UK ministers face legal challenge over North Sea oil and gas licences Three campaign groups challenge plans to award up to 130 new licences for exploration The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2022
Revealed: Brazil goldminers carve illegal ‘Road to Chaos’ out of Amazon reserve Aerial photos from reconnaissance mission reveal effort to smuggle excavators into Brazil’s largest Indigenous territory The Guardian - US · Dec 12, 2022
Environmental groups hail EU draft law for deforestation-free supply chains The European Union reached an agreement Tuesday to ban the import of products including coffee, cocoa and soy in cases where they are deemed to contribute to deforestation. Radio France Internationale · Dec 6, 2022
Greenpeace begs Indonesian government to call off Sotheby's auction of Bali archipelago Environmental experts are pleading with the Indonesian government to cancel a controversial auction selling off 100 tropical islands to the highest bidder "before it causes worse impacts" Daily Mirror · Dec 5, 2022
Grant Shapps attacked over ‘nonsense’ claim wind turbines too big to build onshore Business secretary claims turbines ‘wouldn’t be able to be carried by roads’ The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2022
Drag queens, 8ft piñatas and The Muppets lead HOME’s festive season A middle-aged Cindy Lou Who, Orangutan puppets and an adults-only comedy night also feature in the theatre's Christmas line-up Manchester Evening News · Nov 28, 2022
He's walked the plank, but ousted Sea Shepherd captain Paul Watson says he's building a 'navy' While Sea Shepherd's mutiny is dividing the conservation group, exiled captain Paul Watson is plotting a comeback. ABC News · Nov 26, 2022
Bear dens and ancient trees face onslaught of logging in Poland An ambitious forest management plan in the country’s Carpathian mountains is bringing state foresters ever closer to the dens of brown bears, a protected species The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2022
Nineteen years after the ‘fart tax’, New Zealand’s farmers are fighting emissions After years of tension with policy-makers, will New Zealand manage to deliver its ‘world-first’ scheme to reduce methane and nitrous oxide in agriculture? The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2022
World's automakers fall short on climate goals, says Greenpeace report Major automakers will need to sell about half the number of petrol and diesel vehicles than under current projections to be aligned with key climate goals, Greenpeace said Thursday. France 24 · Nov 10, 2022
World’s biggest carmakers to build 400m more vehicles than 1.5C climate target will allow Toyota, Volkswagen and Hyundai/Kia on track to make far more petrol and diesel cars than is sustainable The Guardian - AU · Nov 10, 2022
Ye and Adidas break up: Why brand marriages sometimes go bad Brand partnerships between seemingly disparate companies or organizations are all around us. The Conversation · Nov 7, 2022
Hundreds of activists stop planes taking off at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport Some activists staged a sit-in while others cycled round the planes Evening Standard · Nov 5, 2022
Greenpeace activist from Oldham cleared of protest that blocked tanker of Russian diesel Kim Harrison was among 10 protesters charged with aggravated trespass following the protest in Essex in May Manchester Evening News · Nov 5, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2022 Climate activists arrested after blocking private jets in Amsterdam airport Sitdown protests are part of a day of demonstrations in and around Amsterdam airport
Bangkok Post · Nov 5, 2022 Climate activists block private jet departures AMSTERDAM: More than 100 environmental activists wearing white suits stormed into an area where private jets are kept at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on Saturday and stopped several aircraft from departing by sitting in front of their wheels
The Independent UK · Nov 5, 2022 Ban all UK plastic waste exports by 2027, say cross-party MPs British waste being burned oversees with ‘irreversible and shocking’ health and environmental impacts, committee told
The Walrus · Nov 4, 2022 Mass Murder on the High Seas When video of a grisly shooting on a fishing boat circulated online, one determined investigator went on a quest for justice
The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2022 Greenpeace activists cleared over protest that blocked tanker of Russian oil A judge stated that Russia’s war in Ukraine ‘could be described as terrorism’.
The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022 Greenpeace activists on trial over protest that blocked tanker of Russian diesel The group claim they were acting to prevent a crime.
Radio France Internationale · Nov 3, 2022 France pushes industry giants to lower carbon footprint As the Cop27 climate summit starts this weekend in Egypt, French President Emmanuel Macron has invited large French companies for a meeting to encourage them to accelerate the reduction of their carbon footprints. This comes as Greenpeace accuses French oil and gas company TotalEnergies of grossly underreporting its own emissions.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2022 ‘Carbon timebomb’: climate crisis threatens to destroy Congo peatlands Vast carbon store may be close to point where it could flip from absorbing CO2 to releasing it, research shows
The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2022 Peers called on to kill public order bill targeting climate activists Petition signed by 300,000 people demands Home Office drops ‘attempt to overthrow democracy’
The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2022 Sale of oil and gas permits casts shadow over world’s second-largest rainforest Villagers in the Congo basin rely on the forest for food, medicine and spiritual wellbeing, but an auction of exploration rights could threaten that way of life
The Guardian - US · Oct 30, 2022 Greenpeace accused of greenwashing Egypt’s image ahead of Cop27 Criticism of group comes as advocates warn environmentalists should not downplay concerns about Egypt’s human rights record