greenpeace
    Stories
    EnergyRevolution

    How the energy crisis is reversing gender equality

    For women and gender minorities to have the equality that they deserve, freedom from energy poverty must be considered a human right.

    Marie Bout & Dr. Mehmet Börühan Bulut •
    28 Mar 2023
    4 min read
  • Climate Seniors on MV Beluga in Basel (Travelling to Strasbourg). © Greenpeace / Joël Hunn
    Stories
    Climate ExtremeWeather

    KlimaSeniorinnen: Our shared right to life and health

    Personal reflections from Elisabeth Stern of the the Swiss Senior Women for Climate Protection, on their decision to take the Swiss government to the European Court of Human Rights.

    Elisabeth Stern •
    24 Mar 2023
    7 min read
  • Fossil Free Revolution visual - Picture of human face superposed on picture of offshore oil platform rig in ocean.
    Stories
    Climate Oil

    The Fossil Fuel Crime File: breaking the law is in fossil fuel companies’ DNA

    Fossil fuel companies have lied for decades about the climate crisis, and humanity is paying the price. But lies and deception are only part of the story. The fossil fuel industry has been deeply involved in countless historic and ongoing unlawful activities, from facing credible accusations to receiving actual criminal convictions. It’s a shocking reality…

    Lisa Göldner •
    23 Mar 2023
    5 min read
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