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Less Is More
Reducing meat and dairy for a healthier life and planet — the Greenpeace vision of the meat and dairy system towards 2050.
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Greenpeace investigation shows Fukushima radiation risks to last into next century
Tokyo, Japan - A comprehensive survey by Greenpeace Japan in Fukushima prefecture, revealed radiation levels up to 100 times higher than the international limit for public exposure.
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We don’t just need electric cars, we need fewer cars
Ever since the first production car rolled off the assembly line more than 100 years ago, our love affair with automobiles has grown and grown.
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2018: Tomorrow we rise
What do you do when you’re confronted with the darkness of powerful, but single-minded and ignorant institutions which continue to destroy our planet with impunity?
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Charting a plastic free future in Taiwan
By now, we have all heard about and seen multiple shocking images of plastic pollution in oceans. Whether it’s the seahorse with its tail wrapped around an earbud, or the remote island paradise turned into a plastic nightmare, it’s clear that the world has reached beyond breaking point with this material.
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World scientists’ warning to humanity
Environmental activists and organisations typically try and stay positive, to give people hope that we can change. Positive signs exist, going back to the historic whaling and toxic dumping bans of the 1980s. The 1987 Montreal Protocol, reducing CFC gas emissions, led to a partial recovery of the ozone hole. Birth rates have declined in…
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The Fukushima nuclear waste crisis is a human rights violation
Nearly seven years after the triple reactor meltdown, this unique nuclear crisis is still underway. Of the many complex issues resulting from the disaster, one in particular may have become routine but is anything but normal: the vast amounts of nuclear waste, stored and being transported across Fukushima prefecture.
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MAKE SMTHNG Week sparks a sustainable maker movement
Rome - To fight overconsumption and wasteful shopping during the holiday season, thousands of makers around the world have joined Greenpeace and its partners Fashion Revolution and Shareable for the MAKE SMTHNG week of action.
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7 air pollution hacks to help protect your family
One question we often get asked at Greenpeace is: “what's the best way to protect myself from air pollution?” With news articles warning that 5.5 million people worldwide die prematurely every year as a result of breathing polluted air, it's understandable that people want to know how to protect themselves and their families.
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Black Friday: Greenpeace invites public to MAKE SMTHNG and buy nothing
Rome, 23 November 2017 - On the eve of Black Friday and the global wave of holiday shopping, Greenpeace is launching MAKE SMTHNG Week by asking everyone everywhere to create instead of consume as a way of taking a stand against hyper-consumerism.