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School strikes take off as legacy from ‘grandfather of climate science’
It’s time our politicians showed the same courage and vision and acted in solidarity with them.
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A journey across Russia’s desolate oil region
“I wonder why it reminds me Mordor so much,” our videographer, Vitya, asks. “Because it looks like the Eye of Sauron,” I reply.
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The death of a river
The extensive impacts caused by the Brumadinho dam collapse range from the painful deaths of loved ones to the destruction of the everyday life.
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There’s something rotten with the meat industry
The way we produce meat puts profit above public health and is a disaster for the environment.
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Their livelihood depended on the river, but its waters are now toxic mud
The Pataxó Hã-hã-hãe Indigenous people are among the communities affected by the disaster. They can no longer fish and bathe in the Paraopeba River, ravaged by mining waste.
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Violence against Indigenous peoples destroys our common home
Indigenous lands contain vast biological diversity. These communities are fighting not only to preserve their cultures but also to preserve what is left of Earth's wild ecosystems.
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Nuclear power and the collapse of society
On March 1 1954, on Bikini Atoll, in the Marshall Islands, the US military detonated the world’s first lithium-deuteride hydrogen bomb, a thousand times more powerful than the Hiroshima and…
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10 things you’ve always wanted to ask an environmental scientist
We talked to Dr. Paul Johnston, who’s worked in Greenpeace’s Science Unit for over 30 years and founded our Research Lab, about how to deal with climate deniers and what the future holds for our planet.
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Where is the hope?
How do we reverse species loss, climate change, toxins, general overshoot of Earth’s generous habitats?
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Brent Spar: The sea is not a dustbin
In August 2016, Prestel Books published Photos That Changed the World, including this image of the Greenpeace Brent Spar campaign, captured by David Sims on 16 June 1995. Greenpeace approaches…