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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

  • Forest fires and smoke in Russia, August 2021. © Anon
    Stories
    Forests Climate Health Fires

    Record breaking fires in Siberia

    Unprecedented fires have been scorching huge swaths of eastern Russia in recent weeks, with Siberia's Yakutia region hit hardest.

    Greenpeace International •
    18 Aug 2021
    3 min read
  • Emma Mederic, a Seychellois conservationist takes a dive. © Emma Mederic
    Stories
    Oceans

    Using science to protect coral atolls – Emma’s story

    Meet Emma, a young Seychellois conservationist who shares her views on working on Aldabra and protecting our ocean.

    Emma Mederic •
    18 Aug 2021
    5 min read
  • Dorothy and Irving Stowe standing together wearing Greenpeace T-shirts in 1971.
    Stories
    AboutUs 50Years

    Irving and Dorothy Stowe: Mentors to a movement

    Two Greenpeace founders, Irving and Dorothy Stowe, grew up during world wars, the dawn of a global peace movement, and a non-violent direct action movement inspired by Mahatma Gandhi.

    Rex Weyler •
    7 Aug 2021
    11 min read
  • Fire Monitoring in the Amazon in July, 2021. © Christian Braga / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Forests Climate Fires ExtremeWeather

    Climate crisis fires burning from the Amazon and Turkey to California

    With so many fires on our horizons the only option is to increase forest protection and recovery like never before and pull the plug on fossil fuels by escalating climate action as if our lives depended on it.

    Mehdi Leman •
    5 Aug 2021
    5 min read
  • Mauritius Indian Ocean oil spill. Copyright unknown
    Stories
    EnergyRevolution Oceans Oil

    Mauritius one year after oil disaster

    A year on, questions surrounding a massive oil spill from a bulk carrier near the island nation’s shores remain.

    Bruneau Laurette, Rama Valayden, Melita Steele, Hisayo Takada •
    5 Aug 2021
    5 min read
  • Picture of oil rig in the ocean with text saying Rigged A Workers' Story
    Stories
    EnergyRevolution Oil Climate

    Rigged: a workers’ oil story

    What happens to oil workers when prices crash? This film tells the story of communities in need of a just transition away from fossil fuels.

    Ravishaan Rahel Muthiah •
    3 Aug 2021
    2 min read
  • Kylian Razaze
    Stories
    Oceans Oil

    No one is too small to make a difference – Kylian’s story

    No one is too small to make a difference - 7-year-old Kylian has his first haircut for a special ocean reason.

    Kylian Razaze & Sandrine Razaze •
    2 Aug 2021
    3 min read
  • Mangrove restoration in progress © EBA project Seychelles
    Stories
    Forests Oceans

    Ocean health at heart: how communities in Seychelles are driving mangrove rehabilitation

    “...we need to nurture the sense of ownership that community members have toward the wetland and its associated watersheds...”

    Rajelle Barbe, Rebecca Portlouis, Terry Mousbe and Nassirah Dorby •
    28 Jul 2021
    4 min read
  • Pua Lay Peng, a chemist who became an activist in order to protect her homeland. © Low Choon Chyuan
    Stories
    Consumption

    Pua Lay Peng, a frontline defender against plastic pollution in Malaysia

    We would say that Pua is the Malaysian version of Erin Brockovich, a concerned citizen who fought for a better environment and consequently, built a strong movement.

    Heng Kiah Chun •
    28 Jul 2021
    4 min read
  • Plastic pollution completely clogging up a stream under a bridge in Dakar neighborhood in Douala, Cameroon. © Greenpeace Africa
    Stories
    Consumption Oil

    In Cameroon, plastic pollution is making floods even deadlier

    Every year, hundreds of Cameroonians die or are left displaced due to flooding caused by blocked drainage. One of the culprits is plastic pollution.

    Nathalie Wamja •
    23 Jul 2021
    4 min read
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