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There’s been a big new discovery at the Amazon Reef

Posted by Mal Chadwick - 20th April 2018
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The ship Esperanza is in Brazil for a scientific expedition to the Amazon Reef

There’s been a big new discovery from the Amazon Reef. Scientists on board the Greenpeace ship Esperanza have been exploring one of the ‘blocks’ where Total and BP want to drill for oil. The oil companies had told the Brazilian government that this block was likely to be miles away from the… Read More

At the End of the World: My diary from the Antarctic – Part 2

Posted by Chris Till - 19th April 2018
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Chris Till was one of the people that made the journey to the Antarctic in an effort to raise awareness for an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary. His daily updates give us an inspirational insight into what it is like to travel to the Antarctic on a Greenpeace ship… This is part… Read More

At the End of World: My diary from the Antarctic – Part 1

Posted by Chris Till - 16th April 2018
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Chris Till on Cuveville Island in Errera channel, Antarctic Peninsula.

At the beginning of 2018 the Greenpeace ship – the Arctic Sunrise – embarked on an epic journey to the Antarctic. It carried a team of campaigners, photographers, film-makers, scientists and journalists from across the globe with the aim to build the case for the world’s largest protected… Read More

Iceland ditches palm oil – what does it mean?

Posted by Alison Kirkman - 12th April 2018
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Nyaru Menteng Orangutan reintroduction project near Palanga Raya, Kalimantan/Borneo.

Palm oil. It’s in 50% of all packaged products in supermarkets. There’s no getting away from it. Or is there? Iceland became the first UK supermarket to ditch palm oil this week and the media was all over it. Why is this big news? Does palm oil… Read More

On a mission to protect the Antarctic

Posted by Meena Rajput - 3rd April 2018
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Bearing witness to environmental abuses is a big part of what Greenpeace does. And I’ll never forget the moment I did this while sailing through the Antarctic Ocean with 34 other people from all over the world – all with the same mission to protect the Antarctic Ocean. Early that… Read More