Featured

It’s time for David Cameron to stop hiding in the smog!

Posted by Aakash Naik - 1st April 2016
Image for It’s time for David Cameron to stop hiding in the smog!
All rights reserved. Credit: Elizabeth Dalziel/ Greenpeace

We all need to get from A to B, to go to work, to take our children to school. But we shouldn’t have to breathe toxic air in order to do so. The Government must develop an action plan to clean up our air, improve our journeys and save thousands… Read More

Brazilian supermarket giant Pão de Açúcar stops buying deforestation beef

Posted by Richard George - 1st April 2016
Image for Brazilian supermarket giant Pão de Açúcar stops buying deforestation beef
All rights reserved. Credit: Ze Gabriel

Great news: Pão de Açúcar – one of Brazil’s major supermarket chains – has finally agreed to stop stocking beef linked to forest destruction. It’s a huge victory for Brazilian consumers, who joined Greenpeace’s campaign in their thousands – but it’s also big deal for the planet. Here’s why. Greenpeace… Read More

Floaty McFloatface: The New Name For Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior Ship

Posted by Greenpeace UK - 1st April 2016
Image for Floaty McFloatface: The New Name For Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior Ship

We’re pleased to announce that, as of today, Greenpeace has renamed its iconic ship – the Rainbow Warrior – to Floaty McFloatface. The step has been taken as part of a Greenpeace drive to rebrand for the 21st Century, helping to make the organisation relevant to the Millennial generation. Commenting… Read More

Plugging the energy gap – George Osborne’s trilema

Posted by Graham Thompson - 31st March 2016
Image for Plugging the energy gap – George Osborne’s trilema

For a long time, many environmentalists were concerned that government efforts to clean up the world’s energy supply were a bit one-sided, in that we were getting on quite well with half the problem – generating clean energy. Meanwhile the other more important half – not generating dirty energy –… Read More

Indonesia: Is the world still looking away?

Posted by India Thorogood - 30th March 2016
Image for Indonesia: Is the world still looking away?
All rights reserved. Credit: Greenpeace

‘Indonesia is burning – so why is the world looking away?’ Late last year those words shone a small spotlight on a massive climate crisis – now it looks like they could be… Read More

Sumatran rhino found while forest habitat is lost

Posted by Jamie Woolley - 30th March 2016
Image for Sumatran rhino found while forest habitat is lost
All rights reserved. Credit: Ari Wibowo / WWF-Indonesia

Good news for rhino fans: last week, researchers announced the first live encounter with a Sumatran rhino in Borneo for over 40 years. But the human pressures that have pushed this species to the brink of extinction are still very much in play. An excited WWF team released… Read More