climate change

How we can use wind power when there’s no wind

Posted by Mal Chadwick - 12th January 2018

Anyone who’s a fan of clean energy has heard the argument that “the wind doesn’t always blow and the sun doesn’t always shine”. This is called ‘intermittency’ – the idea that you might not get a constant flow of power from a particular source. All energy sources are intermittent (… Read More

5 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Antarctic

Posted by Samantha Wockner - 8th January 2018
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In 2017 we launched a campaign to create an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary – the largest protected area on Earth. But why? Well, apart from being home to amazing animals such as penguins, whales and seals. The Antarctic plays an important role in keeping our Earth healthy. But the… Read More

We protected the land, now we must protect the ocean – Antarctica

Posted by Willie Mackenzie - 1st December 2017
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The Antarctic is at the very end of the earth. It’s so far away from most of us that it often falls off the edge of world maps as an unfinished afterthought. The landmass of Antarctica holds 90% of the freshwater on the planet, is the biggest desert… Read More

Can we create healthy oceans and tackle climate change at the same time?

Posted by Louisa Casson - 21st November 2017
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“We woke up to the fact that there’s ocean change just like climate change. We need ocean action like there’s climate action.”   These words rang out at international climate talks last week, spoken by Peter Thompson, the UN’s special envoy for the ocean. This is… Read More

London takes bold step to clean up toxic pollution

Posted by Paul Morozzo - 23rd October 2017
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Today, the toxicity charge (or T-charge) goes live in London – meaning that cars bought before 2006 will be charged an extra £10 to enter central London between 7am and 6pm.  This is a first step in a series of measures introduced by the Mayor, Sadiq Khan, aiming… Read More

Our investigation reveals new diesel tests give green light to cars that do not meet legal limits

Posted by Paul Morozzo - 13th September 2017
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Today a Greenpeace investigation blows apart the idea that much-bigged up “real world” diesel tests will properly protect UK citizens from air pollution. We took brand new diesel cars to an independent emissions testing experts and found that both the VW and the Vauxhall cars… Read More