Daniel Simons
@danielsimons.bsky.social
Dutchman based in Copenhagen. Senior Legal Counsel for Strategic Defence at Greenpeace International. Board member at Arena for Journalism in Europe. Views are my own.
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The Swiss Alliance against SLAPPs is organising a conference on January 21, 2026.
The focus: SLAPP prosecutions in Switzerland and abroad, the legal challenges they pose, and possible solutions within the framework of anti-SLAPP legislation.
Info 👉 www.alliance-contre-slapp.ch/actualites/l...
The focus: SLAPP prosecutions in Switzerland and abroad, the legal challenges they pose, and possible solutions within the framework of anti-SLAPP legislation.
Info 👉 www.alliance-contre-slapp.ch/actualites/l...
December 18, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The Swiss Alliance against SLAPPs is organising a conference on January 21, 2026.
The focus: SLAPP prosecutions in Switzerland and abroad, the legal challenges they pose, and possible solutions within the framework of anti-SLAPP legislation.
Info 👉 www.alliance-contre-slapp.ch/actualites/l...
The focus: SLAPP prosecutions in Switzerland and abroad, the legal challenges they pose, and possible solutions within the framework of anti-SLAPP legislation.
Info 👉 www.alliance-contre-slapp.ch/actualites/l...
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The latest in the fight between Energy Transfer and Greenpeace: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Greenpeace Faces an Unusual New Legal Attack From a Pipeline Giant
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The latest in the fight between Energy Transfer and Greenpeace: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
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The rich and powerful continue to use #SLAPPs to silence activists, journalists, and human rights/environmental defenders.
🌍 Join our @europe-calling.bsky.social webinar w/ @greenpeace.org tomorrow to build solidarity and learn how we can resist together.
📝 Sign up: eu01web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🌍 Join our @europe-calling.bsky.social webinar w/ @greenpeace.org tomorrow to build solidarity and learn how we can resist together.
📝 Sign up: eu01web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 12, 2025 at 8:08 AM
The rich and powerful continue to use #SLAPPs to silence activists, journalists, and human rights/environmental defenders.
🌍 Join our @europe-calling.bsky.social webinar w/ @greenpeace.org tomorrow to build solidarity and learn how we can resist together.
📝 Sign up: eu01web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🌍 Join our @europe-calling.bsky.social webinar w/ @greenpeace.org tomorrow to build solidarity and learn how we can resist together.
📝 Sign up: eu01web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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🟢 We’ve described Green to Grey as a ‘first of its kind’ data investigation. That’s a big claim – so, let us explain what we mean.
The data methodology process for measuring nature loss across Europe is fascinating — but complex, and most of us are not data specialists! 🧵👇 [1/3]
The data methodology process for measuring nature loss across Europe is fascinating — but complex, and most of us are not data specialists! 🧵👇 [1/3]
October 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🟢 We’ve described Green to Grey as a ‘first of its kind’ data investigation. That’s a big claim – so, let us explain what we mean.
The data methodology process for measuring nature loss across Europe is fascinating — but complex, and most of us are not data specialists! 🧵👇 [1/3]
The data methodology process for measuring nature loss across Europe is fascinating — but complex, and most of us are not data specialists! 🧵👇 [1/3]
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⚠️ IT'S A (DOUBLE) SLAPP!
@casecoalition.bsky.social has verified TWO new SLAPPs, both concerning Italian citizens who tried to raise their voices for the public good.
📣 Italy, where are your SLAPP protections? 👀
#StopSLAPPs
@casecoalition.bsky.social has verified TWO new SLAPPs, both concerning Italian citizens who tried to raise their voices for the public good.
📣 Italy, where are your SLAPP protections? 👀
#StopSLAPPs
a cartoon drawing of a red alarm with the words siren blaring above it
ALT: a cartoon drawing of a red alarm with the words siren blaring above it
media.tenor.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:39 AM
⚠️ IT'S A (DOUBLE) SLAPP!
@casecoalition.bsky.social has verified TWO new SLAPPs, both concerning Italian citizens who tried to raise their voices for the public good.
📣 Italy, where are your SLAPP protections? 👀
#StopSLAPPs
@casecoalition.bsky.social has verified TWO new SLAPPs, both concerning Italian citizens who tried to raise their voices for the public good.
📣 Italy, where are your SLAPP protections? 👀
#StopSLAPPs
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GOOD NEWS: Greenpeace International’s groundbreaking lawsuit against oil pipeline giant Energy Transfer is MOVING AHEAD.
Energy Transfer just FAILED in an attempt to block the case – which holds them to account under EU anti-intimidation laws.
It’s time to RESIST corporate bullies. Who's with us?
Energy Transfer just FAILED in an attempt to block the case – which holds them to account under EU anti-intimidation laws.
It’s time to RESIST corporate bullies. Who's with us?
September 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
GOOD NEWS: Greenpeace International’s groundbreaking lawsuit against oil pipeline giant Energy Transfer is MOVING AHEAD.
Energy Transfer just FAILED in an attempt to block the case – which holds them to account under EU anti-intimidation laws.
It’s time to RESIST corporate bullies. Who's with us?
Energy Transfer just FAILED in an attempt to block the case – which holds them to account under EU anti-intimidation laws.
It’s time to RESIST corporate bullies. Who's with us?
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🖐️ It's a SLAPP!
🚨 @casecoalition.bsky.social officially recognises Joost Debucquoy’s €1.2M lawsuit against non-profit groups Samen Sterk ! & Erfpacht as a SLAPP – designed to silence those exposing the injustice of his family’s real estate schemes.
👉 www.the-case.eu/latest/its-a...
#StopSLAPPs
🚨 @casecoalition.bsky.social officially recognises Joost Debucquoy’s €1.2M lawsuit against non-profit groups Samen Sterk ! & Erfpacht as a SLAPP – designed to silence those exposing the injustice of his family’s real estate schemes.
👉 www.the-case.eu/latest/its-a...
#StopSLAPPs
September 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🖐️ It's a SLAPP!
🚨 @casecoalition.bsky.social officially recognises Joost Debucquoy’s €1.2M lawsuit against non-profit groups Samen Sterk ! & Erfpacht as a SLAPP – designed to silence those exposing the injustice of his family’s real estate schemes.
👉 www.the-case.eu/latest/its-a...
#StopSLAPPs
🚨 @casecoalition.bsky.social officially recognises Joost Debucquoy’s €1.2M lawsuit against non-profit groups Samen Sterk ! & Erfpacht as a SLAPP – designed to silence those exposing the injustice of his family’s real estate schemes.
👉 www.the-case.eu/latest/its-a...
#StopSLAPPs
New report: in Europe, trains are still on average 2x as expensive as flights. Airlines profit from unfair tax exemptions.
We need:
🚫 An end to airline subsidies
🎟️ An unified rail ticketing system
💸Fair taxation of aviation to fund better rail
👉 Full report: act.gp/PriceAnalysi...
We need:
🚫 An end to airline subsidies
🎟️ An unified rail ticketing system
💸Fair taxation of aviation to fund better rail
👉 Full report: act.gp/PriceAnalysi...
act.gp
August 21, 2025 at 8:31 AM
New report: in Europe, trains are still on average 2x as expensive as flights. Airlines profit from unfair tax exemptions.
We need:
🚫 An end to airline subsidies
🎟️ An unified rail ticketing system
💸Fair taxation of aviation to fund better rail
👉 Full report: act.gp/PriceAnalysi...
We need:
🚫 An end to airline subsidies
🎟️ An unified rail ticketing system
💸Fair taxation of aviation to fund better rail
👉 Full report: act.gp/PriceAnalysi...
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SHOCKING: Oil pipeline giant Energy Transfer is trying to STOP Greenpeace International from taking them to court in the Netherlands under new EU anti-intimidation laws.
What are Energy Transfer so scared of?
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What are Energy Transfer so scared of?
🧵⤵️
August 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
SHOCKING: Oil pipeline giant Energy Transfer is trying to STOP Greenpeace International from taking them to court in the Netherlands under new EU anti-intimidation laws.
What are Energy Transfer so scared of?
🧵⤵️
What are Energy Transfer so scared of?
🧵⤵️
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It's official: Last month was the warmest ever March in Europe and the 2nd warmest in the world
Early Spring feels more and more like Summer, making drought & wildfires more likely later
Time to make climate polluters pay
#StopDrillingStartPaying #StopFossilGas
www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/?p=4...
Early Spring feels more and more like Summer, making drought & wildfires more likely later
Time to make climate polluters pay
#StopDrillingStartPaying #StopFossilGas
www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/?p=4...
Hottest March in Europe ever: Greenpeace calls for climate polluters to pay - Greenpeace European Unit
Greenpeace says climate polluters must pay, as Copernicus Climate Change Service declares March 2025 the warmest ever March for Europe and the second-warmest globally.
www.greenpeace.org
April 8, 2025 at 6:05 AM
It's official: Last month was the warmest ever March in Europe and the 2nd warmest in the world
Early Spring feels more and more like Summer, making drought & wildfires more likely later
Time to make climate polluters pay
#StopDrillingStartPaying #StopFossilGas
www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/?p=4...
Early Spring feels more and more like Summer, making drought & wildfires more likely later
Time to make climate polluters pay
#StopDrillingStartPaying #StopFossilGas
www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/?p=4...
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✋ 5 years ago, we founded @casecoalition.bsky.social to fight SLAPPs in Europe.
⚖️ Since then, we’ve pushed the EU & Council of Europe to establish strong legal instruments to #StopSLAPPs.
This week in Brussels, we’re planning next steps. The mission: strong national protections 💪
⚖️ Since then, we’ve pushed the EU & Council of Europe to establish strong legal instruments to #StopSLAPPs.
This week in Brussels, we’re planning next steps. The mission: strong national protections 💪
April 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
✋ 5 years ago, we founded @casecoalition.bsky.social to fight SLAPPs in Europe.
⚖️ Since then, we’ve pushed the EU & Council of Europe to establish strong legal instruments to #StopSLAPPs.
This week in Brussels, we’re planning next steps. The mission: strong national protections 💪
⚖️ Since then, we’ve pushed the EU & Council of Europe to establish strong legal instruments to #StopSLAPPs.
This week in Brussels, we’re planning next steps. The mission: strong national protections 💪
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Do they have no shame?
Shell execs were at the New York Stock Exchange celebrating ramping up fossil fuel production and slashing investment in renewables to boost profits.
The fossil fuel industry is driving the climate destruction we see all around us and getting filthy rich off the back of it.
Shell execs were at the New York Stock Exchange celebrating ramping up fossil fuel production and slashing investment in renewables to boost profits.
The fossil fuel industry is driving the climate destruction we see all around us and getting filthy rich off the back of it.
April 4, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Do they have no shame?
Shell execs were at the New York Stock Exchange celebrating ramping up fossil fuel production and slashing investment in renewables to boost profits.
The fossil fuel industry is driving the climate destruction we see all around us and getting filthy rich off the back of it.
Shell execs were at the New York Stock Exchange celebrating ramping up fossil fuel production and slashing investment in renewables to boost profits.
The fossil fuel industry is driving the climate destruction we see all around us and getting filthy rich off the back of it.
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A new microplastic study EVERY WEEK should not be the new normal.
It's time to turn off the plastic tap.
World leaders must urgently agree on a strong Global #PlasticsTreaty that drastically cuts plastic production.
It's time to turn off the plastic tap.
World leaders must urgently agree on a strong Global #PlasticsTreaty that drastically cuts plastic production.
Plastics are seeping into farm fields, food and eventually human bodies. Can they be stopped?
Around the world, plastics are finding their way into farm fields. Some farmers say agricultural plastic, already a necessity for many crops, is becoming even more necessary as climate change fuels ex...
apnews.com
April 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
A new microplastic study EVERY WEEK should not be the new normal.
It's time to turn off the plastic tap.
World leaders must urgently agree on a strong Global #PlasticsTreaty that drastically cuts plastic production.
It's time to turn off the plastic tap.
World leaders must urgently agree on a strong Global #PlasticsTreaty that drastically cuts plastic production.
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The Chairwoman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Janet Alkire, has issued a 'Statement on the jury verdict against Greenpeace'
Read here👇https://www.standingrock.org/2025/03/26/standing-rock-sioux-tribal-chairwoman-janet-alkire-statement-on-the-jury-verdict-against-greenpeace/
Read here👇https://www.standingrock.org/2025/03/26/standing-rock-sioux-tribal-chairwoman-janet-alkire-statement-on-the-jury-verdict-against-greenpeace/
March 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The Chairwoman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Janet Alkire, has issued a 'Statement on the jury verdict against Greenpeace'
Read here👇https://www.standingrock.org/2025/03/26/standing-rock-sioux-tribal-chairwoman-janet-alkire-statement-on-the-jury-verdict-against-greenpeace/
Read here👇https://www.standingrock.org/2025/03/26/standing-rock-sioux-tribal-chairwoman-janet-alkire-statement-on-the-jury-verdict-against-greenpeace/
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This, pulled from the ICNL protest tracker (linked below) is a truly terrifying crackdown on free speech. Reminder that many/most of these anti-protest laws were explicitly passed as a reaction to Standing Rock 🧵
March 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This, pulled from the ICNL protest tracker (linked below) is a truly terrifying crackdown on free speech. Reminder that many/most of these anti-protest laws were explicitly passed as a reaction to Standing Rock 🧵
The first major free speech verdict of the second Trump era bodes poorly - but the fight continues
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Greenpeace must pay at least $660m over Dakota pipeline protests, says jury
Non-profit, which will appeal decision, says lawsuits like this are aimed at ‘destroying the right to peaceful protest’
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The first major free speech verdict of the second Trump era bodes poorly - but the fight continues
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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🚨BREAKING🚨
The trial verdict is in. A jury in the Morton County courthouse found Greenpeace International and two Greenpeace entities in the United States liable for over US$ 660 million combined in Energy Transfer’s meritless SLAPP lawsuit.
#WeWillNotBeSilenced
The trial verdict is in. A jury in the Morton County courthouse found Greenpeace International and two Greenpeace entities in the United States liable for over US$ 660 million combined in Energy Transfer’s meritless SLAPP lawsuit.
#WeWillNotBeSilenced
March 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
🚨BREAKING🚨
The trial verdict is in. A jury in the Morton County courthouse found Greenpeace International and two Greenpeace entities in the United States liable for over US$ 660 million combined in Energy Transfer’s meritless SLAPP lawsuit.
#WeWillNotBeSilenced
The trial verdict is in. A jury in the Morton County courthouse found Greenpeace International and two Greenpeace entities in the United States liable for over US$ 660 million combined in Energy Transfer’s meritless SLAPP lawsuit.
#WeWillNotBeSilenced
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Energy Transfer board chair says during deposition shown at trial he sought a settlement with Standing Rock in 2016. But the former Standing Rock chair says he only met with company to discuss safety as tensions escalated.
Energy Transfer board chair says he sought settlement with Standing Rock in 2016 • North Dakota Monitor
Energy Transfer Executive Chairman Kelcy Warren claimed in court testimony he traveled to North Dakota in December 2016 to discuss a settlement with then-tribal chair David Archambault II to end…
buff.ly
March 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Energy Transfer board chair says during deposition shown at trial he sought a settlement with Standing Rock in 2016. But the former Standing Rock chair says he only met with company to discuss safety as tensions escalated.
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Since Dakota Access, 19 states have criminalized protests near pipelines
Now, Greenpeace's US future hangs in the balance as a ND jury weighs a case that could bankrupt the org
How Big Oil is using judicial + legal systems to chill dissent w/ @financialtimes.com Amanda Chu
on.ft.com/4kZ5etq
Now, Greenpeace's US future hangs in the balance as a ND jury weighs a case that could bankrupt the org
How Big Oil is using judicial + legal systems to chill dissent w/ @financialtimes.com Amanda Chu
on.ft.com/4kZ5etq
March 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Since Dakota Access, 19 states have criminalized protests near pipelines
Now, Greenpeace's US future hangs in the balance as a ND jury weighs a case that could bankrupt the org
How Big Oil is using judicial + legal systems to chill dissent w/ @financialtimes.com Amanda Chu
on.ft.com/4kZ5etq
Now, Greenpeace's US future hangs in the balance as a ND jury weighs a case that could bankrupt the org
How Big Oil is using judicial + legal systems to chill dissent w/ @financialtimes.com Amanda Chu
on.ft.com/4kZ5etq
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⏳ In 3 weeks, the #EuropeanSLAPPContest will be back to shine its spotlight on the continent's biggest legal bullies 🏆
Meet our jury 👉 the-case.eu/latest/the-e...
🔸 @manonaubryfr.bsky.social
🔸 @danielfreund.bsky.social
🔸 @vostrihonova.bsky.social
🔸 David Casa MEP
🔸 Sandro Ruotolo MEP
#StopSLAPPs
Meet our jury 👉 the-case.eu/latest/the-e...
🔸 @manonaubryfr.bsky.social
🔸 @danielfreund.bsky.social
🔸 @vostrihonova.bsky.social
🔸 David Casa MEP
🔸 Sandro Ruotolo MEP
#StopSLAPPs
March 18, 2025 at 9:35 AM
⏳ In 3 weeks, the #EuropeanSLAPPContest will be back to shine its spotlight on the continent's biggest legal bullies 🏆
Meet our jury 👉 the-case.eu/latest/the-e...
🔸 @manonaubryfr.bsky.social
🔸 @danielfreund.bsky.social
🔸 @vostrihonova.bsky.social
🔸 David Casa MEP
🔸 Sandro Ruotolo MEP
#StopSLAPPs
Meet our jury 👉 the-case.eu/latest/the-e...
🔸 @manonaubryfr.bsky.social
🔸 @danielfreund.bsky.social
🔸 @vostrihonova.bsky.social
🔸 David Casa MEP
🔸 Sandro Ruotolo MEP
#StopSLAPPs