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Illegal logging of Ipê tree is causing irreversible damage to the Amazon
Manaus, Brazil – A weak licensing system, along with indiscriminate and illegal logging of the Ipe tree is causing serious damage to the Amazon according to a Greenpeace Brazil investigation released today. According to the report, the high value of Ipe – which once processed into flooring or decking can fetch up to US$2,500 per cubic…
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Kinder Morgan site blocked for the second day as Greenpeace founder joins sit-in
Unceded Coast Salish Territories, Vancouver, Canada - Activists, including a founding member of Greenpeace, blocked the front gates to Kinder Morgan’s construction site in Vancouver today.
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Global brands divided over transparency efforts to tackle deforestation for palm oil
Jakarta, Indonesia - Eight major household brands such as PZ Cussons, Johnson & Johnson and Kraft Heinz are refusing to say where their palm oil comes from, despite promising to stop buying from companies that destroy rainforests.
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Greenpeace investigation exposes the krill fishing industry “waging tug-of-war for food” with Antarctic penguins and whales
London, UK - A new Greenpeace investigation has tracked the activities of the little-known krill fishing industry in the Antarctic over the last five years, to expose the environmental risks of this fast-growing industry in one of the world’s most pristine regions.
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Chinese companies see subsidies cancelled and permits removed for illegal fishing in West Africa
Amsterdam, Netherlands - The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) is pulling the plug on three Chinese companies conducting Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing in West Africa.
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Japan government accepts groundbreaking UN human rights recommendations on Fukushima evacuees
Tokyo, Japan - The Japanese government has accepted recommendations made at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on the rights of evacuees from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident.
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Greenpeace calls for decrease in meat and dairy production and consumption for a healthier planet
Amsterdam, Netherlands - Global meat and dairy production and consumption must be cut in half by 2050 to avoid dangerous climate change and keep the Paris Agreement on track, says a new Greenpeace report. If left unchecked, agriculture is projected to produce 52% of global greenhouse gas emissions in the coming decades, 70% of which…
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Greenpeace investigation shows Fukushima radiation risks to last into next century
Tokyo, Japan - A comprehensive survey by Greenpeace Japan in Fukushima prefecture, revealed radiation levels up to 100 times higher than the international limit for public exposure.
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‘People and planet, not profit’ – Greenpeace activists demand Shell show up at climate change and human rights inquiry
Batangas, Philippines - Activists from Greenpeace Southeast Asia, Philippines unfurled a banner reading “PEOPLE AND PLANET, NOT PROFIT” from Shell’s Batangas oil refinery today, sending a sharp reminder to Shell to attend upcoming hearings into the responsibility of big fossil fuel companies for climate-related human rights harms.
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VIDEO: Stranger Things’ David Harbour voyages to the Antarctic to dance with penguins for an ocean sanctuary
London, UK - Stranger Things actor David Harbour has fulfilled his promise to the internet to dance with penguins in the Antarctic, following a Twitter challenge with Greenpeace which went viral, gaining over 200,000 retweets in just five hours. Today Greenpeace released video footage of Harbour dancing with the ‘guins.