This week in Greenpeace pictures

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Jul 21, 2017 · 3 min read

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

Rainbow Warrior — open boat in Rijeka, Croatia

Presenting the “Less plastic, more Mediterranean” tour against single use plastic, Rainbow Warrior III visited Croatia, and stayed two days in Rijeka open for visitors. Around 900 people explored the ship and signed the petition to protect the seas from plastic invasion

Action at NUON Headquarters in Netherlands

Greenpeace Netherlands activists locked themselves in a glass meeting room in the headquarters of energy company NUON in Amsterdam. Greenpeace is demanding serious negotiations with the CEO of NUON for the swift shutdown of the old coal fired power plant in Amsterdam. Greenpeace has been campaigning for twenty years against the polluting coal plant in Amsterdam. This NUON operated coal plant emits 4 million tons of CO 2 per year, equivalent to the annual emissions of 1.8 million cars. In addition the plant has considerable particle emissions, which cause health problems for nearby residents. For two years NUON has stated that they are open to closing the coal plant, but are insisting on a compensation payment of 55 million Euro from the government

Rainbow Warrior at Navagio Beach in Greece

Rainbow Warrior launches Greek leg of Mediterranean No Plastic tour from the island of the loggerhead sea turtle, Zakynthos to promote solution to end our single use plastic addiction. Statistics of single use plastics in Greece are heartbreaking. Each year Greeks consume approximately 300 million plastic coffee cups, 4.3 billion plastic bags and 2 billion plastic bottles, which in several cases end up in our beautiful seas and beaches. It’s time for less plastic and more Mediterranean!

Local Greenpeace volunteers campaign against BP

Greenpeace volunteers across the UK inform the public about BP’s plans to drill near the Amazon Reef near the Amazon River. The Amazon Reef is a thriving ecosystem that is barely explored

Interior Department lands for sale in the US

Greenpeace is here to bring attention to the Interior Department’s eagerness to give away public lands and waters to desperate fossil fuel companies. Secretary Zinke is meeting almost exclusively with fossil fuel lobbyists, ignoring the voices of people in this country who want to see our public lands, national monuments and waters protected, not exploited. It’s clear that unless you are an executive at Exxon or the company building the Dakota Access Pipeline, Zinke’s Interior Department does not care about you

Single use plastic pollutes the Adriatic Sea

Greenpeace activists on the Rainbow Warrior III placed huge plastic props (bottle, straw and cup) around the beautiful beach Saplunara on Mljet island to expose how single use plastic pollutes the Adriatic and the Med. The ship came to Croatia after Spain and Italy and will continue to Greece and Bulgaria as part of our campaign against single-use plastics

Wildlife documentation at Bear Island

Greenpeace voyage to Bear Island to document its unique and pristine environment after Norwegian government grant four new licenses for drilling in the 23rd licensing round. Bear Island has the biggest seabird colony in the northern hemisphere. Every year approx. 1.5 million birds nest here. 126 species have been registered at the island, 33 of the species actually nest on the island. Several of the nesting species are threatened or endangered such as Guillemots and kittiwakes. Statoil, the Norwegian state-owned company, is planning to drill in the area after the Norwegian government issued new licenses for drilling close to the island

Greenpeace volunteers outside the BP big screen in London

Greenpeace volunteers distribute leaflets to members of the public during BP’s Big Screen festival in London informing the public about the company’s intention to drill near the Amazon Reef — a pristine ecosystem

Arctic Sunrise finishing refurbishment in The Netherlands

The Arctic Sunrise undergoes final preparations for setting to sea after a long period of refit and refurbishment

Protest in Berlin for diesel driving bans in cities

Greenpeace activists presented 13,000 protest postcards to the President of the Federal Council, Malu Dreyer in front of the Federal Council. With the postcards, Greenpeace supporters demand that the State Ministers introduce a blue plaque and support driving bans for diesel vehicles in cities.

Plastic waste artworks by Mandy Barker

This summer, artist and photographer Mandy Barker joined Greenpeace’s Beluga II Expedition visiting remote islands off the west coast of Scotland. The islands were blighted with plastic pollution. Through this piece the artist presents us her visual interpretation of the journeys plastics make: the time they spend at sea in order to reach such remote locations, how long it takes for them to degrade, and their impact on the environment. The piece features items collected from the islands of Sanday, Canna and Skye

And from the Archives….

FAD Documentation in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, December 2009
Nordica Icebreaker Action in Germany, May 2012

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