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Crispin Dowler @crispindowler.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

NEW from me: Pesticides that are banned in the EU because of links to health risks like infertility are still in 'major' use in Britain Now they could be banned here under a planned deal with the EU, but the pesticide lobby is fighting back Full list here: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2026/02/18/e...

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Crispin Dowler @crispindowler.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

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 unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/09/05/r...

$Map shows constituencies in England and Wales where fracking licences were issued before the current ban. It highlights 34 in the north west, Yorkshire and the east midlands where Reform came first or second in the 2024 election.$

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Crispin Dowler @crispindowler.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Unearthed obtained an internal Environment Agency briefing which warned that farmers could stop accepting sewage sludge on their land due to rising concern about contaminants It says this would have "very serious consequences" as water companies have no "Plan B" for the sludge they produce

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Crispin Dowler @crispindowler.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

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...

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Crispin Dowler @crispindowler.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Amazing scoop here from Reuters The FBI is investigating an Exxon public affairs consultant's links to a hack of environmental activists' emails Stolen docs are *still being used* by an Exxon-backed trade group to disrupt climate litigation against Exxon and others www.reuters.com/business/ene...

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