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Ocean Campaigns brings together communications & policy professionals to support the ocean conservation community. 🌊🪸❄️🐟🐙🦈🐳🐬 🛳️ https://oceancampaigns.com/
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Great article on #BreakFossilInfluence: 30 major health orgs will NO longer hire PR/ad agencies that work w/fossil fuel firms. "For 50y+ they have run multi-billion $ campaigns to misinform, lobby & confuse about climate crisis" healthpolicy-watch.news/health-organ... @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social
Health Organizations Drop Ad Agencies Working With Fossil Fuel Industry - Health Policy Watch
Over 30 health organizations representing 12 million doctors, nurses, and public health professionals globally have pledged to no longer work with advertising
healthpolicy-watch.news
June 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Between 2015 and 2021, #BlackCarbon emissions in the #Arctic have nearly doubled. A significant share came from ships traveling to and from EU ports, our new study reveals.

🔎 Full report: theicct.org/publication/...
June 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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“Ocean acidification has already crossed a crucial threshold for planetary health, scientists say in unexpected finding “ www.theguardian.com/environment/... @lisabachelor.bsky.social
‘Ticking timebomb’: sea acidity has reached critical levels, threatening entire ecosystems – study
Ocean acidification has already crossed a crucial threshold for planetary health, scientists say in unexpected finding
www.theguardian.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Urge French Policymakers to End Destructive Fishing in Marine Protected Areas
Urge French policymakers to end destructive fishing in Marine Protected Areas
We claim that more than 12% of EU waters are protected. But is that really the case? The so-called protected waters in Europe are where destructive fishing, such as bottom trawling, is most intense in...
act.for-the-ocean.org
May 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Air quality measurements taken last week when cruise ships - such as NCL’s Norwegian Star - visited Cobh, in Ireland’s Cork Harbour, show air pollution levels up to more than 250 times higher than safe levels recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO).

www.eureporter.co/environment/...
Cruise ships bombarding Cork Harbour residents with dangerous levels of air pollution
Air quality measurements taken last week when cruise ships - such as NCL’s Norwegian Star - visited Cobh, in Ireland’s Cork Harbour, show air pollution levels up to more than 250 times higher than saf...
www.eureporter.co
May 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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🧵Ireland’s Minister for Heath, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, the Minister for the Marine, Martin Heydon, and the Minister for Tourism, Patrick O’Donovan must take immediate action to protect the health and wellbeing of the residents of Cobh and Cork Harbour ...
Air quality measurements taken last week when cruise ships – such as NCL’s Norwegian Star – visited #Cobh, in #Ireland’s #Cork Harbour, show air pollution levels up to more than 250 times higher than safe levels recommended by @who.int

cleanarctic.org/2025/05/22/c... @sianprior.bsky.social #ireland
May 22, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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‘Unprecedented’ marine heatwave hits waters around Devon and Cornwall in the UK, and Ireland

Scientists warn of profound impacts as sea temperatures rise by up to 4C above average for springtime

#climatecrisis
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Unprecedented’ marine heatwave hits waters around Devon, Cornwall and Ireland
Scientists warn of profound impacts as sea temperatures rise by up to 4C above average for springtime
www.theguardian.com
May 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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⚡LAUNCHED! #BreakFossilFuelInfluence. We call on health orgs to cut ties with PR & ad agencies that serve fossil fuel industry.
✍️ Join 30+ influential health orgs that signed #FossilFreeCommunications commitment
💡Discover simple & powerful step to align your voice with value.
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May 22, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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“The Romssa-Tromsø Statement issued by @arcticcouncil.bsky.social is a missed opportunity to acknowledge the impact that global climate heating is having on the Arctic, which is warming four times faster than anywhere else on earth" @sianprior.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Air quality measurements taken last week when cruise ships – such as NCL’s Norwegian Star – visited #Cobh, in #Ireland’s #Cork Harbour, show air pollution levels up to more than 250 times higher than safe levels recommended by @who.int

cleanarctic.org/2025/05/22/c... @sianprior.bsky.social #ireland
May 22, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Japanese and Alaskan climate advocates are coming together to tell Prime Minister Ishiba to refuse pressure to invest in Trump's pet project, Alaska liquified natural gas (LNG). The project is expensive, impractical, and would be ruinous for our climate.

asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Japa...
Japan must resist Trump's Alaska LNG pet project
If Ishiba gives the nod, Japan will be buying overpriced gas and adding to global warming
asia.nikkei.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
"[Attenborough] shows us an amazing vista of diversity and life, an extraordinary undulating landscape, a giant second planet of whose existence humanity has long been unaware but now seems in danger of damaging or even destroying. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma... @peterbradshaw1.bsky.social
Ocean with David Attenborough review – a passionate case against the ruination of the seas
Released on his 99th birthday and presented in the context of his remarkable career, Sir David’s authority is matched only by nature’s grandeur in this visually stunning film
www.theguardian.com
May 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Ahead of Denmark taking over @arcticcouncil.bsky.social Chairship from Norway next week, @cleanarctic.bsky.social is calling on gov ministers & Senior Arctic Officials from member & observer states to commit to curbing rise of black carbon & methane pollution from Arctic shipping.
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Call for New Arctic Council Chair to Take Lead on Controlling Super Pollutants From Shipping
Ahead of the Kingdom of Denmark taking over the Arctic Council Chairship from Norway next week, the Clean Arctic Alliance is calling on government ministers and Senior Arctic Officials from Arctic Cou...
cleanarctic.org
May 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Climate crisis has tripled length of deadly ocean heatwaves, study finds @dpcarrington.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate crisis has tripled length of deadly ocean heatwaves, study finds
Hotter seas supercharge storms and destroy critical ecosystems such as kelp forests and coral reefs
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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🧵⛴️⛽🌊🥳Press release from @cleanarctic.bsky.social: Atlantic Shipping Emissions Cut Agreed, But @imohq.bsky.social Scrubber Ban Delayed bit.ly/mepc83caa2
Atlantic Shipping Emissions Cut Agreed, But IMO Scrubber Ban Delayed
As a meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 83) closes today, the Clean Arctic Alliance welcomes member states’ approval of a proposal...
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April 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Via Tradewinds Viewpoint: Why @imohq.bsky.social should ban the ‘false choice’ of scrubbers
Clean Arctic Alliance’s Eelco Leemans says impending MEPC meeting is a chance to revisit exhaust gas cleaning systems
www.tradewindsnews.com/opinion/view...
Viewpoint: Why the IMO should ban the ‘false choice’ of scrubbers
Clean Arctic Alliance’s Eelco Leemans says impending MEPC meeting is a chance to revisit exhaust gas cleaning systems
www.tradewindsnews.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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The Clean Arctic Alliance 2025 Guide to Everything You Wanted to Know About Black Carbon Emissions From Shipping But Had No Idea What To Ask:
bit.ly/blackcarbon25 @sianprior.bsky.social
Black Carbon and the Arctic: What is Happening, and What Comes Next?
The International Maritime Organization is finally starting to take action on black carbon emissions from shipping. What does this mean, in practice?
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April 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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“The 21st of March 2025 is being celebrated as the first-ever World Day for Glaciers. ‘Celebrate’? Yes, we should celebrate glaciers and their crucial role in sustaining life on Earth for future generations,” says @iceblogger.bsky.social. Great stats here on the importance of glaciers 🧊
First UN World Day for Glaciers – A call to climate action in desperate times
Accelerating ice melt from glaciers worldwide means an increased loss of freshwater resources, ever-faster sea level rise and life-threatening floods and landslides. In some regions, ice loss is al…
iceblog.org
March 21, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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“Heavy fuel oil, also known as residual fuel, is what’s left at the end of the refining process,” explained @sianprior.bsky.social @cleanarctic.bsky.social
Russia’s war has already contributed heavily to environmental pollution in the region. The latest #oilspill, from tankers that crashed in December 2024, continues to damage marine life and ocean health, I explore in my latest for @the-revelator.bsky.social.

therevelator.org/black-sea-oi...
March 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Finally, recognition! Once named world’s ugliest animal, blobfish wins New Zealand’s fish of the year
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m... @evacorlett.bsky.social
Once named world’s ugliest animal, blobfish wins New Zealand’s fish of the year
Made up of blobby tissue and living deep in the ocean, the distinctive species beat the longfin eel and pygmy pipehorse in the annual contest
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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“By far the most effective way to reduce ship climate impacts is to slow ships down. A 10% speed reduction can lower the emissions of an individual ship’s journey by almost 20%,” John Maggs @CleanShippingCo @splash247.bsky.social
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Deep sea cargo fleet moving at record low speeds - Splash247
Ocean-going merchant ships are moving slower than ever. Average speeds across the deep sea cargo fleet in the first quarter this year are at a new low, according to data from Clarksons Research. Certa...
splash247.com
March 12, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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⏳ The clock is ticking! With the #ISA meeting around the corner, it’s time for European countries to step up on #DeepSeaMining. Who’s leading the charge for ocean protection? 🌊🦑
🔍 Check out our scorecard and read more in our report ➡️ seas-at-risk.org/publications...
#DefendTheDeep
March 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM