Clare Oxborrow
clareoxborrow.bsky.social
Clare Oxborrow
@clareoxborrow.bsky.social
Campaigner at Friends of the Earth. Mum. Wild swimming bore.
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Not again!? 84 fossil fuel lobbyists were brought by EU countries to #COP30 😤

See the detailed results of the research done 👇
fossilfreepolitics.org/news/eu-brin...

It is time to free politics from the influence of the fossil fuel industry 🔥

#FossilFreePolitics #FossilFreeEU #KickBigPollutersOut
EU Commission keeps oil and gas lobbyists away from COP30, but France and Italy roll out red carpet - Fossil Free Politics
According to new research by Fossil Free Politics in collaboration with the Kick Big Polluters Out coalition, nine EU governments brought 84 fossil fuel lobbyists into COP30 on their official governme...
fossilfreepolitics.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I chatted to @radiotimes.bsky.social for this fascinating look at the role of film in pushing the gym bro lifestyle - and its impacts.
October 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Excellent work by @riveractionuk.bsky.social Red tractor has been greenwashing for too long - now the supermarkets must up their game on #lessandbetter meat and dairy.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Red Tractor ad banned for misleading environmental claims
The Advertising Standards Authority upheld a complaint by environment charity River Action.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Greedy UK companies are raking in billions while forests, wildlife and communities worldwide are destroyed. But for them, it’s “just business”.

Take action ✊Demand a new law to stop UK companies getting away with harm to people and planet: foe.uk/2xn9g
September 1, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Just ahead of the UN #PlasticsTreaty negotiations, we're standing with civil society, social and environmental movements, and communities affected by the devastating plastic pollution crisis to demand a strong Plastics Treaty NOW!

Cut plastic production - Don't fuel our destruction #INC5.2
August 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Day 1️⃣ at the UN negotiations for a global #PlasticsTreaty have kicked off!

We're here to demand action at every stage of the plastics lifecycle and plastic production reduction, block corporate interests from influencing #INC52 and to call for an end to the neocolonial plastics waste trade
August 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Amazing win - brilliant news!
Justice for #AsConchas in 🇪🇸! The court ruled industrial animal production violated the community's basic human rights.

Huge win for the brave locals demanding better life & shoutout to @amigasdelatierra.bsky.social @cecuconsumo.bsky.social & @clienteartheur.bsky.social for helping make it happen!🙌
¡🥳🍾VICTORIA! El tribunal declara culpables a las administraciones públicas por su pasividad ante una contaminación, generada por la ganadería industrial, que vulnera los derechos fundamentales de la gente de #AsConchas

www.tierra.org/sentencia-hi... #DerechoaRespirar
July 16, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Today, alongside the Corporate Justice Coalition, we handed in our petition for a new law to tackle human rights abuses and environmental damage in UK company supply chains.

Over 145,000 people signed our call for a new #BizHumanRights law: now it’s over to the government to take action.
June 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Grim. UK now has 2nd highest # of factory farms in Europe. And in England, FOI by @TerryJermyMP reveals megafarms breached environmental regulations almost 7,000 times since 2015. #PlanetOverProfit @https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/12/research-reveals-24000-megafarms-across-europe
Revealed: More than 24,000 factory farms have opened across Europe
Intensive livestock farms such as those found across the US are spreading across the continent, according to new data
www.theguardian.com
June 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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🌳Indigenous leaders told MPs they need UK leadership to safeguard their rights & combat #deforestation.
Read the key demands made during the APPG meeting on Global Deforestation➡️
ngoforestcoalition.org/2025/05/13/i...

@globalwitness.org @friends-earth.bsky.social @earthsight.bsky.social @wwf.org.uk
May 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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“It would be incredibly short-sighted, and also rather desperate, for the Chancellor to weaken environmental rules and the watchdogs that exist to enforce them. This will only deepen the environmental harms seen across the UK"-Sienna Somers, Friends of the Earth www.independent.co.uk/business/cha...
Chancellor summons regulators to Downing Street in war on red tape
The Government has pledged to cut the number of quangos and slash the cost of regulation by 25%.
www.independent.co.uk
March 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Companies like Unilever sourcing palm oil from AAL should cut ties until land is returned and the conflict with communities is resolved news.mongabay.com/2025/03/un-a...
UN accuses Indonesia’s No. 2 palm oil firm of rights & environmental abuses
JAKARTA — The United Nations has called out Indonesia’s No. 2 palm oil company for alleged human rights and environmental abuses, the first time it has singled out a company rather than the industry. ...
news.mongabay.com
March 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Right now, a destructive gold mine expansion in Indonesia is threatening the world's rarest great ape, the Tapanuli orangutan.

We've joined forces with @ekomovement.bsky.social to deliver nearly 200,000 signatures to the mine’s parent company, Jardine Matheson, to demand it stops its expansion.
February 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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BREAKING: UK's single biggest carbon emitter makes record breaking profits 🤑

Once again, Drax has made BILLIONS in earnings at the expense of our bills, forests, the health of communities and our planet. 

➡️ Join our call tomorrow: actionnetwork.org/events/axe-d...

#OurBillsOurFuture #AxeDrax
February 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
In a huge blow to the credibility of the International Tropical Timber Organization, the Sarawak Forestry Department just called off the ITTO's flagship forest protection project. saverivers.org/2024/10/15/i...
International Flagship Project Sunk by Sarawak Forestry Agency
Lack of transparency and breakdown in communication cause cancellation of International Tropical Timber Organization’s (ITTO) showcase operation in Malaysian Borneo (MIRI / SARAWAK / MALAYSIA) Inte…
saverivers.org
October 16, 2024 at 9:54 AM
Environmental groups incl. @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social & Friends of the Earth have written to Secretaries of State calling for an end to billions of ££ handed to tree-burning power stations.
tinyurl.com/4t9vx5x8
#BigBadBioenergy
October 16, 2024 at 9:25 AM
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Sewage leaks and spills have led to toxic algae occupying large swaths of Lake Windermere, England's largest lake and major tourist destination

How they can get a top rating from the Environment Ageny, England's regulator, is beyond me

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Top-rated UK water firms ‘dumped 1,374 illegal spills into rivers’
Exclusive: United Utilities and Severn Trent had four-star environment ranking but discharges breached permits, campaign group says
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2024 at 7:31 AM
Great work by SAVE Rivers and others - strong evidence that Sarawak is high risk for deforestation from timber and palm oil. EU must respond (and not bow to industry pressure to delay EUDR) news.mongabay.com/2024/10/ngos...
NGOs push EU to label Sarawak as ‘high risk’ source of timber, palm oil
A coalition of Indigenous and human rights groups are hoping new European Union trade regulations could help pressure timber and oil palm industries in Malaysia’s Sarawak state into respecting Indigen...
news.mongabay.com
October 14, 2024 at 2:29 PM