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EU policy officer working for Seas At Risk on marine pollution.
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🚨 New report shows @CocaCola increased its use of virgin plastic by 10% despite its commitment to tackle plastic pollution.
Learn more: https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/2025/11/07/members-react-emf-2025-reports/
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #PlasticPollution #CorporateAccountability
Learn more: https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/2025/11/07/members-react-emf-2025-reports/
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #PlasticPollution #CorporateAccountability
November 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
🚨 New report shows @CocaCola increased its use of virgin plastic by 10% despite its commitment to tackle plastic pollution.
Learn more: https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/2025/11/07/members-react-emf-2025-reports/
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #PlasticPollution #CorporateAccountability
Learn more: https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/2025/11/07/members-react-emf-2025-reports/
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #PlasticPollution #CorporateAccountability
Some ocean action coming up!
We're going to #UNOC3 in Nice! ☀️🇫🇷
Catch us from 7–12 June at key events on ocean action, starting with the #BlueMarch2025💙
Full schedule: seas-at-risk.org/events/sar-u... #SARatUNOC
Catch us from 7–12 June at key events on ocean action, starting with the #BlueMarch2025💙
Full schedule: seas-at-risk.org/events/sar-u... #SARatUNOC
Seas At Risk @ UNOC3 - Seas At Risk
This June, Seas At Risk will be at UNOC3. Join us! Heads of state and high-level policy-makers are flocking to the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) to make decisions on the future of the oc...
seas-at-risk.org
June 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Some ocean action coming up!
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🧨 New study: #DeepSeaMining isn’t the treasure chest it claims to be. Turns out, it’s more like burning cash at the bottom of the ocean for metals we don’t even need. 💸🌊Nature’s verdict: high risk, low reward, bad idea.
#DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed
#DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed
The false promise of deep-sea mining - npj Ocean Sustainability
npj Ocean Sustainability - The false promise of deep-sea mining
www.nature.com
May 13, 2025 at 8:10 AM
🧨 New study: #DeepSeaMining isn’t the treasure chest it claims to be. Turns out, it’s more like burning cash at the bottom of the ocean for metals we don’t even need. 💸🌊Nature’s verdict: high risk, low reward, bad idea.
#DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed
#DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed
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📢Today representatives of small-scale fishers, scientists, citizens & civil society handed in a petition to Costas Kadis - EU Commissioner for the Ocean - signed by +250K European citizens calling to #EndBottomTrawling in #MPAs. 🐠
#ProtectedMeansProtected
👉 seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...
#ProtectedMeansProtected
👉 seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...
#endbottomtrawling #mpas #protectedmeansprotected | Seas At Risk
📢Today representatives of small-scale fishers, scientists, citizens & civil society handed in a petition to Costas Kadis, EU Commissioner of the Ocean, signed by +250K European citizens✍️ calling ...
www.linkedin.com
May 13, 2025 at 10:27 AM
📢Today representatives of small-scale fishers, scientists, citizens & civil society handed in a petition to Costas Kadis - EU Commissioner for the Ocean - signed by +250K European citizens calling to #EndBottomTrawling in #MPAs. 🐠
#ProtectedMeansProtected
👉 seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...
#ProtectedMeansProtected
👉 seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...
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By leaving out entire product groups like #footwear, #paints, or #chemicals, @ec.europa.eu risks weakening the potential of the #Ecodesign law.
Read our press release: eeb.org/commissions-...
Read our press release: eeb.org/commissions-...
Commission's Ecodesign Working Plan falls short of promises, warns the EEB
The plan unveiled today does not live up to the hard-won promises.
eeb.org
April 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
By leaving out entire product groups like #footwear, #paints, or #chemicals, @ec.europa.eu risks weakening the potential of the #Ecodesign law.
Read our press release: eeb.org/commissions-...
Read our press release: eeb.org/commissions-...
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The EU’s 5-year #Ecodesign (#ESPR) work plan is out 🥳
But excluding footwear, plastics, paints & chemicals risks more #microplastics in the ocean. Every 👞 product 🛞 counts 🎨.
Postponing action today means more pollution tomorrow.
👀 Read more: seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...
But excluding footwear, plastics, paints & chemicals risks more #microplastics in the ocean. Every 👞 product 🛞 counts 🎨.
Postponing action today means more pollution tomorrow.
👀 Read more: seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...
April 17, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The EU’s 5-year #Ecodesign (#ESPR) work plan is out 🥳
But excluding footwear, plastics, paints & chemicals risks more #microplastics in the ocean. Every 👞 product 🛞 counts 🎨.
Postponing action today means more pollution tomorrow.
👀 Read more: seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...
But excluding footwear, plastics, paints & chemicals risks more #microplastics in the ocean. Every 👞 product 🛞 counts 🎨.
Postponing action today means more pollution tomorrow.
👀 Read more: seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...
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📢New report shows that the current EU fisheries policy favours large-scale industry to the detriment of small-scale & low-impact fisheries. 🎣🐟
We call on Commissioner Costas Kadis to take action to fully enforce EU law! #OceansPact #RethinkFisheries
#Pressrelease 👉 seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...
We call on Commissioner Costas Kadis to take action to fully enforce EU law! #OceansPact #RethinkFisheries
#Pressrelease 👉 seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...
April 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
📢New report shows that the current EU fisheries policy favours large-scale industry to the detriment of small-scale & low-impact fisheries. 🎣🐟
We call on Commissioner Costas Kadis to take action to fully enforce EU law! #OceansPact #RethinkFisheries
#Pressrelease 👉 seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...
We call on Commissioner Costas Kadis to take action to fully enforce EU law! #OceansPact #RethinkFisheries
#Pressrelease 👉 seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...
A jury found Greenpeace International and two Greenpeace entities in the US liable for over US$ 660 million combined in Energy Transfer’s meritless SLAPP lawsuit. But green NGOs must keep having a voice #WeWillNotBeSilenced
Find out more:
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
Find out more:
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
Inside Greenpeace International’s legal fight against Big Oil’s bullying lawsuit - Greenpeace International
Bad news for bullies: Greenpeace International (GPI) initiated the first test of the European Union’s new anti-SLAPP Directive, a major step toward ending the practice of the courts being abused to si...
www.greenpeace.org
March 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
A jury found Greenpeace International and two Greenpeace entities in the US liable for over US$ 660 million combined in Energy Transfer’s meritless SLAPP lawsuit. But green NGOs must keep having a voice #WeWillNotBeSilenced
Find out more:
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
Find out more:
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
This chronic microplastic pollution from plastic manufacturers has to stop! Accidents are not the only source, most plastic production plants are also leaking their #plasticpellets into the surrounding environment!
📢 A collision between a container ship and an oil tanker has caused a massive spill of industrial plastic pellets across 30 km of coastline and into a protected bay. These microplastics, which persist in the environment indefinitely, pose a serious threat to marine life and ecosystems.
March 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This chronic microplastic pollution from plastic manufacturers has to stop! Accidents are not the only source, most plastic production plants are also leaking their #plasticpellets into the surrounding environment!
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#NorthSea communities and ecosystems are dealing with the toxic consequences of last week's oil tanker collision 💥 including #PlasticPelletPollution, a disaster that will only become more common without tight measures on maritime transport 🚢
We're counting on the EU to #BeatPlasticPollution 💪
We're counting on the EU to #BeatPlasticPollution 💪
North Sea collision: operation to clear up plastic pellets begins
North Sea collision: operation to clear up plastic pellets begins
Operation begins after thousands of nurdles, which pose a danger to wildlife, were spotted on England’s east coast
An operation is under way to retrieve thousands of plastic pellets from the North Sea that were spilt in a collision between two ships last…
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
#NorthSea communities and ecosystems are dealing with the toxic consequences of last week's oil tanker collision 💥 including #PlasticPelletPollution, a disaster that will only become more common without tight measures on maritime transport 🚢
We're counting on the EU to #BeatPlasticPollution 💪
We're counting on the EU to #BeatPlasticPollution 💪
This report is also very relevant #marinelife
A new @EU_Commission report confirms we're failing #OurOcean. 🌊
Implementation of the EU's overarching tool to achieve healthy seas (the #MSFD) is failing miserably & needs to be a top priority of the #OceansPact.
👀 Read: seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...
#BlueManifesto @tobiastroll.bsky.social
Implementation of the EU's overarching tool to achieve healthy seas (the #MSFD) is failing miserably & needs to be a top priority of the #OceansPact.
👀 Read: seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...
#BlueManifesto @tobiastroll.bsky.social
Report uncovers serious failure to protect EU Seas - NGOs call for full use of Marine Directive - Seas At Risk
ClientEarth, BirdLife Europe & Central Asia, Seas At Risk and Surfrider Foundation Europe call on EU leaders to urgently address the serious failure to protect EU seas that has been confirmed by a new...
seas-at-risk.org
March 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
This report is also very relevant #marinelife
The work of Seas At Risk on the #OceanPact might be relevant to some of you here #marinelife 😇
EU countries continue to defy rules on protecting marine habitats🪸🐙
Now scientists, fishers & civil society ask Commissioner Costas Kadis to use the EU #OceansPact to put a stop to destructive fisheries in Marine Protected Areas.
👀Read more: seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...
#ProtectedMeansProtected
Now scientists, fishers & civil society ask Commissioner Costas Kadis to use the EU #OceansPact to put a stop to destructive fisheries in Marine Protected Areas.
👀Read more: seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...
#ProtectedMeansProtected
March 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The work of Seas At Risk on the #OceanPact might be relevant to some of you here #marinelife 😇
US president has come up with the bold action to reintroduce mandatory #singleuseplastic straws in federal offices when these had been phased out to fight marine pollution. This #americanwayoflife is fuelling #climatechange with 10 times more GHG per person when it could be part of the solution 🙃
February 11, 2025 at 9:14 AM
US president has come up with the bold action to reintroduce mandatory #singleuseplastic straws in federal offices when these had been phased out to fight marine pollution. This #americanwayoflife is fuelling #climatechange with 10 times more GHG per person when it could be part of the solution 🙃
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More than a third of consumers believe that green claims have been verified – but this is seldom the case.
It is time to hold companies to account for green claims – before products or services are placed on the market.
🌳 Learn more about the #GreenClaimsDirective: ecostandard.org/news_events/...
It is time to hold companies to account for green claims – before products or services are placed on the market.
🌳 Learn more about the #GreenClaimsDirective: ecostandard.org/news_events/...
February 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
More than a third of consumers believe that green claims have been verified – but this is seldom the case.
It is time to hold companies to account for green claims – before products or services are placed on the market.
🌳 Learn more about the #GreenClaimsDirective: ecostandard.org/news_events/...
It is time to hold companies to account for green claims – before products or services are placed on the market.
🌳 Learn more about the #GreenClaimsDirective: ecostandard.org/news_events/...
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📢Marine NGOs sent a letter to the German BALTFISH presidency to demand urgent action prevent the extinction of the Baltic #HarbourPorpoise population. Have a look at the letter! 👉 seas-at-risk.org/general-news...
#EUBiodiversity #ProtectedMeansProtected #RethinkFisheries #MPAs Photo: Sean McCann
#EUBiodiversity #ProtectedMeansProtected #RethinkFisheries #MPAs Photo: Sean McCann
February 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
📢Marine NGOs sent a letter to the German BALTFISH presidency to demand urgent action prevent the extinction of the Baltic #HarbourPorpoise population. Have a look at the letter! 👉 seas-at-risk.org/general-news...
#EUBiodiversity #ProtectedMeansProtected #RethinkFisheries #MPAs Photo: Sean McCann
#EUBiodiversity #ProtectedMeansProtected #RethinkFisheries #MPAs Photo: Sean McCann
The European Commission's Joint Research Center has published a report on marine litter trends in EU water basins based on Member States monitoring data. Results show an average reduction of 29% compared to 2016. More details and abstract available here: publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h...
European Coastline Macro Litter Trends 2015 - 2021
The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) requires that Good Environmental Status (GES) be achieved for the European marine environment, including in respect of marine litter, as per MSFD Descrip...
publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu
February 5, 2025 at 9:31 AM
The European Commission's Joint Research Center has published a report on marine litter trends in EU water basins based on Member States monitoring data. Results show an average reduction of 29% compared to 2016. More details and abstract available here: publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h...
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We need to work together. The @ec.europa.eu and the
International Maritime Organization must bring binding regulation - an ambitious levy, zero-emission fuel and prioritise energy efficiency - to the maritime industry if there is to be a future in shipping where everyone wins 💪
International Maritime Organization must bring binding regulation - an ambitious levy, zero-emission fuel and prioritise energy efficiency - to the maritime industry if there is to be a future in shipping where everyone wins 💪
February 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
We need to work together. The @ec.europa.eu and the
International Maritime Organization must bring binding regulation - an ambitious levy, zero-emission fuel and prioritise energy efficiency - to the maritime industry if there is to be a future in shipping where everyone wins 💪
International Maritime Organization must bring binding regulation - an ambitious levy, zero-emission fuel and prioritise energy efficiency - to the maritime industry if there is to be a future in shipping where everyone wins 💪
C'est une excellente nouvelle, encore faut-il que le contenu de ce "pacte" soit étayé et assorti d'une série de propositions législatives urgentes, car en soit une communication n'engage que peu l'exécutif européen.
January 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
C'est une excellente nouvelle, encore faut-il que le contenu de ce "pacte" soit étayé et assorti d'une série de propositions législatives urgentes, car en soit une communication n'engage que peu l'exécutif européen.
I would be interested to join marine conservation related groups, thks for sharing these, especially those dealing with marine pollution. Thank you! #addOcean
January 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I would be interested to join marine conservation related groups, thks for sharing these, especially those dealing with marine pollution. Thank you! #addOcean
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— nature’s poetry ❄️
December 20, 2024 at 1:23 PM
— nature’s poetry ❄️
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“The world’s demand for this treaty is undeniable.”
Progress was made at #INC5 in Busan, but the work to finalize a global #PlasticsTreaty continues.
“We have to #BeatPlasticPollution, & we have to do it as soon as possible,” said @ingerandersen.bsky.social
Full speech: tinyurl.com/tdm43u7p
Progress was made at #INC5 in Busan, but the work to finalize a global #PlasticsTreaty continues.
“We have to #BeatPlasticPollution, & we have to do it as soon as possible,” said @ingerandersen.bsky.social
Full speech: tinyurl.com/tdm43u7p
December 2, 2024 at 7:06 PM
“The world’s demand for this treaty is undeniable.”
Progress was made at #INC5 in Busan, but the work to finalize a global #PlasticsTreaty continues.
“We have to #BeatPlasticPollution, & we have to do it as soon as possible,” said @ingerandersen.bsky.social
Full speech: tinyurl.com/tdm43u7p
Progress was made at #INC5 in Busan, but the work to finalize a global #PlasticsTreaty continues.
“We have to #BeatPlasticPollution, & we have to do it as soon as possible,” said @ingerandersen.bsky.social
Full speech: tinyurl.com/tdm43u7p
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Today, we ordered TikTok to freeze and preserve all data and evidence linked to the Romanian elections.
This is a key step by the @ec.europa.eu to enforce the DSA.
This follows our RFI and declassified information released yesterday, pointing to foreign interference from Russia.
europa.eu/!fN4Xt6
This is a key step by the @ec.europa.eu to enforce the DSA.
This follows our RFI and declassified information released yesterday, pointing to foreign interference from Russia.
europa.eu/!fN4Xt6
December 5, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Today, we ordered TikTok to freeze and preserve all data and evidence linked to the Romanian elections.
This is a key step by the @ec.europa.eu to enforce the DSA.
This follows our RFI and declassified information released yesterday, pointing to foreign interference from Russia.
europa.eu/!fN4Xt6
This is a key step by the @ec.europa.eu to enforce the DSA.
This follows our RFI and declassified information released yesterday, pointing to foreign interference from Russia.
europa.eu/!fN4Xt6
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When trying to decide if a plastic cleanup technology is a good idea, ask yourself:
Would this work on land? Would dragging a net through a forest be a good idea?
If the answer is “no”, then it’s not a good idea in the ocean, either.
#INC5 #PlasticsTreaty
Would this work on land? Would dragging a net through a forest be a good idea?
If the answer is “no”, then it’s not a good idea in the ocean, either.
#INC5 #PlasticsTreaty
"CLEANING" THE OCEAN USING NETS IS A DANGEROUS IDEA.
The Ocean Cleanup is using boats & a net to collect ocean plastic (left). I've circles all the animals trapped in their early prototypes (right).
There are better ways to solve the ocean plastic problem... 🧵
#INC5 #PlasticsTreaty #PlasticTreaty
The Ocean Cleanup is using boats & a net to collect ocean plastic (left). I've circles all the animals trapped in their early prototypes (right).
There are better ways to solve the ocean plastic problem... 🧵
#INC5 #PlasticsTreaty #PlasticTreaty
November 29, 2024 at 4:45 AM
When trying to decide if a plastic cleanup technology is a good idea, ask yourself:
Would this work on land? Would dragging a net through a forest be a good idea?
If the answer is “no”, then it’s not a good idea in the ocean, either.
#INC5 #PlasticsTreaty
Would this work on land? Would dragging a net through a forest be a good idea?
If the answer is “no”, then it’s not a good idea in the ocean, either.
#INC5 #PlasticsTreaty
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Why are plastic offsets and credits a dangerous distraction from an ambitious and legally binding global #plasticstreaty? A 🧵
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
#INC5
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
#INC5
November 29, 2024 at 7:38 AM
Why are plastic offsets and credits a dangerous distraction from an ambitious and legally binding global #plasticstreaty? A 🧵
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
#INC5
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
#INC5
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The fifth day of #INC5 negotiations for a #PlasticsTreaty was dedicated to closed-door informal meetings by country delegates.
Check out #BreakFreeFromPlastic highs ✅ & lows ❌ as well as the key stories from today on our website: breakfreefromplastic.org/poplite/
Check out #BreakFreeFromPlastic highs ✅ & lows ❌ as well as the key stories from today on our website: breakfreefromplastic.org/poplite/
POPlite | Break Free From Plastic
Daily summary of the fifth round of #PlasticsTreaty Negotiations (INC-5) in Busan, South Korea on November 25 - December 1, 2024.
breakfreefromplastic.org
November 29, 2024 at 1:57 PM
The fifth day of #INC5 negotiations for a #PlasticsTreaty was dedicated to closed-door informal meetings by country delegates.
Check out #BreakFreeFromPlastic highs ✅ & lows ❌ as well as the key stories from today on our website: breakfreefromplastic.org/poplite/
Check out #BreakFreeFromPlastic highs ✅ & lows ❌ as well as the key stories from today on our website: breakfreefromplastic.org/poplite/