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Breaking news: We’re blocking Cuadrilla’s fracking site

Posted by India Thorogood — 3 May 2017 at 8:32am - Comments

Campaigners Block Work at Fracking Site in Lancashire, UK

Peaceful protest at Cuadrilla Fracking site

Most of Gill’s early mornings are spent travelling to her job as a costume designer from her home in Blackpool. But this morning was a little different. Today, Gill is one of twenty people going face to face with fracking firm Cuadrilla.

In pictures: It's Earth Day, stand up for the planet!

Posted by Angela Glienicke — 22 April 2017 at 8:48am - Comments

A farmer in Lower Nyando - Kisumu County, EasternAfrica, applying ecological farming

It’s Earth Day today! This global, annual event has been celebrated since the 70’s and is a chance to show your appreciation for environmental protection. Whether it’s campaigning for clean air, protecting forests and oceans or fighting against climate change, the planet needs our help. These pictures illustrate biodiversity and positive solutions and actions for protecting the environment.

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Plastic Pollution - Why Coca-Cola need to take responsibility too

Posted by Louisa Casson — 13 April 2017 at 12:28pm - Comments

One of the best things about working on Greenpeace’s campaign to end ocean plastics is the chance to have lots of conversations with all sorts of people about the issue - whether on local radio stations or with pedestrians walking past the 2.5 tonne sculpture we installed outside Coca-Cola’s London HQ this week.

Article tagged as: bottle return, bottles, Coca-Cola, Coke, deposit return schemes, DRS, oceans, plastic bottles, plastic pollution, recycling, reverse vending machine

5 Reasons Why We're Outside Coca-Cola's HQ

Posted by Louisa Casson — 9 April 2017 at 7:48pm - Comments

This morning, we've installed a piece of art right to the doorstep of Coca-Cola’s European office, to hold the soft drinks giant accountable for ocean plastic pollution.

Article tagged as: bottle return, bottles, Coca-Cola, Coke, deposit return schemes, DRS, oceans, plastic bottles, plastic pollution, recycling, reverse vending machine

7 reasons to Go Electric now

Posted by Fran G — 7 April 2017 at 11:19am - Comments

by. Credit: wikimedia commons

What pops into your head if I suggested you buy an electric car? For most people, it conjures up a host of stereotypes.

Article tagged as: Air Pollution, climate change, diesel, electric cars

What soft drink companies are saying

Posted by Louisa Casson — 7 April 2017 at 10:35am - Comments

It’s been three weeks since Greenpeace launched our expose on the gigantic plastic footprint of the soft drinks industry - and their lacklustre action to protect our oceans from the blight of throwaway plastic bottles.

Article tagged as: bottle return, bottles, Coca-Cola, Coke, danone, deposit return schemes, Dr Pepper, Dr Pepper Snapple, DRS, oceans, Pepsi, plastic bottles, plastic pollution, recycling, reverse vending machine, Suntory

Reduce your exposure to air pollution

Posted by Emily Randall — 5 April 2017 at 10:43am - Comments

Children campaigning for clean air

Air pollution is a problem. It won’t go away until politicians and the car industry come together with a plan to make truly clean travel possible for everyone. In the meantime we can protect ourselves and the ones we love by taking steps to reduce our exposure to air pollution.

Article tagged as: Air Pollution, diesel, electric cars

A sustainable fishing industry is a fair fishing industry

Posted by Rosie Rogers — 29 March 2017 at 12:20pm - Comments

Greenpeace's boat the Rising Tide arrives in Shoreham Harbour on its national to

“We will defend our hard-won Common Fisheries Policy reforms. We will continue to devolve management...and rebalance the UK’s inland water quotas to smaller, specific locally-based fishing communities”

- 2015 Conservative Party manifesto

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