Washington, DC, December 14, 2020 – Greenpeace Inc. filed a lawsuit in California Superior Court today, alleging that Walmart has employed unlawful, unfair, and deceptive business practices by incorrectly labeling and advertising its various private label throwaway plastic products and packaging as recyclable. Through the suit, Greenpeace is demanding that Walmart remove false and misleading […]
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Greenpeace warns of “ecological disaster” if governments force widespread disposables on restaurants
Washington, DC, May 19, 2020 – As cities, states, and countries move toward reopening restaurants and businesses, Greenpeace USA has sounded the alarm on moving toward widespread disposables into the future. Though the Trump Administration rejected the original proposed CDC guidance on reopening the U.S., the draft recommendations included restaurants using disposable menus, utensils, and […]
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Brazil: Deforestation on indigenous lands increases 59% in the first months of 2020
May 11, 2020 – Deforestation and Covid-19 are advancing on the forest and the people who live in it and with overwhelming speed and catastrophic predictions. An analysis of data from the Deter system, from the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe), shows that in the first four months of 2020, warnings of deforestation in indigenous lands […]
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U.S. companies use misleading “recyclable” labels on hundreds of plastic products
Washington, DC, Feb. 18, 2020 – Greenpeace USA released the results of a comprehensive survey of the nation’s 367 material recovery facilities (MRFs) today, revealing that only PET #1 and HDPE #2 plastic bottles and jugs may legitimately be labeled as recyclable by consumer goods companies and retailers. The survey found that common plastic pollution items, including […]
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New Greenpeace report reveals ghost gear contribution to plastic pollution
Cape Town, South Africa November 6, 2019 – An estimated 640,000 metric tons of abandoned or lost fishing equipment, or ‘ghost gear,’ enters the ocean every year, equivalent in weight to more than 50 thousand double-decker buses. In total, the equipment makes up around 10 percent of the plastic waste in our oceans, entangling and […]
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Greenpeace report exposes how multinationals pretend to solve the plastic crisis
Washington, DC, Sept. 30, 2019 – A Greenpeace USA report released today, Throwing Away the Future: How Companies Still Have It Wrong on Plastic Pollution “Solutions,” warns consumers to be skeptical of the so-called solutions announced by multinational corporations to tackle the plastic pollution crisis. These false solutions, such as switching to paper or ‘bioplastics,’ […]
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G7 Summit: climate pledges but no binding decisions to rapidly cut emissions
Biarritz, France, August 26, 2019 – The G7 Summit in France has reaffirmed the widening gulf between those demanding urgent climate action and the lack of real progress from the world’s largest economies. Less than a month before the UN Secretary General’s Climate Action Summit in New York, the G6 leaders of the G7 reiterated […]
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Greenpeace reactive on Amazon forest fires
São Paulo, Brazil, Aug. 22, 2019 – Over the past days, forest fires have been ravaging the Brazilian Amazon region. The number of fire outbreaks recorded in the Amazon in 2019 is one of the largest in recent years. Between January and August 20, the number of fires has increased 145% compared to the same […]
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Greenpeace: Massive forest fires in Siberia is a climate emergency
Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia, August 5, 2019 – A Greenpeace Russia team is documenting wildfires in the taiga forest, in the Krasnoyarsk region of Siberia. Despite statements by Russian authorities, the intensity of forest fires in Siberia is not decreasing. The 4.3 million hectare fire — an area larger than Denmark — is contributing significantly to […]
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Greenpeace report: U.S. retailers failing to address plastic pollution crisis
Washington, DC, June 11, 2019 – A Greenpeace report released today, Packaging Away the Planet, ranks 20 of the largest U.S. grocery retailers for the first time on their efforts to eliminate single-use plastics. The assessment found that, across the board, U.S. supermarkets are failing to adequately address the plastic pollution crisis they are contributing […]
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New Air Pollution Ranking Highlights Threats of US Wildfires to Public Health
March 12, 2019 – New data compiled in the IQAir AirVisual 2018 World Air Quality Report and interactive world’s most polluted cities ranking reveals that US cities made up five of the 10 the most polluted in the world during August and November of 2018. The Camp Fire, the deadliest fire in California’s history, caused […]
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Federal Court Dismisses $900 Million Pipeline Company Lawsuit Against Greenpeace
BISMARCK, February 14, 2019 — Today, the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota issued a landmark dismissal [1] of all claims against all defendants in the USD$900 million case against Greenpeace and others brought by Energy Transfer [2]. The decision to dismiss this lawsuit, which alleged Greenpeace engaged in racketeering and […]
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Greenpeace slams Antarctic Ocean Commission for ‘failing its mandate’ to protect Antarctic waters
HOBART, Tasmania, Nov. 2, 2018 – Greenpeace International has slammed the Antarctic Ocean Commission (CCAMLR) for “failing its mandate” following a meeting in Hobart, Tasmania, where governments failed to agree on a vast Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary, backed by 22 of 25 of the Commission’s members and almost 3 million people worldwide. [1] Frida Bengtsson of […]
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Greenpeace and 5 Gyres find microplastics in every U.S. East and West Coast sample collected
WASHINGTON, DC, Sept. 20, 2018 – Over the past year, Greenpeace collected microplastic data as part of 5 Gyres’ TrawlShare program while its ship the Arctic Sunrise traveled down the East and West Coasts. The TrawlShare program engages partners and community scientists globally to collect data on ocean plastics, which will contribute to an update of 5 […]
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Greenpeace partners with Emma Thompson to release animated film about dwindling orangutan population (VIDEO)
Aug. 14, 2018 – Greenpeace has partnered with actor Emma Thompson to release “Rang-tan”, an animated short film about a little girl and her orangutan friend forced from her forest home. The palm oil industry is a major driver of deforestation in Indonesia. The widespread clearing of rainforests in Indonesia has contributed to habitat loss […]
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Greenpeace Canada peaceful blockade of oil tanker ends with arrests
UNCEDED COAST SALISH TERRITORIES/VANCOUVER, July 4, 2018 – The Greenpeace Canada aerial bridge blockade in the path of the Trans Mountain tar sands oil tanker, Serene Sea, has ended. The tanker was loaded with oil from the Alberta tar sands and waited at anchor while the blockade prevented it from leaving. After spending more than […]
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Rachel Rye Butler: Kinder Morgan deems Trans Mountain pipeline and tanker project too great a financial and reputational risk
Washington, D.C. May 29, 2018 —Today the Canadian government announced that it would buy the Trans Mountain pipeline and the infrastructure for the Expansion Project from Kinder Morgan with the intention of finding a long-term investor for the project. In response, Greenpeace USA Tar Sands Campaigner Rachel Rye Butler said: After a constant wave of […]
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Greenpeace reveals new images of life in the Amazon Reef; Calls on oil giant Total to cancel its project
Amapá state, Brazil, April 23, 2018 – A scientific expedition carried out by the Greenpeace ship Esperanza captured new images of the northern sector of the Amazon Reef, 135 kilometers off the coast of Oiapoque in Amapá, and at a depth of 90 metres. The 1.5 hour dive took place on 19 April with a […]
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Antarctic expedition finds abundance of marine life; Javier Bardem calls for Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary
BERLIN, Feb. 20, 2018 – A Greenpeace expedition to the Antarctic seafloor, including an area never before visited by humans, has found sensitive marine ecosystems featuring sponges, corals, basket stars and sea feathers. Scientists, campaigners and Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem, traveled to the seabed in a research submarine to film rare footage, which was shown […]
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Greenpeace submarine captures rare footage of the Antarctic seafloor ‘carpeted with life’
WASHINGTON, DC, Jan. 24, 2018 – Greenpeace International has released its first submarine footage from a part of the Antarctic seafloor never before visited by humans. The footage shows a seafloor ‘carpeted with life’ as well as ‘clear indications of a vulnerable marine ecosystem’ — strong evidence of the need for an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary […]