Climate

There’s been a big new discovery at the Amazon Reef

Posted by Mal Chadwick - 20th April 2018
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The ship Esperanza is in Brazil for a scientific expedition to the Amazon Reef

There’s been a big new discovery from the Amazon Reef. Scientists on board the Greenpeace ship Esperanza have been exploring one of the ‘blocks’ where Total and BP want to drill for oil. The oil companies had told the Brazilian government that this block was likely to be miles away from the… Read More

Oil companies are trying to drill in our national parks. Again.

Posted by Mal Chadwick - 16th March 2018
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A few years ago, fossil fuel companies were banned from fracking in Britain’s national parks. Now they’re back. A handful of companies want to start a shale oil rush in southeastern England, using diluted acid to dissolve the rocks and… Read More

In Pictures: Celebrating International Polar Bear Day!

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 27th February 2018
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A young polar bear (Ursus maritimus) wanders on ice, seen from the Greenpeace ship during an expedition to document the lowest sea ice level on record.
All rights reserved. Credit: Daniel Beltra

Today we are celebrating International Polar Bear Day, an annual event that raises awareness about the impact climate change has on polar bear populations. These pictures from our archive document the beauty of these largest carnivores that live on land as well as the threats they face. Some polar bear… Read More

How we can use wind power when there’s no wind

Posted by Mal Chadwick - 12th January 2018

Anyone who’s a fan of clean energy has heard the argument that “the wind doesn’t always blow and the sun doesn’t always shine”. This is called ‘intermittency’ – the idea that you might not get a constant flow of power from a particular source. All energy sources are intermittent (… Read More

Five Reasons Why Volkswagen Won the Greenpeace Toxic Air Award

Posted by Philip Evans - 29th November 2017
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In the UK, harmful nitrogen dioxide air pollution has broken legal levels every year since 2010, and our toxic air has been described as a public health emergency. The UN itself has said the air in more than 40 UK cities and towns… Read More

Locals come out in force to challenge BP’s plans to drill near the Amazon Reef

Posted by Sara Ayech - 24th November 2017
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BP held three public hearings in Brazil last week, where 1,500 local people turned out to express concern about drilling in the Amazon Mouth Basin and a possible spill. “In most of the projects that come to the Amazon, companies keep most of… Read More