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Will McCallum
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Co-Executive Director at Greenpeace UK
BREAKING: @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social activists scale Foreign Office with the message 'Lammy don't dally'.

Ocean protection needs some political attention or the UK risks losing its place as a world leader.

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April 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Terrifying development. Time for this Govt to pull out all the stops to fulfil a mother's deepest wishes and #FreeAlaa
rsf.org RSF @rsf.org · Feb 25
We are deeply worried that Laila Soueif, mother of jailed British-Egyptian Alaa Abdel Fattah, is in hospital after almost 150 days of hunger strike. No mother should feel such a desperate act is her only recourse. We call on Egypt to immediately #FreeAlaa, & on the UK to step up diplomatic efforts.
February 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Watch now! Our film of last week's action outside Shell's HQ:

We're at Breaking Point:

youtu.be/BoaYq0950uI
Breaking Point | A Greenpeace film
YouTube video by Greenpeace UK
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February 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Just back from Shell’s HQ. We’ve hit breaking point.

We turned their London office into an exhibition of climate devastation—displaying flooded cases of typhoon-wrecked belongings from Filipino communities. Then, we smashed them. 🧵👇
February 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Whilst Rachel Reeves spends Davos throwing Net Zero under the bus, we've been confiscating private jets.
HAPPENING NOW: Greenpeace activists 'confiscate' private jets at #DAVOS airport! #WEF25. We’re calling on governments to #TaxTheSuperRich and fund a just and green future! Read all about it 👇
January 23, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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We’ve lost a Greenpeace legend today. Pete Wilkinson, founder of Greenpeace UK in the 1970s, was still campaigning right up to the end.

His passion and directness, always speaking truth to power, never wavered. Rest in peace, Pete.
January 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Fascinating the number of arguments being used the UK in its submission regarding the EU challenge to reopen sandeel fishing in UK waters that could be applied against the UK's own approach to allowing industrial fishing to continue inside its MPAs: pcacases.com/web/sendAtta...
pcacases.com
January 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Some words from one of the activists whose charges were dropped after our protest at Unilever HQ:

How a Police Crackdown on Climate Protests Made Me Join the Frontline for the First Time – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/01/17/c...
How a Police Crackdown on Climate Protests Made Me Join the Frontline for the First Time
"For me, the act of civil disobedience was a stand against the increasing erosion of a fundamental pillar of democracy - our right to protest"
bylinetimes.com
January 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Great to see our Shell campaign work featuring heavily in this piece on why climate activism is turning to humour. Delivering a tiny violin to their CEO was a highlight of last year.

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Climate activists shift from street protest to humour to win support
Elaborate comedy stunts are being used to highlight corporate inaction
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January 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Beautiful story from Greenpeace Arctic sailing expedition in 2024: "All sailors should be concerned about deep-sea mining. We are all dependent on a healthy ocean and shouldn’t allow a few companies to imperil it in the name of profit" #StopDeepSeaMining
www.yachtingmonthly.com/cruising-lif...
'It should not be this hot' - a scientific expedition to the Arctic Circle
Norwegian journalist Jon Amtrup skippers Greenpeace vessel Witness to the Arctic Circle on a scientific expedition to monitor ecosystems
www.yachtingmonthly.com
January 8, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Yesterday we were at Defra handing in our petition with over 1.6million signatures on it calling for a total ban on bee-killing pesticides.

action.greenpeace.org.uk/ban-bee-kill...
January 9, 2025 at 9:13 AM
A bolt of good news in an otherwise bleak landscape for protest rights - the charges against dozens of @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social activists after our protest outside Unilever HQ have been dropped!

www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/charges...
Charges dropped for dozens of Greenpeace activists in plastic pollution protest outside Unilever HQ - Greenpeace UK
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has dropped all charges against 34 Greenpeace activists who blockaded Unilever’s London headquarters last September. The decision was made just days before the star...
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January 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Slightly belated, but that time of year to look back at 2024's reading (in chronological left to right). Always interested in reflections if you've read any of them, or recommendations for new books if you have them! 📖🤓

Top ten from the list in thread below (hard choices had to be made) 🔽
January 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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+++NEW ANALYSIS+++

UK electricity was the cleanest ever in 2024, with emissions per unit falling by more than two-thirds in a decade

Highlights:
🏭end of coal power after 142yrs
🔥fossil fuels at record-low 29% share
🌄renewables at record-high 45%

www.carbonbrief.org/...
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January 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Still looking back and processing what happened in 2024?

Our @unearthednews.bsky.social team put together a list of their favourite environmental journalism of the year:

unearthed.greenpeace.org/2024/12/26/b...
The best environmental journalism of 2024 The best environmental journalism of 2024
Some of the stories we wish we had written this year, selected by the Unearthed team
unearthed.greenpeace.org
January 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
We need your help! Our activists are still prohibited from leaving S Korea. They're under investigation for a peaceful action boarding a tanker loading toxic plastic chemicals.

Help us request processes are expedited so #INC5Warriors can rejoin their loved ones.

www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
December 23, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Bravo Jack, @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social Legal Counsel!

Named @thetimes.com lawyer of the week for his amazing work in our case against Shell.

www.thetimes.com/article/dcc4...
Jack Robirosa on representing Greenpeace protesters against Shell
Jack Robirosa is a solicitor and legal counsel for Greenpeace UK, the environmental group, which last week reached an out-of-court settlement with Shell after protesters twice boarded a moving North
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December 20, 2024 at 9:34 AM
'Incoming' by Eliot Weinberger in this week's @londonreview.bsky.social

Time to get to grips with Trump's new cabinet... doesn't make for east reading
December 20, 2024 at 9:17 AM
This diagram and chart from the latest @ipbes.bsky.social nexus assessment is amazing for demonstrating the various areas of focus we need when campaigning to restore nature on land.

Would love to see the oceans equivalent of this.
December 18, 2024 at 8:54 AM
Latest IPBES nexus assessment couldn't be clearer:

Every single thing we do to restore nature also benefits the climate. This is why we campaign, amongst other things, to protect 30% of the oceans by 2030, one of the quickest, & largest-scale solutions we have.

www.carbonbrief.org/ipbes-nexus-...
IPBES nexus report: Five takeaways for biodiversity, food, water, health and climate - Carbon Brief
“Fragmented governance” between biodiversity, climate change, food, water and health is putting all of those...
www.carbonbrief.org
December 17, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Fantastic @bluemarinef.bsky.social Christmas event, getting the message out to parliamentarians that ocean protection needs to be a priority.

Thanks to @annagelderdmp.bsky.social for speaking and hosting.
December 11, 2024 at 7:06 PM
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🚨 BREAKING: Shell backs down in lawsuit against Greenpeace.

People power works!

🧵👇
December 10, 2024 at 11:01 AM
BREAKING: Shell has backed down in their attempt to sue us @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social for £millions.

Bullying tactics to silence peaceful protest don't work, and with the support of millions of people around the world we made sure we were not silenced.

www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/shell-l...
Breaking: Shell backs down in its lawsuit against Greenpeace
We showed Shell that their bully tactics won’t intimidate us – and now they’ve backed down and settled out of court.
www.greenpeace.org.uk
December 10, 2024 at 10:43 AM
Our investigation released today:

"Despite a ban on their use in the UK...toxic pesticides are being legally exported around the world – with large volumes going to developing countries."

The UK is facilitating a public health and environmental disaster.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘My right side was paralysed, I was so sick’: the pesticide poisonings in Brazil that lead back to the UK
Investigation uncovers how chemicals like diquat, banned in the UK but legal to export, are causing health problems in the global south
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2024 at 11:35 PM