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SourceMaterial @source-material.org · 2d
The Shadow Fleet shipping Russia's oil is already leaving trails of oil in its wake, raising the question of who will pay up if the worst is to happen.

Our latest investigation with @victorjack.bsky.social of @politico.eu, using data from @skytruth.org.
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Shadow fleet slicks test limits of EU sanctions – SourceMaterial
As the West continues to blacklist ship carrying Russian oil, new slicks near Europe’s shores test the limits of Western sanctions
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Victor Jack @victorjack.bsky.social · 2d
NEW: Russian-linked vessels are continuing to leak oil off Europe’s shores — despite Western sanctions — underscoring the continent’s inability to rein in Moscow’s so-called shadow fleet.

Read our joint investigation with @source-material.org here:

www.politico.eu/article/russ...
Russia’s blacklisted tankers keep dumping oil in Europe’s seas
Shadow fleet vessels sailed unimpeded in EU waters after leaving slicks near the continent.
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SourceMaterial @source-material.org · 5d
A reminder of our investigation from earlier this year...https://www.source-material.org/russia-oil-shadow-fleet-crew-sanctions/
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SourceMaterial @source-material.org · 5d
You can read more about the project here. www.ftm.eu/articles/who...
European shipowners keep Russia’s shadow fleet afloat – and cash in billions
Western shipowners received more than 6 billion dollars by selling old oil tankers to a shadow fleet transporting Russian oil, an international investigation led by Follow the Money has found. German,...
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SourceMaterial @source-material.org · 5d
We're delighted that The Shadow Fleet Secrets – a project we worked on with @ftm.nl and a team of international outlets – has been shortlisted for the Daphne Caruana Prize for Journalism. daphnejournalismprize.eu/edition-2025...
Finalists 2025 – Daphne Caruana Galizia
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SourceMaterial @source-material.org · 9d
Many other excellent journalists and stories were nominated. You can see the full shortlist here: www.societyofeditors.org/events/media...
Shortlist 2025 – Society of Editors
Society of Editors. Protecting the freedom of the news media
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SourceMaterial @source-material.org · 9d
Our story investigated millions of used UK tyres being shipped to India to make dirty fuel, harming people and the environment in the process.

Read more here: www.source-material.org/waste-tyre-p...
Burning Rubber – SourceMaterial
Millions of used UK tyres are being shipped to India to make dirty fuel harming people and the environment
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SourceMaterial @source-material.org · 9d
We're very pleased to have been shortlisted for the Society of Editors Media Freedom Awards 2025 for our story 'Burning Rubber: the poisonous afterlife of waste tyres', in partnership with the BBC.
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SourceMaterial @source-material.org · 16d
Click on this link to see all the winners of this year's Covering Climate Now awards: coveringclimatenow.org/projects/the...
The 2025 CCNow Journalism Awards — Covering Climate Now
Covering Climate Now is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 CCNow Journalism Awards. Our awards program, now in its fifth year, honors excellent reporting on many critical dimensions of the c...
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SourceMaterial @source-material.org · 16d
And watch the documentary edited by Le Monde here: www.source-material.org/total-mozamb...
Total’s Mozambique gas project faces scrutiny over abuse claims
Governments are reviewing support $20 billion gas project after SourceMaterial revealed abuse allegations against troops defending Mozambique site
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SourceMaterial @source-material.org · 16d
You can read the full story here: www.source-material.org/mozambique-t...
'Don't look back or we'll shoot' - SourceMaterial
When Islamist insurgents unleashed terror on northern Mozambique, civilians living in the shadow of Africa’s biggest gas project thought troops paid by the French energy giant would protect them. They...
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SourceMaterial @source-material.org · 16d
'Don't look back or we'll shoot' is an investigation into how TotalEnergies knew that troops it funded in Mozambique stood accused of torture, rape, and killing, but kept paying them to protect their fossil fuel assets.
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SourceMaterial @source-material.org · 16d
We're delighted to have won in the 'Conflict & Climate Change' category at this year's Covering Climate Now awards with a project in partnership with our colleagues at Le Monde 🏆
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SourceMaterial @source-material.org · Aug 21
Read the full story here: www.source-material.org/game-of-gree...
‘Game of greenwashing’ – SourceMaterial
The World Bank has picked Accra, Ghana, for a plastic credits scheme. For the city’s waste picker workers, it’s a false solution.
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SourceMaterial @source-material.org · Aug 21
Despite it all, Bamfo built Nkosoo Waste Management (“progress” in Twi), where she shelters young waste pickers. “It is important work we do,” she says. “We clean the city.”
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SourceMaterial @source-material.org · Aug 21
Projects like the Asase Foundation, funded by the World Bank, turn sachets into pellets and “plastic lumber”. But picker leaders say these schemes sideline their work leaving the real problem—unchecked plastic production—untouched. One researcher calls credits a “game of greenwashing”.
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SourceMaterial @source-material.org · Aug 21
The World Bank’s answer? Plastic credits. Companies buy offsets and the money is used to fund recycling projects, so that polluters can claim to be “plastic neutral.” But Bamfo says it hasn’t slowed the flood of waste—or helped the waste pickers scraping by on cents per kilo.
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SourceMaterial @source-material.org · Aug 21
When Bamfo first started, neighbours called her a “vulture” and even a “witch.” Her family cut her off. Today she leads 8,000 workers in the Accra Tricycle Association. “I was an orphan like these children once,” she says nodding towards the young pickers scattered across her yard.
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SourceMaterial @source-material.org · Aug 21
Accra’s 3M residents dump over 1M tonnes of plastic a year—around 31kg per person. Beaches are buried, drains clogged, malaria spreads. The city relies on informal pickers to clean up the rubbish, yet their work is underpaid, dangerous, and widely stigmatised.
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SourceMaterial @source-material.org · Aug 21
At dawn in Accra, Ghana, Lydia Bamfo (51) sets out to collect plastic waste. For 25 years she’s battled the tide of rubbish overwhelming her city. Now she says the World Bank’s “solution” has done nothing to help workers like her. 🧵
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SourceMaterial @source-material.org · Aug 7
Here's SourceMaterial's version:

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‘Game of greenwashing’ – SourceMaterial
The World Bank has picked Accra, Ghana, for a plastic credits scheme. For the city’s waste picker workers, it’s a false solution.
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SourceMaterial @source-material.org · Aug 7
NEW: SourceMaterial's investigation into a World Bank-backed plastic credits scheme shows it has sparked controversy in Accra, Ghana.

Waste picker associations say they are 'sick and tired' of the 'false solution'.

With @ajenglish.bsky.social:

www.aljazeera.com/features/lon...
Ghana’s waste pickers brave mountains of plastic – and big industry
Accra has been picked by a World Bank bond to end the waste crisis. But for informal recyclers, it is a false solution.
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SourceMaterial @source-material.org · Jun 18
This is the first time crewing agencies have been subject to sanctions, just a few months after we reported that Ukrainian and European companies were supplying sailors to help keep Putin's shadow fleet afloat.

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Shadow crews
As Ukraine’s troops battle Russia’s invading army, EU and Ukrainian companies are supplying sailors to help keep Putin’s shadow fleet afloat
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SourceMaterial @source-material.org · Jun 18
Keir Starmer said he's "tightening the screws" on Putin as he announced a raft of new sanctions, including two companies involved in crewing and managing ships involved in Russia's illegal oil exports.

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Starmer tightens screws on Putin with raft of fresh sanctions against Russia
Keir Starmer said his sanctions would choke off Putin’s ability to continue his war
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SourceMaterial @source-material.org · Jun 2
You can read the latest update on the project from @reporterre.net here reporterre.net/TotalEnergie...
TotalEnergies abandonne en catimini un projet de compensation carbone au Congo
Après l'avoir lancé en grande pompe, TotalEnergies abandonne en silence un projet de plantation de forêt pour compenser ses émissions en République du Congo. 12 % des arbres promis y ont été plantés, ...
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