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Richa Syal

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Reporter at Unearthed, Greenpeace UK’s investigative journalism outlet Signal: richasyal.82 Previously reporting on the environment in the Middle East www.richasyal.com

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Unearthed @unearthednews.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
NEW: Russian companies made an estimated £500m windfall from urea fertiliser alone this spring – £5m per day – as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz sent global prices soaring. Our analysis:
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Russia's £500m Fertiliser Windfall from Iran War
Russia earned an estimated £500m fertiliser windfall — over £5m a day — as the Iran war choked global urea supplies, an Unearthed analysis has found.
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Richa Syal @richasyal.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
🚨NEW w/ @unearthednews.bsky.social and @datadesk.eco Reform UK mega-donor Christopher Harborne’s company, AML Global, is contracted to fill US military planes with fuel from refineries that use Russian, Iranian, and Venezuelan oil, we can reveal: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2026/07/01/c...
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Revealed: Reform mega-donor’s jet fuel business linked to refineries using Russian oil Reform mega-donor's jet fuel firm linked to refineries using Russian oil
Christopher Harborne’s company AML Global is contracted to fill US military planes with fuel made by refineries that use Russian, Iranian, and Venezuelan crude
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George Greenwood @georgegreenwood.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Reform UK’s biggest donor owns a company contracted to supply fuel to aircraft from refineries that make extensive use of Russian oil, The Times can reveal. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Reform donor’s fuel company linked to Russia-supplied refinery
Christopher Harborne’s AML Global has contracts to supply aircraft fuel produced by an Indian refinery that regularly receives Russian crude oil
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Unearthed @unearthednews.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Breaking: Reform UK mega-donor Christopher Harborne’s jet fuel firm is contracted to refuel US military planes from refineries that use Russian oil New investigation from Unearthed and @datadesk.eco unearthed.greenpeace.org/2026/07/01/c...
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Revealed: Reform mega-donor’s jet fuel business linked to refineries using Russian oil
Christopher Harborne’s company AML Global is contracted to fill US military planes with fuel made by refineries that use Russian, Iranian, and Venezuelan crude
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Unearthed @unearthednews.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Thrilled to announce that Unearthed & @greenpeaceafrica.org have been nominated for a One World Environmental Reporting award. 🏆 Our investigation uncovered UK consumers' discarded clothes dumped in protected wetlands in Ghana.
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UK brands found in ‘fast fashion graveyard’ in African conservation area
Clothes discarded by UK consumers and shipped to Ghana have been found in a huge textile dumpsite in a protected African conservation area.
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Unearthed @unearthednews.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
NEW: A major supplier of ‘green’ airline fuel to the UK has sourced beef fat linked to illegal Amazon deforestation Our new investigation 🐄 🌳 ✈️: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2026/04/10/u...
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UK ‘green’ jet fuel imports linked to illegal Amazon deforestation
A major supplier of ‘green’ airline fuel to the UK has sourced beef fat linked to illegal Amazon deforestation.
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Unearthed @unearthednews.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
ICYMI: Last week we revealed that a major supplier of sustainable aviation fuel to the UK has sourced beef fat linked to illegal Amazon deforestation. Read more here: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2026/04/10/u...
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UK ‘green’ jet fuel imports linked to illegal Amazon deforestation
A major supplier of ‘green’ airline fuel to the UK has sourced beef fat linked to illegal Amazon deforestation.
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Gerry Flynn @geraldrflynn.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
For months, ~40 journos across Asia, LatAm & EU delved into the environmental impact of data centers w. the Environmental Reporting Collective. I reported from Thailand, but as a whole, the project shows how unsustainable (and opaque) the AI data center boom's starting to look. www.dirtydata.earth
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Dirty Data
An ERC investigation looking into the cost of data center infrastructures powering AI and the people paying the price.
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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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Unearthed @unearthednews.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
On Saturday, The Guardian published a report on the “Ulez bomber” case, where a man was found guilty of blowing up a Ulez camera with a homemade bomb. They cited our 2024 story, which revealed how opposition to Ulez became radicalised inside online groups. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Ulez bomber: the retired electrician who turned bomb-making extremist
Shy 63-year-old’s decision to blow up London traffic camera linked to online conspiracy theories and Islamophobia
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Emma Howard @emmahoward.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Water companies have borrowed over £10bn in 'green' bonds - and keep borrowing more. We analysed Bloomberg data & found that the industry issued a third of the UK corporate green bonds so far this year. And still the sewage crisis goes on. unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/11/30/w...
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Water companies have borrowed over £10bn in ‘green’ bonds
The water industry issued a third of UK corporate bonds this year, according to a new Unearthed analysis - but the sewage crisis continues
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Unearthed @unearthednews.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
NEW from Unearthed: England's water companies have borrowed over £10bn in 'green' bonds, while failing to tackle the sewage crisis unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/11/30/w...
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Water companies have borrowed over £10bn in ‘green’ bonds
The water industry issued a third of UK corporate bonds this year, according to a new Unearthed analysis - but the sewage crisis continues
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Unearthed @unearthednews.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
NEW: The "Agrizone" at COP30 is supposed to be a showcase for sustainable agriculture 🌳 But its sponsors are powerful agribusiness interests linked to deforestation and anti-conservation lobbying who have paid for visibility and "image gain" Read more 👇:
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COP30’s agriculture showcase sponsored by agribiz interests linked to deforestation and anti-conservation lobbying
Sponsors of the sustainable agriculture pavilion at COP30 will include pesticides giant Bayer, alleged by campaigners to be driving “massive deforestation” on the continent, and a branch of Brazil’s l...
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Unearthed @unearthednews.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Revealed: The EU's export trade in banned pesticides has expanded dramatically in the past half-decade, despite the European Commission's promises to put an end to it New investigation from Unearthed and Public Eye: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/09/23/e...
The image shows a map of Europe's export trade in domestically banned pesticides. In 2024, companies in the EU issued export notifications for 122,000 tonnes of pesticides that are banned from use on the EU's own farms. The exports were destined for 93 different nations, most of them low- or middle-income countries.
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Emma Howard @emmahoward.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
As Trump visits the king & protestors march through London, we obtained data showing that the president's Scottish golf course repeatedly breached sewage contamination limits My latest for @unearthednews.bsky.social unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/09/17/t...
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Trump golf course in Scotland repeatedly broke sewage contamination limits
Sewage discharge testing found ‘non-compliant’ samples 14 times since 2019
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Unearthed @unearthednews.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
As President Trump visits the king at Windsor Castle, our new investigation reveals his golf course in Scotland has repeatedly breached sewage contamination limits unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/09/17/t...
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Trump golf course in Scotland repeatedly broke sewage contamination limits
Sewage discharge testing found ‘non-compliant’ samples 14 times since 2019
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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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Unearthed @unearthednews.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
NEW | Mapping analysis and fresh polling show that Reform UK's pro-fracking stance is a headache for winning over swing voters unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/09/05/r...
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Reform target seats would be among those first to be fracked, analysis shows
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Ellie O'Donnell @ellieodonnell.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
The Environment Agency has dropped 10,000 water quality tests that track the health of rivers and lakes due to staff shortages at their main lab. Latest from me and @clarecarlile.bsky.social
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EA staff shortages hit water quality testing
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Unearthed @unearthednews.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
NEW: Fashion waste is overwhelming Ghana — and now it’s spilling into Accra’s protected wetlands. With @greenpeaceafrica.org, we found UK brands and huge new dump sites in a conservation area home to endangered turtles. 👉 unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/06/18/u...
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UK brands found in ‘fast fashion graveyard’ in African conservation area
Clothes discarded by UK consumers and shipped to Ghana have been found in a huge textile dumpsite in a protected African conservation area.
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Unearthed @unearthednews.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Water companies are worried about a “backlash” to sludge fertiliser akin to the public outrage they have faced over sewage released into rivers and seas unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/06/09/s...
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‘No Plan B’: Water companies fear pollution crackdown will stop them spreading sewage sludge on farmland
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Zach Boren @zdboren.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
water comanies are freaking out that they're about to have millions of tonnes of toxic sewage sludge with 'nowhere to go' my latest for @unearthednews.bsky.social with @ellieodonnell.bsky.social unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/06/09/s...
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‘No Plan B’: Water companies fear pollution crackdown will stop them spreading sewage sludge on farmland
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
No question misinformation in the social media space is problematic But there's also misinformation coming from leading consumer brands like Virgin and Renault They continuing to advertise using green claims the Advertising Standards Authority told them not to www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...
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Firms still greenwashing in adverts after being censured, UK investigation finds
Exclusive: Virgin Atlantic and Renault among companies that continued to publish misleading environmental claims
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14/05/2025
Firms still greenwashing in adverts after being censured, UK investigation finds
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Firms still greenwashing in adverts after being censured, UK investigation finds
Exclusive: Virgin Atlantic and Renault among companies that continued to publish misleading environmental claims Companies have continued to post misleading greenwashing adverts after being censured by the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA), according to an investigation. Greenpeace UK’s investigative journalism unit, Unearthed, reports that Virgin Atlantic, Renault and Aqua Pura are among companies that continued to publish unfounded claims about the environmental credentials of their products after being told to remove such adverts by the advertising watchdog. Continue reading...
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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
I’ve repeatedly challenged the Mayor on TfL advertising policies, and this new research leaves no room for doubt that companies that mislead the public about their environmental records have no business having access to prime advertising space in our city.
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Richa Syal @richasyal.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
What’s the point of banning greenwashing if big brands can just carry on? Our latest investigation has found major brands have continued to promote green claims, months or even years after they were ruled “misleading” by the UK ad watchdog: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/05/14/m...
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Revealed: Companies repeat misleading green claims despite UK ad bans
Major brands, including car manufacturers, an airline, and a bottled water company have apparently continued to promote environmental claims after they were ruled “misleading” in a crackdown on greenw...
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Crispin Dowler @crispindowler.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Sharp investigative work here by @richasyal.bsky.social
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Unearthed @unearthednews.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
🚨 REVEALED: An Unearthed investigation has found major brands continued to promote environmental claims months or years after they were ruled “misleading” by the UK ad watchdog: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/05/14/m...
A Virgin Atlantic plane lands in New York; the company is one of five that have apparently continued to promote environmental claims that were ruled "misleading" by the Advertising Standards Authority. Photo: Charly Triballeau / AFP via Getty Images
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Ellie O'Donnell @ellieodonnell.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Old landfills can contain all kinds of nasties like industrial waste, persistent pollutants and pharmaceuticals. Our research reveals that 100+ dump sites with potentially hazardous contents flooded across England since 2000. unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/04/26/h...
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Over 100 potentially toxic landfills have flooded since 2000
Scientists raise concerns about the risks posed by historic landfills as climate change increases flooding
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Unearthed @unearthednews.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
BREAKING: More than 100 old landfills across England containing potentially hazardous material have flooded at least once this century. Experts have raised concerns that dangerous substances could get into the environment through floodwater. unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/04/26/h...
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Unearthed @unearthednews.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
New investigation with @theguardian.com and @reporterbrasil.org.br 👇 reporterbrasil.org.br/2025/04/jbs-...
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Revealed: world’s largest meat company may break Amazon deforestation pledges again
Brazilian ranchers in Pará and Rondônia say JBS can not achieve stated goal of deforestation-free cattle
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Lucy Jordan @lucyjordan.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
When huge Brazilian beef producer JBS broke its first zero-deforestation promise, it had 14 slaughterhouses in the Amazon. Today, it has 22 operating, with the capacity to slaughter more than 19,000 cattle daily. We asked ranchers about its latest pledge to clean up its supply chain, by Jan 2026.
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Lucy Jordan @lucyjordan.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
I have been reporting on deforestation in Brazil for years. Last year, along with @aliceross.bsky.social and Naira Hofmeister, I decided to dig into beef giant JBS’s flagship promise: to eliminate deforestation from its Amazon supply chain by the end of 2025. So what’s actually changed?
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Sara Sneath @sarasneath.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
My first story as a journalist-in-residence at University of Miami's Climate Accountability Lab: drilled.media/news/bp-univ...
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Fossil-funded Academic Work Is Being Used to Avoid Paying Workers Impacted by the Deepwater Horizon Explosion
Academic research paid for by BP and Exxon is being used to combat workers’ claims that exposure to oil and chemical dispersants made them ill.
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Unearthed @unearthednews.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Shell bought at least five 70,000-tonne cargoes of gas from the Russian Arctic that were escorted through frozen Siberian waters by sanctioned icebreakers, Unearthed has found unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/02/09/s...
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Unearthed @unearthednews.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
NEW INVESTIGATION 🚢 Companies including Shell and Total import millions of tonnes of gas a year to Europe from the Russian Arctic on specialised LNG tankers. Last winter, these shipments relied on a fleet of sanctioned icebreakers to cross Siberian waters 🚢
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Sanctioned nuclear icebreakers helped export gas from the Russian Arctic bought by Shell
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Khawla Nakua @khawlanakua.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
“Our ancestral lands were taken, disrupting our traditional ways of life and governance. Displacement led to economic hardship and social challenges that have made our communities more vulnerable to the criminal justice system.” Great piece by @gristnews.bsky.social grist.org/indigenous/p...
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10 states fund prisons using stolen Indigenous lands
State trust lands generate millions of dollars for carceral facilities and programs every year, largely from extractive industries like oil and gas drilling.
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Unearthed @unearthednews.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
New from UE: The UK is exporting thousands of tonnes of a toxic weedkiller called diquat, even though its use has been banned here for years. More than half goes to Brazil. We spoke to the Brazilian farmers poisoned with this dangerous export. unearthed.greenpeace.org/2024/12/08/b...
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Lucy Jordan @lucyjordan.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
When his right side seized up after working the fields of his small-holding, Valdemar Postanovicz thought he was having a stroke. He had absorbed Reglone, a powerful herbicide based on diquat - banned in the UK, but produced here and shipped to Brazil: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2024/12/08/b...
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Brazilian farmers poisoned by diquat, a banned pesticide exported from Britain
Deaths are on the rise in Brazil from diquat, a weedkiller banned in the UK but still manufactured for export to countries with weaker regulations.
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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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Unearthed @unearthednews.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Super important news here: A historic agreement that has helped curb deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon for nearly twenty years is under threat from big agribusiness Weakening the soy moratorium could push the Amazon closer to a catastrophic tipping point www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Protection deal for Amazon rainforest in peril as big business turns up heat
Exclusive: With Brazil’s politicians, agribusiness organisations and global traders piling on the pressure, the highly successful 2006 Soy Moratorium is under threat
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Unearthed @unearthednews.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
New to Bluesky? Find our team of reporters & editors ⬇️🔵 go.bsky.app/GuvPnRP
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Emma Howard @emmahoward.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Hello Bluesky!🔵Starting on here the way I mean to go on... Investigation out today: as UN plastic treaty talks kick off in S Korea, we dug into the organisation launched by the oil & plastic industries to "end plastic waste". Spoiler: it's not managed to unearthed.greenpeace.org/2024/11/20/a...
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Companies behind campaign to ‘end plastic waste’ produced 1,000 times more plastic than it cleaned up
The Alliance to End Plastic Waste spent five years clearing up the amount of plastic its key oil and chemical members produce in two days
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Unearthed @unearthednews.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
👋 Hello Bluesky! 👋 We're a team of environmental journalists backed by Greenpeace UK. We investigate fossil fuels, intensive farming, greenwash, and pollution. Catch up on our back catalogue here: unearthed.greenpeace.org
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Environmental news and investigations brought to you by Unearthed, Greenpeace UK's award-winning, editorially-independent journalism team.
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