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Pesticide giants make billions from bee-harming and other hazardous chemicals
“Many of these pesticides are so toxic that the UK and the EU have banned them, but the industry has found new markets in countries with weaker regulations."
Greenpeace International3 min read -
Here’s how people power is tackling air pollution
Despite the shocking negligence by big corporations, people are coming together to fight for a future where we can all breathe air that does not harm us.
Kate Ford3 min read -
Locust invasion – A smallholder farmer’s worst nightmare
Mwende was expecting a bumper harvest as a result of the recent rains. But then a new threat to her livelihood arrived; locust swarm.
Claire Nasike3 min read -
Air pollution from fossil fuels costs the world US$8 billion every day – Greenpeace
Air pollution from burning fossil fuels is attributed to an estimated 4.5 million deaths each year worldwide and estimated economic losses of US$2.9 trillion.
Greenpeace International2 min read -
3 ways we can solve the air pollution crisis
Air pollution is indeed a crisis, but it’s a crisis we can solve - and around the world, people are solving it! Here’s what that looks like.
Andrew Tobert4 min read -
Tragic death of butterfly activists are reminder of dangers facing environmental defenders
We mourn the loss of Homero Gómez and Raúl Hernández, defenders of the Monarch butterfly and their homes. We condemn the violence against the environmental activists in their own home.
Greenpeace International3 min read -
Fukushima and the 2020 Olympics
What does it mean to host the Olympics and Paralympics in the context of an ongoing nuclear disaster, the effects of which are still being felt by Japanese citizens?
Shaun Burnie3 min read -
Judgement brings Norwegian climate lawsuit a huge step forward
"People, government and polluting industries across the world should take note: This is what can be achieved by a growing and powerful youth and environmental movement..."
Greenpeace International2 min read -
Greenpeace holds global protest telling Australian government: Act on climate, phase-out coal
Greenpeace organisations hold peaceful protests at Australian embassies and consulates around the world to tell Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to act on climate.
Greenpeace International3 min read -
How does it feel to live in the age of protest?
We are going to prove that activism works everywhere. And then we’re going to change the world.
Chiara Milford8 min read









