Article 3XWBA Peter Melchett, environmental campaigner, dies at 71

Peter Melchett, environmental campaigner, dies at 71

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Nadia Khomami
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Former head of Greenpeace UK and Labour peer revered as fearless campaigner

Peter Melchett, the environmental campaigner and Labour peer, has died aged 71.

Lord Melchett, who lived in Norfolk, became the executive director of Greenpeace UK in 1989 and was most recently policy director of the Soil Association.

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