Greenpeace International published a new report on Tuesday accusing Mondelēz International of sourcing palm oil from “rainforest destroyers.” Palm oil is an ingredient in many of the company’s popular products, including Oreo cookies, Ritz crackers and Cadbury chocolate bars. The report comes a day after Mondelēz announced it has excluded 12 upstream suppliers as a […]
The biggest food, drink and consumer brands—including Coca-Cola, Nestlé, Unilever and H&M—joined a global campaign on Monday to tackle plastic waste. The “New Plastics Economy Global Commitment,” spearheaded by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF) in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), was “cautiously welcomed” by some environmental groups, who say the initiative does […]
By Lauren Reid A new proposed rule from the National Park Service is aiming to restrict peaceful protest in parks and even sidewalks within the District of Columbia—just one effort on a long list of anti-protest laws popping up all around the country. Our right to free speech and peaceful protest is so fundamental to […]
By Jessica Corbett Addressing some 10,000 people in Helsinki on Saturday at what some campaigners are calling Finland’s largest ever climate demonstration, 15-year-old Greta Thunberg urged marchers to fight for the major systemic changes that experts have said are necessary to limit greenhouse gas emissions and avert a looming climate catastrophe. “Today we use 100 […]
Greenpeace is on a mission to create the largest protected area on earth in Antarctica, and it just gained a very talented ally to help promote that goal. Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke released a single Tuesday in support of the campaign called “Hands Off Antarctica,” The Guardian reported. “There are some places on this planet […]
By Anna Wagner One of Greenpeace’s foundational principles is bearing witness. We use our bodies and our voices to shine a spotlight on injustice and to tell the story of what we see in a powerful way that makes inaction no longer possible. That’s why right now, Greenpeace and the Arctic Sunrise is visiting the […]
Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Nestlé were identified as the world’s biggest producers of plastic trash in global cleanups and brand audits, a new report from Greenpeace and the Break Free From Plastic movement reveals. Over the span of nine months, an international team of volunteers sorted through 187,000 pieces of plastic trash collected from 239 cleanups […]
After China’s crackdown on foreign waste earlier this year, the United States has turned to poorer countries mostly in Southeast Asia to send its used plastics, according to a new report. This research, authored by Greenpeace‘s investigative team Unearthed, is the first comprehensive analysis of where U.S. recyclers are sending its trash since China introduced […]
The United Nations’ 48th session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) opened its crucial meeting in Incheon, South Korea on Monday to deliver the authoritative, scientific guide for governments to stave off disastrous climate change. “This is one of the most important meetings in the IPCC’s history,” chair Hoesung Lee of South Korea […]
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