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Richa Syal
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Reporter at Unearthed, Greenpeace UK’s investigative journalism outlet

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Previously reporting on the environment in the Middle East https://www.richasyal.com
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NEW: The "Agrizone" at COP30 is supposed to be a showcase for sustainable agriculture 🌳

But its sponsors are powerful agribusiness interests linked to deforestation and anti-conservation lobbying who have paid for visibility and "image gain"

Read more 👇:
COP30’s agriculture showcase sponsored by agribiz interests linked to deforestation and anti-conservation lobbying
Sponsors of the sustainable agriculture pavilion at COP30 will include pesticides giant Bayer, alleged by campaigners to be driving “massive deforestation” on the continent, and a branch of Brazil’s l...
unearthed.greenpeace.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Revealed: The EU's export trade in banned pesticides has expanded dramatically in the past half-decade, despite the European Commission's promises to put an end to it

New investigation from Unearthed and Public Eye:

unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/09/23/e...
September 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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As Trump visits the king & protestors march through London, we obtained data showing that the president's Scottish golf course repeatedly breached sewage contamination limits

My latest for @unearthednews.bsky.social

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Trump golf course in Scotland repeatedly broke sewage contamination limits
Sewage discharge testing found ‘non-compliant’ samples 14 times since 2019
unearthed.greenpeace.org
September 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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As President Trump visits the king at Windsor Castle, our new investigation reveals his golf course in Scotland has repeatedly breached sewage contamination limits

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Trump golf course in Scotland repeatedly broke sewage contamination limits
Sewage discharge testing found ‘non-compliant’ samples 14 times since 2019
unearthed.greenpeace.org
September 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Reform's promise of a fracking bonanza if they win power could cost them in the north. Smart bit of mapping from
@zdboren.bsky.social
and
@richasyal.bsky.social
shows dozens of the constituencies most likely to be fracked are prime Reform targets

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September 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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NEW | Mapping analysis and fresh polling show that Reform UK's pro-fracking stance is a headache for winning over swing voters

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Reform target seats would be among those first to be fracked, analysis shows
unearthed.greenpeace.org
September 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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The Environment Agency has dropped 10,000 water quality tests that track the health of rivers and lakes due to staff shortages at their main lab. Latest from me and
@clarecarlile.bsky.social
EA staff shortages hit water quality testing
unearthed.greenpeace.org
July 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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NEW: Fashion waste is overwhelming Ghana — and now it’s spilling into Accra’s protected wetlands.
With @greenpeaceafrica.org, we found UK brands and huge new dump sites in a conservation area home to endangered turtles.
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UK brands found in ‘fast fashion graveyard’ in African conservation area
Clothes discarded by UK consumers and shipped to Ghana have been found in a huge textile dumpsite in a protected African conservation area.
unearthed.greenpeace.org
June 18, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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Water companies are worried about a “backlash” to sludge fertiliser akin to the public outrage they have faced over sewage released into rivers and seas

unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/06/09/s...
‘No Plan B’: Water companies fear pollution crackdown will stop them spreading sewage sludge on farmland
unearthed.greenpeace.org
June 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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water comanies are freaking out that they're about to have millions of tonnes of toxic sewage sludge with 'nowhere to go'

my latest for @unearthednews.bsky.social

with @ellieodonnell.bsky.social

unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/06/09/s...
‘No Plan B’: Water companies fear pollution crackdown will stop them spreading sewage sludge on farmland
unearthed.greenpeace.org
June 10, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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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...
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
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I’ve repeatedly challenged the Mayor on TfL advertising policies, and this new research leaves no room for doubt that companies that mislead the public about their environmental records have no business having access to prime advertising space in our city.
🚨 REVEALED: An Unearthed investigation has found major brands continued to promote environmental claims months or years after they were ruled “misleading” by the UK ad watchdog: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/05/14/m...
May 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
What’s the point of banning greenwashing if big brands can just carry on?

Our latest investigation has found major brands have continued to promote green claims, months or even years after they were ruled “misleading” by the UK ad watchdog:
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/05/14/m...
Revealed: Companies repeat misleading green claims despite UK ad bans
Major brands, including car manufacturers, an airline, and a bottled water company have apparently continued to promote environmental claims after they were ruled “misleading” in a crackdown on greenw...
unearthed.greenpeace.org
May 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Sharp investigative work here by @richasyal.bsky.social
🚨 REVEALED: An Unearthed investigation has found major brands continued to promote environmental claims months or years after they were ruled “misleading” by the UK ad watchdog: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/05/14/m...
May 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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🚨 REVEALED: An Unearthed investigation has found major brands continued to promote environmental claims months or years after they were ruled “misleading” by the UK ad watchdog: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/05/14/m...
May 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Old landfills can contain all kinds of nasties like industrial waste, persistent pollutants and pharmaceuticals.

Our research reveals that 100+ dump sites with potentially hazardous contents flooded across England since 2000.

unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/04/26/h...
Over 100 potentially toxic landfills have flooded since 2000
Scientists raise concerns about the risks posed by historic landfills as climate change increases flooding
unearthed.greenpeace.org
April 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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BREAKING:

More than 100 old landfills across England containing potentially hazardous material have flooded at least once this century.

Experts have raised concerns that dangerous substances could get into the environment through floodwater.

unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/04/26/h...
April 26, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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When huge Brazilian beef producer JBS broke its first zero-deforestation promise, it had 14 slaughterhouses in the Amazon. Today, it has 22 operating, with the capacity to slaughter more than 19,000 cattle daily.

We asked ranchers about its latest pledge to clean up its supply chain, by Jan 2026.
April 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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I have been reporting on deforestation in Brazil for years.

Last year, along with @aliceross.bsky.social and Naira Hofmeister, I decided to dig into beef giant JBS’s flagship promise: to eliminate deforestation from its Amazon supply chain by the end of 2025.

So what’s actually changed?
April 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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My first story as a journalist-in-residence at University of Miami's Climate Accountability Lab: drilled.media/news/bp-univ...
Fossil-funded Academic Work Is Being Used to Avoid Paying Workers Impacted by the Deepwater Horizon Explosion
Academic research paid for by BP and Exxon is being used to combat workers’ claims that exposure to oil and chemical dispersants made them ill.
drilled.media
March 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Shell bought at least five 70,000-tonne cargoes of gas from the Russian Arctic that were escorted through frozen Siberian waters by sanctioned icebreakers, Unearthed has found unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/02/09/s...
February 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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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 🚢
Sanctioned nuclear icebreakers helped export gas from the Russian Arctic bought by Shell
unearthed.greenpeace.org
February 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM