This week in Greenpeace pictures

Every day, people from all over the world fight to ensure a green and peaceful future for our planet. From Texas to Argentina to Germany, here’s a look at some of the top Greenpeace images this week:

Hurricane Harvey Aftermath in Texas

The aftermath of Hurricane Harvey floods streets and leaves people in emergency shelters.

Protest Against Termination of the Renca Reserve in Brazil

Mobilization in Ipanema Beach, Rio de Janeiro, for the Amazon and its preservation against Brazilian President Temer’s environmental regressions. On August 24th, Michel Temer, through an official decree, terminated Renca (National Reserve of Copper and Associates), an area rich in gold and other minerals between Amapá and Pará states. This endangers Brazilian forests and indigenous people, since nine protected areas overlap the Renca area.

Renca (National Reserve of Copper and Associates) in Brazil

Aerial images of Renca, Brazil’s National Reserve of Copper and Associates, an area of 4.7 million hectares rich in gold and other minerals, between the states of Amapá and Pará. Nine protected areas overlap the Renca Reserve: seven Conservation Units and two Indigenous Lands.

Flashmob Asking Sprite to Reforest Cleared Land in Argentina

On Argentina National Tree Day (Día del Árbol), 100 volunteers display bright LED lighted umbrellas and form a question mark and a tree in Plaza San Martín in Buenos Aires to ask the soda brand Sprite (from The Coca Cola Company): “Sprite when are you going to reforest?” (“Sprite Quando Vas A Reforestar?).
The action is to ask the reforestation of three thousand hectares land cleared by a supplier of the lemon beverage Sprite producer in the protected forest of the northern province of Salta, Argentina.

Red Line Against Lignite Mining at Hambach

Greenpeace activists join the protest against brown coal mining at Hambach near Cologne. They create a human chain with red textile banner, as part of a protest series at the climate camp at the lignite mining ground belonging to the energy concern RWE. They set a red line against the exploration and usage of fossil fuel energy. The banners read: “Future instead of lignite!” and “Save the climate. Stop Coal!”

Lignite Mining in North Rhine-Westphalia. The brown coal mining area belongs to RWE.
This coal field is the biggest emitter of carbon dioxide in all of Europe. Still people are forced to resettle and villages and landscapes are destroyed, all for coal mining.

And from the Archives…

Aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Disaster

Pirate Fishing Action in Rome

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