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Daniel Bengtsson
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Head of Communications for Greenpeace Nordic.
Special interest in oceans and preventing destruction of the seabed.
This is a major win!
💥 Victory: Three oil fields in the North Sea declared illegal

“This is a huge victory. Today’s children and future generations will reap the benefits of the courage the judges showed today. It proves that our struggle for climate justice has real force"

PRESS RELEASE:
Victory: Three oil fields in the North Sea declared illegal - Greenpeace International
Borgarting Court of Appeal agreed with Greenpeace Nordic and Natur og Ungdom that three oil fields in the Norwegian North Sea are illegal.
act.gp
November 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Reposted by Daniel Bengtsson
"I hope that the ruling from the European Court of Human Rights will be a turning point for the Norwegian government. We need climate action, not oil drilling in the Arctic.”

- Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen, Sámi activist and one of the applicants before the European Court of Human Rights
October 24, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Ocean win!
A court in Hawaii has tossed Trump's directive allowing commercial fishing in protected Pacific waters.
Native Hawaiians & environmental groups win court battle to protect ocean sanctuary from commercial fishing, resisting Trump 💪

As Indigenous rights fall victim to Trump's executive orders, it's vital to legally challenge White House attempts to destroy protected ecosystems
pmn.co.nz/read/environ...
Conservationists win legal battle to protect marine sanctuary
A court in Hawai'i has tossed a federal directive allowing commercial fishing in protected Pacific waters, in defiance of orders from the White House.
pmn.co.nz
August 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Still no Plastics Treaty: How the fossil fuel industry keeps polluting negotiations www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
Still no Plastics Treaty: How the fossil fuel industry keeps polluting negotiations - Greenpeace International
It’s time for world leaders to confront the elephant in the UN Global Plastics Treaty negotiation room: Big Oil.
www.greenpeace.org
August 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Planerna på att starta djuphavsgruvor mellan Svalbard och Jan Mayen har väckt oro bland miljöaktivister och forskare. Greenpeace driver kampanjen #Stopdeepseamining” där vi bland annat, bedriver forskning om det marina livet i djuphaven www.svt.se/nyheter/sapm...
De vill sätta stopp för de norska djuphavsgruvorna: ”En gång för alla”
Marinbiologen: ”Havets mående påverkar oss allihop”
www.svt.se
July 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Forskare ombord på Greenpeace segelfartyg undersöker i sommar det marina livet i Arktis där Norge vill öppna upp för prospektering av djuphavsmineraler.
#StopDeepSeaMining
#postkodeffekten
www.svt.se/nyheter/sapm...
Här letar forskare efter valar: ”Försöker skydda deras liv”
Redan sett över 50 valar • ”Trodde jag aldrig”
www.svt.se
July 13, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The outcome of a court case in the Netherlands could shape the right to protest around the globe for decades to come, as figures show a dramatic rise in legal action taken by fossil fuel companies against activists&journalists
#TimeToResist #SLAPP @greenpeace.org
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Legal bullying’: global protest rights on line in Dutch court case, say activists
After US jury said it should pay oil pipeline firm $660m, Greenpeace is hoping to reclaim funds via EU anti-Slapp law
www.theguardian.com
July 4, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The Ocean treaty will for the first time allow for the creation of marine parks in international waters – vital for safeguarding fish, whales and other marine life. But we need 60 countries to confirm it to become law, and we are almost there...
#ProtectTheOcean

www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
High seas protection ‘expected next year’ after Attenborough appeal
A treaty to safeguard the open ocean will take affect in October after two years of delays but the UK is yet to codify the agreement
www.thetimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Greenpeace remains determined to fight the corporate silencing of dissent. The environmental group is not only defending itself — but the very right to protest. #TimeToResist wagingnonviolence.org/2025/05/gree...
Greenpeace remains determined to fight the corporate silencing of dissent
As Greenpeace prepares to appeal a devastating verdict, the environmental group knows it is defending more than just itself.
wagingnonviolence.org
May 20, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Reposted by Daniel Bengtsson
“We’re talking about sending mining machines into the last true wilderness on Earth, and it’s completely reckless"

@haldishelle.bsky.social

#StopDeepSeaMining
With deep-sea mining plans in limbo, Norwegian companies fold or dig in
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. BERGEN, Norway — It’s been nearly five months since the Norwegian government paus...
news.mongabay.com
April 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Reposted by Daniel Bengtsson
Welcome to the Deep Sea Casino, where the stakes aren't cash but our oceans 🌊 and players go bankrupt 💸

WATCH: as Greenpeace Nordic set up a casino at a deep sea mining conference in Norway, one player declares bankruptcy act.gp/4cmm4ij

Sign ✍️ to #StopDeepSeaMining before it starts act.gp/3DPi0Kr
April 4, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Reposted by Daniel Bengtsson
🚨Aktion mod dybhavsminedrift🐙🐋🪸

"Dybhavet er et af de eneste steder på planeten, hvor der ikke har været mennesker endnu, og så er vores første instinkt, at ødelægge miljøet uden overhovedet at vide, hvad vi mister." Magna, dansk aktivist ✊🌈

#StopDeepSeaMining
www.greenpeace.org/denmark/pres...
Politiet fjerner aktivister, der forvandler norsk dybhavsminedrifts-konference til et kasino - Greenpeace Danmark
Dybhavsminedrifts-industrien gambler med livet i havet. Aktivister i protest mod dybhavsminedrift blokerede her til morgen indgangen til lobbykonferencen “Deep sea minerals 2025” i Bergen og overtog ...
www.greenpeace.org
April 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Reposted by Daniel Bengtsson
PRESS RELEASE
A major deep sea mining company which had high hopes to mine the Pacific has gone bankrupt.
#StopDeepSeaMining #ProtectTheOceans
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Major deep sea mining company goes bankrupt - Greenpeace Aotearoa
A company which had dreams of becoming the world’s largest deep sea mining company has declared bankruptcy. Norwegian company, Loke Marine Minerals, aimed to hold licences in the Pacific and…
www.greenpeace.org
April 4, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Reposted by Daniel Bengtsson
Loke Marine Minerals wanted to become the largest deep sea mining company in the world.

Now they’ve gone bankrupt.

In the words of @haldishelle.bsky.social: “gambling with the deep sea does not pay off”

www.dn.no/industri/han...
Mineraldrøm i knas: Konkurs for selskapet som skulle bli størst i verden (+)
Loke Marine Minerals ville bli størst i verden på mineralleting offshore. Nå er selskapet konkurs.
www.dn.no
April 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Reposted by Daniel Bengtsson
Greenpeace-aktivister stopper lobbykonferanse om gruvedrift på havbunnen!

🐙 Aktivistene tok seg inn i bygget i Bergen
🐙 Blokkerte inngangene til auditoriene hvor foredragene skulle holdes
🐙 Fylte lokalet med svevende ballongfisker med bannere

#StopDeepSeaMining
April 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Reposted by Daniel Bengtsson
🚨 Samme dag som vi protesterer mot en gruvedriftskonferanse i Bergen, melder det norske selskapet Loke Marine Minerals at de er konkurs.

Det lønner seg ikke å gamble med livet i dyphavet.

#StopDeepSeaMining
Mineraldrøm i knus: Konkurs for selskapet som skulle bli størst i verden (+)
Loke Marine Minerals ville bli størst i verden på mineralleting offshore. Nå er selskapet konkurs.
www.dn.no
April 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Reposted by Daniel Bengtsson
🚨 NÅ: Aksjon utenfor lobbykonferanse om gruvedrift på havbunnen! Greenpeace-aktivister forvandler konferansen til et spinnvilt kasino 🎰

#StopDeepSeaMining #DeepSeaBetting
April 2, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Reposted by Daniel Bengtsson
Oppsiktsvekkende kunngjøring fra Energidepartementet om gruvedrift på havbunnen i dag 👀

Gruveselskaper får ikke utvinne mineraler fra havbunnen – men får lisenser til å starte kasino.

Det er tross alt bedre å gamble med penger enn planeten.

www.energidepartementet.org

#DeepSeaBetting
April 1, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Mining Company Seeks Trump Support to Shortcut Access to Seabed Metals www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/c...
Mining Company Seeks Trump Support to Shortcut Access to Seabed Metals
Mining companies and the Trump administration want the metals to boost manufacturing. Environmentalists and some countries worry industrial mining would harm oceans.
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Deep-sea mining threatens sea life in a way no one is thinking about − by dumping debris into the thriving midwater zone
#StopDeepSeaMining
theconversation.com/deep-sea-min...
Deep-sea mining threatens sea life in a way no one is thinking about − by dumping debris into the thriving midwater zone
A planned mining method to gather critical minerals from the seafloor would create sediment plumes higher up in the water column where many creatures live.
theconversation.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Kritiken är massiv mot domslutet från en jury i North Dakota som tvingar Greenpeace att betala över 600 miljoner dollar i böter till bolaget Energy Transfer. www.dn.se/varlden/olje...
Oljebolag vann i domstol – kan tvinga Greenpeace att lägga ner
En jury i USA tvingar Greenpeace att betala massiva böter till ett oljeledningsföretag – nu riskerar miljöorganisationen att få lägga ner i landet
www.dn.se
March 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM