Ukraine calls for sanctions against Russia oil tankers over Black Sea spill Top adviser says vessels that sank and ran aground are part of aged fleet that will continue to cause large-scale damage The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2024
Environmental groups condemn new laws threatening soybean restrictions in Brazil's Amazon Dozens of environmental nonprofits issued a manifesto Thursday condemning new laws in Brazilian states that threaten to dismantle the Amazon soy moratorium The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2024
Greenpeace sues Rosebank owner over Israeli firm's human rights ties A Norwegian oil giant, owner of the Rosebank field in Shetland, is being sued over its connections to an Israeli fuel conglomerate linked to human… The National (Scotland) · Dec 12, 2024
Norway oil firm sued over alleged links to Israeli firm operating in illegal settlements Exclusive: Complaint says Equinor is unlawfully connected to Israel’s Delek Group, which has been flagged by UN human rights commissioner The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2024
Raygun’s claim against a parody musical may not stand up: here’s what the law says Rachel Gunn, aka Raygun, is no stranger to controversy. In August the university lecturer went viral for her quirky, marsupial-inspired breakdancing at the Olympics. The Conversation · Dec 10, 2024
What are supermarket scorecards? [Supermarket scorecards] allow us to compare how supermarkets are performing relative to each other” Salon · Dec 10, 2024
Shell agrees to settle $2.1m lawsuit over Greenpeace protest Campaign group will pay no money to oil and gas company, but will donate £300,000 to RNLI The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2024
Shell and Greenpeace settle legal action over ship protest The environmental group will make a £300,000 donation to the RNLI without accepting liability or paying money to Shell. Evening Standard · Dec 10, 2024
‘My right side was paralysed, I was so sick’: the pesticide poisonings in Brazil that lead back to the UK Investigation uncovers how chemicals like diquat, banned in the UK but legal to export, are causing health problems in the global south The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2024
UK exported thousands of tonnes of banned pesticides in 2023, probe reveals The UK shipped enough of a bee-killing insecticide overseas to spray an area bigger than England, a Greenpeace investigation found. The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2024
Hackney Council backs Edmonton incinerator despite fears over ‘dirtiest form of power’ Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace are among campaign groups deeply concerned about the new facility Evening Standard · Dec 6, 2024
Starmer denies watering down green power target in new ‘plan for change’ The Government has promised to be ‘on track to at least 95% clean power by 2030’. The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2024
Shell, Norway's Equinor To Form Joint UK Oil And Gas Firm British energy giant Shell and Norway's Equinor announced plans Thursday to merge their UK offshore oil and gas assets to create a new jointly owned company. International Business Times · Dec 5, 2024
Anti-whaling activist to learn if he will be extradited to Japan within 14 days Paul Watson, an early Greenpeace member, says his imprisonment in Greenland is a ‘political case’ The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2024
The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2024 Greenpeace activists board tanker demanding cut in plastic production Activists scaled ship’s mast, painted ‘PLASTIC KILLS’ on the side of the vessel, and set up tents to sustain their protest
International Business Times · Nov 30, 2024 Greenpeace Activists Board Tanker In Plastic Protest Greenpeace activists boarded a tanker off South Korea on Saturday in an action intended to draw attention to calls for a treaty to curb plastic pollution, the environmental group said.
The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2024 What to know about the plastic pollution crisis as treaty talks conclude in South Korea The world’s nations will wrap up negotiating a treaty this weekend to address the global crisis of plastic pollution
The Conversation · Nov 27, 2024 Five fairness flaws the UN’s new plastics treaty must change The UN’s new plastics treaty is about to be finalised – marking a crucial opportunity to form an international agreement to tackle the plastic pollution crisis. Plastic waste is ubiquitous – damaging human health and livelihoods, as well as ecosystems in water and on land; yet plastic production is at…
The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2024 ‘Once in a lifetime’ chance to end plastic pollution as nations assemble in Busan Plastic pollution is no longer just an environmental issue – it is a health crisis and a significant driver of the climate crisis
Al Jazeera · Nov 26, 2024 Leaders make push for plastic pollution treaty at talks in South Korea Island nations say recycling insufficient to solve problem when 400 million tonnes of plastic waste is produced yearly.
Evening Standard · Nov 24, 2024 Cop29 finance deal ‘a death sentence’ and ‘woefully inadequate’, activists say Energy Secretary Ed Miliband called the package a ‘critical 11th-hour deal at the 11th hour for the climate’.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2024 Bali plastic recycling scheme swamped with garbage Scheme has collected a fraction of the waste it set out to handle and is struggling with broken machinery and poor finances
The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2024 Five firms in plastic pollution alliance ‘made 1,000 times more plastic than they cleaned up’ Five oil and chemical companies which promised to divert plastic from environment accused of producing 132m tonnes of it
The Guardian - US · Nov 20, 2024 Zelenskyy welcomes US decision to give landmines to Ukraine amid criticism from aid groups – Russia-Ukraine war as it happened Ukrainian president hails mines as important part of arsenal in statement; aid groups condemn ‘unethical’ decision, saying mines risk harming civilians
The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2024 Latest Russian airstrikes on Ukraine threaten ‘catastrophic power failure’ Greenpeace says targeting of substations connected to three working nuclear plants risks nuclear catastrophe in Europe