Climate

10 Things You Need to Know about SMMT’s 10 “Facts” about Diesel

Posted by Mel Evans - 19th April 2017
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The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) is a car industry lobby group. Their members include most major car manufacturers and therefore, it is no surprise that the group has been at the forefront of bravely defending diesel recently. Read More

7 reasons to Go Electric now

Posted by Fran Grobke - 7th April 2017
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What pops into your head if I suggested you buy an electric car? For most people, it conjures up a host of stereotypes. Electric cars are thought to be either unreasonably expensive, like Teslas; or they don’t travel far enough; or they’re just plain ugly. And up until recently… Read More

Reduce your exposure to air pollution

Posted by Emily Randall - 5th April 2017
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Air pollution is a problem. It won’t go away until politicians and the car industry come together with a plan to make truly clean travel possible for everyone. In the meantime we can protect ourselves and the ones we love by taking steps to reduce our exposure to… Read More

Why it’s time to clean up the car industry

Posted by Mel Evans - 21st March 2017
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When Greenpeace kicked off the campaign to phase-out diesel engines last year, my brother Sam was one of the first ones to look concerned. He’d just bought a diesel car second-hand. They’re supposed to be more fuel-efficient than petrol and therefore pump out less CO2 so it had seemed like… Read More

5 Badass Women Protecting the Planet this International Women’s Day

Posted by India Thorogood - 8th March 2017

With the media and many organisations often dominated by old white men, some of the world’s most powerful women activists can be forgotten. That’s why on International Women’s Day and on as many days as possible, we need to highlight the massive contribution of women to the environmental movement. Read More

From the frontline: How Greenpeace volunteers are resisting fracking in Lancashire

Posted by Hannah Martin - 24th February 2017
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When fracking firm Cuadrilla was granted permission to frack for gas in Lancashire toward the end of last year, the company’s bosses probably hoped it would be the moment the anti-fracking movement gave up and fell silent. Instead, it’s only strengthened the resolve of local people. Since the start of… Read More