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EU leaders don't agree on climate neutrality despite citizen pressure

Back in April, climate activist Greta Thurnberg encouraged MEPs to "panic" about climate change as if "the house is on fire." However, EU leaders were unable to adopt a goal for climate neutrality during Thursday's summit.

World News

Greenpeace 'climate emergency' protest targets EU summit

Activists staged a protest in Brussels ahead of Thursday's European summit, projecting a picture of the planet as a bomb to highlight the 'climate emergency'.

The Cube

‘Climate of urgency’: Tensions rising amid Greenpeace's BP protests

BP has serviced an injunction against Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise amid growing tensions between the oil giant and the environmentalist group.

Germany

Angela Merkel wants Germany to aim to neutralise gas emissions by 2050

German Chancellor Angela Merkel told an environmental conference in Berlin that she wants her country to aim to neutralise gas emissions by 2050

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Greenpeace activists scale Sydney Harbour Bridge in climate protest

Three Greenpeace activists were hanging from ropes under the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Tuesday (May 14) as part of a protest to demand that Australian Prime Minister take "emergency" action on climate change

World News

Euroviews. Europe must make the right choice for climate ǀ View

The parties that dream of a Europe made up of self centred, authoritarian states, are the same parties that oppose climate action and question the very existence of the climate crisis.

Switzerland

Green campaigners accuse Nestlé over single-use plastics

Greenpeace protests against Nestlé with creature made from plastic in Vevey, Switzerland, and accuse the company of not doing enough for the environment.

France

Climate protesters are blocking Ministry of Ecology and headquarters

This could be the biggest disobedience action organised in France. Hundreds of climate activists are blocking the access to the French Ministry of Ecology and the headquarters of Société Générale, Total and EDF at La Défense in Paris.

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Green campaigners accuse Nestle over single-use plastics

Environmental campaigners Greenpeace demonstrated outside Nestle's headquarters in Vevey, Switzerland, accusing the company of not doing enough to reduce single-use plastics.

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Greenpeace unveils Madrid banner calling for action on climate change

The yellow flag represents an invoice that lists the impact political decisions are having on climate and human rights, according to the NGO.

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Greenpeace hold anti coal protest in front of chancellery

Greenpace activists on Thursday demonstrated outside the offices of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, urging politicians to quickly implement the country's Coal Commission report.

Switzerland

Euroviews. Davos ‘elite’ still pretending we have time to fix the climate crisis | View

The Davos ‘elite’ are still pretending we have time to fix the climate crisis. We don’t. We have already entered into a new phase of climate change, one in which the impacts are coming faster and more intensively and we have to act immediately to avoid an even more catastrophic disaster.

Earth News

NGOS sue French government over not doing enough to tackle climate cha

Four NGOs including Oxfam and Greenpeace have decided to take the first act of "a climate justice action" against the French State.

United Kingdom

Christmas ad ban petition attracts 660,000 signatures

People have flocked to sign a petition calling for British regulators to overturn a ban on a television advert about the impact of palm oil production.

Earth News

A celebration of green style

A glimpse of the best looks spotted at Green Carpet Fashion Awards

United Kingdom

Trump 'well below par': paragliding protester flies over Scotland reso

A Greenpeace protester has flown over Trump's Turnberry resort with a banner that called the president "well below par".

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From bass to soprano, artist leads whale choir for UK exhibition

An exhibition about whales has been providing visitors in northern England with a somewhat different insight into the huge mammals with a choir of volunteers mimicking the sounds the species makes.

France

Greenpeace pilots and crashes drone into nuclear plant's no-fly zone

Greenpeace activists piloted a drone into the no-fly zone of the EDF-operated Bugey Nuclear Power Plant and crashed it against the heavily-reactive wall of its spent-fuel building on Tuesday to prove its vulnerability to foreign attacks.

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Greenpeace crash drone into French nuclear plant to highlight security

A Superman drone is remotely controlled by Greenpeace activists and enters the no-fly zone of the nuclear plant of Bugey, Rhone valley, France.

World News

Greenpeace: Single-use plastic has to stop

Greenpeace tells Euronews single-use plastic is to blame for ocean pollution. "We're going to reach a point soon when there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish."