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What my grandmother would say about President Obama’s visit to Hiroshima

Posted by Daisuke Miyachi - 26th May 2016
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World leaders are meeting in Japan for the G7, but on a side trip, President Obama is doing something no sitting US president has done before: visit Hiroshima. The city was flattened during World War Two by the first nuclear weapon used in warfare. Now more than ever, we need… Read More

Greenpeace volunteers confront destructive fishing

Posted by Alix Foster vander Elst - 23rd May 2016
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If you were doing your weekly shop at Sainsbury’s last Saturday, you may have noticed that John West tuna was no longer in stock. ‘Hurray!’ you may have thought, ‘Sainsbury’s has finally decided to drop this horrific brand.’ If you looked a little closer, however, you would have noticed that… Read More

Are noisy oceans to blame for beached whales?

Posted by Fiona Nicholls - 23rd May 2016

Noise is the most invisible of all the man-made threats to the ocean, but to whales who ‘see’ by hearing, they simply cannot escape it. Water is an excellent medium for relaying sound, enabling some species of whale to communicate across entire oceans. However, during the last century, things… Read More

How well do you know these endangered species?

Posted by Meena Rajput - 21st May 2016

In the last of our series, we take a look back at some of our absolute favourite facts about our amazing Greenpeace animals: 11. Polar bears aren’t really white. It’s true. Polar bears actually have black skin (take a look at their noses) that’s covered in transparent,… Read More

How well do you know the orangutan?

Posted by Greenpeace UK - 21st May 2016

I’m Richard, a forests campaigner here at Greenpeace. I joined the forests team back in 2013, and since then I’ve learnt so many interesting and surprising things about these amazing animals while trying to protect them. Here are my 10 favourite orangutan facts: 10. Orangutans are ticklish… Read More