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Why commercial whaling should just be found in history books

Posted by Willie Mackenzie - 25th January 2019
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The Humpback whale at sea, in its natural environment.

Whales are amazing. Yet today they face a growing number of threats from us humans, from plastic pollution to climate change – so the one thing we really don’t need to be doing is killing them for profit. Commercial whaling was stopped by… Read More

The government’s new Clean Air Strategy – what’s wrong with it?

Posted by Rosie Rogers - 15th January 2019
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Amid our growing air pollution crisis the Government have today announced their grand plan to tackle air pollution. In it are welcome recognition of the scale of the problem and levels of ambition. However there are clear gaps in their plan that make this yet another failed opportunity. Read More

10 Green New Year’s Resolutions for the Government

Posted by Rebecca Newsom - 7th January 2019
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We still don’t know exactly what the government and leading political parties have in store for the environment this year, but so far, they have all been falling short of where we need to be. That’s why we took the liberty of writing up ten New Year’s resolutions we need… Read More

The government’s new Waste and Resources strategy – what does it mean?

Posted by Alice Hunter - 19th December 2018
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Yesterday the government published their long-awaited Waste & Resources strategy – a massive document stating how they are going to deliver on the promises they made in the 25 Year Environment Plan regarding reducing waste and ending throwaway culture in the UK. We’re all well aware of the plastic pollution… Read More

2018: in pictures

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 18th December 2018
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All rights reserved. Credit: Chris J Ratcliffe / Greenpeace

2018 has been a huge year of victories, challenges and tireless work by people around the world for a cleaner, fairer planet. Here are some of the highlights of over the last 12 months. JANUARY Groups of penguins pop up in locations around the… Read More