Climate

One Day Without Us

Posted by Aakash Naik - 20th February 2017
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Today Greenpeace is coming together with thousands of people from across the country to support ‘One Day Without Us’ a celebration of migrants in the UK. Why is this our business you might ask? Well, because Greenpeace couldn’t function without immigrants who work and live in this country. From… Read More

A government scheme for funding renewables is about to be sold off to a firm that backs fracking. We must stop this

Posted by Richard Casson - 3rd February 2017
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If you’re on Greenpeace’s email list, chances are you’ll have just received an email about the Green Investment Bank – a government body that is currently being privatised. If the sale goes through as it stands, it could have devastating consequences on the UK renewable energy industry. That’s why… Read More

How much space would need to be covered by solar panels to power every home in the UK?

Posted by Richard Casson - 1st February 2017

Have you ever wondered – how much space would need to be covered by solar panels, if we tried to produce the amount of power used by every home in the UK? Well, here’s the answer… 0.3% of the UK. That’s about 827 km². Or, to put it another… Read More

Tension in the Air: making Mary Poppins fly

Posted by Mel Evans - 26th January 2017
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This weekend at Somerset House in London – after a week of high alert air pollution – you can see Mary Poppins fly, just like she did on 6th January, merely a week into 2017, when the UK breached its air pollution limit for the entire year. Tension in the… Read More

The journey to City Hall

Posted by Neil Jones - 25th January 2017
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Yesterday I went to London’s City Hall to deliver a letter from over 100 local headteachers to the Mayor, Sadiq Khan. The letter calls for safe, clean air for children all over the city. “Clean air now! Clean air now! Clean air now!” chanted children from five primary schools. And… Read More

‘You wouldn’t risk this place for all the oil in the world’ – Introducing the Amazon Reef

Posted by Mal Chadwick - 23rd January 2017
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Big news: scientists have confirmed the discovery of an incredible coral reef at the mouth of the Amazon river!   But we can’t celebrate just yet: oil companies are closing in with a reckless plan to drill for oil nearby. Once they get government approval, these companies could start drilling… Read More