Chornobyl, Ukraine – Near the ruins of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, an international team of radiation experts led by Greenpeace Germany is examining abandoned Russian positions for radioactive contamination. Trenches and dugouts were built
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Gas is a fossil fuel that, when burnt, emits deadly greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. As if that wasn’t enough to ditch it, its nature (as a gas), makes it difficult and expensive to extract,
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Our region has been suffering from extreme heatwaves, droughts and massive fires that really bring the climate crisis to the forefront of all our minds. Last month, record temperatures hit most of Europe. Spain battled wildfires,
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North Atlantic – Greenpeace UK and Greenpeace España activists on board the Arctic Sunrise have confiscated fishing gear from two European industrial longline fishing vessels in the North Atlantic. One was operating in a Marine
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GENÈVE (OIT Infos) – L'Organisation internationale du Travail (OIT) lancera un nouveau rapport sur l'emploi des jeunes dans le monde le jeudi 11 août 2022.Tendances mondiales de l'emploi des jeunes 2022 - Investir dans la
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Construction d'une structure métallique cylindrique au Myanmar. © ILO/M. Crozet BANGKOK, Thaïlande (OIT Infos) – Le Myanmar reste profondément affecté par de lourdes pertes d'emplois 18 mois après la prise du pouvoir par les militaires
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Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMBC Group), one of Japan’s three megabanks, held its annual general shareholders’ meeting on June 29. Takayoshi Yokoyama, a representative of 350.org Japan explained their shareholders’ proposals co-filed by representatives of
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Over the following weeks we’ll be covering various propositions commonly deemed by the lobby of the fossil fuel industry and their allies as ‘solutions’ to the climate crisis. As stand-ins to ending fossil fuels, ideas
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I’m deeply sickened by yesterday’s announcement: the oil giant Total announced to its shareholders a profit of 5.7 billion dollars in the second quarter. Their triumphant declaration of these profits highlights the moral bankruptcy and
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North Atlantic – Greenpeace UK and Greenpeace España activists on board the Arctic Sunrise have confiscated fishing gear from two European industrial longline fishing vessels in the North Atlantic. One was operating in a Marine
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