Tag: greenpeace

Just Stop Oil activists await jail time for Van Gogh and airport vandalism

Just Stop Oil activists are in jail awaiting sentencing.

Red Sea cargo ship sinks with no condemnation from Greenpeace

The Houthis have sunk a cargo ship carry 30,000 tonnes of fertilizer.

Greenpeace says COP28 is for making oil and gas the past

Looming over the 28th UN Climate Conference (COP28) is whether governments will finally heed the calls, that grow stronger by the day, to phase out fossil fuels and deliver on climate justice, writes Greenpeace.

Lebanon hosts climate justice heroes of COP28

Who asks Lebanon or the Middle East what they think about climate change? Is it possible that these water and energy-strapped regions who have the most to lose from a hot planet might have something critical to say? Those voices were heard at a Climate Justice Camp in August.

The Cedars of God are dying

Greenpeace is promoting a new film about the trees, the ‘Cedars of Lebanon’. This is the second film that was produced to document and highlight the devastating impact of global climate change on precious and unique ecosystems in the Middle East. 

If there is lead in Parisian honey, imagine what’s polluting Beirut?

Years after the Notre Dame fire in Paris Parisians are still feeling the health effects whether they know it or not. According to a recent study reported in the Smithsonian local urban honeybees in Paris were collecting pollen with unhealthy amounts of lead in it. Imagine then how those suffering from the explosion in Beirut might deal with the immediate catastrophe.

Greenpeace against Arab world’s first nuclear power plant

The first nuclear energy plant in the United Arab Emirates goes online on the Gulf Coast east of Qatar.

New UN tool can track illegal fishing

It was made to track pirates, but a new UN navigation system can catch illegal fishing boats.

Lego ditches deal with Shell over Greenpeace oil spill video

Lego announced a break in its 50-year partnership with Royal Dutch Shell, a split sparked by an anti-Arctic drilling...

Turkish Girl “Pirate” Jailed in Russia’s Arctic Prison Over Oil

Twenty-eight Greenpeacers, mostly foreigners, and two journalists are held for six weeks now in a Russian prison: In a...

Greenpeace Assesses Jordan’s Energy Future Without Nuclear Option

Greenpeace Jordan recently launched its first report specific to the Arab World entitled Jordan’s Energy Future (pdf link) to...

Zara Gives in to Greenpeace and Public Pressure

Greenpeace tapped into some serious people power with their recent "Detox" campaign and the world's largest fast fashion retailer...