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Fires are raging in the Amazon—again

July 22, 2020

Diego Gonzaga

Shocking images from an overflight expose this year’s first fires. Record deforestation and big fires in June are clearing the world’s largest rainforest for industrial meat production.

Bon Appétit: Countdown to Destruction

July 20, 2020

Diana Ruiz

Do you know where your food comes from? Industrial agriculture is driving deforestation and a host of climate and biodiversity impacts

The plastics industry continues to treat Black and Brown lives as disposable

July 17, 2020

People of color often live in communities hit harder by the pandemic because industries have disregarded their well-being for decades. This is environmental racism

10 Little-Known Shark Facts

July 14, 2020

The ocean desperately needs sharks! Sharks are incredible creatures—master hunters with incredible precision. Sitting at the top of the food chain, they’re central to maintaining the balance of marine ecosystems.

Marathon Petroleum takes bailout tax breaks while pumping pollutants into poor communities during a pulmonary pandemic

July 13, 2020

Marathon Petroleum, the largest oil refiner in the country with a history of environmental violations impacting Black and Brown communities, has taken millions in bailout tax breaks.

The human cost of oil: How Indigenous and ethnic minorities bear the brunt of disasters

July 1, 2020

As with so many environmental wrongs, the damage lands heaviest on minority groups and the human cost is devastating.

How to Participate in Plastic Free July 2020

July 1, 2020

Kaitlin Grable

Plastic Free July begins today, and it provides an opportunity for us to choose a future with cleaner communities and oceans through refusing single-use plastics. Here’s how you can get involved!

Planeta G, our new web series with a Latinx spin

June 29, 2020

Planeta G is a bi-weekly web series about the intersection between the environmental movement and our Latinx identity. Together, we will unpack the latest news, centering Latinx activists, our friends, and our families.

Amazon is Delivering Destruction

June 25, 2020

chris eaton

We can’t let corporations like Amazon get away with this hypocrisy while our country faces the pandemic and systemic racist violence.

In Pictures: Nature Photography Day

June 15, 2020

Mariah De Los Santos

In June, we celebrated Nature Photography Day, and here at Greenpeace, we’re highlighting the crucial role that photography plays in the environmental movement by allowing us to tell stories, convey emotion, and compel action in a language that everyone understands.

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