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Do the manifestos commit to end ocean plastics?

Posted by Louisa Casson - 22nd May 2017
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No matter which party possible MPs belong to, or which constituency they are campaigning to represent, they all have a responsibility to help end ocean plastics. A rubbish truck’s worth of plastic is entering the ocean every single minute, with devastating impacts for marine life. 84% of the British… Read More

Onboard the Beluga II

Posted by Marcela Teran - 19th May 2017
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Marcela onboard the Beluga II
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Last week I had the privilege to sail along the east coast of Scotland on board Greenpeace’s ship the Beluga II. This is the start of a two-month expedition documenting and investigating the impact of plastic in some of the most stunning and biodiverse areas of the UK. It was… Read More

What do we think – the Conservative party manifesto

Posted by Rosie Rogers - 19th May 2017
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By Rebecca Newsom and Rosie Rogers Yesterday, the Conservative Party launched their manifesto for the General Election on 8th June. Here is Greenpeace’s analysis of the good, the bad and the missing aspects of the manifesto in relation to the issues that are important to us and everyone who cares… Read More

What do we think – the Labour party manifesto

Posted by Rosie Rogers - 17th May 2017
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By Rebecca Newsom and Rosie Rogers Yesterday, the Labour Party launched their manifesto for the General Election on 8th June. Here is Greenpeace’s analysis of the good, the bad and the missing aspects of the manifesto in relation to the issues that are important to us and everyone who cares… Read More

An uninhabited island deep in the South Pacific falls prey to a plague – of plastic.

Posted by Louisa Casson - 16th May 2017
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One of many hundreds of crabs that now make their homes out of plastic debris washed up on Henderson Island. Photograph: Jennifer Lavers / The Guardian
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It’s a horror story. A truly shocking 38 million pieces of plastic have been found on Henderson Island, one of the Pitcairn Islands that make up one of the UK’s last remaining overseas territories. This island has no one living on it, yet its beaches are now… Read More

5 reasons why Trump can’t tear up the Paris Agreement

Posted by Emily Buchanan - 12th May 2017
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Since his inauguration in November last year, Donald Trump’s attack on the environment has been relentless. He’s approved the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, he’s put more than 2.7 million acres of iconic US landscape at risk from fossil fuel exploration and he’s proposing a 31… Read More