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Hugo Tagholm

@hugotagholm.bsky.social
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Ocean Activist, Surfer, Campaigner Executive Director, Oceana, UK Columnist, Oceanographic Magazine Chair, Save The Waves Fellow - Edinburgh University #OceanLeaders Former CEO, Surfers Against Sewage

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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
No mention of fossil fuels in the final #COP30 agreement 🌍❌… hugely disappointing. A weak text won’t save our seas from the climate crisis 🌊 There's now more urgency needed than ever to do all we can in home waters ⚠️🔽 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
COP30: UN climate talks fail to secure new fossil fuel promises
Nearly 200 countries attended COP30, which aimed to commit the world to take more action on climate change.
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
You can read the full article here: www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
Only 0.5% of 90,000 oil slicks reported over five-year period, analysis finds
Pollution incidents reported between 2014 and 2019 were compared against scientific study that used satellite imagery to count slicks
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
“Our warnings [...] were ignored, & since then we've had to watch helplessly as the UK Govt sold out our seas & communities, allowing fishing pressure to build relentlessly as [...] industrial vessels squeezed out the small local boats" @hugotagholm.bsky.social www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
independent.co.uk
Warnings over collapsing fish stocks as experts advise ‘zero catch’ for cod
Conservationists call for action to follow scientific advice and end overfishing in the North Sea and west of Scotland.
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
The scale of underreporting is described as "mind-bending" by @OceanaUK's @hugotagholm.bsky.social who added "Tankers, carrying oil and gas across the world, make up a third or more of all shipping. If we ended our addiction to fossil fuels...we would also halt...these spills"
Image of oil slick at sea
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
NEXT WEEK! 🌊 Saltwater Stories with @hugotagholm.bsky.social, Lizzie Daly & Madeline St Clair is landing at #Boardmasters 🎤 Join us for a behind-the-scenes chat with these inspiring ocean adventurers! 🐬 🗓️ Thurs 7 Aug | ⏰ 17:15 📍 FREE @ Fistral Beach Talk Stage
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
🚨The UK Govt is asking the public to give their thoughts on whether they should extend bottom trawling bans in 41 English protected areas. 🌊 This is our chance! Use your voice to help kick this wasteful, destructive practice out of ocean havens! 👇 only.one/act/uk-mpa-c...
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
🌊ORCA SIGHTING! 2 female orca have been spotted off Cornwall. They're "possibly the last of their [...] very, very small family" Orca sightings are rare here. Although exciting, their presence is also cause for concern, likely due to the #ClimateCrisis www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Orcas from Iberia seen for first time off Cornwall
Two orcas spotted south west of St Agnes are thought to be "the last of their very, very tiny family".
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Wild Summit UK @wildsummituk.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
@stephspyro.bsky.social, @tonyjuniper.bsky.social, @hugotagholm.bsky.social & more - the programme for #WildSummitUK features leading voices from environmental groups, media, politics & more🌱 Dive into the agenda to find out more & grab your tickets now👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wild-summi...
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Destructive bottom trawling is STILL legal in most UK marine protected areas. It's obscene 😡❌ The govt has proposed bans in 41 sites, but it's not final. They want to hear from the public first. 🗣️ That means we have a chance to END this. 👉 WE NEED YOUR VOICE: only.one/act/uk-mpa-c...
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
“There's been a watertight scientific & economic case on the need to stop bottom trawling in marine protected areas” Only 38 of 377 MPAs are fully protected from bottom trawling. It's shocking. @hugotagholm.bsky.social in Wildlife Mag on the proposed bans 🔽 www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/...
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UK government proposes ban on bottom trawling in Marine Protected Areas | Discover Wildlife
Government proposals to ban bottom trawling in more vulnerable marine habitats aim to protect important and rare underwater life.
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
🎉 MAJOR OCEAN WIN! 📢 UK Government commits to ratifying the High Seas Treaty (aka the BBNJ) by the end of the year, as confirmed by Ocean Minister @emmahardymp.bsky.social at the UN Ocean Conference just now 🎉 #OceanProtection #UNOC3 #UNOC2025 #OceanWin @oceana.bsky.social @hugotagholm.bsky.social
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
🌊 "It's still recovering, year on year" 17 years after bottom trawling was banned in Lyme Bay, marine life is bouncing back. Scallops, conger eels & sea bream are thriving! 🐟 Now, govt is proposing to extend the bans. Stay tuned & learn how you can help! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Bottom trawling: Lyme Bay 'still recovering'
Lyme Bay is still recovering from the effects of bottom trawling despite a ban, researchers say.
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
“This is going to be good for nature, good for people, good for coastal communities [...] We've had thousands & thousands of emails going directly to Steve Reed calling for this” @hugotagholm.bsky.social in BBC Countryfile on the proposed bottom trawling bans 🔽 www.countryfile.com/environment/...
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What would the extended bottom-trawling ban mean for UK wildlife and fishers? | Countryfile.com
The proposed ban, which aims to protect important marine life, has been welcomed by environmentalists, but some fishers are concerned.
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
🌊 Marine protected areas are "the generators of life" & must be safeguarded - our director @hugotagholm.bsky.social in @apnews.com The UN Ocean Conference kicks off today & we're there with @oceana.bsky.social to make sure world leaders turn promises into protection. ✊🌍 apnews.com/article/un-o...
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As the UN Ocean Conference opens in France, a push to turn promises into protection
The third U.N. Ocean Conference has opened as pressure mounts for nations to turn decades of promises into real protection for the sea.
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
🌊 "This is a golden opportunity for the UK be true to its heritage as an ocean nation. We now need [...] whole-site bans used across Scottish, Welsh & Northern Irish seas, & for the govt to stay true to its word for England." Our director @hugotagholm.bsky.social 🔽 www.express.co.uk/comment/expr...
express.co.uk
Brutal bottom trawling which bulldozes ocean floor could be banned in major win
Destructive bottom trawling fishing, which involves dragging large nets along the seafloor, could be banned across more vulnerable areas of English seas under new Government proposals.
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
BREAKING 📢 The Government's own MPs and many others across parties call for a BAN on destructive bottom-trawl fishing in offshore marine protected areas🪸 This intervention from the Environmental Audit Committee shows that pressure is building 💥💥💥 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
UK MPs call for ban on bottom trawling in protected marine areas
Environment committee also wants to outlaw dredging and mining due to destructive effects on seabed and marine life
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Bottom trawling isn't just hugely destructive – it’s also unsustainably expensive. 💸 A ban in the UK’s offshore marine protected areas could deliver up to £3.5 billion in benefits over 20 years, while being 3X cheaper to enforce! It's time for a ban 👉 act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
🌊 Alexandra Cousteau, ocean advocate & granddaughter of legendary explorer Jacques Cousteau, calls for a bottom trawling ban in our marine protected areas ahead of the UN Ocean Conference. #SaveOurOcean 🪸 📧 Add your voice to protect our ocean! act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
🚨 HIRING! We're looking for a passionate Marine Scientist to join our team. 🌊 This is the perfect role for someone in the early stages of their career who wants to use their science to protect UK seas. 📍 Cornwall/London 📷: 5 mins walk from our Newquay office 😄 workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
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Oceana @oceana.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
#BREAKING: New Oceana analysis reveals over 17,000 hours of destructive fishing took place last year in France’s "protected" Marine Nature Parks. With the UN Ocean Conference approaching, France must ban bottom trawling in these areas — now. oceana.ly/3Heral6
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
🎉 HUGE NEWS: The EU Court has confirmed marine protected areas must be PROPERLY protected from bottom trawling! Countries must act to fulfil their legal duty to safeguard these areas from destruction. This is an absolute WIN for our ocean. 🙌 1/2 www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Now the UK must follow suit! ✊ There is no question: destructive fishing has no place in protected waters, in the UK or in Europe. We are calling on the government to BAN destructive bottom trawling in all UK protected areas, once & for all. Join us here: act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...
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Tell the UK Government to End the Destruction of Our Marine Havens
Bottom trawling is one of the world’s most destructive fishing practices. By dragging weighted nets along the ocean floor — some up to 240 meters wide — bottom trawling devastates coastal habitats, ki...
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
❌"As the iron teeth of the dredger bit into the sea floor & the weighted nets bore down [...] there was an audible reaction from the audience [...] the sheer brutality of bottom-trawl fishing had hit home." Our director @hugotagholm.bsky.social in The National 🔽 www.thenational.scot/politics/251...
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
🚨 BREAKING: 20,000+ HOURS of suspected bottom trawling WRECKED the UK’s offshore marine “protected” areas last year, our research shows! 🌊 That would score tracks on the seabed that would stretch EIGHT TIMES around the UK. All with the government's permission! 1/4 🔽 www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
express.co.uk
UK's marine protected areas face over 20,000 hours of bottom trawling
Bottom trawling is a fishing method where large, weighted nets are dragged across the seafloor by one or two boats to catch fish and other marine life that live on or near the bottom.
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Alyx Elliott @alyxcampaigns.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Tick tock, it's almost UNOC 👀 www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan... @oceanauk.bsky.social @hugotagholm.bsky.social
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Attenborough film shows seabed ‘devastation’ says MP in bottom trawling ban call
Climate leaders are set to meet in Nice, France, next month.
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Hugo Tagholm @hugotagholm.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Bottom trawling is DESTROYING marine protected areas. ❌ But YOU can help take action against this hypocrisy. Email Secretary of State Steve Reed to demand an end to bottom trawling in ocean havens 👇 act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
When we interviewed @hugotagholm.bsky.social, he explained, destructive fishing practices are driven by huge corporate entities, not small scale, local fishing. Here, Anna Turns explores where to buy fish if you want to support sustainable fishing: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
The rise of the digital fishmonger: how Covid helped customers buy fresh from the boat
Britain’s traditional retailers were in decline for years. Then the pandemic changed how we buy food and boosted the fishing industry
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
⏰ We're running out of time, Keir Starmer. We’ve just sent a letter to the Prime Minister, with @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social & @bluemarinef.bsky.social, demanding action. It's time to ratify the Ocean Treaty & ban destructive bottom trawling from ocean havens! 🚫 1/2 www.standard.co.uk/news/environ...
standard.co.uk
Ratify ocean treaty and ban destructive fishing in protected areas, PM urged
The call from heads of UK environmental charities follows Sir David Attenborough’s new film on the oceans, released to mark his 99th birthday.
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
🚨 EXPOSED: Unseen footage reveals the DEVASTATING impact of bottom-trawl fishing. David Attenborough’s new film #OCEAN is a call to arms to end this heartbreaking destruction of our marine protected areas. Will you heed his call? WATCH 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzG9... 1/2 🔽
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OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH | BOTTOM TRAWLING OFFICIAL CLIP | IN CINEMAS NOW | Altitude Films
YouTube video by Altitude Films
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Hugo Tagholm @hugotagholm.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Bottom trawling is DESTROYING marine protected areas. ❌ But YOU can help take action against this hypocrisy. Email Secretary of State Steve Reed to demand an end to bottom trawling in ocean havens 👇 act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...
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Hugo Tagholm @hugotagholm.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Happy Birthday Sir David. 🙌🐋🌎🙏🌊
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
🌊 David Attenborough's new documentary Ocean launches next week, & #BottomTrawling is front & centre as one of the most terrifying threats facing our seas. 🪸 These vessels tear up the seabed with such force “the trails of destruction can be seen from space”. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Attenborough at 99: naturalist ‘goes further than before’ to speak out against industrial fishing in new film
The celebrated presenter warns of ‘modern day colonialism at sea’ as he highlights the destruction caused by overfishing and bottom trawling
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
🚨 BREAKING: The UK's sandeel ban will stay in place in a VICTORY for the ocean & science! 🌊🎉 🐟 #Sandeels are vital food for puffins, porpoises & cod. Although the EU won its challenge to the ban on paper, the court confirms it was backed by science & is VITAL to healthy seas. 1/2 ⏬
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Oceana @oceana.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Our team is in South Korea at the Our Ocean Conference, calling on world leaders to tackle some of the biggest threats facing our oceans—from habitat destruction to illegal fishing. We are here to advocate for the protections our oceans urgently need! 🌊 #OurOcean2025
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Hugo Tagholm @hugotagholm.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Good to talk to Secretary John Kerry on the tenth anniversary of the Our Ocean Conference and hear more about the commitments & impacts it has driven to protect the global ocean, tackle climate change, & support thriving marine life & communities. @oceana.bsky.social @oceanauk.bsky.social
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Hugo Tagholm @hugotagholm.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
For every $1 invested in Marine Protected Areas returns $5 in economic benefits; protecting ecosystems, coastal communities & livelihoods, safeguarding fisheries, delivering climate resilience #DrRashidSumaila #OurOceanConference @oceana.bsky.social 🐋🌊🌎
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Hugo Tagholm @hugotagholm.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
It’s a crucial time for protecting the global ocean. Peter Thomson opening #OurOceanConference urging bold action to deliver strong Marine Protected Areas, action to end overfishing, tackle plastic pollution & deliver the ocean positive transition to renewable energy. @oceana.bsky.social
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Hugo Tagholm @hugotagholm.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Ocean waters are the source of life on the planet. The work to save the ocean from man made catastrophe is perhaps our greatest challenge. #JohnKerry #OurOceanConference @oceana.bsky.social
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Oceana @oceana.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
🐋 New research highlights the vital role of great whales in ocean ecosystems—they act as a "conveyor belt" of nutrients that support all marine life. Protecting them means protecting the abundance and resilience of our oceans. buff.ly/4sZZyUw 🌍💙 @evezuckoff.bsky.social
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‘Great whale conveyor belt’ nourishes the ocean
Through urine, feces, placentas, carcasses, and sloughing skin, whales bring thousands of tons of nitrogen and other nutrients from high-latitude areas like Alaska and Antarctica to low-nutrient tropical...
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
🚨 The UK Government is rubberstamping #overfishing - again. More than half of our #fish populations, including cod and mackerel, have been condemned to further exploitation and decline by our government. Our seas deserve better. 🌊🐟 Read more from our Campaign Lead Amy 🔽 uk.oceana.org/blog/governm...
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Yet another year of government-sanctioned overfishing of our depleted seas
The UK Government has rubberstamped the overfishing of more than half of our fish populations once again this year.
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Final day in court. Here we go! 💪 The UK Government has been defending the latest #NorthSea oil & gas licences the last few days - 3/4 of which are in marine protected areas. We need leadership, not legal battles that protect Big Oil. Act NOW! act.oceana.org/page/168228/...
Ocean VS Oil rally outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London
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Oceana @oceana.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
READ: Bottom trawling is bulldozing the UK and EU’s most sensitive waters. @oceanauk.bsky.social's Hugo Tagholm & Only One's Maïssa Rababy explore why we need a ban in UK and EU marine protected areas is more urgent than ever before.
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Bottom trawling ban in UK and EU marine protected areas
Maïssa Rababy, Only One, and Hugo Tagholm, Oceana UK, explore why a ban in UK and EU marine protected areas is more urgent than ever before.
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Hugo Tagholm @hugotagholm.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
The plastic pollution crisis in our ocean is set to get worse. A new @oceana.bsky.social report reveals the shocking statistics behind the world’s most prolific plastic polluter Coca-Cola. It estimate Coke will drive 600 million kilos of plastic pollution to our seas annually by 2030‼️🌍⚠️
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Hugo Tagholm @hugotagholm.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
The plastic pollution crisis in our ocean is set to get worse. A new @oceana.bsky.social report reveals the shocking statistics behind the world’s most prolific plastic polluter Coca-Cola. It estimate Coke will drive 600 million kilos of plastic pollution to our seas annually by 2030‼️🌍⚠️
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
🚨 Big Oil want us silent. They want us to accept more oil, more destruction, more climate chaos. We say no. We’re at the High Court in London right now for our case challenging the latest oil and gas licences.   JOIN US. 🌊   NO MORE OIL. #OceanVsOil act.oceana.org/page/168228/...
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Alyx Elliott @alyxcampaigns.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
What a moment. ✊🏼🌊 @oceanauk.bsky.social
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
🚨 UK Govt is defending new oil & gas licences. They promised to end new drilling, instead they’re backing an industry that’s poisoning our seas & causing climate chaos. But we won't back down. We’re at court today & tomorrow demanding: NO MORE OIL. #OceanVsOil 👇 www.thenational.scot/news/2503740...
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UK Government taken to court over 'unlawful' 31 oil and gas licences
The UK Government is being taken to court over its decision to grant 31 oil and gas licences ...
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Our allies sending the message loud and clear at today’s rally. 📢 No more oil. No more destruction. No more excuses. Our ocean’s future is at stake. 🙌 💪 ✊
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Hugo Tagholm @hugotagholm.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
🚨 TODAY, we take the UK government to court. They handed out 31 reckless oil & gas licences - some inside marine protected areas - without proper checks. ❌ This is a fight for our ocean, marine life & climate. Who’s with us? ✊ Follow @OceanaUK.bsky.social for updates. #OceanVsOil 🌊⚖️
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
🚨 BREAKING: The Ocean vs. Big Oil showdown is TODAY.   We’re outside the Royal Courts of Justice to challenge new North Sea oil & gas licences. Here’s what’s at stake 🧵 1/5
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