Greenpeace Manchester

Why are there prison bars around the statues of Gandhi, Mandela and Fawcett in Parliament Square? - Greenpeace UK Greenpeace activists have installed prison bars around the statues of three iconic protesters in Parliament Square to highlight the UK government’s crackdown on the right to protest. What happened A t...

Greenpeace activists have installed prison bars around the statues of three iconic protesters in Parliament Square to highlight the UK government’s crackdown on the right to protest.

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If you're in the Northern Quarter this lunchtime you might see us on Tib Street, standing up to the oil and gas companies ripping us off.

Sign the petition here:

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Our thoughts, love and solidarity.

Our next meeting is Tuesday 7 October in Black Sheep Coffee, St Peters Square.

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Climate disasters spare no one.

From coastal villages in Africa to luxury yachts in Europe, the climate crisis is hitting everywhere and everyone.

It’s time we all rise up for climate action. ✊🏿

Drone footage shows water levels at Woodhead Reservoir (Credit: Stuart Spray/Greenpeace Manchester) Dailymotion video by Derbyshire Times

Drone footage of the almost empty Woodhead Reservoir taken by the Manchester @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social group has been used by the Derbyshire Times. This is what a climate crisis looks like in England.

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Anish Kapoor protest art at Shell’s North Sea platform: what you need to know - Greenpeace UK Greenpeace activists installed a haunting new artwork created by legendary artist, Anish Kapoor onto an active Shell platform in the remote North Sea. What happened? The artwork, called BUTCHERED, shows 1,000 litres of blood-red liquid gushing onto a 12m x 8m canvas fastened to the gas platform, creating a vast crimson stain. BUTCHERED symbolises the […]

"Greenpeace activists installed a haunting new artwork created by legendary artist, Anish Kapoor onto an active Shell platform in the remote North Sea."

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It's our next meeting tomorrow, at the new venue of Black Sheep Coffee in St Peters Square.

Plastics, Profits and Power: How petrochemical companies are derailing the Global Plastics Treaty - Greenpeace UK Plastics, Profits & Power exposes how fossil fuel and petrochemical companies are working to derail the Global Plastics Treaty, the world’s most ambitious effort to end plastic pollution.

Negotiations for a Global Plastoc Treaty are dominated by industry lobbyist, who outnumber scientists, indigenous people and even many national delegations. Read the Greenpeace report.

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The climate crisis is here.

Take action today: become a volunteer with @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social

Our next meeting is on Tuesday 12 August at the Black Sheep coffee house in St Peters Square. Yes, we have finally left the pub - although we might go for a drink afterwards.

Derbyshire's reservoirs are at record low levels, so we went out to film them. @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social

This is what a climate crisis looks like.

‘Climateflation’ could push up UK food prices by more than a third by 2050, report says Exclusive: Increasingly extreme weather a threat to production and supply chains in Britain and elsewhere

The climate crisis literally has a lots of other costs too.

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Those that contributed least are suffering most in the climate crisis.

Thousands in Greece and Turkey evacuate as winds and heat fan wildfires Czech firefighters and Italian aircraft join rescue effort in Greece, and firefighter among those killed in Turkey

Another day in the climate emergency.

Άλλη μια μέρα στην κλιματική κρίση.

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A map showing temperatures across Turkey, Saudi Arabia and northeast Africa on Friday 25th July 2025. Silopi, Şırnak, Turkey is marked on the map and a temperature of 50.5 Celsius is also marked. This is a new temperature record for Turkey.

Turkey recorded its highest temperature on record on Friday with 50.5°C recorded in Silopi ⚠️📈

This exceeds the previous record of 49.5°C recorded on 15th August 2023 🌡️

This extreme heat is bringing serious health impacts and giving a very high risk of wildfires 🔥

🚨BREAKING: All 10 climbers have been arrested after spending the night hanging from the Forth Road Bridge blocking INEOS - the UK’s biggest plastic polluter.

They will not be silenced and their message is clear. 👇

Forth Road Bridge closed after Greenpeace abseil protest Protesters said they were attempting to block the arrival of a tanker in a protest against Ineos.

"Greenpeace said 10 activists were taking part in the protest against the Ineos ship Independence.

The group accused the firm ... of attempting to sabotage a global plastics treaty due to be voted on by UN member states in Switzerland next month."

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Stop drilling and start paying

Extinction Rebellion supporters target Marsh office One protester said that if the insurance industry is to 'have a future at all', it needs to 'play its part in building a safer and more sustainable future for us all'

More coverage of the protest outside the office of Marsh, the insurance brokers for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline.

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Marsh offices targeted by climate activists over East African oil pipeline Campaign called out other major firms for backing high-emissions infrastructure

'Martin Porter of Manchester Greenpeace said oil should be left underground and questioned the role of financial intermediaries in facilitating extraction projects.

“Our message is simple: oil companies need to stop drilling and start paying”.

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Climate activists target Manchester offices of insurance broker Marsh as part of national action on climate change - About Manchester This week, supporters of Extinction Rebellion’s Insure our Survival campaign are targeting the offices of insurance companies up and down the country in a

"This week, supporters of Extinction Rebellion’s Insure our Survival campaign are targeting the offices of insurance companies up and down the country in a national wave of action, demanding that they refuse to insure destructive new fossil fuel projects"

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More than a dozen protesters from a coalition of climate action groups in Manchester gathered outside Marsh offices in Belvedere on Booth Street. Marsh acts as broker insurance for a number of large fossil fuel projects including the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).

The bombing of Rainbow Warrior: 40 years on Forty years ago, the attack on the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior and death of photographer Fernando Pereira caused international outrage.

Great page by the National Maritime Musuem on the Rainbow Warrior.

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Rainbow Warrior - Greenpeace International The Rainbow Warrior is an undisputed icon. Synonymous with breaking boundaries and fearless campaigning, she has been patrolling the world's oceans since 1978.

"We welcome you this morning in remembering Fernando Pereira, who was killed in the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior on 10 July 1985 by French Government agents."

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Electronic billboards in #Manchester have been taken over by @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social, @amnestyuk.bsky.social @friends-earth.bsky.social, highlighting the threats to our right to protest.

Today Manchester was also visited by www.theherds.org

@mancgreenpeace.bsky.social @mcrfoe.bsky.social