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#StandwithSephie: the superhero 2 year old who represents thousands affected by the air pollution crisis

Posted by India Thorogood - 21st September 2017
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Bo and Amii Ruan, from London, with daughter Sephie, age two, who has respiratory problems.

“It was really distressing to see her working so hard to breathe. She’s so small.” It’s a parents’ worst nightmare to see their child being rushed in and out of hospital. Yet Sephie’s Mum and Dad have all too often seen her confined to… Read More

I’ve bought 3 diesel cars – now I want tough action against this polluting fuel

Posted by Sam Bloomfield - 21st September 2017
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Sam Bloomfield is a primary school teacher and photographer from Lewisham, South London Having grown up in inner East London in the 1980s noise and pollution were a part of my everyday life. I never thought about it, I just took my inhaler and got on with life. When we moved… Read More

Welcome to Ground Zero of the Ocean Plastic Pollution Crisis

Posted by Tisha Brown - 20th September 2017
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Greenpeace together with the #breakfreefromplastic coalition conduct a beach cleanup activity and brand audit on Freedom Island, Parañaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
All rights reserved. Credit: Daniel Müller / Greenpeace

My alarm goes off at 4am. In an hour, I along with members of Greenpeace Germany, Greenpeace Philippines and Greenpeace Canada will be getting into a van and on our way to Freedom Island – a bird sanctuary in Manila, Philippines. There we will be conducting a series of beach… Read More

Our investigation reveals new diesel tests give green light to cars that do not meet legal limits

Posted by Paul Morozzo - 13th September 2017
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Today a Greenpeace investigation blows apart the idea that much-bigged up “real world” diesel tests will properly protect UK citizens from air pollution. We took brand new diesel cars to an independent emissions testing experts and found that both the VW and the Vauxhall cars… Read More

New offshore wind power is now (much) cheaper than nuclear

Posted by Mal Chadwick - 11th September 2017
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This is huge. New auction results out today show that the price set for new offshore wind contracts has fallen by more than 50% since 2015, making it significantly cheaper than nuclear. It’s very likely that offshore wind power will keep getting cheaper too. But… Read More