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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This summer a Norwegian town won its two-decade battle against a mine, when the Supreme Court struck down the latter’s permit to dump waste directly into a local fjord. Then, last week, the Norwegian Government said the mine could keep dumping anyway.

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Earlier this month I got to tick off one of my all-time, bucket-list reporting experiences. Very excited to share some stories from the water soon! substack.com/@danielshail...

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Out of Office

Advice for Arctic cruising

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Jay Owens @jayowens.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

‘The group go on to discuss their visions for a sovereign Shetland. Hill outlines a kind of techno-futurist luxury communism; Irvine imagines returning to an agrarian system of bartering.’ @danielshailer.bsky.social on Britain's most northerly separatist movement. the-fence.com/article/shet...

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Shetland’s Most Wanted

A series of encounters with an unlikely band of separatists.

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Full account of my time with Britain's most northerly separatist movement now up online @thefence.bsky.social. Would love if you gave it a read, and joined me in marking 28 May 2069 for a day of solemn reflection.

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 04/09/2026

A new oil exploration partnership between Mexico’s Pemex and Brazil’s Petrobras is raising alarms over potential drilling near vulnerable Gulf of Mexico reef habitats. Environmental groups warn the deal lacks transparency and could be a huge environmental risk. @danielshailer.bsky.social reports.

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Mexico-Brazil oil deal raises concern for ecosystems and energy transition

Environmental organizations have raised concerns that a recent partnership between the state petrochemical companies of Brazil and Mexico will commit both nations to decades of fossil fuel…

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

My latest for @mongabay.com unpacks the newly minted partnership between state oil companies of Mexico and Brazil. Environmental concerns, yes, but sources also raising flags on transparency and the area likely to be developed. news.mongabay.com/2026/09/mexi...

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Mexico-Brazil oil deal raises concern for ecosystems and energy transition

Environmental organizations have raised concerns that a recent partnership between the state petrochemical companies of Brazil and Mexico will commit both nations to decades of fossil fuel production,...

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

More than three quarters of Scottish salmon farms certified as 'sustainable' broke the environmental rules of the certifying body last year without losing their accreditation, The Ferret can reveal

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Scottish salmon farms with 'green tick' for sustainability repeatedly break rules

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UK Politics News // Papernaut @ukpolitics.papernaut.co · 30/08/2026

THE FERRET: More than three-quarters of Scottish salmon farms certified as “sustainable” breached ASC rules in 2025. No green-tick accreditations were removed unless farms gave them up voluntarily, while campaigners warned consumers could be misled. - by Daniel Shailer

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Three-quarters of 'sustainable' salmon farms broke environmental rules. None lost their accreditation.

We looked at inspection reports from the body which certifies “highest standard” farms with a public-facing ‘green tick’ — and found there have been breaches of its rules at dozens of fish farms.

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Rob Edwards @robedwards5.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This is a fascinating exposé by @danielshailer.bsky.social.

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

My latest for @theferret.scot looks at inspection reports behind the 'green-ticks' you'll see on salmon in supermarket shelves. Found some pretty gnarly details: from unofficial kit ("the Reaper") to fish so decomposed they'd turned into uncountable mush. Enjoy!

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Made it! 3.49hrs in pretty good conditions. Helped along by sunfish and a pod of dolphins. Might write it up at some point, but meantime thanks for the support!

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

🚨non-work news🚨I’m trying to swim from Spain to Morocco tomorrow, across the Strait of Gibraltar. Kick off at 8am BST, weather permitting...

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Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Food Systems & Public Health Fellow @danielshailer.bsky.social wrote for Sentient Media about mismatched U.S./U.K. rules + limited FDA testing = possible blind spots for imported salmon such as antimicrobial resistance. CLF’s @davelove.bsky.social is quoted. sentientmedia.org/scottish-sal...

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Scottish Salmon Could Be Treated With Antibiotics Not Approved by the FDA — and Rarely Tested for

Different U.S. and U.K. regulations, plus limited FDA testing, leave questions about antimicrobial resistance in imported Scottish salmon.

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

More blacksmithing, ballot spoiling and a surprising amount of watersports in my first @thefence.bsky.social feature. Wet your whistle here: danielshailer.substack.com/p/shetlands-.... But, really, buy a copy here: the-fence.com/issue/28.

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Less written about his many lives before the isles. If you have lived in London, for example, you have probably consumed a Stuart Hill artwork.

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Meet Stuart: amateur jurist, historian and leader of Shetland First. Much has been written about how Stuart ended up in Shetland; just Google 'Captain Calamity'.

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

In between tales of art fraud and Afghan aid money/American Candy Stores, I am in the latest @thefence.bsky.social mag spending some time with Britain's most northerly separatist...

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The Fence @thefence.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Issue 28 Is Here 🤭 With writing from @coramazov.bsky.social, James Ramsden, @heawood.bsky.social, @danielshailer.bsky.social, Lucy Peett, Clive Martin, Zara Meerza, @williamasclarke.bsky.social & many more www.the-fence.com/shop

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Scientists at Brazil's institute for biodiversity conservation say the government risk greenlighting a new frontier of oil drilling over sensitive sea habitats — without looking at cumulative dangers, and using out of date maps... For @mongabay.com:

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

How this fund is (mis)used is increasingly significant as many of the Scottish Government's other environmental stewards watch their budgets dwindle. @cieem.bsky.social cieem.net/scotlands-bu...

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

What is it like living in the shadow of a rural spaceport? My friend James and I went up to the island of Unst earlier this year to find out: danielshailer.substack.com/p/stars-and-...

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Stars and skippers

On Britain's most northerly island, a high-tech countdown meets a much older race to land fresh shellfish.

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

UK's first vertical rocket launch site is back in the news, thanks to letters instructing locals to apply for continued access to their homes this summer and @theferret.scot's @robedwards5.bsky.social revealing fresh details from developer's license application...

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

It’s hot! And fossil fuel companies are turning up the heat up North Sea drilling. My latest for Private Eye:

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

“Our biggest challenge in ocean conservation writ large is getting people to recognize fish as wildlife, the way they care about elephant ivory or rhino horn,” says @sarahjfoster.bsky.social "I am pleased to see papers like this try and shift that, and come up with solutions.”

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Pleasure to chat to @drvanessapirotta.bsky.social for @mongabay.com about her latest: playing poacher with shark fins, 3D x-rays and AI to flag potential trafficking of marine animals. @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org

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SciComm Excellence @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org · 15/06/2026

How do "forever chemicals" reach one of Britain's most remote inhabited islands? @danielshailer.bsky.social's investigation traces the mystery of high PFAS levels in Fair Isle and examines emerging research on how these pollutants may travel through sea spray. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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It has the highest levels of toxic Pfas in drinking water in Scotland. But how did this remote island become awash with forever chemicals?

Scientists believe they may now have found the cause of Fair Isle’s pollution – and warn that it should be ringing alarm bells in other coastal areas

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

In the Guardian today with some environmental sleuthing from Britain’s most remote inhabited island:

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Back in @mongabay.com breaking down a new way of looking at invasives. Current frameworks look at socio-economic/biodiversity impacts (cash & kills). Now researchers are asking about suffering: @bristoluni.bsky.social@wildanimals.bsky.social @meekl.bsky.social news.mongabay.com/2026/05/how-...

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How much suffering do invasive species cause? Researchers are measuring that

Avian vampire flies (Philornis downsi) were not discovered in the Galápagos Islands for almost three decades after they were thought to have arrived from mainland Ecuador in the 1960s. Even then, the ...

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

2) With so many potential sources (2 wastewater plants, near 200 CSOs, 500+ landfills) it probably easier to restrict at source than treat later. “[Water companies] don’t have the capacity to treat these compounds," says author @dralexford.bsky.social. "That’s why they should be banned at source.”

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

1) Not all Pfas are equal. Individually, many chemicals were below safe limits. But if you weight each one by its specific toxicity and add that up *combined* risk was in the red for far more samples. Ran this weighted test on remote lochs in @theferret.scot: www.theferret.scot/orkney-highl...

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Lochs polluted with high levels of ‘forever chemicals’

Concerning levels of 'forever chemicals' were found in water bodies across Scotland, including lochs in Orkney, the Highlands and Outer Hebrides.

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

In the @theguardian.com today with new research finding toxic Pfas everywhere you look in the Solent. Beneath that headline finding — two important takeaways about how we measure Pfas, and what to do about it. @mcsuk.bsky.social @dralexford.bsky.social

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

For decades Brazilian policy-makers have "sacrificed" the country's Cerrado region to agriculture. Now scientists have found that, hectare-for-hectare, its wetlands beat the lowland Amazon for carbon storage SIX times over. For @mongabay.com: news.mongabay.com/2026/05/cerr...

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Cerrado’s hidden carbon highlights gaps in Brazil’s conservation policy

Fieldwork in the wet grasslands of the Brazilian Cerrado often means long trudges through head-high reeds, following tapir trails and watching for tick nests or boggy pitfalls. All this is made more d...

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

The SNP are running an executive from Norway's state fossil fuel company for Shetland's seat in Holyrood. A look at her candidacy, policies (so far) and lobbying in my latest, for @desmog.com:

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

I'm in the latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social answering the question on no one's lips: what does Cuomo's NYC housing plan have in common with "cutting edge" Scottish fish farmers? AI!

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