The UK government will continue to sponsor two deep sea mining exploration licences, despite publicly supporting a moratorium ...
Plastics, Profits & Power exposes how fossil fuel and petrochemical companies are working to derail the Global Plastics Treaty, the world’s most ambitious effort to end plastic pollution. While ...
This post is written by plastics campaigners at Greenpeace UK and guest authors from UK Without Incineration Network (UKWIN). Earlier this month, the long-awaited results of The Big Plastic Count – ...
Nearly four in five primary-aged children (78%) say they are worried about climate change while teachers say they face challenges in tackling eco-anxiety at school, a set of newly released surveys ...
We did it! More than sixty governments have now ratified The treaty is officially known as the High Seas Treaty or Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement. To ratify a treaty means ...
Every week Amazon – the world’s biggest online retailer – sends tens of thousands of brand new laptops, TVs, books and other perfectly good products straight into landfill, or to be destroyed. A ...
Nearly two weeks ago, Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. We’ve all seen the horrendous footage on the news, and we’ve listened to the terrifying reports from people on the ground.
When people used to talk about the best spinners in sport, their minds would go to the likes of Australian phenomenon Shane Warne. Nowadays, the masters of spin aren’t just the sportspeople themselves ...
Supermarkets still aren’t doing enough to reduce plastic – but who’s making the most progress? And how has the pandemic changed things? Find out where your supermarket ranks in the latest plastics ...
Commenting on the government’s North Sea Future Plan, in which it has confirmed that no more licences for new oil and gas will be issued, Greenpeace UK’s co-executive director, Areeba Hamid, said: ...
Meat – or more specifically, ‘industrial meat’ – is bad for the planet. The vast majority of meat bought in the UK is produced in intensive factory farms. These farms are part of a destructive global ...
In the far west of Wales, a little too close to the sea, lies a small village called Fairbourne. It’s being called the first place in the UK to be lost to climate change, as rising sea levels and ...