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Siemens respond, but what they say is a joke

Posted by Esther Freeman - 14th July 2016
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After only a week of campaigning, Siemens have broken their silence on their potential involvement with the Amazon-destroying Tapajos dam. But disappointingly, their response is a bit of a joke. Depsite priding themselves on being green, Siemens are refusing to rule out profitting from a destructive dam in the heart of… Read More

What if you were murdered simply for speaking up for the planet?

Posted by India Thorogood - 5th July 2016

Shocking new research reveals at least 185 environmental activists were murdered fighting for the planet last year.  It was the deadliest year on record – yet you won’t see this story in the newspapers, nor the all culprits punished. Berta Caceres is one… Read More

The heart of the Amazon: destroyed?

Posted by India Thorogood - 30th June 2016
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The Amazon: the threat of illegal logging, cattle ranching and soya farming are enough – but now a series of vast hydroelectric dams could flood an area around the Tapajos river, an area bigger than Greater London. The Amazon is one of our most beautiful and fragile eco-systems. Yet… Read More

The Good Scrub Guide and other simple ways to beat the microbead

Posted by Fiona Nicholls - 27th June 2016
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Guest blog by Daniel Steadman of Fauna & Flora International. Over the past three years, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) has been collecting data on microplastic use in personal care and cosmetic products and working effectively with UK brands on a voluntary phase out of microplastic ingredients in… Read More

Greenpeace reaction to UK decision to leave EU

Posted by John Sauven - 24th June 2016
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Reacting to the vote to leave the EU, Greenpeace UK executive director John Sauven said: “Many of the laws that make our drinking and bathing water safe, our air cleaner, our fishing industry more sustainable and our climate safer now hang by a thread. But Greenpeace is determined that this… Read More

Greenpeace’s mission and the EU referendum

Posted by John Sauven - 22nd June 2016
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On Friday morning we will know if our future in the UK will be based on what the late Jo Cox MP described as ‘ the security and stability of Britain’s continued membership of the European Union’ and a place where ‘we are far more… Read More