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Latest: activists arrested for taking a stand against air pollution. Sign our petition to #standwithsephie and tell Volkswagen to #DitchDiesel

Posted by India Thorogood - 22nd September 2017
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Greenpeace volunteers protesting against Volkswagen's diesel cars at at Sheerness port in Kent

Police have just arrested the last two climbers involved in our Volkswagen diesel blockade after they spent last night on top of a lighting gantry in the Sheerness import park, where they immobilised many of the VW diesel cars in the park by holding the keys. Show your support by signing… Read More

Update: Greenpeace volunteers block Volkswagen cars entering the UK

Posted by India Thorogood - 21st September 2017
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Greenpeace activists attached a banner to a cargo ship carrying Volkswagen vehicles.

Greenpeace volunteers in kayaks and boats boarded a 23,498-tonne ship on a major import route bringing Volkswagen diesel cars into the UK. The action was streamed live on Facebook.     Clean air campaigners approached the huge car carrier in the Thames Estuary around 8.30am this… Read More

Greenpeace volunteers in kayaks and boats have surrounded a 23,000 tonne ship attempting to block Volkswagen cars entering the UK

Posted by Greenpeace UK - 21st September 2017
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Greenpeace volunteers in kayaks and boats board a 23,498-tonne ship on a major import route bringing Volkswagen diesel cars into the UK. The clean air campaigners draw up alongside the huge car carrier in the Thames Estuary.

Sign the petition here Mothers, fathers and people from all walks of life are currently doing everything in their power to stop more diesel cars entering our streets and communities. 25 Greenpeace volunteers in kayaks and boats surrounded a 23,000 tonne ship attempting to block Volkswagen… Read More

#StandwithSephie: the superhero 2 year old who represents thousands affected by the air pollution crisis

Posted by India Thorogood - 21st September 2017
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Bo and Amii Ruan, from London, with daughter Sephie, age two, who has respiratory problems.

“It was really distressing to see her working so hard to breathe. She’s so small.” It’s a parents’ worst nightmare to see their child being rushed in and out of hospital. Yet Sephie’s Mum and Dad have all too often seen her confined to… Read More

I’ve bought 3 diesel cars – now I want tough action against this polluting fuel

Posted by Sam Bloomfield - 21st September 2017
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Sam Bloomfield is a primary school teacher and photographer from Lewisham, South London Having grown up in inner East London in the 1980s noise and pollution were a part of my everyday life. I never thought about it, I just took my inhaler and got on with life. When we moved… Read More

Our investigation reveals new diesel tests give green light to cars that do not meet legal limits

Posted by Paul Morozzo - 13th September 2017
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Today a Greenpeace investigation blows apart the idea that much-bigged up “real world” diesel tests will properly protect UK citizens from air pollution. We took brand new diesel cars to an independent emissions testing experts and found that both the VW and the Vauxhall cars… Read More