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7 reasons to Go Electric now

Posted by Fran Grobke - 7th April 2017
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What pops into your head if I suggested you buy an electric car? For most people, it conjures up a host of stereotypes. Electric cars are thought to be either unreasonably expensive, like Teslas; or they don’t travel far enough; or they’re just plain ugly. And up until recently… Read More

What soft drink companies are saying

Posted by Louisa Casson - 7th April 2017
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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. Our ‘Bottling It’ report called out the top six global soft drinks companies… Read More

Reduce your exposure to air pollution

Posted by Emily Randall - 5th April 2017
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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… Read More

A sustainable fishing industry is a fair fishing industry

Posted by Rosie Rogers - 29th March 2017
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“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 Greenpeace has a long history of working with small scale and low impact fishers to ensure their voice… Read More

In pictures: Fantastic Forests, celebrate Terrific Trees on International Day of Forests

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 21st March 2017
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This year’s global celebration’s theme is “Forests and Climate Change”. The International Day of Forests raises awareness about the alarming rate of deforestation, which not only accounts for 12 to 20 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions through forest fires, but also threatens the livelihood of Indigenous Peoples. We have… Read More