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La contaminación plástica ha alcanzado niveles alarmantes en las playas de Colombia. Un estudio reciente identificó miles de residuos, con el plástico a la cabeza. 🌊 Este problema no solo afecta a la fauna marina, sino también a las comunidades que dependen del turismo. Es momento de reducir el uso de plásticos y tomar medidas para proteger nuestros ecosistemas.
#CuidemosElPlaneta #PlayasLimpias #TurismoSostenible

The scene of the oil spill in the waters around Mauritius after Japanese bulk carrier, MV Wakashio, ran aground on 25 July 2020.

Ken Saro-Wiwa, local leader, speaking at Ogoni Day demonstration, Nigeria. The demonstration was officially called to mark the start of UNICEF's International Year of Indigenous People, but unofficially it was against the Shell oil company. Shell operates many oilfields in the Bori region and there have been many blowouts and leaks. Copyright Tim Lambon/Greenpeace

Local fishermen clean up oil which has spread far from the original explosion site in Xingang Port, Dalian. The fishermen say that no one told them that they need safety equipment or any form of protection, including face masks. Greenpeace strongly urges the government to send professional clean-up staff with safety equipment to work on the oil spill, which was caused by a blast in a pipeline.

September 15, 2009 - Greenpeace activists from Canada, the US, and France and place a giant banner reading ???Tar
Sands: Climate Crime.??? and block the giant tar sands mining operation at the Shell Albian Sands outside of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 . Greenpeace believes the continued development of the tar sands and the lust
for oil threatens to derail international climate action in December at the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen.
??Colin O'Connor / Greenpeace

Greenpeace activists block a pipe that is used by Sanita (Unipack) to discharge the effluents produced in their factories into the Lebanese maritime waters. This discharge consists of improperly treated chemical waste produced in the factory in addition to fuel residues from its private power plant.

Greenpeace is confronting this seismic vessel in the Barents Sea north of Russia, protesting the Russian oil giant Rosneft as it prepares to drill for oil in the fragile Arctic.

Early this morning, as the Rosneft-contracted vessel Akademic Lazarev began firing underwater sound cannons up to 250 decibels in the Fedynskiy license block, Greenpeace approached the vessel, demanding that it stop operations immediately. Rosneft has recently signed joint deals to drill in the Arctic with international oil companies including ExxonMobil, BP and Statoil.

A Greenpeace activist dressed as a polar bear visits the Mounted Household Cavalry in central London, demanding global action to protect the Arctic. The activity is part of the 'Arctic Rising' actions which follow the rising sun across the globe on the longest day, June 21st. Greenpeace is campaigning for a global sanctuary around the north pole, and a ban on oil drilling and unsustainable fishing in the wider Arctic.

Ivan Ivenov, from the 'Save Pechora River' committee, one of the participants at a conference organised by Greenpeace, on the effect oil extraction has on the lives and cultures of indigenous peoples living in the area.

© Daniel Beltrá / Greenpeace

The Q4000 multi-purpose oil field intervention vessel, burns off material from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead near the disaster site in the Gulf of Mexico. A support ship sprays water on the pipe from the Q4000 as flames shoot out. The BP leased oil Deepwater Horizon platform exploded on April 20 and sank after burning.

© Roengrit Kongmuang / Greenpeace

Rescue workers, local volunteers and PTT personnel attempt to clean up the oil spill at Ao Phrao beach in Ko Samet, Rayong Province, one of the areas most affected by the oil spill.
More than 50,000 liters of crude oil has spilled into the sea, 20 kilometers southeast of the Map Ta Phut industrial estate following a leak from a pipeline at an offshore platform.
The pipeline is operated by PTT Global Chemical Public Company, a subsidiary of PTT Public Company Limited (the largest fossil fuel conglomerate in Thailand). Greenpeace is calling on the Thai government to review its energy policy and to put an end to oil drilling and exploration in the Gulf of Thailand.

Fresh shrimp brought in from Venice, Louisiana, are weighed as shrimp markets work hard to sell their seafood at the Shrimp Lot in Westwego, since the Deepwater Horizon wellhead continues to pollute oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The BP leased oil platform exploded on April 20 and sank after burning. A scientist from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration had concluded that oil is leaking at the rate of 5,000 barrels a day, not 1,000 as had been estimated.

Ruth's Seafood employee Fay Taravelle, weighs in shrimp as sales go down. The local shrimp markets attempt to work with the public and sell their seafood at the Shrimp Lot in Westwego, Louisiana. Residents of the area have been buying up shrimp all day long between 25 lbs. and 100 lbs per a person. The BP leased oil platform exploded on April 20 and sank after burning. A scientist from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration had concluded that oil is leaking at the rate of 5,000 barrels a day, not 1,000 as had been estimated.

Nelle prime ore di questa mattina, quarantacinque attivisti di Greenpeace provenienti da dodici nazioni hanno bloccato due diverse piattaforme petrolifere destinate a trivellare nell’Artico. Una risposta globale alle molte minacce che mettono in pericolo il futuro dell’Artico.Nel porto olandese di Ijmuiden, un gruppo di 30 attivisti ha bloccato in porto la GSP Saturn, una piattaforma petrolifera in uso alla compagnia di stato russa Gazprom e destinata a trivellare nel remoto Mar di Pechora. La protesta è durata all’incirca cinque ore, sei attivisti sono ancora in arresto.

Nelle prime ore di questa mattina, quarantacinque attivisti di Greenpeace provenienti da dodici nazioni hanno bloccato due diverse piattaforme petrolifere destinate a trivellare nell’Artico. Una risposta globale alle molte minacce che mettono in pericolo il futuro dell’Artico.Nel porto olandese di Ijmuiden, un gruppo di 30 attivisti ha bloccato in porto la GSP Saturn, una piattaforma petrolifera in uso alla compagnia di stato russa Gazprom e destinata a trivellare nel remoto Mar di Pechora. La protesta è durata all’incirca cinque ore, sei attivisti sono ancora in arresto.

Nelle prime ore di questa mattina, quarantacinque attivisti di Greenpeace provenienti da dodici nazioni hanno bloccato due diverse piattaforme petrolifere destinate a trivellare nell’Artico. Una risposta globale alle molte minacce che mettono in pericolo il futuro dell’Artico.Nel porto olandese di Ijmuiden, un gruppo di 30 attivisti ha bloccato in porto la GSP Saturn, una piattaforma petrolifera in uso alla compagnia di stato russa Gazprom e destinata a trivellare nel remoto Mar di Pechora. La protesta è durata all’incirca cinque ore, sei attivisti sono ancora in arresto.

A group of baby brown pelicans, completely covered in oil, wait in a holding pen to be treated as part of the cleaning process at the Fort Jackson International Bird Rescue Research Center in Buras. Members of the Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research team work to clean birds covered in oil from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead disaster. The BP leased Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded on April 20 and sank after burning.

Marine Biologist Rick Steiner collects samples of oil from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead that rests on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico near the Louisiana shore. The BP leased Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded April 20 and sank after burning, leaking record amounts of crude oil from the broken pipeline into the sea.

A pelican sits covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead in Barataria Bay. The heavier oil has moved into the bay covering more wildlife everyday. The BP leased Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded April 20 and sank after burning, leaking record amounts of crude oil from the broken pipeline into the sea.

Oil from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead washes up on the beach of Elmer's Island, a wildlife refuge, owned and maintained by the state of Louisiana. The BP leased Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded April 20 and sank after burning, leaking an estimate of more than 210,000 gallons of crude oil per day from the broken pipeline to the sea.