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Building 100% free, accessible, and open source geospatial tools for anyone who wants to hold environmental polluters accountable around the world 🌍

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🌊 The ocean is our life support system, but mounting pressures are pushing it to the brink.

🌐 Ocean conservation measures like MPAs work. Now we must scale that work and protect at least 30% by 2030. Our founder and CEO, John Amos, shares how we are supporting those 30x30 efforts #ForTheOcean.
January 12, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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🎊 New year, new job? ICYMI: We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to join our executive leadership team. If you want to focus your energy on meaningful work that benefits people and the planet, SkyTruth is the place for you!

Full details in the thread below 👇
January 6, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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🗓️ 2025 Highlight: Stanford Social Innovation Review, @ssir.org, just named a piece by our chief impact officer, Mitchelle De Leon, as one of the top stories that inspired them this year! 🎉
Check out their list here:
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Need a Boost? 14 Stories That Inspired Us in 2025 (SSIR)
Innovation stories on collaborating for greater impact, protecting and preserving history, affordable housing, an inspiring model of civic leadership, and more.
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December 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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📢 #NowHiring: We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to join our team! As we enter our 25th year, SkyTruth has become an engine for building some of the most innovative and consequential technologies that strengthen the global environmental movement.
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December 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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🇧🇷2025 Highlight: Our analysis reveals chronic oil pollution and escalating environmental threats from Brazil’s offshore oil and gas expansion.

📊 Our report, linked below 👇, highlights threats and impacts related to offshore oil and gas in #Brazil, including oil slicks, vessel traffic, and flaring.
December 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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🛢️ Skipper, the oil tanker seized off the coast of Venezuela, has made headlines and drawn attention to ships that operate clandestinely - often referred to as part of the “dark” or “shadow” fleet.
Screenshot showing the collection of links to our spoofing coverage, against a black background, with the SkyTruth logo in white at the bottom right corner
December 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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📢 Just released! Our new API provides access to mountaintop mining data, allowing for convenient interaction with an expanding range of data products!

Get all the details - including how it can be used and how it will continue to grow over the coming year - in our latest blog post, linked below 👇
December 12, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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📥 #DYK you can receive our new stories and monthly round-ups directly in your inbox?

Sign up here: bit.ly/SkyTruth-new...

And catch up with our latest newsletter at the link below ⬇️
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December 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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🌊 @mongabay.com has taken a deep dive into what #COP30 delivered for the ocean!

🇧🇷 Their recap highlights our new Brazil report, which found that from 2014-24, the country’s oil production increased by more than 49% & natural gas production increased by over 78%.

Check it out! 🔗 in the comments 👇
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December 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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🇵🇪 Peru’s natural protected areas are managed by SERNANP, an agency we regularly assist with staff training sessions on our Monitor platform.
🛰️ We recently supported a satellite imagery workshop they held. Learn more and see Monitor demos in our latest blog post - linked below in English & Spanish!
Screenshot of workshop slide, featuring an image of Peru's natural landscape and the SkyTruth logo at top right, two platform screenshots across the bottom half of the slide, and the title "Dinamica de vegetacion estacional" at the top left
December 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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📥 Receive our newsletter? Check your inbox - our November issue is out!
🇧🇷 It features our new Brazil report, COP30, natural seeps warnings in Cerulean, a new opportunity to join our team, and more...
📧 Not a subscriber? No worries - check the comments for links to view it & join our mailing list 👇
November 27, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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🍁 Our SkyTruth team came together last month for a busy week of connecting, sharing ideas, and planning for the year ahead.

🧡 We’re so thankful to each of them for giving their time & energy to their work, and for believing in our mission.

Meet them here: skytruth.org/about/team/
#GratitudePost
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November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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📣 Are you passionate about translating data into impact for the conservation community?

We’re #hiring an experienced data analysis & visualization professional to help us tell compelling conservation stories!

FT, fully remote. Details/apply: careers.skytruth.org/jobs/443611-...

🗓️ Apply by Dec 5
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November 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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🌊 Cerulean is valuable for identifying human-caused oil pollution, but it also captures natural oil seeps, which can make it challenging to determine the source of marine oil slicks.
⚠️To inform users about this challenge, we’ve integrated a natural seep warning system into the tool: bit.ly/49w8ERm
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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🎉 We’re thrilled to announce that Cerulean, our global system for tracking ocean oil pollution, was announced as a 2025 Anthem Awards Silver Winner today in Sustainability, Environment & Climate: Best Use of Data!

Our winning entry: bit.ly/4o5pj1Q
Explore Cerulean: skytruth.org/cerulean/
November 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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🇧🇷 Our CEO John Amos has a new op-ed in FairPlanet on the hidden environmental costs of Brazil's offshore oil boom – a timely piece on the challenges that demand immediate action and international cooperation as the nation hosts #COP30.

Read it here: www.fairplanet.org/op-ed/the-un...
A graphic with a dark blue background overlaid with an aerial photograph of Pantanal wetlands in Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. The SkyTruth logo is at bottom left while white text is centered a top that reads: “The path forward need not be predetermined. Brazil has an opportunity to pivot from this extractive legacy toward a future where ocean wealth is measured in healthy reefs, thriving fisheries, resilient coastal communities, and protected marine biodiversity." - John Amos, CEO, SkyTruth
November 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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🇧🇷 Featured in Mongabay this week: our latest report, which examines the complex challenges #Brazil faces as it hosts #COP30. As it works to advance its climate leadership goals, our satellite monitoring reveals growth in offshore oil & gas infrastructure in biodiverse marine areas 👉 bit.ly/4pd1CFM
Screenshot of Mongabay story. Headline reads: Oil spills at sea jeopardize Brazil's climate leadership, study shows; over a photo of an offshore oil platform
November 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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🇧🇷#COP30 is underway in Belém & our Impact Program Manager Eric Teller is on the ground!

Connect with him to discuss our new report, which documents the environmental toll of Brazil's rapidly expanding offshore oil & gas industry.

Read it here: skytruth.org/brazil-offsh...
Colorful graphic by Together for the Ocean for COP30 - a bright yellow background over an ocean view with a whale tail breaking the surface at the bottom. A blue section in the middle has white text: Ocean Protection Means Climate Resilience
November 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Will you be at COP 30? Let’s connect! We'll be there connecting with partners and discussing our new report - "Brazil Offshore Fossil Fuel Threats and Impacts".

Reach out at hello@skytruth.org

Read the report: skytruth.org/brazil-offsh...

#COP30 #Brazil #SatelliteData #OceanConservation #30x30
November 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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The 30x30 Progress Tracker is now available in Portuguese.

O nosso Rastreador de Progresso 30x30 está disponível em português.

Explore a ferramenta 30x30 em português: 30x30.skytruth.org/pt

#COP30 #OceanConservation #30x30 #MarineProtection #SatelliteData #Brazil
November 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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A new SkyTruth report documents the environmental toll of Brazil's rapidly expanding offshore oil and gas industry, just as the country prepares to host COP 30.

Read the full report here: skytruth.org/brazil-offsh...

#OceanConservation #ClimateAction #COP30 #MarineProtection #SatelliteData
November 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Um novo relatório da SkyTruth documenta o custo ambiental da rápida expansão da exploração de petróleo e gás no oceano do país, justamente no momento em que ele se prepara para sediar a COP 30.

Leia o relatório completo aqui: skytruth.org/brazil-offsh...
November 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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With the help of our Cerulean platform, Greenpeace Romania today published an interactive map documenting oil & fuel pollution in Black Sea waters.

Explore the map here: maps.greenpeace.org/maps/gpcee/r...

#MarineProtection #SatelliteImagery #EnvironmentalMonitoring #BlackSea #OilPollution
October 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Meet Aemon Malone, Senior Software Engineer at SkyTruth, as he shares his journey from NPR's overnight newsroom to building technology that exposes ocean pollution.

Read the full Q&A here: skytruth.org/2025/10/from...
October 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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In case you missed it: Vote for Cerulean in the Anthem Community Voice Awards by Oct. 30!

✅ Vote here: shorturl.at/yYIm3
✅ Select "SkyTruth Cerulean"
✅ Verify your email to ensure your vote counts
✅ Share with your network!

#AnthemAwards #Conservation #Cerulean #MarineProtection #Sustainability
October 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM