Damian Kahya
@damiankahya.bsky.social
Deputy Programme Director for News, Politics and Investigations @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social
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Our thoughts, love and solidarity.
October 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Our thoughts, love and solidarity.
How UK fast fashion brands end up in a protected wetland in Ghana. @unearthednews.bsky.social exposes the ongoing scandal of plastic waste unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/06/18/u...
Discarded clothes from UK brands dumped in protected Ghana wetlands
Garments thrown out by consumers from Next, George, M&S and others found in or near conservation areas
www.theguardian.com
June 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
How UK fast fashion brands end up in a protected wetland in Ghana. @unearthednews.bsky.social exposes the ongoing scandal of plastic waste unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/06/18/u...
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No question misinformation in the social media space is problematic
But there's also misinformation coming from leading consumer brands like Virgin and Renault
They continuing to advertise using green claims the Advertising Standards Authority told them not to
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...
But there's also misinformation coming from leading consumer brands like Virgin and Renault
They continuing to advertise using green claims the Advertising Standards Authority told them not to
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...
Firms still greenwashing in adverts after being censured, UK investigation finds
Exclusive: Virgin Atlantic and Renault among companies that continued to publish misleading environmental claims
www.theguardian.com
May 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
No question misinformation in the social media space is problematic
But there's also misinformation coming from leading consumer brands like Virgin and Renault
They continuing to advertise using green claims the Advertising Standards Authority told them not to
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...
But there's also misinformation coming from leading consumer brands like Virgin and Renault
They continuing to advertise using green claims the Advertising Standards Authority told them not to
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...
Well that was a non hormone beef nothing burger
May 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Well that was a non hormone beef nothing burger
New investigation reveals how climate-linked flooding could spread toxic pollution from historic landfills across land and water. The question is, who pays to clean it up?
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/04/26/h...
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April 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
New investigation reveals how climate-linked flooding could spread toxic pollution from historic landfills across land and water. The question is, who pays to clean it up?
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/04/26/h...
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Populist leaders are brilliant at exploiting this.
March 24, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Populist leaders are brilliant at exploiting this.
British oil giant Shell is shipping gas from Russia relying on ice breakers subject to international sanctions....
This is not an ideal look surely
This is not an ideal look surely
NEW INVESTIGATION
🚢 Companies including Shell and Total import millions of tonnes of gas a year to Europe from the Russian Arctic on specialised LNG tankers. Last winter, these shipments relied on a fleet of sanctioned icebreakers to cross Siberian waters 🚢
🚢 Companies including Shell and Total import millions of tonnes of gas a year to Europe from the Russian Arctic on specialised LNG tankers. Last winter, these shipments relied on a fleet of sanctioned icebreakers to cross Siberian waters 🚢
Sanctioned nuclear icebreakers helped export gas from the Russian Arctic bought by Shell
unearthed.greenpeace.org
February 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
British oil giant Shell is shipping gas from Russia relying on ice breakers subject to international sanctions....
This is not an ideal look surely
This is not an ideal look surely
Another week coming up of seemingly endless grey still days in London. Is it just me, it could be, or has this kind of thing been more common this winter and could it be linked to climate change?
January 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Another week coming up of seemingly endless grey still days in London. Is it just me, it could be, or has this kind of thing been more common this winter and could it be linked to climate change?
When is Carol singing potentially illegal? When it's also a UK climate protest.
More on that, a mega-wind auction and the link between food prices and climate change in today's lunchtime wrap.
action.greenpeace.org.uk/webmail/8548...
More on that, a mega-wind auction and the link between food prices and climate change in today's lunchtime wrap.
action.greenpeace.org.uk/webmail/8548...
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December 12, 2024 at 12:53 PM
When is Carol singing potentially illegal? When it's also a UK climate protest.
More on that, a mega-wind auction and the link between food prices and climate change in today's lunchtime wrap.
action.greenpeace.org.uk/webmail/8548...
More on that, a mega-wind auction and the link between food prices and climate change in today's lunchtime wrap.
action.greenpeace.org.uk/webmail/8548...
Hello wonderful people of Bluesky. I've heard anecdotally that the storms and flooding (and inadequate defences) are driving support for Reform, is there any data out there about that - or in general about how people are responding politically?
December 9, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Hello wonderful people of Bluesky. I've heard anecdotally that the storms and flooding (and inadequate defences) are driving support for Reform, is there any data out there about that - or in general about how people are responding politically?
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Powerful soya producer associations, dominated by big farmers, threaten the most successful intervention to prevent Amazon deforestation - a global corporate agreement not to buy or sell soya from deforested land
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Protection deal for Amazon rainforest in peril as big business turns up heat
Exclusive: With Brazil’s politicians, agribusiness organisations and global traders piling on the pressure, the highly successful 2006 Soy Moratorium is under threat
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 7:07 AM
Powerful soya producer associations, dominated by big farmers, threaten the most successful intervention to prevent Amazon deforestation - a global corporate agreement not to buy or sell soya from deforested land
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Mapped: Where the UK exports it's banned pesticides to around the world. unearthed.greenpeace.org/2024/12/08/u...
December 9, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Mapped: Where the UK exports it's banned pesticides to around the world. unearthed.greenpeace.org/2024/12/08/u...
The UK - like other western countries - bans pesticides at home because they harm humans and the environment (including Bees) and then exports them around the world.
Brilliant expose by @unearthednews.bsky.social on this neo-colonial and mind-bendingly stupid practice.
Brilliant expose by @unearthednews.bsky.social on this neo-colonial and mind-bendingly stupid practice.
We've been tracing the impact of the UK's trade in banned pesticides
We found a growing number of Brazilian farmers poisoned with a toxic weedkiller. And exports of enough banned bee-killing pesticides to spray the whole of England
The story's out now
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2024/12/08/u...
We found a growing number of Brazilian farmers poisoned with a toxic weedkiller. And exports of enough banned bee-killing pesticides to spray the whole of England
The story's out now
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2024/12/08/u...
December 9, 2024 at 4:04 PM
The UK - like other western countries - bans pesticides at home because they harm humans and the environment (including Bees) and then exports them around the world.
Brilliant expose by @unearthednews.bsky.social on this neo-colonial and mind-bendingly stupid practice.
Brilliant expose by @unearthednews.bsky.social on this neo-colonial and mind-bendingly stupid practice.
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I don't think this is fair. Starmer said before entering office that clean power would involve having gas plants on standby for backup; yearly climatic variance requires a buffer of up to 5% of demand based on NESO's work. There will be years they are not needed and years when they're needed a lot.
one of Labour's most high-profile targets has been clean power by 2030
today's strategy says: “securing home grown energy, protecting billpayers and putting us on track to at least 95% clean power by 2030"
(95% is same as last Tory government)
feels like big U-turn
www.ft.com/content/5f02...
today's strategy says: “securing home grown energy, protecting billpayers and putting us on track to at least 95% clean power by 2030"
(95% is same as last Tory government)
feels like big U-turn
www.ft.com/content/5f02...
Keir Starmer redefines UK clean power target in policy reset
PM weakens ambition for 100 per cent net clean power as he sets out policy ‘milestones’ for government
www.ft.com
December 5, 2024 at 11:45 AM
I don't think this is fair. Starmer said before entering office that clean power would involve having gas plants on standby for backup; yearly climatic variance requires a buffer of up to 5% of demand based on NESO's work. There will be years they are not needed and years when they're needed a lot.
BP heads to the Gulf to drill deep again, Optimism over China's emissions and storms and rain hit the UK again... today's live stories
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November 27, 2024 at 2:27 PM
BP heads to the Gulf to drill deep again, Optimism over China's emissions and storms and rain hit the UK again... today's live stories
action.greenpeace.org.uk/webmail/8548...
action.greenpeace.org.uk/webmail/8548...
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This should be front page news everywhere.
I don't expect much coverage.
I don't expect much coverage.
November 17, 2024 at 1:23 PM
This should be front page news everywhere.
I don't expect much coverage.
I don't expect much coverage.
Atlantic sea temperatures way above normal as the UK is battered first by Storm Bert and now (to a lesser extent) by storm Connall
As autumn and winter turn into a deluge we probably need to talk a bit more about why this is happening & who pays for it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
As autumn and winter turn into a deluge we probably need to talk a bit more about why this is happening & who pays for it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 27, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Atlantic sea temperatures way above normal as the UK is battered first by Storm Bert and now (to a lesser extent) by storm Connall
As autumn and winter turn into a deluge we probably need to talk a bit more about why this is happening & who pays for it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
As autumn and winter turn into a deluge we probably need to talk a bit more about why this is happening & who pays for it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A question. The days of the "green new deal", even "build back better" seem a long time ago now, though many of the ideas are still vital.
But if you were asked by a friend what big political, social or economic idea you think could win people's support and tackle climate change what would you say?
But if you were asked by a friend what big political, social or economic idea you think could win people's support and tackle climate change what would you say?
November 27, 2024 at 7:58 AM
A question. The days of the "green new deal", even "build back better" seem a long time ago now, though many of the ideas are still vital.
But if you were asked by a friend what big political, social or economic idea you think could win people's support and tackle climate change what would you say?
But if you were asked by a friend what big political, social or economic idea you think could win people's support and tackle climate change what would you say?
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Major UK Van plant set to close as firms appear to time news to pile pressure on the government over electric vehicle rules.
Consultation on that is expected this evening, but with most UK-made vehicles exported there's scant evidence it's what's driving problems
www.mirror.co.uk/money/breaki...
Consultation on that is expected this evening, but with most UK-made vehicles exported there's scant evidence it's what's driving problems
www.mirror.co.uk/money/breaki...
Vauxhall to close huge UK plant leaving 1,100 jobs under threat
Vauxhall owner Stellantis has announce a big shake-up of van production in the UK
www.mirror.co.uk
November 26, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Major UK Van plant set to close as firms appear to time news to pile pressure on the government over electric vehicle rules.
Consultation on that is expected this evening, but with most UK-made vehicles exported there's scant evidence it's what's driving problems
www.mirror.co.uk/money/breaki...
Consultation on that is expected this evening, but with most UK-made vehicles exported there's scant evidence it's what's driving problems
www.mirror.co.uk/money/breaki...
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Something important to remember is that Bluesky has no main algorithm - which means the best way to engage here is by liking and reposting my posts. Not anyone else's. Just mine.
November 26, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Something important to remember is that Bluesky has no main algorithm - which means the best way to engage here is by liking and reposting my posts. Not anyone else's. Just mine.
As the costs of flood damage and flood protection mount the question over whether oil and gas firms should pay is... not yet being asked.
My lunchtime roundup
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My lunchtime roundup
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November 26, 2024 at 12:43 PM
As the costs of flood damage and flood protection mount the question over whether oil and gas firms should pay is... not yet being asked.
My lunchtime roundup
action.greenpeace.org.uk/webmail/8548...
My lunchtime roundup
action.greenpeace.org.uk/webmail/8548...
Global petrol and diesel sales down by 20% in two and a half years - whilst vehicle demand rises.
Global sales of petrol & diesel vehicles have fallen by almost a fifth in 2.5 years, while electric vehicle demand has risen to account for around 17% of the auto market
'Rumours of a slowdown in electric car sales are just rumours'
www.businessgreen.com/news/4382540...
'Rumours of a slowdown in electric car sales are just rumours'
www.businessgreen.com/news/4382540...
Study: Global EV market share tops 17 per cent, as petrol and diesel sales stall
'Rumours of a slowdown in electric car sales are just rumours' analyst firm declares, as EV demand gathers pace
www.businessgreen.com
November 26, 2024 at 11:40 AM
Global petrol and diesel sales down by 20% in two and a half years - whilst vehicle demand rises.
Climate talks wrap up, Storm Bert and climate change and global plastic talks start amidst warnings of a plastic deluge... your lunchtime round-up today
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November 25, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Climate talks wrap up, Storm Bert and climate change and global plastic talks start amidst warnings of a plastic deluge... your lunchtime round-up today
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Wondering what impact, if any, this is having on Storm Bert in the UK right now?
Northern Hemisphere mid-latitude oceans reach anomaly levels higher than the tropics during El Niño!
And temperatures are not going down.
This is very likely due to a regional forcing increase due to clean air regulations (mainly coal and shipping).
Graph by the great Makiko Sato, NASA GISS data.
And temperatures are not going down.
This is very likely due to a regional forcing increase due to clean air regulations (mainly coal and shipping).
Graph by the great Makiko Sato, NASA GISS data.
November 25, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Wondering what impact, if any, this is having on Storm Bert in the UK right now?