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Greenpeace’s mission and the EU referendum

Posted by John Sauven - 22nd June 2016
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On Friday morning we will know if our future in the UK will be based on what the late Jo Cox MP described as ‘ the security and stability of Britain’s continued membership of the European Union’ and a place where ‘we are far more… Read More

Microbeads – the story so far….

Posted by Elisabeth Whitebread - 21st June 2016
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Last Wednesday on World Oceans Day we handed our microbeads petition into Number 10. Over 300,000 of you signed the petition – one of the biggest petitions in Greenpeace UK’s history! This is the story of the campaign so far. In December the US passed… Read More

Orange roughy – a ‘sustainable’ fish certification too far.

Posted by Willie Mackenzie - 21st June 2016
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Orange roughy are easy to over fish. So, humans do. But that doesn’t seem to be stopping moves to re-define them as ‘sustainable’ by the Marine Stewardship Council. True, when we started fishing orange roughy we didn’t know that this slow-growing, long-lived, deep water fish was… Read More

Your voice will reach the Arctic

Posted by Akshey Kalra - 18th June 2016
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If you’re reading this, you’re probably one of the eight million people who dream of there being a Sanctuary in the Arctic. And a year ago, you quite likely had a good feeling when you discovered that your power and that of other people really works. By joining together we… Read More

This is my walk, what’s yours?

Posted by Malcolm Carroll - 16th June 2016
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This blog originally appeared on the Greenpeace community site Greenwire  My name is Jay and today I’m studying a map of Wales, as I prepare to walk across the country on Saturday for the Greenpeace Detox campaign. That’s my walk, #whatsyourwalk?… Read More