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Greenpeace International unveils giant art installation ahead of Global Plastic Treaty talks
Greenpeace International together with artist Benjamin Von Wong and Emmy-nominated actor Shailene Woodley today unveiled a five-metre tall art installation entitled #PerpetualPlastic Machine on the banks of the Seine River to send a message to negotiators that the Global Plastics Treaty must stop runaway plastic production and use.
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Using Art to tackle the plastic pollution crisis
I've partnered with Greenpeace to craft a new message, one impossible to misinterpret: A colossal five meters tall machine, endlessly churning out plastics starkly laying bare the toxic union of fossil fuels and plastic production.
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Guy Standing: Protecting our Shared Wealth
Guy Standing, economist and author, explores the impact of neoliberalism on our economic system and the rise of right-wing ideologies around the world.
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Climate activists arrested as private jets receive more protection than planet
At least 102 climate activists from seventeen countries representing Greenpeace, Stay Grounded, Extinction Rebellion, Scientist Rebellion and other climate justice groups are still being detained in Geneva, Switzerland 20 hours after a peaceful protest against Europe's largest annual private jet fair, the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE).
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A hundred climate activists block private jets at biggest business aviation sales event in Europe, protesting luxury mega-polluters
The action follows a series of protests against private jets, including at the Amsterdam Schiphol airport and actions as part of the Make Them Pay campaign, in the past months.
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New report exposes hidden deforestation in Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) supply chain and RGE control of pulp mill under construction in Borneo – putting Indonesia’s rainforest at risk
A new investigative report, Pulping Borneo, finds that the Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) Group, the world’s largest viscose producer and major paper products company, continues to rely on deforestation.
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Pulping Borneo
Despite its well-publicized commitment to “No Deforestation”, Indonesia’s Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) Group, one of the world’s largest pulp and paper companies, still has deforestation in its pulp supply chain.
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How illegal gold mining threatens biodiversity in the Amazon
From illegal hunting to the destruction of rivers that serve as nurseries for fish species, illegal gold mining leaves a long trail of destruction in the forest.
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UN urged to stop the fossil fuel industry sabotaging new Global Plastic Treaty
Over 150 civil society groups and scientists from around the world have signed on to an open letter urging the UN to prevent the fossil fuel industry from undermining negotiations to agree to an effective Global Plastics Treaty.
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G7’s denial of climate emergency promises a scorching future
The G7 Summit has concluded with its members endorsing new fossil gas in the midst of ongoing climate emergency, demonstrating a complete denial of the havoc fossil fuel emissions have been wreaking on our planet.
