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NVDA training 20 July

Posted by Fran Grobke - 5th July 2019

At Greenpeace, we are currently organising some non-violent direct action (NVDA) trainings aimed at redressing the lack of support for People of Colour taking action in the environmental movement. So please do fill out this form, if you are able to participate in the July 20th training. The trainings will be… Read More

What does Michael Gove need to do to win the War on Plastic?

Posted by Sam Chetan Welsh - 21st June 2019
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On Monday night, Hugh Fearnly-Whittingstall sat down with the Environment Secretary Michael Gove to quiz him about the scale and nature of our plastic pollution crisis. Hugh is doing such a brilliant job in raising this issue, so we thought we’d provide a handy list of things Michael… Read More

Our blue planet is under attack! With your help we can protect it.

Posted by Louisa Casson - 21st June 2019
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All rights reserved. Credit: Paul Hilton

Next year governments at the United Nations have the opportunity to decide the fate of our global oceans. It is now time for global unity in demanding a strong and meaningful Global Ocean Treaty to protect our blue planet. Our oceans are facing more catastrophic threats than they’ve… Read More

Peoples climate speech

Posted by Philip Evans - 20th June 2019

During the Chancellor’s Mansion House speech just now, 40 Greenpeace volunteers gate-crashed it as it was being broadcast live on television. They read out an alternative speech calling for greater government investment and leadership to tackle the climate emergency we are in. This is a Climate Emergency. Business… Read More

Plastic in every river we tested

Posted by Fiona Nicholls - 19th June 2019
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A mute swan is photographed next to a plastic bag in the river Trent.

In spring earlier this year, we took to the UK’s rivers to investigate microplastic pollution.   Each river was so different, from the Lord of the Rings-esqe River Wye which dances along the borders of Wales and England, to the River Aire in Leeds city… Read More