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Staying safe at home during the Covid-19 lockdown? Here's a crowdsourced array of environment-themed books, films, TV shows, podcasts and other curious pursuits to keep you going during the long evenings and weekends.
With the general election rapidly approaching, Greenpeace UK's Political Lobbying Network volunteers are looking forward to working with the new intake of MPs. For International Volunteering Day, member Fi Radford shares her top tips for lobbying your newly-elected representative in parliament.
Activists abseiled down with a 30m banner saying 'Make Big Oil Pay’
Today, Greenpeace UK launches a campaign against Tesco, calling on the UK’s largest supermarket to stop buying meat and dairy from companies involved in destroying the Amazon and to halve the amount of meat it sells by 2025 to protect people, wildlife and the climate. Tesco…
Unearthed investigation shows that a minority of wealthy families control huge swathes of fishing rights to the detriment of local, low-impact, fishermen
Consumer concern high as new data shows deforestation linked to supermarket meat is accelerating.
While the UK Government's contributions to the UN Climate Action Summit were underwhelming at best, there was one glimmer of hope hidden amongst their lack of ambition on climate – they stepped up to protect the oceans.
Just weeks away from the UK hosting global climate talks, COP26, in Glasgow, the Cambo oil field has become a symbol of the government’s failure on climate. Where it has the opportunity to show climate leadership, it’s shown reluctance and fear of change. The government has been loyal to the…
70,000 hectares of Indonesian rainforest, including 25,000 hectares of orangutan habitat, destroyed in just two years
Eating chicken is thought to have less of an impact on the planet than eating beef. But the truth is chicken can also wreak havoc on the climate. Producing soya to feed the billions of chickens eaten every year around the world has led to forest clearance on an epic scale, accelerating climate change and pushing wildlife into extinction.
Major parties rollback on climate spending: why reforming our tax system and borrowing is crucial to a healthier, fairer, green economy.
The coronavirus lockdown gave the UK a chance to experience low-traffic, clean streets – ideal for safe cycling and walking. So why is the government spending £27 BILLION on new roads for high-polluting private vehicles?
An unfair tax system is worsening inequality, contributing to the cost of living crisis and slowing climate action. Wealth taxes could raise funds to make people’s lives better – and help the UK transition away from fossil fuels.
In response to the invasion of Ukraine, many countries have taken steps to block shipments of Russian oil and gas. Now an amazing new Twitter tool allows anyone to see where tankers carrying Russian fuels are going – and where we need to cut our ties to fossil fuels.
New analysis shows the UK has the biggest price difference between trains and climate-wrecking flights in Europe.