Greenpeace UnearthedLeading scientists believe that the collapse of nature is as big a threat to humans as climate change – but it gets three times less media coverage. Watch episode two next: youtube.com/watch?v=9xVE7hlfJg4
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Sources and further reading: - IPBES assessment reports (2018) http://bit.ly/2XCHd00 - ‘Our House Is Burning: Discrepancy in Climate Change vs. Biodiversity Coverage in the Media as Compared to Scientific Literature’, Pierre Legagneux et al. (2018) http://bit.ly/2XzujQd - ‘Biological annihilation via the ongoing sixth mass extinction signaled by vertebrate population losses and declines’, Gerardo Ceballos et al. (2017) http://bit.ly/2XvqWtI - ‘The economic value of world’s wetlands’, Luke Brander and Kirsten Schuyt (2013) http://bit.ly/2XBnBt4 (PDF) - ‘Connecting Global Priorities: Biodiversity and Human Health’, WHO http://bit.ly/2XBYGWs (PDF) - ‘The battle for the soul of biodiversity’, Ehsan Masood (2018) go.nature.com/2XDlJQm (this is a really great read, highly recommend!)
As dangerous as climate change | Life Support | 01Greenpeace Unearthed2019-04-30 | Leading scientists believe that the collapse of nature is as big a threat to humans as climate change – but it gets three times less media coverage. Watch episode two next: youtube.com/watch?v=9xVE7hlfJg4
Life Support is a series about why the global nature crisis matters for our lives.
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Sources and further reading: - IPBES assessment reports (2018) http://bit.ly/2XCHd00 - ‘Our House Is Burning: Discrepancy in Climate Change vs. Biodiversity Coverage in the Media as Compared to Scientific Literature’, Pierre Legagneux et al. (2018) http://bit.ly/2XzujQd - ‘Biological annihilation via the ongoing sixth mass extinction signaled by vertebrate population losses and declines’, Gerardo Ceballos et al. (2017) http://bit.ly/2XvqWtI - ‘The economic value of world’s wetlands’, Luke Brander and Kirsten Schuyt (2013) http://bit.ly/2XBnBt4 (PDF) - ‘Connecting Global Priorities: Biodiversity and Human Health’, WHO http://bit.ly/2XBYGWs (PDF) - ‘The battle for the soul of biodiversity’, Ehsan Masood (2018) go.nature.com/2XDlJQm (this is a really great read, highly recommend!)Drax accused of driving environmental racism after more pollution claims against its US pellet millsGreenpeace Unearthed2022-10-03 | Company billed as UK’s ‘largest source of renewable energy’ has now been forced to make settlement payments for air pollution claims against three of its US pellet plants - two of them are sited in poor, majority-Black communities
Senior Reporter: Sam Quashie-Idun Reporter: Christopher Deane Co-Producer: Anna Wells Filmmaker: Andy Sarjahani Editors: Chima Nsoedo, Ali Deacon
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Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/UEREVEALED: Garment waste from Nike and other leading brands burned to fuel toxic kilns in Cambodia.Greenpeace Unearthed2022-08-08 | An Unearthed investigation has revealed how off-cuts from Cambodian factories supplying major brands are being used to fuel brick-kilns - exposing workers to toxic fumes.
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Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/UEHow Exxon held back climate action for decades, and is still doing it today | UNEARTHED GREENPEACEGreenpeace Unearthed2021-07-02 | Inside Exxon’s playbook: How America’s biggest oil company continues to oppose action on climate change. ExxonMobil aims to drastically weaken Biden’s climate plans and used shadow groups to ‘aggressively’ fight climate science, insider lobbyist tells undercover reporter
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Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/UEHow British chicken is linked to deforestation and fires in BrazilGreenpeace Unearthed2020-11-25 | From a threatened ecosystem in Brazil to the chicken we buy in Tesco, McDonald’s, Asda, Lidl and Nando’s in the UK. A new investigation by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Unearthed and partners traces complex supply chains that link UK chicken to soya grown in the Brazilian Cerrado, a massive tropical woodland that’s vital for climate control.
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Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/UE And Facebook: facebook.com/greenpeace.unearthedHow waste burning affects UK’s poorest neighbourhoodsGreenpeace Unearthed2020-07-31 | Incineration is on the rise in the UK, and low-income neighbourhoods and people of colour are experiencing the fallout.
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Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/greenpeace.unearthed And Twitter: twitter.com/UEO que está matando milhões de abelhas no Brasil?Greenpeace Unearthed2020-02-27 | O Brasil pode ser o maior mercado de pesticidas altamente perigosos do mundo, de acordo com uma nova análise dos dados da indústria de 2018. Quase dois terços dos produtos químicos tóxicos vendidos no Brasil foram usados na soja, cultivada para atender à demanda global de ração animal.
Como parte de uma investigação da Unearthed sobre o comércio global de pesticidas altamente perigosos, enviamos um jornalista em vídeo ao Rio Grande do Sul para falar com os apicultores que lidam com as conseqüências químicas do boom da soja no Brasil.
Leia a investigação da Unearthed and Public Eye (em inglês): unearthed.greenpeace.org/2020/02/20/pesticides-croplife-hazardous-bayer-syngenta-health-beesWhat’s killing millions of bees in Brazil?Greenpeace Unearthed2020-02-27 | Brazil may be the biggest market for highly hazardous pesticides in the world, according to a new analysis of 2018 industry data. Almost two thirds of the toxic chemicals sold in Brazil were used on soya, grown to meet global demand for animal feed.
As part of an Unearthed investigation into the global trade of highly hazardous pesticides, we sent a video journalist to the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul to speak to beekeepers dealing with the chemical fallout from Brazil's soya boom.
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Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/UE And Facebook: facebook.com/greenpeace.unearthedContaminated sewage used as fertiliser on English farms – secret reportGreenpeace Unearthed2020-02-04 | When Penny Napierski suspected something wasn't right with the foul-smelling fertiliser spread on the field near her home last year, she reported it to the Environment Agency. Now we've found an unpublished report from 2017 which shows the EA knew that sewage sludge spread on farms in England contained a long list of contaminants that could be harmful to human health or the environment – from salmonella to microplastics.
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Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/greenpeace.unearthed And Twitter: twitter.com/UEOil firms dump billions of cubic feet of methane into the atmosphereGreenpeace Unearthed2019-10-17 | Billions of cubic feet of gas were burned off or poured out into the atmosphere by oil companies in the three biggest oilfields in the US – in just 12 months. That's 8 million cars' worth of emissions, all wasted.
BP and Exxon are among the worst offenders for venting and flaring gas in the Permian, Bakken and Eagle Ford oil fields, despite claiming to be leaders in reducing the climate impacts of their oil operations. You can read their responses to this investigation on our website.
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Music: 'House of Grendel' by Blue Dot Sessions. This video uses music licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcodeHow sea creatures control the climate | Life Support | 04Greenpeace Unearthed2019-05-03 | Krill isn’t just whale food. These tiny shrimp-like creatures move planet-warming carbon out of the surface ocean down to the deep, where it can be locked away for millennia – all thanks to their poo.
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CORRECTION: At 2.55, the voiceover refers to solar panels, but the video inaccurately shows a solar thermal plant that uses an array of mirrors, not solar panels.
Sources and further reading: - ‘Krill faecal pellets drive hidden pulses of particulate organic carbon in the marginal ice zone’, Anna Belcher et al. (2019) go.nature.com/2XKVWWN - ‘Krill (Euphausia superba) distribution contracts southward during rapid regional warming’, Angus Atkinson et al. (2019) go.nature.com/2XGG2MR - ‘Oceanic swarms of Antarctic krill perform satiation sinking’, Geraint A. Tarling et al. (2017) http://bit.ly/2XEbhYZ - ‘Fish Carbon: Exploring Marine Vertebrate Carbon Services’, Lutz SJ and Martin AH (2014) http://bit.ly/2XEbueJ - ‘The Significance and Management of Natural Carbon Stores in the Open Ocean’, D Laffoley et al. (2014) http://bit.ly/2XH9brg - ‘Natural Climate Solutions’, Bronson W. Griscom et al. (2017) http://bit.ly/2XCUF3SHow coral reefs save lives | Life Support | 03Greenpeace Unearthed2019-05-02 | After the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami devastated the coasts of his native Sri Lanka, an engineering professor began asking why some places were spared the full force of the wave. Watch the next episode here: youtu.be/bC-73wOaJ78
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Sources and further reading: - ‘Coral Poaching Worsens Tsunami Destruction in Sri Lanka’, Harindra Joseph Fernando et al. (2005) http://bit.ly/2XzoEcX - ‘Influence of coastal vegetation on the 2004 tsunami wave impact in west Aceh’, Laso Bayas JC et al. (2011) http://bit.ly/2XIgaAy - ‘Wetlands for disaster risk reduction: Effective choices for resilient communities’, Ramsar (2017) http://bit.ly/2XHMR0W (PDF) - ‘Mangroves Shielded Communities Against Tsunami’, World Wildlife Fund (2005) http://bit.ly/2XIggYW - ‘Dealing with the effects of ocean acidification on coral reefs in the Indian Ocean and Asia’, Vicky W. Y. Lam et al. (2019) http://bit.ly/2XE4X3H - ‘The global flood protection savings provided by coral reefs’, Michael W Beck et al. (2018) go.nature.com/2XGkZdC - ‘Canal May Have Worsened City's Flooding’, Michael Grunwald, Washington Post (2005) https://wapo.st/2XN1vEf - ‘The Global Wetland Outlook’, Ramsar (2018) http://bit.ly/2XGyLwxHow bugs put food on the table | Life Support | 02Greenpeace Unearthed2019-05-01 | Once upon a time, bugs were seen as a threat to our food supply. We now know that they are the foundation of our ability to feed ourselves – and we’re killing them at an incredible rate.
This video won 'News Analysis or Explanatory Reporting of the Year' at the 2020 Association of British Science Writers Awards.
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Sources and further reading: - ‘More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas’, Caspar A. Hallmann et al. (2017) http://bit.ly/2XvsiVk - ‘Importance of pollinators in changing landscapes for world crops’, Alexandra-Maria Klein et al. (2006) http://bit.ly/2XD3xqd - ‘What agricultural practices are most likely to deliver ‘sustainable intensification’ in the UK?’, Lynn Dicks et al. (2018) http://bit.ly/2XBGH2e - ‘Policies for Ecological Intensification of Crop Production’, Lucas A. Garibaldi et al. (2019) http://bit.ly/2XFvWvT - ‘Climate-driven declines in arthropod abundance restructure a rainforest food web’, Bradford C. Lister and Andres Garcia (2017) http://bit.ly/2Xz8aS7 (Puerto Rico study) - ‘The Economic Value of Ecological Services Provided by Insects’, John E. Losey and Mace Vaughan (2006) http://bit.ly/2XzNV6NUnearthed. Award-winning journalism from Greenpeace.Greenpeace Unearthed2019-02-08 | Welcome to Unearthed. We're a team of journalists dedicated to uncovering the threats facing our environment. We take on those big, risky stories that require time and resources many newsrooms don’t have, but that need to be told.
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This strange story of smoke, dust and algae looks at the lesser-known half of a positive feedback loop: not only does climate change make fires bigger and badder, those fires are then fuelling climate change.
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Video written, produced and narrated by Georgie Johnson Animated and edited by Sian Butcher Music and sound design by JPML.agency Script edited by Emma Howard Featuring Jessica McCarty and Alun Hubbard Footage from Greenpeace, Getty, NASA Special thanks to Greenpeace Global Mapping Hub, Dr Reyes Tirado, Ice Alive and NASA Scientific Visualisation StudioBritish recycling found dumped in MalaysiaGreenpeace Unearthed2018-10-23 | Not all your recycling is getting recycled, and we found proof - in a handful of illegal dumps in Malaysia. Investigators picked through mountains of trash up to twenty feet high, photographing plastic packaging familiar to the average UK household, confirming fears that the system isn't doing what it should.
We just handed over our evidence to the UK's Environment Agency, who have launch a major investigation into claims of fraud in the UK’s recycling exports system. Currently the UK exports more than twice the amount of the plastic than is recycled here.
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unearthed.greenpeace.org/2018/10/11/fishing-quota-uk-defra-michael-goveWere struggling to make a livingGreenpeace Unearthed2018-10-10 | Small-scale fishers had hoped for a greater share of UK quota after Brexit. Unearthed's brand new investigation shows that a handful of millionaires control more than a quarter of the United Kingdom’s fishing quota.The IEA on Newsnight vs. the IEA secretly filmed | #IEAtapesGreenpeace Unearthed2018-08-07 | There are a few discrepancies between what the IEA's trade advisor said on Newsnight (30/07/18) and what his boss told an undercover reporter.
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Music: 'Téki' by Lee MaddefordWho funds the IEA? Undercover investigation | #IEAtapesGreenpeace Unearthed2018-08-02 | "BP is a corporate donor to the IEA” An undercover reporter learns how the IEA enables BP to discreetly lobby ministers on environment and safety regulations in unrecorded meetings. The think tank has also received funding from gambling companies, banks in the Channel Islands, and told us they would approach alcohol companies to fund reports on deregulating the alcohol sector. Read the investigation into who funds the IEA: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2018/07/30/bp-funding-institute-of-economic-affairs-gamblingUndercover: How the IEA lets donors influence Brexit | #IEAtapesGreenpeace Unearthed2018-07-29 | Secretly filmed: A leading think tank brokered access to ministers for US donors looking to influence Brexit.
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We know the industry has been linked to massive environmental destruction, but it's really hard to work out whether the palm oil in any one particular product contributed to deforestation. Here's why.
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Written and presented by Joe Sandler Clarke Produced and edited by Georgie Johnson Music by Podington BearBrexit, trade & the environment: whats the big deal?Greenpeace Unearthed2018-01-15 | Brexit means Brexit, clearly. But it also means Britain wants a trade deal with the US – and there's a good chance that deal won't be great for the environment. Here's how it works.
Did you find this video useful? What else would you like Unearthed to explain? Let us know in the comments!Amazon: Violent extractive gangs threaten Indigenous peopleGreenpeace Unearthed2017-12-01 | Land conflict killings are on the rise in Brazil. The Karipuna people - like many Indigenous communities - live in fear of violent invasions on their land by farmers, loggers and land grabbers who take advantage of government indifference to Indigenous rights.Why forests *really* matter for climate changeGreenpeace Unearthed2017-11-14 | Forests are in trouble, and if forests are in trouble, so are we. Reporter Joe Sandler Clarke explains how it works.Scientists are uncovering a massive carbon secret beneath the rainforestGreenpeace Unearthed2017-11-10 | Beneath the Congo basin rainforest lies 30 billion tonnes of carbon, trapped in the peatland beneath the trees. We followed a team of scientists into the forest as they discover the peat may be even deeper than they thought - which makes protecting the forest even more vital to stopping climate change.David Attenborough: Climate, politics & Blue Planet 2Greenpeace Unearthed2017-10-13 | We met Sir David Attenborough to talk about climate change and plastic pollution, Trump and Brexit, science and storytelling, and how young people just get it.Why is offshore wind suddenly so cheap in the UK?Greenpeace Unearthed2017-09-19 | The price of offshore wind has dropped by 50% in two years in the UK. We asked the head of renewables at Scottish Power to explain what's going on.Diesel pollution: Why the new emissions tests dont workGreenpeace Unearthed2017-09-18 | Do the new "real world" emissions tests ensure diesel cars are "clean"? Two years after the VW scandal broke, our investigation found that diesel cars can break pollution limits in rush hour, even when they pass the new test.Air pollution: why does the UK government keep being taken to court?Greenpeace Unearthed2017-07-03 | Barely two weeks into his new job, and Michael Gove is dealing with a lawsuit.
It's the government's third appearance at the High Court on the issue in the space of a year. Why does this keep happening?Brazils political crisis poses a threat to the AmazonGreenpeace Unearthed2017-06-05 | Protesters are on the streets, the President is racked by scandal, and the protections for the Amazon rainforest are being cut.
We spoke to an expert to find out what is going on in Brazil.Polar scientists explain why Arctic ice melt mattersGreenpeace Unearthed2017-05-11 | Arctic ice melt breaks records so often, it's not even a surprise anymore. We asked two top polar scientists to explain to us why it matters that the Arctic is melting so fast.Trump takes aim at iconic protected landscapesGreenpeace Unearthed2017-05-11 | An area of protected land larger than Yellowstone national park could be opened up to mining and drilling. President Trump has ordered a review into dozens of national monuments, many of which sit above known and potential reserves of coal, oil and gas.Toxic roads: Is the school-run making children sick?Greenpeace Unearthed2017-05-08 | Across the country, children are walking to school or nursery along roads that breach the legal limits for nitrogen dioxide pollution. The government just released a plan to tackle air pollution (after appearing in the High Court numerous times over its failure to take the crisis seriously enough), but this latest plan has been slated by experts as "weak" and "feeble".Feature: How illegally toxic roads are putting children at riskGreenpeace Unearthed2017-04-05 | Across England and Wales, thousands of nurseries, schools and childcare providers are close to roads where the air pollution is so bad, it's breaking the law. Reporter Emma Howard tells the story.UK fracking firm threatens landownersGreenpeace Unearthed2017-02-09 | The UK's leading fracking firm INEOS has been accused of threatening Nottinghamshire landowners with legal action if they refuse the company access to conduct shale gas exploration on their property. An Energydesk investigation uncovered emails alleging INEOS was 'bullying' landowners, including the National Trust. INEOS plans to frack across the north of England, and is about to start seismic testing in Sherwood forest. It has licenses to explore for shale gas as close as 200m to the Major Oak, a 1,000-year-old tree that hid Robin Hood from the Sheriff of Nottingham, according to local legend.The Russian megamines where the UK gets its coalGreenpeace Unearthed2017-01-03 | This drone footage shows how giant opencast coal mines in Russia's Kuzbass region are encroaching on towns and villages. Local and Indigenous communities say they're being forced from their homes, while the mining has devastating impacts on the air, water and natural environment. These mines supply coal to the UK.A new court ruling on pesticides could transform the bees debateGreenpeace Unearthed2016-12-22 | In November 2016, the European Court of Justice ruled that safety tests submitted to European regulators by chemical companies have to be made public. That means greater transparency around the pesticides that could be decimating bee populations...Are Englands woods disappearing?Greenpeace Unearthed2016-12-22 | Tree planting rates in the UK haven't been this low since records began in the 1970s. Conservationists are worried England might be entering a state of net deforestation.Leaked: Confidential BP report shows serious safety failingsGreenpeace Unearthed2016-12-19 | A litany of failures in the way BP manages critical engineering information may be increasing the risk of major accidents at the oil giant’s plants across the world, according to analysis of an internal report leaked to Energydesk.
Music: 'Reversable' by Evgeny Teilor, via the Free Music Archive. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcodeWhat 750 billion trees can do about climate changeGreenpeace Unearthed2016-11-11 | Stretching across Alaska, Canada, Northern Europe and Russia, the boreal forest region (or Great Northern Forest) wraps around the top of the world like a giant carbon-storing hug, holding down more CO2 than all the world's tropical forests combined. But human disturbance could turn this climate protector into a ticking carbon bomb...Palm oil frontiers: Cameroon rainforest faces a new threatGreenpeace Unearthed2016-10-04 | The Cameroonian government is about to make a decision that could determine the future of the world's second largest rainforest. A palm oil company is trying to establish a huge plantation that would demolish tens of thousands of hectares of forest, swallowing up local farmland and infringing on the habitats of endangered species.Winds of change: Chinas clean energy rush is picking up speedGreenpeace Unearthed2016-09-21 | The world's biggest carbon emitter is building two wind turbines every hourThe future of the British countryside: A £3 billion questionGreenpeace Unearthed2016-08-26 | What will happen to the EU's contraversial £3 billion farming payout after Brexit? Will it be business as usual, or will the UK take this opportunity to reform the subsidy and reward farmers for sustainable land management that protects the countryside and makes food production flourish?How Brexit could cause extra deaths from air pollutionGreenpeace Unearthed2016-06-21 | Up to 4200 more people could be at risk of premature death from air pollution in 2030 if the UK fails to sign up to new legislation as a result of exiting the European Union, an analysis by Energydesk has found.
The analysis is based on data from the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) looking at the impact of new EU legislation. If the UK votes for Brexit on Thursday, it is unlikely the UK would be bound by such legislation.
However it could be that less than 4200 people would be affected as the UK could stand to benefit from the reduced pollution imported from mainland Europe if the National Emissions Ceilings Directive (NEC) comes into force. Harmful particles can also come from further afield such, as the Sahara desert, as was the case with a major pollution event in 2014.