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Daniel Simons

@danielsimons.bsky.social
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Dutchman based in Copenhagen. Senior Legal Counsel for Strategic Defence at Greenpeace International. Board member at Arena for Journalism in Europe. Views are my own.

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Wow, in 7 EU countries aviation CO2 emissions are higher than those from cars, and in countries like Spain, Germany and France still more than 50% of them And yet in sustainable transport circles aviation remains a bit of a niche topic relative to cars transportenvironment.org/state-of-eur...
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 27/02/2026
1/7 BREAKING: A US court has just sided with fossil fuel pipeline giant Energy Transfer and ordered Greenpeace International and Greenpeace entities in the US to pay them US$ 345 million. This is a billionaire-backed attack on the right to protest. A thread ⤵️🧵
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CASE Coalition @casecoalition.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
🥁 The European SLAPP Contest 2026 is back! ✨ Nominations are open now: tinyurl.com/4vj45ac5 Which legal bully or egregious gag lawsuit deserves to be named and shamed this year? 🎭 Help us identify 2025's biggest SLAPP bullies and see them crowned live on stage in Sofia, Bulgaria on 28 April.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 28/01/2026
#ClimateVictory 🙌 In a world first, a Dutch court ordered The Netherlands to reduce carbon emissions faster to curb climate impacts in Bonaire It ruled that the Netherlands breached the European Convention on Human Rights by not protecting and discriminating against citizens living there
Dutch court rules in favour of residents of Bonaire
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CASE Coalition @casecoalition.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
🚨 New SLAPPs report by @daphne.foundation and @casecoalition.bsky.social finds abusive lawsuits are still rising across Europe. ⏰ With just 99 days left to turn the EU anti-SLAPP law into national law, governments must act now to protect public participation. 🔗 www.the-case.eu/resources/20...
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CASE Coalition @casecoalition.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
The Swiss Alliance against SLAPPs is organising a conference on January 21, 2026. The focus: SLAPP prosecutions in Switzerland and abroad, the legal challenges they pose, and possible solutions within the framework of anti-SLAPP legislation. Info 👉 www.alliance-contre-slapp.ch/actualites/l...
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Karen Zraick @karenzraick.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
The latest in the fight between Energy Transfer and Greenpeace: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
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Greenpeace Faces an Unusual New Legal Attack From a Pipeline Giant
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CASE Coalition @casecoalition.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
The rich and powerful continue to use #SLAPPs to silence activists, journalists, and human rights/environmental defenders. 🌍 Join our @europe-calling.bsky.social webinar w/ @greenpeace.org tomorrow to build solidarity and learn how we can resist together. 📝 Sign up: eu01web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 03/10/2025
🟢 We’ve described Green to Grey as a ‘first of its kind’ data investigation. That’s a big claim – so, let us explain what we mean. The data methodology process for measuring nature loss across Europe is fascinating — but complex, and most of us are not data specialists! 🧵👇 [1/3]
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CASE Coalition @casecoalition.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
⚠️ IT'S A (DOUBLE) SLAPP! @casecoalition.bsky.social has verified TWO new SLAPPs, both concerning Italian citizens who tried to raise their voices for the public good. 📣 Italy, where are your SLAPP protections? 👀 #StopSLAPPs
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 10/09/2025
GOOD NEWS: Greenpeace International’s groundbreaking lawsuit against oil pipeline giant Energy Transfer is MOVING AHEAD. Energy Transfer just FAILED in an attempt to block the case – which holds them to account under EU anti-intimidation laws. It’s time to RESIST corporate bullies. Who's with us?
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CASE Coalition @casecoalition.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
🖐️ It's a SLAPP! 🚨 @casecoalition.bsky.social officially recognises Joost Debucquoy’s €1.2M lawsuit against non-profit groups Samen Sterk ! & Erfpacht as a SLAPP – designed to silence those exposing the injustice of his family’s real estate schemes. 👉 www.the-case.eu/latest/its-a... #StopSLAPPs
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Daniel Simons @danielsimons.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
New report: in Europe, trains are still on average 2x as expensive as flights. Airlines profit from unfair tax exemptions. We need: 🚫 An end to airline subsidies 🎟️ An unified rail ticketing system 💸Fair taxation of aviation to fund better rail 👉 Full report: act.gp/PriceAnalysi...
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 06/08/2025
SHOCKING: Oil pipeline giant Energy Transfer is trying to STOP Greenpeace International from taking them to court in the Netherlands under new EU anti-intimidation laws. What are Energy Transfer so scared of? 🧵​⤵️​
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Greenpeace EU @greenpeace.eu · 08/04/2025
It's official: Last month was the warmest ever March in Europe and the 2nd warmest in the world Early Spring feels more and more like Summer, making drought & wildfires more likely later Time to make climate polluters pay #StopDrillingStartPaying #StopFossilGas www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/?p=4...
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Hottest March in Europe ever: Greenpeace calls for climate polluters to pay - Greenpeace European Unit
Greenpeace says climate polluters must pay, as Copernicus Climate Change Service declares March 2025 the warmest ever March for Europe and the second-warmest globally.
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CASE Coalition @casecoalition.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
✋ 5 years ago, we founded @casecoalition.bsky.social to fight SLAPPs in Europe. ⚖️ Since then, we’ve pushed the EU & Council of Europe to establish strong legal instruments to #StopSLAPPs. This week in Brussels, we’re planning next steps. The mission: strong national protections 💪
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 04/04/2025
Do they have no shame? Shell execs were at the New York Stock Exchange celebrating ramping up fossil fuel production and slashing investment in renewables to boost profits. The fossil fuel industry is driving the climate destruction we see all around us and getting filthy rich off the back of it.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 06/04/2025
A new microplastic study EVERY WEEK should not be the new normal. It's time to turn off the plastic tap. World leaders must urgently agree on a strong Global #PlasticsTreaty that drastically cuts plastic production.
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Plastics are seeping into farm fields, food and eventually human bodies. Can they be stopped?
Around the world, plastics are finding their way into farm fields. Some farmers say agricultural plastic, already a necessity for many crops, is becoming even more necessary as climate change fuels ex...
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Daniel Simons @danielsimons.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer
Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 27/03/2025
The Chairwoman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Janet Alkire, has issued a 'Statement on the jury verdict against Greenpeace' Read here👇https://www.standingrock.org/2025/03/26/standing-rock-sioux-tribal-chairwoman-janet-alkire-statement-on-the-jury-verdict-against-greenpeace/
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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
This, pulled from the ICNL protest tracker (linked below) is a truly terrifying crackdown on free speech. Reminder that many/most of these anti-protest laws were explicitly passed as a reaction to Standing Rock 🧵
Update on anti-protest laws from ICNL: Moving:

    New Jersey bill creating an overbroad “incitement to public brawl” offense: A 4652 passed both chambers and will go to the governor, despite advocacy by the ACLU-NJ and others.
    North Dakota bill making it a serious misdemeanor to wear a mask in a group: HB 1226, which passed the House last month, is moving through the Senate. ND’s session is expected to end May 2.
    Arizona bill creating criminal liability for student protesters who establish or occupy a protest encampment: HB 2880, which passed the House on March 3, is moving through the Senate. AZ’s session is expected to end April 26.
    Tennessee bill making it a felony to obstruct a street, sidewalk, or other public passageway: HB 729 / SB 672 is moving through committees in both chambers. TN’s session is expected to end April 25.
    West Virginia bill making it a serious misdemeanor (and felony after the first offense) to obstruct a street, sidewalk, or other public passageway: HB 3135 is moving through House committees. WV’s session is expected to end April 12.

 

Additional bills of note:

    U.S. S 982 – Penalties for higher ed based on protest policies (introduced 3/12/25)

Would make federal accreditation of colleges and universities—and thus their access to federal funds—contingent on the institution’s policies on responding to protests. Under the “No Tax Dollars for College Encampments Act of 2024,” universities would have to regularly disclose how they respond to campus “incidents of civil disturbance,” defined to include “a demonstration, riot, or strike,” and their accreditation would be linked to such policies and practices. The sponsor cited pro-Palestine campus protests as motivation for the bill; he introduced the same bill in 2024. 

 

    U.S. HR 2065 – Penalties for protesters who wear a mask (introduced 3/11/25)

Would make it a federal crime, subject to a lengthy prison sentence, to wear a mask or other disguise while protesting …
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Daniel Simons @danielsimons.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
The first major free speech verdict of the second Trump era bodes poorly - but the fight continues www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Greenpeace must pay at least $660m over Dakota pipeline protests, says jury
Non-profit, which will appeal decision, says lawsuits like this are aimed at ‘destroying the right to peaceful protest’
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 19/03/2025
🚨BREAKING🚨 The trial verdict is in. A jury in the Morton County courthouse found Greenpeace International and two Greenpeace entities in the United States liable for over US$ 660 million combined in Energy Transfer’s meritless SLAPP lawsuit. #WeWillNotBeSilenced
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North Dakota Monitor @northdakotamonitor.com · 18/03/2025
Energy Transfer board chair says during deposition shown at trial he sought a settlement with Standing Rock in 2016. But the former Standing Rock chair says he only met with company to discuss safety as tensions escalated.
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Energy Transfer board chair says he sought settlement with Standing Rock in 2016 • North Dakota Monitor
Energy Transfer Executive Chairman Kelcy Warren claimed in court testimony he traveled to North Dakota in December 2016 to discuss a settlement with then-tribal chair David Archambault II to end…
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Jamie Smyth @jamiesmythft.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Since Dakota Access, 19 states have criminalized protests near pipelines Now, Greenpeace's US future hangs in the balance as a ND jury weighs a case that could bankrupt the org How Big Oil is using judicial + legal systems to chill dissent w/ @financialtimes.com Amanda Chu on.ft.com/4kZ5etq
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CASE Coalition @casecoalition.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
⏳ In 3 weeks, the #EuropeanSLAPPContest will be back to shine its spotlight on the continent's biggest legal bullies 🏆 Meet our jury 👉 the-case.eu/latest/the-e... 🔸 @manonaubryfr.bsky.social 🔸 @danielfreund.bsky.social 🔸 @vostrihonova.bsky.social 🔸 David Casa MEP 🔸 Sandro Ruotolo MEP #StopSLAPPs
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Daniel Simons @danielsimons.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
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