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Siemens respond, but what they say is a joke

Posted by Esther Freeman - 14th July 2016
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After only a week of campaigning, Siemens have broken their silence on their potential involvement with the Amazon-destroying Tapajos dam. But disappointingly, their response is a bit of a joke. Depsite priding themselves on being green, Siemens are refusing to rule out profitting from a destructive dam in the heart of… Read More

What if you were murdered simply for speaking up for the planet?

Posted by India Thorogood - 5th July 2016

Shocking new research reveals at least 185 environmental activists were murdered fighting for the planet last year.  It was the deadliest year on record – yet you won’t see this story in the newspapers, nor the all culprits punished. Berta Caceres is one… Read More

The heart of the Amazon: destroyed?

Posted by India Thorogood - 30th June 2016
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The Amazon: the threat of illegal logging, cattle ranching and soya farming are enough – but now a series of vast hydroelectric dams could flood an area around the Tapajos river, an area bigger than Greater London. The Amazon is one of our most beautiful and fragile eco-systems. Yet… Read More

Taking Action on Tuna

Posted by Greenpeace UK - 27th June 2016
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Right now, only two per cent of John West tuna is sustainably caught. The rest is sourced from suppliers who use indiscriminate ‘fish aggregation devices’ (FADs), which see turtles and sharks killed as bycatch. What’s happening out at sea – and being sold in our shops – is having a… Read More

This Far No Further

Posted by Greenpeace UK - 27th June 2016

All of us are determined to see the Arctic protected, and willing to take bold action to make it happen. It’s working – something incredible has just happened up in the Arctic, because of eight million Arctic Defenders around the world. History is being made, and our supporters are all… Read More