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Anna Koens
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<all opinions here are my own>

Reading&music&sustainability as a way of life.

Selling hake which did not yet reach 20 cm in length for human consumption is prohibited in the EU under Common Fisheries Policy. But... 🌎
A new investigation reveals rampant illegal fishing of juvenile European hake in Italy and Spain. Despite EU rules, undersized fish, some 7-8 cm, are openly sold. How to keep a fragile balance between conservation and coastal livelihoods? t.ly/3lrLx @elconfidencial.bsky.social #earthinvestigations
June 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Hoy vamos con un repor con mucho curro detrás. Hace unas semanas estuve de viaje con gente de @oceana.bsky.social por puertos de España e Italia. Querían ver la situación de la merluza en el Mediterráneo, pues es el pescado más sobreexplotado de este mar. Lo contamos en este especial. Sigue
Misión merluza: una ruta por 12 puertos españoles en busca del pescado más sobreexplotado del Mediterráneo
El Confidencial acompaña durante varias semanas a activistas que investigan la situación de este pez en el Mediterráneo Occidental. Pese a no ser el animal favorito de la flota pesquera, se ha convertido en la especie clave para el futuro del sector.
www.elconfidencial.com
June 23, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Join us in 1,5 hours for an important conversation!
🌐 Join us 12/06 at 3pm CET to hear from the @clientearth.bsky.social lawyers how journalistic evidence on supply chains, deforestation and pollution can be used in litigation, how to scrutinise national market surveillance authorities in the energy sector, and more!
📆 Register now: bit.ly/4kL5JXd
June 12, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Please join us on April 29th if you are interested in environmental investigations and environmental litigation! 🌍
This will be an important conversation with @clientearth.bsky.social lawyers: how can journalists gather their evidence so that if necessary it could 'work' in a legal case, too, not just in their articles? Register and join this free webinar organised by Journalismfund Europe! bit.ly/44pM75V
April 23, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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🌎 Are you working on cross-border investigations? Freelance investigative journalists and media outlets alike can apply to Journalismfund's Environmental investigative journalism grant programme. Priority is given to proposals on underreported issues. 👉 More info: bit.ly/3CbeZU6
April 15, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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17/04 in Milan: Alessandra Tranquillo, Michele Bertelli e Federica Bonalumi parleranno delle #Alpi: la crisi climatica che scioglie la neve e svuota i ghiacciai, vs un modello turistico che continua a investire in neve artificiale e grandi eventi, e che non è mai stato così redditizio.
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April 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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in Italian on @irpimedia.eu: irpimedia.irpi.eu/enel-brasile... (thanks to Michele Luppy and Federico Marsi from PlaceMarks for the visuals)
La corsa alle terre per le rinnovabili. Le strategie di Enel in Brasile
Enel Green Power è diventata una delle più grandi aziende di rinnovabili in Brasile. Tuttavia, ha raggiunto questa posizione in parte appoggiandosi a società locali, accusate in diversi casi di land g...
irpimedia.irpi.eu
March 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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you can find the articles in Portuguese for @theintercept.com www.intercept.com.br
Home | Intercept Brasil
Responsabilizamos os poderosos com um jornalismo investigativo destemido
www.intercept.com.br
March 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The most important message for today, this week, this month, this spring, all of 2025:
Do. Not. Despair.
March 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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🤔 Planning a cross-border environmental investigation? 📅Apply for the Environmental Investigative Journalism grant by April 3, 2025! 💰 Details here: t.ly/rQgyr #GrantAl#GrantAlertn#EnvironmentalJournalismi#InvestigativeJournalismu#DataJournalism
February 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Olive and almond trees in Southern Europe are suffering from rapid drying which causes serious environmental damage and economic losses. Can ill trees be cured or must they be cut? Scientists and farmers seem to be divided in their opinions: t.ly/WnWaY
@lamarea.com @mm-ilmanifesto-bot.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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PFAS are called "the worst pollution crisis of all time". The EU wants to severely restrict them. But the chemical industry is fighting the biggest fight it ever fought. We investigated with 50 journalists & looked at thousands of docs, filed almost 200 FOIA requests, talked to dozens of experts.
The Forever Pollution Project - Tracking PFAS across Europe
The Forever Pollution Project showed that nearly 23,000 sites all over Europe are contaminated by the “forever chemicals” PFAS.
foreverpollution.eu
January 14, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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The #ForeverLobbying Project exposes the real cost of #PFAS pollution on the environment, science, and politics.
46 journalists teamed up with 18 experts to investigate the worst pollution crisis humanity has ever faced, caused by the “poison of the century”.
foreverpollution.eu/lobbying/
January 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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ICYM this staggering effort by the Forever Lobbying Project. A truly stunning effort 👏 foreverpollution.eu/lobbying/
The Forever Lobbying Project
The Forever Lobbying Project exposes the real cost of PFAS pollution on the environment, science, and politics.
foreverpollution.eu
January 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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#PFAS, or forever chemicals, are widespread.

Check out our new report which shows how EU’s proposed PFAS restriction is at serious risk of being hijacked by corporate lobbying.

Read it here and sign the petition for a #ToxicFreeEurope 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/chemical-...
January 14, 2025 at 6:02 AM
"The highest concentration of microplastics found in Scotland is now nearly two and a half times higher than the largest sample taken previously in 2016, also from the Solway Firth.
Large concentrations of microplastics in sea were also found at a location off the south of Tiree" t.co/pctfyCq3pK 🌎 🌊
December 12, 2024 at 9:30 AM
🌎 🌾🦩 If you are interested in the topic of European #wetlands, check out this very informative and beautifully laid out piece about wetlands in Italy: it combines investigative methods, on-the-ground reporting, scientific data, use of remote sensing and AI-based satellite image analysis t.ly/AuJOm
FACTA.EU - Focus on: SWAMPOWER
facta.eu
December 10, 2024 at 8:42 AM
🌍 🌲🌳 Los #bosques de #Europa absorben mucho dióxido de carbono, pero una gestión deficiente está poniendo en peligro su papel vital. #cambioclimático voxeurop.eu/es/gestion-b...
La mala gestión y el abandono ponen en peligro el papel de los bosques europeos como sumideros de carbono
Absorber carbono es una de las funciones más esenciales de un bosque. En los últimos 20 años, algunas zonas europeas no pueden cumplir esta función.
voxeurop.eu
December 3, 2024 at 9:29 AM
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🚨 A court case in Namibia is coming up as an outcome of a 2019 investigation published by @oxpeckersnews.bsky.social and supported by Journalismfund Europe Money Trail grant programme and the @occrp.bsky.social. Read more here: t.ly/ZonVY
Impact: Court Case In Namibia Opened Following An Investigation | Journalismfund Europe
A court case in Namibia is opened as an outcome of a 2019 investigation published by Oxpeckers and supported by Journalismfund Europe Money Trail grant programme and the OCCRP.
t.ly
November 28, 2024 at 12:53 PM
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Kakhovka dam breach in Ukraine in 2023 became a disaster the consequences of which extended beyond human suffering. Experts expect ecological devastation for years to come. An interactive tool to investigate this issue t.ly/U5sc9 was developed under our #EarthInvestigations grant programme
November 27, 2024 at 10:17 AM
Great to follow: people with interest in journalism, communication in science, climate and environment bsky.app/starter-pack...
November 18, 2024 at 4:06 PM
🌍 "When we entered the European Union, we were told that traditional fishing would be protected, but they have destroyed it", say members of Malta's fishermen's cooperative. Use of industrial vessels which have been favoured by the EU policies leads to overfishing,as opposed to artisanal practices 🐟
What has been happening to small-scale #Mediterranean fishermen? The investigation by Anna Montraveta Riu and Bruna Cases looks into how the EU fishing legislation, while based on a common policy, is not adapted to the needs of different countries. Read more: journalismfund.eu/end-mediterr...
October 30, 2024 at 12:58 PM