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Oceans Campaign Director, Greenpeace USA

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
BREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
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Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah
An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
🔥 “I’m so sick and tired of you old people not giving a shit about what we’re telling you. We don’t have a future. We’re telling you what we need and you don’t give a damn.”
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The caller on Rand Paul’s virtual town hall is all of us.
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John H @jhocevar.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I have a pile of great books waiting to read but I think I am going to sit with The Language of Liars by @slhuang.com for a while longer. Wow wow wow, what a fantastic and productively soul-crushing story.
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John H @jhocevar.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Rare photo from Antifa cell 8647 at our secret Antarctic base, training for Operation Deflecting Pool
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John H @jhocevar.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
These fucking people. www.boem.gov/newsroom/pre...
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Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Seeks Public Input on Potential Mineral Leasing Offshore Virginia
BOEM announced today that it will issue a Request for Information and Interest to receive public feedback and evaluate industry interest on possible mineral leasing areas on the U.S. Outer Continental...
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futuredadOfTwo🙋🏻‍♂️ @lacroixboi.dadguy.pro · 20/06/2026
werner herzog with a speech bubble over the quoted post
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John H @jhocevar.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Big win: the network of ocean sensors is staying in the water. NSF reversed course in response to a LOT of bad publicity and a bi-partisan senate resolution. Now NSF needs to put the sensors they've already removed back where they belong. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/c...
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Trump Administration Backs Off Plan to End Ocean Monitoring
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John H @jhocevar.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Another study - this one finding hormone disrupting chemicals in breast milk - reminds us why a more precautionary approach is needed. Why are these chemicals being used in food contact materials? Or at all? #MAHA #BreakFreeFromPlastic www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Dangerous hormone-disrupting chemicals found in US breast milk samples
Study of mothers in Seattle underscores ‘widespread, systemic problem’ of chemical contamination, experts say
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John H @jhocevar.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
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Greenpeace USA: Trump scores “own goal” on ocean protection - Greenpeace - Greenpeace
Marine sanctuaries have proven benefits, including protecting marine biodiversity, supporting coastal economies, increasing resilience to change, and sustaining healthy, productive fisheries. Removing...
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 10/06/2026
The US–Israel war on Iran is driving up fuel, food and transport costs, exposing how dangerously dependent we still are on oil and gas. Here are six radical, practical ideas to protect people from the Iran energy shock and finally break that dependence 👇 act.gp/4vFuEkC #fossilflation
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Six radical ideas we need right now to end fossil fuel dependence and protect people from the war on Iran price shock - Greenpeace International
One hundred days after the US and Israel attacked Iran, tens of millions of people are still paying for a crisis they did not choose through higher fuel, food and transport costs. This chaos is the pr...
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John H @jhocevar.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Spending millions of dollars to remove ocean sensors that we've already paid for is a classic stable genius move.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 04/06/2026
Greenpeace just spent a month on a unique deep sea expedition to the Arctic deep sea 🌊 Here’s what we found! www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
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What we found in the Arctic deep sea! - Greenpeace International
For the first time, Greenpeace has led a unique deep sea expedition to the Arctic. Here's what we found.
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John H @jhocevar.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Oil companies abandon dangerous and leaky offshore wells and platforms, despite legal obligations to seal and remove them. Taxpayers and marine life are left to pay the costs. A new bill would turn that around. #MakePollutersPay biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
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House Bill Aims to Hold Big Oil Accountable for Offshore Cleanup
Center for Biological Diversity: WASHINGTON— A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would require oil and gas companies to set aside money to plug and remove old wells and platforms, h...
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 28/05/2026
[Press Release] This evening, @greenpeaceeastasia.bsky.social activists confronted US semiconductor giant NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang in Taipei face-to-face with a 3D-printed, five-layer model cake that read: "AI Needs Renewable Energy". www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
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Greenpeace confronts NVIDIA CEO in Taipei with call for supply chain decarbonization - Greenpeace International
Today, Greenpeace East Asia activists confronted US semiconductor giant NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang in Taipei face-to-face.
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John H @jhocevar.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
"We do not require randomized trials of parachutes before concluding they prevent death when people jump from airplanes. ...sometimes, after decades of evidence, we should simply say: this exposure causes harm." blanphear.substack.com/p/the-burden...
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The Burden of Caution
When scientific humility becomes public confusion
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 20/05/2026
REMINDER: Amazon isn't just a space to buy stuff 📦 It also runs Amazon Web Services, the cloud behind Netflix, Spotify, Tinder and a big chunk of the internet. And they’re not picky about who they host. #TimeToResist #BigTech #Amazon #AWS #AWSSummit
Greenpeace visual with text saying “Reminder: Amazon isn’t just where you buy stuff online. It also runs Amazon Web Services – the cloud that powers Netflix, Spotify, Tinder and a big chunk of the internet. Its client list gets dark fast.”  SpongeBob meme ripping down wallpaper reveals logos for Shell, Palantir and JBS behind the Amazon Web Services (AWS) logo.
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John H @jhocevar.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
In December, Trump will host the G20 at his private golf resort in Florida. Why on earth would any respectable leader want to attend that? Surely we have reached the point where presidents and prime ministers have better things to do than listen to a fading wannabe dictator brag, lie, and belittle?
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Tim Donaghy @timdonaghy.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
The figure in this paper is fascinating. It's the opposite of the famous image of how renewables growth was always under-estimated in energy projections.
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Greenpeace USA @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Both party frontrunners in CA Governor’s race are failing climate voters ❌ Our 2026 California Climate Leadership scorecard reveals stark differences in how the top five candidates in this year’s governor’s race say they will approach the climate crisis. www.greenpeace.org/usa/californ...
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California climate leadership scorecard: 2026 governor's race - Greenpeace
How the top candidates for California governor say they will approach and champion one of the most pressing issues of our time.
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John H @jhocevar.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
In case you were wondering if this fire sparked from the giant burning cross that symbolizes Tennessee’s Republican Party, no, plastic plants catch fire and burn out of control all the time. www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/mid-...
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Crews battle large fire at plastics plant in Henry County, Tennessee
Emergency crews from across West Tennessee are battling a large fire at a plastics facility in Henry County.
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John H @jhocevar.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Aside from the ultra rich and ultra racist, people who voted for Trump stepped on their own dicks. Clearly embarrassing, arguably stupid, demonstrably contrary to their own interests. The good news is it doesn’t have to be permanent: you don’t have to keep standing on (or behind) your dick.
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John H @jhocevar.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
ICYMI, Bezos' Washington Post wants you to know "to help America, tech companies belatedly stand up to activist workers.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 29/04/2026
Release: Israeli forces intercept and threaten Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters “Humanitarian assistance must be respected and protected at all times and at all costs.” www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
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Israeli forces intercept and threaten Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters - Greenpeace International
Crew on the Greenpeace International vessel Arctic Sunrise report that vessels in the Global Sumud Flotilla have been harassed by Israeli forces in international waters.
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John H @jhocevar.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Who’s afraid of seashells by the seashore?
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John H @jhocevar.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The Trump administration has blown up 22 fishing boats and other small craft, killing 87 people. As someone who has spent many hours investigating murders at sea, it is horrifying to watch my government crow about murdering fishers without due process in a blatantly illegal & immoral abuse of power.
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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Palantir employees are talking about company's "descent into fascism" www.wired.com/story/palant...
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Palantir Employees Are Starting to Wonder if They’re the Bad Guys
Interviews with current and former Palantir employees, along with internal Slack messages obtained by WIRED, suggest a workforce in turmoil.
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John H @jhocevar.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Federal authorities seized 50,000 shark fins, primarily from protected silky and bigeye thresher sharks that were en route to Hong Kong. The fin trade is a particularly lawless portion of the estimated 100 million sharks killed by fisheries annually. www.nationalfisherman.com/50-000-shark...
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50,000 shark fins seized in Anchorage-linked trafficking case
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Amazing job, Nashville!
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John H @jhocevar.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
You don’t have to be a vindictive bunch of corrupt racists to persecute the Southern Poverty Law Center, but if the jack boot fits…
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Incredible shots of the exchange between Rep. AOC and RFK, Jr. at today’s congressional hearing. (image credit: WSJ reporter @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social)
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 16/04/2026
It’s #TimeToResist Today, Greenpeace International faced Big Oil bully Energy Transfer as part of our landmark anti-SLAPP case to pursue justice in our home territory under Dutch and EU law. Find out exactly what happened and what comes next>> act.gp/4tRnDfo
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We’re taking a Big Oil bully to court - Greenpeace International
Greenpeace International is taking Big Oil bully Energy Transfer to court in Amsterdam, using EU anti-SLAPP rules to push back against abusive lawsuits meant to silence climate activism and Indigenous...
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John H @jhocevar.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Bruce Lanphear's commentary on industry-funded science comms made me wonder how medical journals address what ISN'T being said. @jama.com @natmed.nature.com @ameracadpeds.bsky.social @thelancet.com @nejm.org @plosmedicine.org @annalsofim.bsky.social @bmj.com blanphear.substack.com/p/the-illusi...
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The Illusion of Safety—Again
How omission, not evidence, does the quiet work of reassurance
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Trumpo Tax @trumpotax.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Do you qualify for #TrumpoTax Energy Dominance deductions? Find out at Trumpotax.com
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John H @jhocevar.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
As Team Trump gets more desperate, they are trying to hold onto their rapidly diminishing base. That includes the MAHA crowd, which hoped RFK Jr. might make some progress on issues impacting our health. They continue to be disappointed. #BreakFreeFromPlastic www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
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Trump's EPA Wants to Count Microplastics While Corporations Keep Dumping Them | Common Dreams
​Committing $144 million to study microplastics while subsidizing fossil fuels by nearly $31 billion a year is like trying to clean up an oil spill with a spoon while the tanker is still spewing.
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Greenpeace USA @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
President Trump threatened ‘a whole civilization will die tonight’ if Iran does not meet his deadline — an obvious threat to commit an illegal attack on civilians. Greenpeace USA activists took a banner to the White House calling for the immediate removal of President Donald Trump for war crimes.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 06/04/2026
On April 12, the #GlobalSumudFlotilla sails with 70+ vessels and 1000+ participants to break Israel’s ongoing blockade of aid to #Gaza. Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise is providing operational and technical support. We stand firmly against war crimes, deliberate starvation, genocide, and ecocide.
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Greenpeace to join the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza - Greenpeace International
Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise joins the Global Sumud Flotilla sailing alongside more than 70 vessels to challenge Israel’s ongoing blockade of aid to Gaza.
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John H @jhocevar.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The Trump administration has moved to open the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Marine Monument to commercial fishing, a shortsighted and unpopular attempt which will inevitably be challenged in the courts. On brand.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
RUBIO: “Imagine if Iran spent billions on its people instead of weapons... They’d have a much different country.”🤔😕 Unreal. @marcorubio Do you even hear yourselves? Your shameless hypocrisy is killing us
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 19/03/2026
“They got money for wars, but can’t feed the poor.” — Tupac said it years ago… and here we are. The Pentagon is now asking for an additional $200 BILLION for this war. We always find the money for war. But when it comes to housing, healthcare, or feeding people? Suddenly it’s crickets.
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John H @jhocevar.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Seabed mining in American Samoa's waters is a threat to "the whole ecosystem that we rely on,” says local leader Dr Sabrina Suluai-Mahuka. Read more from @insideclimatenews.org on why many locals oppose it and how BOEM is pressing ahead anyway tinyurl.com/msv3axu2
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Trump Explores Deep Sea Mining in American Samoa - Inside Climate News
Even as opposition grows and the U.S. territory maintains a moratorium on seabed mining, NOAA began a $20 million survey of surrounding federal waters to help locate deep sea mineral deposits.
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John H @jhocevar.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
A judgement has finally been issued in Energy Transfer's attempt to permanently silence Greenpeace. We are requesting a new trial, and will appeal as needed. Spoiler alert: we will not be silenced. www.greenpeace.org/usa/what-tod...
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What today’s judgment means for Greenpeace USA - Greenpeace
A final judgment has officially been entered in Big Oil company Energy Transfer’s massive lawsuit against us.
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Safer States @saferstates.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
📢 NEW: Our 2026 analysis finds at least 15 major policies taking effect in 2026 that will provide new public health protections nationwide. At least 33 states are also likely to consider 275 policies that will address #PFAS, plastics, & other toxic chemicals. 🔗 www.saferstates.org/press-room/e...
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John H @jhocevar.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
A roadmap for dealing with disingenuous and tiresome procedural objections and finally achieving a meaningful global #PlasticsTreaty? #BreakFreeFromPlastic
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
ICE officials said he ran into a wall, which doctors immediately rejected as inconsistent with the wounds. The immigrant's account - that he was beaten in the head by steel batons, contrary to DHS guidelines - is more plausible. But no accountability exists for him, or us. apnews.com/article/immi...
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Immigrant whose skull was broken in eight places during ICE arrest says beating was unprovoked
A Mexican immigrant whose skull was broken during his arrest by immigration officers last month in Minnesota says the beating was unprovoked.
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John H @jhocevar.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
#MAHA is so 2024. Trump is Making American Polluters' Wallets Healthy Again us2.campaign-archive.com?e=3b66f4234b...
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John H @jhocevar.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I was reading a New Yorker feature on the Iranian activist Asieh Amini, and was struck down by this line in a poem, directed at her interrogator: "How many times have I asked you Don't come to my dreams with a gun" From Minneapolis to Tehran, Gaza to Kyiv, people want to be free.
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Shannon Osaka @shannonosaka.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I don't say this often but: I'm so proud to be a climate and environment reporter. We cover an issue that is vitally important to humanity and the natural world. 14 of my climate colleagues at the Post were laid off today and I'm devastated. www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
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Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team
Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.
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John H @jhocevar.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
As if they weren't doing enough harm already, the Trump administration is working feverishly to open up the deep sea to mining. I snuck into a secretive mtg w/ senior officials and mining execs to see what they say when they think no one else is listening in: www.greenpeace.org/usa/secretiv...
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Secretive Forum Raises New Alarms for Deep Sea Mining - Greenpeace - Greenpeace
In the chaotic aftermath of Snowmaggedon 2026, I snuck into the Offshore Critical Minerals Exploration and Development Forum at the famed Willard Hotel. Known for hosting exclusive, insider events and...
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