Tag: Greenpeace

Greenpeace’s successful Oceans: Life Under Water podcast meets the creatures of the deep and season 2 dives into deep sea mining

Stuart Mitchell

Greenpeace’s podcast Oceans: Life Under Water is back for a second season after an incredibly successful first season which won a Bronze Climate award at the 2024 British Podcast Awards, and was nominated in the Listener’s Choice category. It begins with three episodes on the beauty of the deep sea and the threat of deep sea mining as nations prepare to attend the all important International Seabed Authority meeting. From 17th March international delegations will have an opportunity to speak in favour of a precautionary pause on deep sea mining, and…

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‘Pesticides buzz off’: More than 1.6 million people call for a ban on bee-killing pesticides

Stuart Mitchell

A petition signed by more than 1.6 million people urging the government to enforce a total ban on bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides has been handed in to the Department of Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (Defra) by environmental campaigners. The petition, which was coordinated by Greenpeace UK, has amassed a staggering 1,645,000 signatures from the British public and was delivered directly to Defra for the environment minister, Emma Hardy. It was delivered in the form of a bee hotel by campaigners dressed in ‘worker’ bee outfits carrying placards reading, ‘Pesticides Buzz…

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Arctic deep sea mining plans stopped in Norway

Stuart Mitchell

After more than a year of massive pressure from activists, scientists and the international community, the Norwegian government has agreed to stop the first licensing round for deep sea mining in Arctic waters. “This is a huge win! After hard work from activists, environmentalists, scientists and fishermen, we have secured a historic win for ocean protection, as the opening process for deep sea mining in Norway has been stopped. The wave of protests against deep sea mining is growing. We will not let this industry destroy the unique life in…

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Greenpeace survey in Arctic deep sea mining area finds deep-diving whales and dolphins

Stuart Mitchell

Greenpeace and a team of whale researchers have travelled to the area that Norway has recently opened for deep sea mining to conduct research on marine mammals that may be affected by the controversial new industry. They discovered high levels of biodiversity close to a seamount in the proposed mining area, including deep-diving and vulnerable whales, and secured both hydro-acoustic and visual data. After just a day’s survey, the scientists identified what seemed to be four different groups of sperm whales in one of the proposed licence areas, near Jan…

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Greenpeace launches Arctic expedition to survey marine mammals in area targeted for deep sea mining

Stuart Mitchell

As the Norwegian government is moving forward with the opening of Arctic waters to deep sea mining exploration, Greenpeace Nordic and Greenpeace Germany set sail with a group of scientists and campaigners heading to the mining area in the Norwegian Sea. Their aim is to learn more about the whale and dolphin species in the area that could be impacted by this destructive industry. Arctic waters are one of the most fragile ecosystems in the world, rapidly undergoing environmental change due to pollution-fuelled climate damage. The Arctic mining area is…

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