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The UK’s Antarctic Ocean Petition Hand-In : Why your support means so much

Posted by Agasty Baylon Yogaratnam - 14th November 2018
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Our Antarctic Ambassador, X-Files and The Fall actress Gillian Anderson joined Greenpeace UK on the 9th October to deliver our petition to the UK Foreign Office to Protect the Antarctic. The decision on whether to establish an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary was made at the Antarctic Ocean Commission (CCAMLR)… Read More

In pictures: orangutans threatened by deforestation linked to the makers of Oreo

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 14th November 2018
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Palm oil suppliers to Mondelēz, one of the world’s biggest brands, known for it’s products like Cadbury chocolate bars, Oreo cookies and Ritz crackers have destroyed 25,000 hectares of orangutan habitat in Indonesia in just two years (2015 – 2017). Mondelēz buys much of it’s dirty palm oil from the… Read More

Now that ‘single use’ is the word of the year, plastic’s days are numbered

Posted by Louise Edge - 8th November 2018
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The term ‘single-use’ has become has become synonymous with plastic in the past few years, as evidence gathered by scientists and campaigners has gradually revealed how single use plastic drinks bottles, bags and food wrappers are causing a plastic pollution pandemic.   That single-use is… Read More

Governments have failed to protect the Antarctic – but this isn’t over

Posted by Mal Chadwick - 2nd November 2018
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Over the last two weeks, a group of governments met in Hobart, Australia, to negotiate a new Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary. They failed. Although 22 governments supported the sanctuary, negotiators from Russia, China and Norway stopped it from going ahead. The Russian and Chinese… Read More

Why the government should ban “problem plastics”

Posted by Alice Hunter - 2nd November 2018
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What do black plastic trays, styrofoam takeaway boxes and PVC clingfilm have in common? They’re all “problem plastics” – non-recyclable, too expensive to recycle or toxic to the environment. Obviously these materials aren’t the only… Read More