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BHP’s secret shame
In November 2015 Brazil suffered one of its worst ever environmental disasters when the iron ore tailings dam at Samarco’s mine collapsed. It resulted in 60 million cubic meters of iron ore waste flowing into the Doce River, causing the deaths of 21 people, the destruction of entire towns, the displacement of thousands, pollution of…
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Chevron’s Amazon Chernobyl Case moves to Canada
After perpetrating what is probably the worst oil-related catastrophe on Earth – a 20,000 hectare death zone in Ecuador, known as the “Amazon Chernobyl” – the Chevron Corporation has spent two decades and over a billion dollars trying to avoid responsibility. In 2011, Indigenous and peasant villagers won an $9.5-billion compensation judgement in Ecuador. Chevron,…
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Tackling Tuna – How People Took On the Biggest Tuna Company and Won
Today is a big day for our oceans. It is good news for sea turtles and sharks, sea birds and tuna. It is also a great day for hundreds of thousands of workers at sea, many of whom have been victims of horrendous working conditions and human rights abuses. Today is a big day for…
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Thai Union Commits to More Sustainable, Socially-Responsible Seafood
Press release – 10 July, 2017BANGKOK, 11 JULY 2017 – Thai Union Group PCL has committed to measures that will tackle illegal fishing and overfishing, as well as improve the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of workers throughout the company’s supply chains.Thai Union’s new commitments build upon its sustainability strategy SeaChange®, including efforts to support…
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Authors around the world take a stand for free speech
Authors, journalists, poets and playwrights know that every time the right words are put to paper, or typed to a screen, our planet gets a little better. Because, without the right to express ourselves freely, we cannot achieve change in the world. A Greenpeace supporter uses a megaphone to make clear her thoughts during the…
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16 (Adorable) Reasons to Protect Canada’s Boreal Forest
Canada’s boreal forest is home to stunning landscapes and a spectacular array of wildlife. But corporate logging giant Resolute Forest Products wants to intimidate and silence people like you fighting to protect forests. |Black bear (Ursus americanus) in the Great Bear Rainforest. Black bears live in forests across Canada. These omnivores have better eyesight and…
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A World Without Greenpeace? How One Corporation Is Attacking Your Right to Speak for Forests
Your right to speak out is being threatened right now in a dizzying variety of ways, not only by oppressive governments around the world, but also by underhanded corporations who want to suppress speech through expensive lawsuits. Right now, Greenpeace is facing a massive lawsuit that Resolute Forest Products has filed to prevent us from…
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Six reasons to keep oil out of the Great Australian Bight
“The Great Australian Bight is the greatest whale nursery on this planet. The whale story where I come from is my university, my school… Whales like sperm whales, blue whales, pygmy blue whales, killer whales, humpback whales – they travel down there to honour that great journey, that song, that story of the great white…
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Greenseas comes last in Greenpeace’s 2017 ranking of canned tuna
Press release – 13 April, 2017Greenpeace is calling on Woolworths to drop Greenseas canned tuna from its shelves, following the release of its 2017 Tuna Guide today.The Greenpeace Tuna Guide ranks the major canned tuna brands based on their environmental performance and whether the treatment of their workers respects human rights. “Greenseas is certainly not…
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It’s Time for Solidarity, Love and Hope
This Friday, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, after a year when, around the world, the politics of hate, fear and division too often blossomed. The weekend of Trump’s inauguration, Greenpeace will join with allies and supporters to participate in movements across the globe sending a loud,…