How coral reefs save lives | Life Support | 03 Greenpeace Unearthed 2019-05-02 | 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-73wOaJ78Life Support is a series about why the global nature crisis matters for our lives. Catch up with part 1: youtube.com/watch?v=XHJs81yEFLI&t=4s, and part 2: youtube.com/watch?v=9xVE7hlfJg4Additional music: Blue Dot Sessions ('Roundpine')Subscribe to Unearthed: youtube.com/greenpeaceunearthedUnearthed is an award-winning investigative journalism platform funded by Greenpeace supporters. We are editorially independent. Check out our latest stories: unearthed.greenpeace.orgFind us on Facebook: facebook.com/greenpeace.unearthedAnd Twitter: twitter.com/UESources 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/2XGyLwx
Drax accused of driving environmental racism after more pollution claims against its US pellet mills Greenpeace Unearthed 2022-10-03 | 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 communitiesSenior Reporter: Sam Quashie-IdunReporter: Christopher Deane Co-Producer: Anna WellsFilmmaker: Andy SarjahaniEditors: Chima Nsoedo, Ali DeaconSubscribe to Unearthed for more videos: youtube.com/greenpeaceunearthedUnearthed is an award-winning investigative journalism project from Greenpeace UK. Check out our latest stories: unearthed.greenpeace.org Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/UE
REVEALED: Garment waste from Nike and other leading brands burned to fuel toxic kilns in Cambodia. Greenpeace Unearthed 2022-08-08 | 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.Subscribe to Unearthed for more videos: youtube.com/greenpeaceunearthedUnearthed is an award-winning investigative journalism project from Greenpeace UK. Check out our latest stories: unearthed.greenpeace.org Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/UE
How Exxon held back climate action for decades, and is still doing it today | UNEARTHED GREENPEACE Greenpeace Unearthed 2021-07-02 | 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 reporterFind the full investigation on Unearthed: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2021/06/30/exxon-climate-change-undercoverThis story was also reported by Channel 4 NewsExxonMobil’s full statement is available here docs.google.com/document/d/1yQ01vNj2oxZqBD31_pP5CI_6qnj-s6ze-6ZLt2y1dgQ/editSubscribe to Unearthed for more videos: youtube.com/greenpeaceunearthedUnearthed is an award-winning investigative journalism project from Greenpeace UK. Check out our latest stories: unearthed.greenpeace.org Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/UE
How British chicken is linked to deforestation and fires in Brazil Greenpeace Unearthed 2020-11-25 | 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.Find the full investigation on Unearthed: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2020/11/25/brazil-fires-deforestation-tesco-nandos-mcdonaldsAnd The Bureau of Investigative Journalism: thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2020-11-25/british-chicken-driving-deforestation-in-brazil Read more about Cargill, the agriculture giant at the heart of the UK’s supply of soya from the Cerrado: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2020/11/25/cargill-deforestation-agriculture-history-pollutionRead more about how soya is destroying the Cerrado, the climate critical savanna covering more than 20% of Brazil that is rapidly being destroyed: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2020/11/25/cerrado-soya-deforestation-brazil Subscribe to Unearthed for more videos: youtube.com/greenpeaceunearthed Unearthed is an award-winning investigative journalism project from Greenpeace UK. Check out our latest stories: unearthed.greenpeace.org Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/UE And Facebook: facebook.com/greenpeace.unearthed
How waste burning affects UK’s poorest neighbourhoods Greenpeace Unearthed 2020-07-31 | Incineration is on the rise in the UK, and low-income neighbourhoods and people of colour are experiencing the fallout. Read the full investigation here: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2020/07/31/waste-incinerators-deprivation-map-recyclingSubscribe to Unearthed for more videos: youtube.com/greenpeaceunearthedUnearthed is an award-winning investigative journalism project from Greenpeace UK. Check out our latest stories: unearthed.greenpeace.orgFind us on Facebook: facebook.com/greenpeace.unearthedAnd Twitter: twitter.com/UE
O que está matando milhões de abelhas no Brasil? Greenpeace Unearthed 2020-02-27 | 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-bees
What’s killing millions of bees in Brazil? Greenpeace Unearthed 2020-02-27 | 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.Read the investigation by Unearthed and Public Eye: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2020/02/20/pesticides-croplife-hazardous-bayer-syngenta-health-beesSubscribe to Unearthed for more videos: youtube.com/greenpeaceunearthed Unearthed is an award-winning investigative journalism project from Greenpeace UK. Check out our latest stories: unearthed.greenpeace.org Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/UE And Facebook: facebook.com/greenpeace.unearthed
Contaminated sewage used as fertiliser on English farms – secret report Greenpeace Unearthed 2020-02-04 | 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.Read the full investigation here: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2020/02/04/sewage-sludge-landspreading-environment-agency-reportSubscribe to Unearthed for more videos: youtube.com/greenpeaceunearthedUnearthed is an award-winning investigative journalism project from Greenpeace UK. Check out our latest stories: unearthed.greenpeace.orgFind us on Facebook: facebook.com/greenpeace.unearthedAnd Twitter: twitter.com/UE
Oil firms dump billions of cubic feet of methane into the atmosphere Greenpeace Unearthed 2019-10-17 | 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. Read the original investigation at unearthed.greenpeace.orgBP 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.Subscribe to Unearthed for more videos: https://www.youtube.com/greenpeaceune...Unearthed is an award-winning investigative journalism platform funded by Greenpeace supporters. We are editorially independent. Check out our latest stories: unearthed.greenpeace.orgFind us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greenpeace.u...And Twitter: twitter.com/UE
We are chasing the last of the big fish | Interview with fisheries scientist Daniel Pauly Greenpeace Unearthed 2019-08-21 | A century of industrial fishing and whaling has emptied the world's oceans, according to one of the world's most prominent fisheries scientists. He paints a bleak picture of humanity's relationship to the sea – but on climate change, the biggest challenge we now face, he still has hope that humans will turn things around in time.To learn more about the global wildlife crisis, watch our series Life Support: youtube.com/watch?v=XHJs81yEFLI&list=PLlvKjlp2AuY4gsu766LchkGUV-IMRJZ8wSubscribe to Unearthed for more videos: youtube.com/greenpeaceunearthedUnearthed is an award-winning investigative journalism platform funded by Greenpeace supporters. We are editorially independent. Check out our latest stories: unearthed.greenpeace.orgFind us on Facebook: facebook.com/greenpeace.unearthedAnd Twitter: twitter.com/UEOur thanks to Professor Daniel Pauly and the whole production crew.
Inside a recycling centre Greenpeace Unearthed 2019-06-27 | Unopened, unsorted recycling bags are thrown in the bin and sent for incineration as workers battle rats, cockroaches and targets – we went undercover inside a London recycling centre for this joint investigation with the Telegraph.Read the full story for more detail on what we saw: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2019/06/26/recycling-incineration-waste-undercover-working-conditions-londonSubscribe to our channel for more investigations, explainers, and news about the environment.Unearthed is an award-winning investigative journalism platform funded by Greenpeace supporters. We are editorially independent. Check out our latest stories: unearthed.greenpeace.orgFind us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greenpeace.u...And Twitter: twitter.com/UE
This is how BP lobbied to drill for oil in the Alaskan Arctic Greenpeace Unearthed 2019-05-23 | Letters reveal that BP played a key role in lobbying for oil drilling access in two formerly protected parts of the Alaskan Arctic. Subscribe to Unearthed for more like this.Read the full investigation here: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2019/05/19/bp-arctic-drilling-climateUnearthed is an award-winning investigative journalism platform funded by Greenpeace supporters. We are editorially independent. Check out our latest stories: unearthed.greenpeace.orgFind us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greenpeace.u...And Twitter: twitter.com/UEMusic: 'House of Grendel' by Blue Dot Sessions. This video uses music licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode
How sea creatures control the climate | Life Support | 04 Greenpeace Unearthed 2019-05-03 | 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.Life Support is a series about why the global nature crisis matters for our lives. Catch up on part 1: youtu.be/9xVE7hlfJg4, part 2: youtu.be/9xVE7hlfJg4, and part 3: youtu.be/ZzOP9jgo-Ng.Subscribe to Unearthed: youtube.com/greenpeaceunearthedUnearthed is an award-winning investigative journalism platform funded by Greenpeace supporters. We are editorially independent. Check out our latest stories: unearthed.greenpeace.orgFind us on Facebook: facebook.com/greenpeace.unearthedAnd Twitter: twitter.com/UECORRECTION: 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/2XCUF3S
How bugs put food on the table | Life Support | 02 Greenpeace Unearthed 2019-05-01 | 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.Watch the next episode in the series: youtu.be/ZzOP9jgo-NgLife Support is a series about why the global nature crisis matters for our lives. Catch up on episode 01: youtube.com/watch?v=XHJs81yEFLI&tSubscribe to Unearthed: youtube.com/greenpeaceunearthedUnearthed is an award-winning investigative journalism platform funded by Greenpeace supporters. We are editorially independent. Check out our latest stories: unearthed.greenpeace.orgFind us on Facebook: facebook.com/greenpeace.unearthedAnd Twitter: twitter.com/UESources 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/2XzNV6N
As dangerous as climate change | Life Support | 01 Greenpeace Unearthed 2019-04-30 | 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=9xVE7hlfJg4Life Support is a series about why the global nature crisis matters for our lives. Subscribe to Unearthed for more videos: youtube.com/greenpeaceunearthedUnearthed is an award-winning investigative journalism platform funded by Greenpeace supporters. We are editorially independent. Check out our latest stories: unearthed.greenpeace.orgFind us on Facebook: facebook.com/greenpeace.unearthedAnd Twitter: twitter.com/UESources 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!)
Unearthed. Award-winning journalism from Greenpeace. Greenpeace Unearthed 2019-02-08 | 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.If you want to understand what's happening to your world, subscribe for the latest news, investigations and explainers.Follow us on Twitter too: twitter.com/UEWe're editorially independent, and funded by Greenpeace supporters – find out more here: unearthed.greenpeace.org/about
Ice and fire: How burning forests can help melt ice sheets Greenpeace Unearthed 2018-12-06 | Forest fires could be melting glaciers thousands of miles away by changing the colour of the ice – all thanks to a heavy little particle called black carbon. 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.Subscribe to our channel for more videos like this.And check out this video we made about how climate change affects Antarctica: youtube.com/watch?v=xhf40Bdzq9w______Video written, produced and narrated by Georgie JohnsonAnimated and edited by Sian ButcherMusic and sound design by JPML.agencyScript edited by Emma HowardFeaturing Jessica McCarty and Alun HubbardFootage from Greenpeace, Getty, NASASpecial thanks to Greenpeace Global Mapping Hub, Dr Reyes Tirado, Ice Alive and NASA Scientific Visualisation Studio
British recycling found dumped in Malaysia Greenpeace Unearthed 2018-10-23 | 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.Read the full investigation: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2018/10/21/uk-household-plastics-found-in-illegal-dumps-in-malaysiaSubscribe to our channel: youtube.com/channel/UCL_y-gkSKlq2wm9CRSgLlqASubscribe to our weekly or daily news emails: unearthed.greenpeace.org/join-us
Who controls UK fishing quota? Greenpeace Unearthed 2018-10-10 | An Unearthed investigation has revealed that a tiny minority of wealthy families control huge swathes of fishing rights.unearthed.greenpeace.org/2018/10/11/fishing-quota-uk-defra-michael-gove
Were struggling to make a living Greenpeace Unearthed 2018-10-10 | 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 | #IEAtapes Greenpeace Unearthed 2018-08-07 | 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.Read our investigation into the Institute of Economic Affairs here: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2018/07/29/iea-hard-brexit-think-tank-access-ministersSubscribe for more investigations and explainers from Unearthed.Music: 'Téki' by Lee Maddeford
Who funds the IEA? Undercover investigation | #IEAtapes Greenpeace Unearthed 2018-08-02 | "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-gambling
Undercover: How the IEA lets donors influence Brexit | #IEAtapes Greenpeace Unearthed 2018-07-29 | Secretly filmed: A leading think tank brokered access to ministers for US donors looking to influence Brexit.Read the full investigation: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2018/07/29/iea-hard-brexit-think-tank-access-ministers
Antarctic ice melt: Whats the difference? Greenpeace Unearthed 2018-04-16 | You've heard that the Arctic sea ice is melting, you know that's a big deal for climate change. But what about the Antarctic?Unearthed reporter Emma Howard investigates.This video is part of a new series that untangles some of the complex stories we cover. Let us know in the comments if there's something you'd like us to investigate next.Written and presented by Emma HowardProduced and edited by Georgie JohnsonSpecial thanks to NASA's Scientific Visualisation StudioMusic:'Drag Along Behind' by aboombong 'Curious' by Jon Luc Hefferman'Téki (with Les Gauchers Orchestra)' by Lee Maddeford 'Massive' and 'Twinkletoes' by Podington Bear 'Curiousity' by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under Creative Commons, via the Free Music Archive.'Massive' by Podington Bear is licensed under under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode
This chocolate bar may contain deforestation Greenpeace Unearthed 2018-03-30 | Palm oil is in so. much. stuff. 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.This video is part of a new series we're working on to unpack some of the trickier issues we cover. So what would you like us to take a look at next? Let us know in the comments below.Written and presented by Joe Sandler ClarkeProduced and edited by Georgie JohnsonMusic by Podington Bear
Brexit, trade & the environment: whats the big deal? Greenpeace Unearthed 2018-01-15 | 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 people Greenpeace Unearthed 2017-12-01 | 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 change Greenpeace Unearthed 2017-11-14 | 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 rainforest Greenpeace Unearthed 2017-11-10 | 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 2 Greenpeace Unearthed 2017-10-13 | 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 Unearthed 2017-09-19 | 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 work Greenpeace Unearthed 2017-09-18 | 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 Unearthed 2017-07-03 | 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 Amazon Greenpeace Unearthed 2017-06-05 | 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 matters Greenpeace Unearthed 2017-05-11 | 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 landscapes Greenpeace Unearthed 2017-05-11 | 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 Unearthed 2017-05-08 | 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 risk Greenpeace Unearthed 2017-04-05 | 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 landowners Greenpeace Unearthed 2017-02-09 | 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 coal Greenpeace Unearthed 2017-01-03 | 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 debate Greenpeace Unearthed 2016-12-22 | 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 Unearthed 2016-12-22 | 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 failings Greenpeace Unearthed 2016-12-19 | 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/legalcode
What 750 billion trees can do about climate change Greenpeace Unearthed 2016-11-11 | 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 threat Greenpeace Unearthed 2016-10-04 | 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 speed Greenpeace Unearthed 2016-09-21 | The world's biggest carbon emitter is building two wind turbines every hour
The future of the British countryside: A £3 billion question Greenpeace Unearthed 2016-08-26 | 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 pollution Greenpeace Unearthed 2016-06-21 | 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.For more read our story here:http://energydesk.greenpeace.org/2016/06/21/how-brexit-could-cause-extra-deaths-from-air-pollution
Fracking in a post-Brexit Britain Greenpeace Unearthed 2016-06-21 | Almost all of the UK’s environmental regulations on fracking could be removed if the UK votes to leave the EU, according to legal experts. Analysis suggests that a vote to Brexit could lead to fast-tracking fracking around the country.
