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21 May 2025
It’s completely incomprehensible that one of the most destructive ways of fishing is permitted in Marine Protected Areas. What exactly are these areas protected from? Please contact @SteveReedMP to urge action on this crucial issue to protect & restore our seas. @OceanaUK
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#BREAKING: President Trump signed a proclamation to allow commercial fishing in three marine national monuments in the Pacific Ocean, home to wildlife found nowhere else on the planet. This puts some of our most irreplaceable ocean ecosystems at risk for short-term gain.
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A @We_OwnIt campaign move, getting DEFRA to accept a letter advising a move to public ownership for water and sewage. I'm here with @Feargal_Sharkey and the two stars of #DirtyBusiness, @ashsmith43 and @watervole3
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🌊 Happy #WorldOceanDay to everyone except the UK Govt A year has rolled around, and we’ve yet to hear even a whisper of when the govt is going to properly protect our ocean havens from bottom trawling, after pledging to consider it LAST World Ocean Day. What's going on?! 😡 1/2
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The problem with privatised water 💧 Around 90% of the world’s water is publicly owned - but England and Wales still run on a failed privatised system. For too long, water companies have been aloud to extract cash from a public necessity, all while putting profits before people and public health. The result? Polluted waterways, high bills and a system that isn’t working. It’s time to end this failed experiment and bring England’s water back into public hands. #publicownership #water #privatisation #sewage
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🐟 Without healthy fish, UK seas can’t survive. Ocean advocate and vet, Cal Major, is backing @oceanauk, join her and demand the PM ends overfishing now 💙 bit.ly/4akboR9
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"Water firm labelled 'worst-run company' after outages." So first it's going to be Thames Water that gets nationalised, then South East Water, who's next? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgp…
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David Attenborough has spent years sounding the alarm on factory trawling, and he’s right: bottom trawling is one of the most destructive practices in our oceans. Alaska needs leaders willing to stand up to the trawling lobby and protect our fisheries before it’s too late.
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Really good news. Over the last 15 years the world gained more mangroves than it has lost, thanks to stronger legal protections following the 2004 tsunami which proved their importance in protecting coasts. Also vital for fish and in absorbing carbon. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn4p…
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We need to hold the government to its promise: no new oil and gas in UK seas! 🛑 Big Oil is pushing for more drilling, but it causes toxic spills and harms marine life—all without lowering our bills. Let's protect our ocean. Sign the petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio… @38degrees
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We're still waiting @EmmaforWycombe @OceanaUK
Bottom trawling is damaging our precious marine wildlife and habitats. Without urgent action, our oceans will be irreversibly destroyed. Labour is taking decisive action to ban bottom trawling to preserve sea life for generations to come. observer.co.uk/news/oceans/a…
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🚨 HUGE heap of dead sharks found on UK beach were likely tossed aside as bycatch by industrial fishing vessels 🦈 Over the last few days, HUNDREDS of dead sharks and fish have been discovered 💔 Our seas deserve better than this bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgkp…
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BREAKING NEWS: FREE THE 15....... THE 15 HAVE BEEN FREED Steph Spyro @StephSpyro and the @Daily_Express have saved the penguins which are currently being held captive in the basement of the London Aquarium. 👏👏👏 Huge, huge, huge achievement. Hip hip hooray. A brilliant, brilliant example of nothing more than having a clear vision, a strategic objective coupled with the guts, the ambition and determination to deliver it. Huge round of applause. Mighty I suggest that others, especially those within the eNGO charity sector will want to take note. express.co.uk/news/uk/221092…
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🎉Seabed life TRIPLES after bottom trawling ban in Scotland protected area! 1,500 animals were recorded in 100 litres of sediment. “Extrapolate that over the entire region of the MPA, & you’re looking at billions of organisms." What incredible recovery! news.mongabay.com/short-arti…
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We’re excited to announce that award-winning journalist and environmental investigator Rachel Salvidge will be speaking at Wild Summit 🌍 Rachel is co-founder of Watershed Investigations, an environmental investigative journalism non-profit uncovering stories around water, pollution, resource use and corporate accountability. Her work has been published by outlets including The Guardian and BBC, with major investigations into chemical pollution, sewage sludge, water company practices and global water security risks. At the Wild Summit, Rachel will be discussing water pollution, the fight for cleaner rivers and seas, and why the Clean Water Bill matters now more than ever. 🎟️ Tickets are available now. Book your place today! eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-wild-… #WildSummit26 #nature #environment
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⚡️The government’s flagship Energy Independence Bill is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for the UK to protect our seas from Big Oil pollution 🌊 ✍️ Our director @HugoSAS delves deeper for @LBC 👇 lbc.co.uk/article/north-sea-…
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Now there's a man that really knows how to campaign, and win. 👏👏👏
🚨 BREAKING: Is this the end of ocean-wrecking Big Oil the UK!? 🌊 The King’s speech just announced a new energy bill that could be the starting gun for a renewable future 🎉 This is a once-in-a-generation chance! ✍️ Support an end to ocean-wrecking oil and gas: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio…
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🎉 OCEAN WIN! Papua New Guinea just created its largest ever marine protected area - the size of the UK 🌊 The sanctuary is located in the Coral Triangle, a richly biodiverse area home to coral reefs, spinner dolphins, silky sharks, whales, and more! news.nationalgeographic.org/…
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Replying to @PamAyres
Thanks, Pam! Just passed 120K . People don't need to be put off by the government's 'it would take years nonsense'. In the 2008 banking crash, Northern Rock took 5 days to nationalise and British steel is being done now in just a few weeks. People have the power to change their future but they have to use it - and if government is trying to discourage them from signing, that ought to be confirmation that we are on to something and it is a good idea!
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