Campaign groups call on Home Office to stop ‘steady erosion’ of protest rights
Civil society organisations demand home secretary protects the ‘safety valve’ of democracy
'Spy cops' scandal
Undercover officer lied about police beating, inquiry told
Former officer alleges colleague John Dines inflicted injuries on himself in bid to be seen as high-performing
‘Blue wall’ of Tory seats collapsed because of green issues, say Greenpeace
Polling shows voters in south of England switched because of Conservative inaction on polluted rivers and beaches
June 2024
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
David Tennant should have been more respectful when criticising Badenoch over LGBT views, says Starmer – as it happened
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: On Thin Ice: Putin v Greenpeace; Presumed Innocent; The Rest Is Politics; Inside No 9 – review
TV review
On Thin Ice: Putin v Greenpeace review – a jaw-droppingly unforgettable real-life tale
‘They got their knives out and just started stabbing’: when Putin attacked Greenpeace
Science Weekly
Golden rice: why has it been banned and what happens now? – podcast
Seascape: the state of our oceans
‘Where do sharks hang out?’: the race to find safe spaces for the Galápagos’ ocean-going predators
May 2024
The Observer view: When modified rice could save thousands of lives, it is wrong to oppose it
The green movement’s attempts to block the cultivation of a grain enhanced with vitamin A is misguided
‘A catastrophe’: Greenpeace blocks planting of ‘lifesaving’ Golden Rice
Thousands of children could die after court backs campaign group over GM crop in Philippines, scientists warn
Sali Hughes on beauty
Body Shop stores have closed, but we can’t let its products disappear
Anita Roddick’s visionary brand paved the way for ethical beauty. It would be wrong to lose it now
April 2024
Emma Thompson and Greta Thunberg among critics of Shell’s Greenpeace case
More than 30 public figures sign letter condemning $1m legal action
March 2024
Failure to insulate UK homes costing thousands of lives a year, says report
Analysis finds 58 people have died due to cold homes every winter day since 2013 Tory pledge to ‘cut the green crap’
The rural network
Land clearing: two million hectares of Queensland forest destroyed in five years, new analysis shows
Research finds almost all land cleared in the state between 2016 and 2021 in areas where threatened species habitat ‘likely to occur’
UK spends least among major European economies on low-carbon energy policy, study shows
Britain spent about £26.2bn in three years on low-carbon measures, less than Italy, Germany, France and Spain, Greenpeace finds
January 2024
Norway has made a vital climate leap. This is how Britain can do the same
Tessa Khan
A historic legal victory in Oslo has boosted our campaign against the Rosebank field and other British drilling projects, says Tessa Khan of the climate action organisation Uplift
December 2023
Greenpeace legal action alleges Woodside lied about climate performance
Environmental group files claim accusing Australia’s largest energy company of misleading or deceiving public about its emissions
Chris Bowen says agreement on global fossil fuel phase out central to Australia’s renewable energy plans
Australia’s climate minister says summit must aim to keep 1.5C goal alive as he names Saudi Arabia as a block to agreement
Deep sea miners turn water hoses on Greenpeace activists in the Pacific
Protesters have been using canoes and dinghies to obstruct deep sea mining exploration vessel between Mexico and Hawaii
