Every day, people from all over the world fight to ensure a green, peaceful and safe future for our planet. From South Africa to Argentina, here’s a look at some of the top Greenpeace images this week:
On Africa Day, activists from coal affected communities, Earthlife Africa Jhb and Greenpeace Africa protest in Lephalale, a small town where the Medupi Power Station is being built, and where a new private coal-fired power station (Thabametsi) is being proposed. The area is incredibly water-scarce, but also has the 2nd largest coal reserve in South Africa
On Africa Day Greenpeace Africa joined other NGO’s e.g Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Action solidaire internationale (350.org partner in Senegal) to support a Forum and a protest organised by local communities affected by the construction of a coal plant, in Sendou and Bargny, two fishing villages located 35 km away from Dakar
German cities are under increasing pressure because the limits for harmful nitrogen dioxide (NO2) were exceeded again in more than 60 cities last year. Residents and environmentalists are increasingly demanding better air quality
Greenpeace activists protest at the Lazio regional government building in Rome. Greenpeace asks Nicola Zingaretti, President of the Lazio Region, for a recovery plan to improve air quality
Climate activists demonstrate in front of the German chancellery in Berlin and demand to end coal. Today the German federal cabinet decides on the mandate and membership of the coal commission which will impact Germany’s contribution to climate protection
La Moraleja is a ranch acquired in 1978 by Spanish businessmen, who are being investigated by that country due to corruption and lack of payment of credits. The ranch comprises 30,000 hectares and it is located in the Province of Salta, close to El Rey National Park and the Pizarro National Reserve, in a transition area between the Chaco Forest and the Yungas Forest. Currently, it has 15,000 hectares of agriculture, mostly transgenic soy and 3,000 hectares of citrus fruits, mostly lemons. The company La Moraleja S.A. is one of the main suppliers of lemon juice concentrate of The Coca Cola Company (with whom it has a 20-year contract). Greenpeace has been publicly reporting the illegal clearings of La Moraleja S.A. since 2013. In spite of this, The Coca Cola Company kept buying their lemon juice concentrate for its soft drinks, such as Sprite
Greenpeace Hamburg Group hosts the Antarctic campaign’s penguin mascot. Together they inform the public of the plans for a marine reserve in the Weddell Sea, gather signatures for a petition to support it and offer a selfie-photo opportunity
Greenpeace’s Luebeck Group hosts the Antarctic campaign’s penguin mascot. Together they meet the public to inform them of the plans for a marine reserve in the Wedell Sea, gather signatures for a petition to support it and to offer a photo opportunity
Activists and free speech supporters show their support outside US District Courthouse in San Francisco May 31, 2018. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California holds a hearing to decide whether or not to dismiss Resolute Forest Products’ baseless racketeering lawsuit against three Greenpeace entities, Stand.earth, and five individual staff members of these independent organizations after the hearing on an amended complaint
Ananda Sukarlan, an Indonesian composer and a pianist, performs on the Rainbow Warrior during the ship’s visit in Singapore, to raise awareness and to highlight the need for ambitious climate action, given the clear and present danger of climate change already affecting Singapore and other vulnerable countries in the region
The General Court of the European Union has ruled that the European Commission was right to impose restrictions on the use of three bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides — imidacloprid, clothianidin and thiamethoxam. Greenpeace intervened in the Bayer and Syngenta cases to provide evidence and legal arguments in support of the restrictions
Greenpeace filed a complaint about the decision of the government to keep nuclear power plant in Borssele (NL) open for another 20 years without public participation on the decision. We won at the Compliants Commission of the Aarhuus Convention. This means that the government has to envolve the public in Holland. For the following years it could have mayor implications for another 90 nuclear plants all through Europe, where governments are investigating if they can extend the operations at the nuclear plants
