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How You Can Stand with Standing Rock Activists to Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline

Right now, hundreds of Indigenous activists are peacefully protesting the construction of a crude oil pipeline on ancestral lands, and they need your support. Between 10 and 12 of October, people in the Americas commemorate Indigenous Peoples Day. They mark this day instead of celebrating ‘Columbus Day’ and the… Read More

Martin Vainstein - 12th October 2016

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Great Greenpeace Bake Off

A look behind the scenes at Greenpeace HQ ….   It was 12th September 2016. We were collectively shocked, taken aback and shaken by the totally unexpected news. What would we do now? What and who will fill the void that remains? On what theme will we now base our… Read More

Emily Reid - 11th October 2016

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When it comes to fracking, does democracy count for much?

Today marks a new low in the government’s plan to force fracking on the UK. In a move that makes a mockery out of the government’s claim to champion local democracy, Westminster politicians have overturned Lancashire council’s decision to block fracking — and decided that fracking firm Cuadrilla should be… Read More

Hannah Martin - 6th October 2016

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Deepwater Horizon: the world has changed, but the oil industry hasn’t

Everyone knows the story. Miles below the seabed, a cement seal fails. A rig explodes. Smoke fills the sky, oil stains the sea, and 11 people never make it home. Ashen-faced execs stumble through press conferences. Rubber-gloved hands scrub poison from seabirds’ wings. Everyone solemnly agrees… Read More

Mal Chadwick - 5th October 2016

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World Habitat Day in pictures: A Nepalese Village moves

It’s World Habitat Day today! Each year we reflect on the importance of the basic human right to adequate shelter reminding the world of its responsibility for the habitat of future generations. Due to global warming, the water in the Sam Dzong area is very scarce and the… Read More

Angela Glienicke - 30th September 2016

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