Climate

Why we just blocked Boris Johnson on his way to see the Queen

Posted by Flo Stuart-Leach - 24th July 2019
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If you tuned in to see Boris Johnson become our latest Prime Minister, you might have seen that we interrupted him on his way to see the Queen. Because if there’s one thing that worth delaying matters of state over, it’s the climate emergency we’re in. Now it’s Boris Johnson’s… Read More

Peoples climate speech

Posted by Philip Evans - 20th June 2019

During the Chancellor’s Mansion House speech just now, 40 Greenpeace volunteers gate-crashed it as it was being broadcast live on television. They read out an alternative speech calling for greater government investment and leadership to tackle the climate emergency we are in. This is a Climate Emergency. Business… Read More

While we’re sat up here on a giant oil rig, let’s clear up a few things

Posted by Samantha Wockner - 14th June 2019
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Greenpeace climbers on BP oil rig in Cromarty Firth, Scotland.

While we’re sat up here on a giant oil rig, let’s clear up a few things   It’s been 6 days since activists climbed on board a BP oil rig that plans to get 30 million barrels of oil from the Vorlich field in the North Sea.  … Read More

A thank you letter from the Amazon Reef to the North Sea

Posted by Greenpeace UK - 14th June 2019
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Greenpeace activists in Maranhão, Brazil, protest against TOTAL's plans to drill near the Amazon Reef and illustrate the risks of an oil spill in the region.

I’m Sílvia, an Amazon Reef Defender, and this is a thank you letter to Fran and Jo. I’ve been fighting together with more than 2 million people and for more than 2 years to keep the Amazon Reef oil frontier closed against the wills of oil companies like Total and… Read More

Explained: Theresa May’s ‘net zero’ plan. WTF is it, will it be any good?

Posted by Rebecca Newsom - 12th June 2019
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The Thanet Offshore Wind Farm is located off the coast of Thanet district in Kent, England.

Today, outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May has committed the UK to a legally-binding ‘net zero’ emissions target by 2050. If you’re anything like me you’d have heard the news and thought – huh? is this good? Then you low-key googled “what… Read More

Breaking: “I’ve shut down BP. Here’s why.”

Posted by Paula Radley - 20th May 2019
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All rights reserved. Credit: Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace

As you read this, I’m sitting in a big container outside BP HQ in London, blocking one of the main entrances to the building. Along with a team of climbers on the roof, and more people in containers like mine, we’ve shut down the building. This is one of the… Read More