11 Mar 2025
An investigation by Greenpeace UK reveals that giant supertrawlers continue to catch fish in the UK’s Marine Protected Areas, despite the UK government having had the powers to prevent them doing so since Brexit. Photo: Christian Aslund/Greenpeace Investigators found that from January 2020 to January 2025, 26 supertrawlers spent significant time fishing in […]
19 Dec 2023
Uplift and Greenpeace UK have launched legal challenges to the UK Government over its decision to green-light the Rosebank oil and gas project – the largest untapped field of its kind in the North Sea. Two separate judicial review challenges already filed against the UK’s decision. Both are expected to be heard in the Court […]
26 Sep 2023
A major new analysis of the threats facing the oceans has been released in a Greenpeace report: 30×30: From Global Ocean Treaty to Protection at Sea. The report also sets out a political roadmap to protect 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030 – the United Nations’ 30×30 target – using the new Ocean Treaty. © […]
01 Aug 2023
A major new Unearthed investigation highlights how sewage is affecting nature. According to Greenpeace, the investigation has revealed that sewage poured into England and Wales’ most-precious conservation sites for more than 300,000 hours in 2022. Over the past five months, Unearthed has been conducting an analysis of data on water companies’ sewage spills in sites […]
02 May 2023
The High Court granted Greenpeace permission to proceed with a Judicial Review of the Government’s decision to launch a new licensing oil and gas round, with fossil fuel companies submitting more than 100 licences to explore for new oil and gas. The judge has granted permission to Greenpeace for a full Judicial Review of the […]
20 Sep 2022
The Cornish Fish Producers’ Organisation (CFPO) has released a statement regarding Greenpeace UK’s boulder-dumping in the South West Deeps (East) Marine Conservation Zone. Greenpeace UK published a piece ‘5 reasons why Greenpeace built another underwater boulder barrier’ and the CFPO have responded in a statement “Whilst not wanting to overly engage in the headline-grabbing media campaign, the […]
13 Sep 2022
Further preparations have taken place to drop more boulders on marine conservation zone off Cornwall by Greenpeace UK. Meanwhile, it has been reported that England’s marine regulator has blocked further action. We covered last week the dropping of boulders by Greenpeace in the South West Deeps (East) Marine Conservation Zone off the coast of […]
06 Sep 2022
Greenpeace UK has placed 18 limestone boulders on the seabed in the South West Deeps (East) Marine Conservation Zone with the aim of disrupting industrial fishing. The environmental group dropped the boulders into the ocean about 200 miles (322km) off Cornwall from its ship Arctic Sunrise. It aims to create a barrier making […]
