The UK is a major contributor to the world’s plastic crisis, generating more plastic waste per person than any other country except the USA. Our recycling system is already overwhelmed by plastic waste. Now our waste is overwhelming other countries’ recycling systems too, causing serious harm to their citizens and environment, particularly in India, Indonesia and Malaysia.
Easy answers can be tempting, but oversimplifying the ocean crisis can do more harm than good.
Many of us spend time carefully sorting our recycling. But what actually happens to the plastic waste we put out for collection?
The existence of sacrifice zones shows how our system values some lives over others. But some climate solutions are set to sacrifice even more places to environmental crises.
Peaceful protest is a fundamental part of democracy – without it, the world would be a very different place.
The government's new wave of oil and gas licences keeps us tied to a declining industry. Offshore workers deserve better.
Internal documents and a whistleblower reveal how global pesticide giant Syngenta and its predecessors knew for decades that a key 'safety' feature in its lethal paraquat-based weedkillers did little or nothing to prevent poisoning deaths – but continued to present it as effective to regulators and the public.
Greenpeace is helping to deliver equipment and medical supplies – including oxygen to Indigenous communities – in an effort to save lives.
Campaigners urge Energy Minister to end new licensing and back a smooth transition to renewables
All across the world, clean water is becoming increasingly scarce. Here’s how people are fighting for our most precious resource.