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Finding a sense of porpoise.

Posted by Willie Mackenzie - 19th May 2016
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Being a porpoise looks rubbish. Dolphins look like they have fun. They even look like they seek out fun. Okay, the fixed grins make them seem perpetually happy but let’s be honest – when was the last time you saw a porpoise jumping out of the water or heard a… Read More

Sunken Cities are not a thing of the past

Posted by Elena Polisano - 19th May 2016
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Right now 14 activists are scaling the British Museum to call on the institution to drop BP’s sponsorship. Here’s why they’re doing it. Today is the opening day of new BP-sponsored blockbuster exhibition, “Sunken Cities.” For the museum, it’s the launch of their biggest event of the year (it looks… Read More

5 Things To Know This National Vegetarian Week

Posted by India Thorogood - 17th May 2016

Happy National Vegetarian Week! It’s the time when scores of Brits give up sausage rolls for the week. Or if you’re like me and vegetarianism was forced upon you from a young age, you’re carrying on eating hummus for breakfast and dinner as you always… Read More

10 years ago, the Amazon was being bulldozed for soy. Then everything changed.

Posted by Paulo Adario - 16th May 2016
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Soya plantation in the Amazon rainforest. The expansion of the soya industry is one of the main causes of deforestation in the region as huge areas are cleared to meet agricultural demand. Trees stand on the edge of a man made field which has been cut through the natural forest.
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This week – after months of negotiation and uncertainty – the Brazilian government, the soy industry and civil society organizations, including Greenpeace, indefinitely renewed an agreement keeping huge swathes of Amazon rainforest from being destroyed for soybean farming. This is big news for the Amazon, for Indigenous Peoples, for farmers,… Read More

Waitrose, Tesco and now Sainsbury’s?

Posted by Greenpeace UK - 11th May 2016
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It’s been an epic 10 days for the future of sustainable tuna in the UK Just one week after Tesco threatened to ban John West’s tuna from its stores unless they sorted out their sustainability standards, Waitrose has done the same! And they’ve given them a deadline – if by… Read More

Clean Air Now? Siân Berry Responds

Posted by Greenpeace UK - 29th April 2016
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The blog below written by Green Party candidate for the Mayor of London, Siân Berry. It’s part of a series of blogs by candidates for London Mayor. We’ve also featured blogs by Caroline Pidgeon (Liberal Democrat), Zac Goldsmith (Conservative) and Sadiq Khan (Labour). London’s air quality is… Read More