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Greenpeace UK

December 2, 2020

Supermarket and fast food chicken fuelling deforestation in Brazil

Chicken sold in Britain’s supermarkets and fast food outlets is being fattened on soya linked to deforestation and fires across a vital region of tropical woodland in Brazil, says Greenpeace.
September 8, 2020

UK supermarkets can halve throwaway plastic by 2025, says new report

Supermarkets could make big cuts to the amount of plastic waste they produce by focusing on just a few ‘problem products’, a new Greenpeace report has found.
August 29, 2020

Defra’s proposed new law to curb deforestation 'seriously flawed'

The UK government and industry need to support a just transition to food systems that work with nature, including the restoration of natural ecosystems, says Greenpeace UK.
July 1, 2020

A green recovery could create a 1.8 million ‘jobs revolution’

The economic upheaval caused by the pandemic will be dwarfed by impacts of the climate emergency, unless government action is taken right now, says Greenpeace UK.
May 18, 2020

Russian supertrawlers caught fishing in Special Area of Conservation

Greenpeace UK is calling for fishing by supertrawlers to be banned from all UK Marine Protected Areas.
April 8, 2020

Government admits BP drilling permit process was unlawful

The government admits it acted unlawfully when granting BP a permit to drill for new oil in the North Sea.
February 3, 2020

Ministers give themselves ‘licence to fail’ as they dodge urgent nature targets

The UK government is refusing to take any legal responsibility for new short-term targets on sustainable fisheries and nature restoration, campaigners have warned.
January 23, 2020

UK chicken habit is fuelling the climate and nature emergency, says Greenpeace

Chicken is the most popular meat in the UK. But the soya used as feed is responsible for deforestation in South America, accelerating climate change and biodiversity loss.
December 9, 2019

Report highlights severe threats to Earth’s largest carbon sink

Oceans are the largest carbon stores on earth, containing 50 times the amount of carbon held in the atmosphere and 10 times the amount of carbon in terrestrial vegetation, soils and microbes combined.
November 12, 2019

Coalitions call for nature and climate change to be put at the heart of election manifestos

Over 30 NGOs, with a combined supporter base of over 13 million people – including the Women’s Institute, Woodland Trust, UK Health Alliance, and Greenpeace – are urging all political parties to put the environment at the heart of their election manifestos.