The Grim Reaper at the Washington Post, a mobilisation against pesticides and many more actions around the world. Here are a few of our favourite images from Greenpeace work this week. Comment below which you like best!

The Netherlands – Activists from Greenpeace Netherlands occupy the main terminal of Lelystad Airport, Netherlands. The group is calling on the new government to cancel plans for opening the airport to commercial leisure traffic.

United States – Days after the Washington Post fired 300 journalists, including 14 full-time climate reporters, a Greenpeace activist dressed up as Jeff Bezos, the owner of the paper, stands in front of their flagship building on K Street in downtown Washington, DC.  Bezos, one of the richest men in the world, also owns Amazon and AWS.   Critics denounced Bezos cutting news and investigative staff while retaining its masthead slogan, “Democracy Dies in Darkness.”

Gambia – The first day of public opening of the Arctic Sunrise took place on 5 February 2026 in Banjul, The Gambia. The day was marked by an official ceremony held on board, bringing together Gambian authorities, institutional partners, and representatives of civil society to mark the vessel’s arrival in Gambian waters.

Germany – During the Munich Security Conference, Greenpeace activists protest with larger-than-life sculptures of US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Marienplatz in Munich.

The two heads of government stand on a 10-metre-long model of a gas tanker with the words ‘Fossil Gas’ written on its side. Greenpeace activists hold banners reading ‘Safe energy instead of gas dependency’ and ‘Break Free From Tyrants’.

France – 1,500 citizens, farmers, scientists, healthcare professionals, agrochemical victim collectives, and civil society organizations gathered in Paris to denounce the environmental and health setbacks caused by current agricultural policies, particularly the Duplomb Law being debated in the National Assembly.

The citizen mobilisation continued with the “Cancer Anger” Citizen Choir and speeches by representatives of the associations, collectives, and organizations present.

The Netherlands – Activists from Greenpeace Netherlands occupy the main terminal of Lelystad Airport, Netherlands. The group is calling on the new government to cancel plans for opening the airport to commercial leisure traffic.

Germany – Greenpeace activists protest with the message ‘Break Free From Tyrants’ on a 90-square-metre banner on a crane in the early morning hours near the Munich Security Conference. The reason for the protest is Europe’s dependence on liquefied natural gas supplies from Russia and the United States. Both US President Trump and Russian President Putin use energy supplies as a means of exerting pressure.

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Munich, Germany – Today, Greenpeace activists from Germany are protesting the EU’s growing dependence on US gas just as the Munich Security Conference is kicking off. With US Secretary of State Marco Rubio expected to attend the conference, activists unfurled a 15×6 metre banner reading “Break free from tyrants” atop a tower crane. On Marienplatz, only a stone’s throw from the conference site, other activists inflated 10-metre-long representations of Putin and Trump sitting on a gas tanker, to symbolise Europe’s dependence on fossil fuel imports from tyrants.

Since 2022, EU-headquartered companies have signed an estimated €190-€210 billion worth of US liquefied gas contracts, according to calculations by Greenpeace International.[1] Many of these contracts have a duration far beyond 2035, the year by which the European Union (EU) must completely phase out fossil gas in order to avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis.[2] As an average of two tankers carrying liquefied gas from the United States (US) arrive in Europe every day, European countries already spent an estimated €2.8 billion on US gas since the start of the year.[3] Greenpeace urges leaders to cut Trump gas dependency and develop the EU’s energy security through homegrown renewable energy.

Lisa Göldner, fossil fuel campaigner from Greenpeace Germany:

“We are here today to highlight a very concrete security threat for Europe: its energy import dependency, and its growing reliance on gas from the US. Just as the EU is finally moving away from Russian gas imports, it risks replacing one unreliable gas dealer for another. The more Europe depends on the United States for energy, the greater the vulnerability to pressure by Trump. The only way for Europe to protect its political independence and achieve true energy security is to phase out fossil gas and accelerate the shift to a fully renewable energy system.”

The EU does not require additional US gas to ensure its energy security. It is already decreasing its gas consumption, and the implementation of its Fit for 55 and REPowerEU commitments will reinforce this trend, with fossil gas consumption reduced by more than 50% in 2030, from 2021 levels. While phasing out Russian gas, it has also demonstrated that, with determination, it can swiftly implement the necessary measures to disengage from an unreliable partner.[4]

For Greenpeace, it is now time for EU leaders to drop the pledge to purchase $750 billion worth of US energy by 2028 and all other negotiations on additional purchase agreements for US gas, commit to not sign new contracts and gradually terminate all existing supply contracts by 2035 at the latest.

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Photos and videos are available in the Greenpeace Media Library.

Notes:

[1] Media brief: EU’s rising reliance on US liquefied gas is a security risk – and it needs urgent action – Greenpeace International, February 2026

[2] Civil society 10-point plan for a fossil gas phase out by 2035, CAN Europe 

[3] According to data extracted from LSEG Data & Analytics on 12 February 2026, from 1 January 2026 to 12 February 2026, 90 US gas tankers arrived in EU countries. In this timeframe, EU countries imported 8.3 billion m3 of US gas, with an estimated value of €2.8 billion, based on the daily gas spot market price on the date of arrival as represented in the Dutch TTF Natural Gas Futures. In a recent analysis, IEEFA highlights that the EU risks new energy dependence as the US could supply 40% of its gas imports by 2030.

[4] Media brief: EU’s rising reliance on US liquefied gas is a security risk – and it needs urgent action – Greenpeace International, February 2026

Contacts:

Manon Laudy, fossil fuels press officer, Greenpeace Belgium: +336 49 15 69 83, mlaudy@greenpeace.org 

Greenpeace International Press Desk, +31 (0)20 718 2470 (available 24 hours), pressdesk.int@greenpeace.org

The people of Iran have the right to protest and to determine their own future. 

The widely documented killing and maiming of thousands of peaceful protesters and bystanders in Iran is deplorable. Security forces have been using unlawful lethal force resulting in mass casualties and horrific injuries. The violent repression of demonstrations, along with reports of torture and executions of detainees, constitute grave violations of international law and must cease immediately.

The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran must put an immediate end to this brutality. The international community must take urgent diplomatic action to safeguard protesters from further violence and to challenge the entrenched impunity that is perpetuating these abuses and bloodshed.

Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with the protesters, bystanders, political prisoners and their friends and families who are suffering so profoundly at this time. 

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Contact:

Greenpeace International Press Desk: +31 (0)20 718 2470 (available 24 hours), pressdesk.int@greenpeace.org