Miranda, Greenpeace · [email protected]

November 17, 2021 at 5:33 PM

Was COP26 a success?

Hi John,   For some, COP26 was a matter of survival. The decisions made by over 190 countries signaled the difference between life and death. As a Greenpeace supporter, we figured you may want to know more about what went down at the conference …

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  Anthony Lewis, Greenpeace · [email protected]

November 14, 2021 at 4:36 PM

Boris Johnson's COP hypocrisy

Hi John,   COP26 is over. And once again world leaders, especially from richer, polluting nations, have failed to do enough to tackle the climate crisis and show real support for developing countries. [1]   The only reason we got what little pro…

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  Jack, Greenpeace · [email protected]

November 9, 2021 at 3:56 PM

Come on Alok

Hi John,   So far at COP26 true leadership has been shown by Indigenous communities, young people and grassroot activists, not only in Glasgow but all around the world taking action for our planet. But we need more from government representative…

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  Ariana Densham, Greenpeace · [email protected]

November 7, 2021 at 9:48 AM

Is this hypocritical?

Hi John,   Boris Johnson is at risk of looking like a hypocrite.   Only a few days ago, the prime minister was walking the halls of COP26, meeting world leaders and calling on other countries to do more about the climate crisis.   But here’s the …

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  Anthony Lewis, Greenpeace · [email protected]

November 4, 2021 at 4:38 PM

Shell's scam

Hi John,   Last week I emailed you to ask if you could call on Shell to stop hiding behind carbon offsetting and take real climate action. Since then a huge 52,000 people have called on Shell to take proper responsibility.    Carbon offsetting i…

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  Sam, Greenpeace · [email protected]

November 1, 2021 at 4:04 PM

Breaking: We're coming anyway

John,   As I send this, I'm on board the Rainbow Warrior ship, stood alongside youth activists from Bangladesh, Mexico, Namibia and Uganda - some of the areas most affected by the climate crisis.    We’re attempting to sail all the way up the Cl…

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  Anthony Lewis, Greenpeace · [email protected]

October 28, 2021 at 5:47 PM

Shell

Hi John,   Shell has been lying to us…again. The company that hid damning climate science decades ago [1], lobbied against climate action [2], and who this year was finally forced to pay £80m to communities in Nigeria for devastating oil spills …

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  Kate, Greenpeace · [email protected]

October 26, 2021 at 6:25 PM

🎥 WATCH: Finally, a bit of honesty...

Hi John,   Well this is a breath of fresh air. Finally, someone from “the government” is being honest with the public about their approach to the climate crisis. Check it out below 😉 Watch the (satirical) video …

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  Ariana Densham, Greenpeace · [email protected]

October 23, 2021 at 10:17 AM

RE: COP26

Hi John,   It’s just 8 days until world leaders gather for the COP26 summit.    Making sure the COP summit has an impact means making sure Boris Johnson knows that, as summit host, his actions matter. It means all of us speaking out together, pre…

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  Jack, Greenpeace · [email protected]

October 22, 2021 at 11:11 AM

No COP-outs

Hi John, I hope you’re having a good week?   It’s nearly here. In 10 days world leaders will gather in Glasgow for the global climate summit - COP26.   One way or the other - it will be a defining moment in the fight against the climate crisis. B…

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  Ariana Densham, Greenpeace · [email protected]

October 19, 2021 at 4:09 PM

COP26

Hi John,   I want to share what’s happening at Greenpeace right now.   As I send this, our team of activists, investigators, and political experts are working flat-out, preparing for the COP26 climate summit.   When the climate talks take place …

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  Miranda, Greenpeace · [email protected]

October 13, 2021 at 6:45 PM

Re: An urgent request

Hi John,   Have you seen our urgent request? Today, the UK Environment Bill will be reviewed by the House of Lords, and on October 20th, it’s headed back to the House of Commons. This is a critical time to strengthen the bill and ensure the UK i…

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  Rav, Greenpeace · [email protected]

October 11, 2021 at 10:18 AM

Breaking: We just shut down Downing Street

Hi John,   Greenpeace activists just shutdown Downing Street with an oil soaked statue of Prime Minister Boris Johnson that he can’t ignore.   Johnson likes to talk of himself as a “climate leader” and we all know he'd just love to have a monume…

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  Miranda, Greenpeace · [email protected]

October 8, 2021 at 4:20 PM

An urgent request

Hi John,   We have an urgent request. In a new push to protect forests worldwide, we’re calling on Boris Johnson and his government to strengthen the Environment Bill—this includes banning all agricultural commodities linked to deforestation fro…

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  Rex Weyler & Greenpeace · [email protected]

September 27, 2021 at 4:42 PM

RE: How it began

Hi John,   Did you see my note about Greenpeace turning 50?   A huge thank you to everyone who responded so far -- from those of you who were with us when we took on nuclear weapons testing in the 70s, to those of you who just signed up this week…

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  Bryony, Greenpeace · [email protected]

September 24, 2021 at 3:41 PM

WATCH 🎥: Fishers are in crisis

Hi John,   We just made history. Greenpeace and fishermen have sailed up the River Thames, and delivered a message straight to politicians at Westminster: protect our oceans now. Not on…

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  Karen Rothwell, Greenpeace · [email protected]

September 23, 2021 at 5:04 PM

"Impossible"

Hi John,   In the fifty years since Greenpeace was founded, we’ve taken on some of the most destructive industries on our planet -- and won.   But today the greatest challenge we face -- the climate and nature crisis -- is ahead of us.   2020 wa…

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  Caroline, Greenpeace · [email protected]

September 22, 2021 at 7:50 PM

Re: your postcard

Hi John,   A quick reminder that we have a postcard drafted and ready to go for you - just pick which graphic you want to send and in a few clicks you can help pressure Chancellor Rishi Sunak to stop blocking green investment. 👇 …

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  Miranda, Greenpeace · [email protected]

September 17, 2021 at 12:26 PM

Tesco

Hi John,   Last week I emailed you asking if you could help expose Tesco’s secret; they’re fuelling deforestation. It’s fair to say, Tesco have noticed. They quickly hid all the tweets people sent to them - but that didn’t stop them from trendin…

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  John Sauven, Greenpeace · [email protected]

September 15, 2021 at 8:18 AM

Happy Birthday

John – today we’re turning 50.   It’s a time to celebrate all we’ve done together to create a greener, cleaner and fairer planet over the past five decades. So we’re launching a virtual wall of change – and we’d love you to take your rightful pl…

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  Caroline, Greenpeace · [email protected]

September 13, 2021 at 5:54 PM

Tell Rishi Sunak: don’t block green investment!

Hi John,   This is shocking. According to new data out today, the UK is currently last in Europe for sales of energy efficient heat pumps - leaving our homes as a huge source of the greenhouse gas emissions fuelling global warming. [1]   It’s a l…

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  Bryony, Greenpeace · [email protected]

September 10, 2021 at 10:23 AM

Greenpeace & fishers unite

Hi John,   It was worse than we imagined. Operation Ocean Witness launched at the beginning of summer to investigate and confront destructive fishing in Marine Protected Areas.    We spotted countless industrial fishing boats in the protected ar…

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  Miranda, Greenpeace · [email protected]

September 6, 2021 at 2:39 PM

Tesco's Burning Secret

Hi John,   Tesco bosses want you to think they’re on track to meet their zero deforestation targets. They’ve produced social media adverts hoping people see them as climate champions. But Tesco have a burning secret, they’re fuelling forest dest…

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  Rav, Greenpeace · [email protected]

September 2, 2021 at 4:45 PM

Is your MP listening?

Hi John,   Last week we emailed you about the scandalous attempt by Siccar Point Energy to start development on a new North Sea oil field before a permit was granted. In 24 hours over 55,000 people emailed Kwasi Kwarteng demanding the Minister s…

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  Bunny McDiarmid, Greenpeace · [email protected]

August 31, 2021 at 5:02 PM

Antarctica

Hi John,   Antarctica is our planet’s last true wilderness. It’s a near pristine ecosystem, largely untouched by humans. Yet in the 1980s governments wanted to carve it up so fossil fuel bosses could profit.    But after years of dogged determin…

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  Emily Hall, Greenpeace · [email protected]

August 25, 2021 at 1:36 PM

Finding hope

Hi John,   I know it can be tough to believe in people-power sometimes. So I want to tell you the story about how peaceful protest can win.   It was 2007. And one cold October night, teams of Greenpeace activists – including me – entered the sit…

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  Rav, Greenpeace · [email protected]

August 24, 2021 at 6:20 PM

Shocking update

Hi John,   This morning we found out that machinery was on its way to drill a huge new oil field in the North Sea. The Cambo oil field will create climate pollution equal to 16 coal-fired power plants running for a year! [1] But now the oil comp…

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  Louisa Casson, Greenpeace · [email protected]

August 19, 2021 at 2:37 PM

It was proof we can win

Hi John,   Picture this: Oceans empty of whales, everywhere in the world.   It sounds hard to believe, but it almost happened. Only a few decades ago, hundreds of thousands of whales were killed because of greed.   Today whales have rebounded fro…

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  Rex Weyler & Greenpeace · [email protected]

August 16, 2021 at 4:02 PM

How it began

Hi John,   Greenpeace is about to mark a big moment -- turning 50. And as someone who was lucky enough to be there from the very start, I can say with certainty that we couldn't have predicted the scale of things to come.   Over fifty years, we’…

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  Harry, Greenpeace · [email protected]

August 11, 2021 at 4:44 PM

🔴 Code red for humanity 🔴

John,   You can’t get more stark than this. As the UN Secretary General puts it: it’s “code red for humanity”. Demand action The message from the scientists i…

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  Harry, Greenpeace · [email protected]

July 26, 2021 at 4:44 PM

100 days to act 🌎

Hi John,   “Extreme heat” warnings in the UK. Devastating floods across central Europe, India and China [1]. A “fire cloud the size of New York” in Oregon. [2]   This is reality in July 2021. We are in the midst of a climate and nature crisis - …

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  Morten, Greenpeace · [email protected]

July 21, 2021 at 6:31 PM

It’s embarrassing

Hi John,   A few months ago we emailed you to tell you that Boris Johnson was failing to commit to a just transition away from fossil fuels to decent, green jobs and instead gave the go-ahead to new oil and gas licences in the North Sea. This ha…

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  Anthony, Greenpeace · [email protected]

July 13, 2021 at 5:13 PM

Plastic

Hi John,   Greenpeace activists just dumped 625kg of plastic waste outside Downing Street to deliver Boris Johnson a message: stop dumping the UK’s plastic recycling on other countries.    The UK dumps 625kg of plastic waste on other countries e…

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  Aakash, Greenpeace · [email protected]

July 1, 2021 at 3:46 PM

RE: Amazon - Next day destruction

Hi John,   Last week an explosive ITV investigation found that Amazon, one of the world's biggest and richest companies, was purposely destroying thousands of perfectly good items like laptops, hoovers, clothes and even unused PPE, every single w…

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  Samantha, Greenpeace · [email protected]

June 28, 2021 at 4:06 PM

This is damning 😱

Hi John,   This is damning. The government’s own advisers on climate change have just warned that the UK is even less prepared for climate change than we were five years ago. And Boris Johnson is failing to deliver on his promises of action. 🤦 […

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  Aakash, Greenpeace · [email protected]

June 24, 2021 at 2:12 PM

Amazon - Prime Evil

Hi John,   Brand new laptops, TVs, books and other perfectly good products have been rolling straight off the production line, into an Amazon warehouse and then out to landfill.   A shocking investigation by ITV has revealed how millions of new…

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  Jack Bullett, Greenpeace · [email protected]

June 14, 2021 at 2:28 PM

How to save our oceans

Hi John,   As you’ve probably seen, the oceans are in a very bad way. Industrial fishing is emptying our seas, the climate crisis is killing coral reefs, oil drilling and plastic continue to pollute and choke marine life. [1]   So what’s the bes…

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  Bryony, Greenpeace · [email protected]

June 9, 2021 at 1:37 PM

Get ocean protection done

Hi John,   Yesterday was a very special day, World Oceans Day And we were all over the news launching our secret mission! Even Good Morning Britain did the weather report from the boat. We listened to what was important to people like you: to fi…

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  Sam, Greenpeace · [email protected]

June 4, 2021 at 3:12 PM

Real climate leadership? 🧐

Hi John,   Is this what real climate leadership looks like?   This year, the UK has a unique responsibility on climate change. We’re hosting the UN’s global climate change summit and the G7 - the most important summits the UK has ever held. [1] …

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  Bryony Walker, Greenpeace · [email protected]

May 20, 2021 at 3:48 PM

World Oceans Day 🐋

Hi Hi John,,   Did you see it? Boris Johnson managed to bury the news that British government negotiators were trying to promote unsustainable fishing, despite their promises to support ocean protection. [1]   Instead, he made sure all we heard …

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  Anna Jones, Greenpeace · [email protected]

May 10, 2021 at 3:51 PM

Tesco doesn't want you to see this

Hi John,   Tesco doesn’t want you knowing this:   The supermarket giant is STILL doing deals with companies that are torching precious forests. [1]   Vast areas of the Amazon, Cerrado and Pantanal are slashed and burned each year. With land the…

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  Carolyn Hoskin, Greenpeace · [email protected]

May 7, 2021 at 10:54 AM

Victories

Hi John,   Welcome back to the latest edition of your regular round-up, Stay Connected. From an update on the latest climate commitments from world leaders’ to kids resources, something for footie fans and activities to get everyone involved - w…

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  Anthony Lewis, Greenpeace · [email protected]

April 29, 2021 at 4:04 PM

Plastic

Hi John,   Last week I emailed you to see if you could call on the government to stop dumping our plastic waste on other countries and fix the plastic crisis. Since then over 80,000 people have called the government to take responsibility for ou…

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  Anthony Lewis, Greenpeace · [email protected]

April 22, 2021 at 1:50 PM

Plastic

Hi John,   Companies in the UK are still producing too much plastic!    It’s not just harming nature and the planet, but it’s causing serious health emergencies around the world too. The UK produces more plastic waste per person than almost any…

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  Anthony Lewis, Greenpeace · [email protected]

April 20, 2021 at 12:50 PM

Your views on this?

Hi John,   Over recent years, Greenpeace supporters have worked tirelessly to raise awareness of the plastics crisis and have demanded action from those responsible for tackling it.   A staggering 2.3 million people signed our petition calling …

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  Aakash Naik, Greenpeace · [email protected]

April 16, 2021 at 6:57 PM

Re: Facebook - A platform for Amazon land grabbers

Hi John,   Over a month ago the BBC broke a huge story about stolen Amazon land being illegally sold on Facebook.[1] Land grabbers are continuing to make huge profits while Facebook is turning a blind eye.   We’ve been calling on Facebook to tak…

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  India, Greenpeace · [email protected]

April 10, 2021 at 8:39 AM

What Boris Johnson did

Hi John,   Last week I emailed you to tell you that Boris Johnson had signed off new oil and gas licences. Since then thousands of us have been speaking out. Thousands of us are uniting to say: invest in green energy and jobs instead.    But t…

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  India, Greenpeace · [email protected]

March 31, 2021 at 3:32 PM

Embarrassing

Hi John,   Last week something embarrassing happened — as the UK prepares to host crucial global climate talks, our government signed off new oil and gas licences in the North Sea. I hate to write to you with bad news at already troubling times - but we do have a plan to ma…

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  Aakash Naik, Greenpeace · [email protected]

March 29, 2021 at 3:13 PM

Protest works

Hi John,   Last week I emailed you because we’re deeply concerned that the government is rushing through a new Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. If passed, this bill will seriously threaten everyone's right to peacefully protest in this country.    Can you help u…

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  Jack Bullett, Greenpeace · [email protected]

March 24, 2021 at 4:03 PM

Oceans

Hi John,I hope you're keeping safe and well.Many things in our lives have been cancelled or put on hold, but the exploitation of our seas hasn't stopped. Destructive fishing, pollution and climate breakdown are getting worse, pushing our oceans to breaking point.You're one of …

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