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Millions of litres of oil seeping into UK soil from ageing electricity cables

FOI requests reveal leaks beneath cities, residential areas, riverbeds and fields in ‘huge problem for environment’

The Guardian - UK

Soap, wristbands and scaling the UN: People get creative during final plastic pollution treaty talks

A Swiss ocean protection group is handing out bars of soap to negotiators working on a global accord to end plastic pollution

The Independent UK

Plastic treaty talks nearing collapse as nations remain deadlocked on production

Environmental organisations warn that without urgent compromises the session could fail to produce a treaty capable of tackling the scale of the crisis

The Independent UK

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Microplastics detected in Geneva during global plastics negotiations

Air sampling in the Swiss city this week detected plastic fibres and fragments in both indoor and outdoor locations, including cafés, public transport and shops

The Independent UK

Oil Industry Presence Surges At UN Plastic Talks: NGOs

Environmental NGOs are raising concerns about the growing presence of petrochemical industry lobbyists at talks to forge a global treaty to combat plastic pollution.

International Business Times

Plastic treaty talks overrun by fossil fuel lobbyists, campaigners say

Campaigners warn of ‘crisis of credibility’ as number of lobbyists attending plastics treaty negotiations rises

The Independent UK

Plastic Pollution Treaty Talks Stuck In 'Dialogue Of The Deaf'

Negotiations aimed at forging a global treaty on plastic pollution are being blocked by oil-producing countries and getting bogged down in a "dialogue of the deaf", sources in and around the talks told AFP. Ten days of talks on finalising an international, legally-binding instrument on plastic pollution opened on Tuesday…

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Nations meet in Geneva for final push on treaty to curb world’s spiralling plastic pollution crisis

With plastic production projected to triple by 2060, pressure is mounting to secure a binding agreement that tackles the crisis at its source.

Euronews

Nations will try again on plan to confront world's 'spiraling' plastic pollution mess

Nations gather in Geneva Tuesday for what many hope will be the final meeting to craft a landmark treaty to end the plastic pollution crisis that affects every ecosystem and person on the planet

The Independent UK

Greenpeace targets Starmer and Lammy over Gaza with ‘wanted’ posters

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The Independent UK

Greenpeace demonstrators plaster London underground with anti-Starmer stickers in Gaza protest

Watch as Greenpeace protesters plaster a London underground tube station with anti-Sir Keir Starmer and David Lammy stickers and signs as they claim the politicians are “fuelling genocide”.

The Independent UK

Global plastics treaty talks resume in Geneva: Is this the ‘world’s last chance’ to act?

Campaigners say that industry lobbyists must be banned from the talks to secure a meaningful outcome.

Euronews

Man charged after death of mother more than 30 years ago

Police Scotland confirmed a 67-year-old man had been arrested and charged following the death of Shona Stevens in 1994.

Evening Standard

Ten activists arrested after Greenpeace demo on Forth Road Bridge ends

The Forth Road Bridge outside of Edinburgh was closed after Greenpeace activists suspended themselves from the structure in order to block a tanker.

Evening Standard

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Greenpeace activists arrested as Forth Road Bridge protest ends

GREENPEACE has said its activists were arrested by police after ending a protest where they suspended themselves from a bridge in order to halt a…

The Independent UK

Greenpeace says activists arrested after ending Forth Road Bridge protest

A group of 10 campaigners had suspended themselves from the bridge as part of a protest organised by Greenpeace UK.

The Independent UK

Greenpeace protesters close Forth Road Bridge after abseiling off the side

Greenpeace is calling for global plastic production to be cut by at least 75 per cent by 2040.

Evening Standard

Forth Road Bridge closed as 10 Greenpeace activists abseil under it with flags

The group said it wanted to block an Ineos tanker carrying fracked gas to the Grangemouth industrial site.

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The Independent UK

Greenpeace hails Italy court ruling allowing climate lawsuit against energy company ENI to go ahead

Italy’s highest court has ruled that a lawsuit brought by climate activists against Italian energy company ENI and its government shareholders can go ahead

Euronews

Brazil passes controversial 'devastation bill' that weakens environmental regulations

Critics have called it "by far the worst piece of legislation” ever from an environmental standpoint.

Radio France Internationale

Forty years on from Rainbow Warrior bombing, Greenpeace leader reflects

Forty years after the bombing of its Rainbow Warrior vessel, Greenpeace International’s executive director Mads Christensen tells RFI that the attack not only failed to silence the movement, but made it stronger than ever. In an exclusive interview, he reflects on how an act of violence became a rallying cry.

Euronews

Greenpeace protests fossil fuel investment in Greece urging an end to new gas projects

Greenpeace said it wanted to highlight the country's unnecessary and wasteful investments in fossil gas.

Radio France Internationale

You still can't sink a rainbow, Greenpeace boss says 40 years after bombing

Forty years after the Rainbow Warrior bombing, Greenpeace International’s executive director Mads Christensen says the attack only made the movement stronger and proved that “you can’t sink a rainbow”. He tells RFI how one act of violence inspired generations of activists and continues to fuel their fight for the planet.

Radio France Internationale

Forty years after the Rainbow Warrior bombing, activists still under attack

Forty years ago this week, the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior was sunk by two bombs planted by French secret service operatives. The bombing, which killed photographer Fernando Pereira, was intended to halt Greenpeace’s campaign against French nuclear testing at Moruroa Atoll. Instead, it galvanised the global environmental movement and left…

The Guardian - UK

‘Slapp addict’ Italian oil firm accused of trying to silence green activists

Eni has filed at least six defamation suits against journalists and NGOs since 2019 in what critics say is intimidation campaign

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