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Covid-19: compassion, cooperation, courage, choice
The consequences of the covid-19 pandemic will be defined by choices. Those choices should be based upon values, not value: compassion, courage and cooperation.
Jennifer Morgan and Anabella Rosemberg • 3 min read -
11 simple ways to care for each other during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic
Get the COVID-19 coronavirus facts, look after each other and stay safe! Here's 11 tips.
Nick Young • 5 min read -
Radioactivity on the move 2020: Recontamination and weather-related effects in Fukushima
Greenpeace Japan’s latest extensive radiation survey has found evidence of recontamination caused by 2019’s Typhoon Hagibis and Typhoon Bualoi, which released radioactive caesium from the forested mountains of Fukushima Prefecture.
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Our global movement against air pollution
Across the globe, people have been taking to the streets to join our movement and demand their basic human right to clean air.
Kate Ford • 6 min read -
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."
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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 Ford • 4 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.
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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 Tobert • 4 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 Burnie • 3 min read -
J-Village still contaminated – major uncertainties over decontamination and Olympic torch route
Radioactive contamination still remains in the parking lot and the nearby forests at J-Village sports complex in Fukushima prefecture, according to Greenpeace Japan’s most recent survey.