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“We were told not to go into the forest anymore” – Greenpeace investigation exposes human rights violations by Halcyon Agri
Yaoundé, 25 November 2019 – Following last year’s Ruinous Rubber report, which exposed the most devastating new forest clearance for industrial agriculture in the Congo Basin, Greenpeace Africa released today…
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Support the petition to ban harmful pesticides to safeguard our health and environment
Increasingly, many Kenyan families have experienced the loss of a loved one to cancer or know someone who has succumbed to the illness. In 2019, we have seen several prominent…
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Hope for the oceans: Greenpeace divers discover ocean paradise off the coast of Cape Town
Cape Town, 12 November 2019 – A team of Greenpeace activists, divers and scientists onboard Greenpeace’s iconic Arctic Sunrise discovered a biodiversity haven on the Vema Seamount, 1 000km off…
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Greenpeace Africa on floods across the continent: “Without Climate Action we’ll be queuing for Noah’s Ark”
Nairobi, 5 November 2019 – With floods hitting at least 16 African countries [1], Greenpeace Africa urges leaders to act for the people and against climate change. Rains have increasingly…
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Greenpeace exposes destructive fishing vessels in the South Atlantic
Montevideo, Uruguay, 31 October 2019 — Greenpeace Andino activists protested today against the lack of regulation for the fishing industry in the South Atlantic by displaying a 25 meter-long banner…
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Greenpeace on Inga III: Congo’s natural Resources belong to the Congolese – not to Multinationals
Kinshasa, 28 October 2019 Greenpeace Africa welcomes a new report from Resource Matters and Congo Research Group confirming suspicions that the $14 billion Inga III hydroelectric project in the Democratic…
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Indigenous leaders interrupt global summit to tell top brands: “our survival is at stake”
Johannesburg, South Africa, 24 October 2019 – Today, Indigenous leaders targeted CEOs and senior management of some of the world’s biggest brands, including Nestle, Unilever and Mondelēz, at a summit…
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SA nuclear liability amounts TRIPLED following Greenpeace legal action FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Johannesburg, 24 October 2019 — South Africa’s inadequate nuclear liability regulations[1] have finally been updated and gazetted[2] by Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe. This news comes after…
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Greenpeace Africa commends Laikipia county’s investment in solar
Nairobi, 22 October 2019 Greenpeace Africa commends Laikipia county’s move to invest in 40MW solar energy plant. Investing in clean renewable energy sources will facilitate increased access to modern energy…
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Environmental justice organisations condemn SA’s plans for more coal electricity
In the wake of a new bout of load-shedding, the long-overdue Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity (IRP) was finally published for implementation today – following nearly a year of deliberations,…