Alice Ross
@aliceross.bsky.social
Co-editor of Unearthed (unearthednews.bsky.social), Greenpeace UK's investigative journalism project. Belatedly fleeing the other place. Happy now @zdboren.bsky.social?
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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...
My latest for @unearthednews.bsky.social
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/09/17/t...
Trump golf course in Scotland repeatedly broke sewage contamination limits
Sewage discharge testing found ‘non-compliant’ samples 14 times since 2019
unearthed.greenpeace.org
September 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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...
My latest for @unearthednews.bsky.social
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/09/17/t...
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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...
my latest for @unearthednews.bsky.social
with @ellieodonnell.bsky.social
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/06/09/s...
‘No Plan B’: Water companies fear pollution crackdown will stop them spreading sewage sludge on farmland
unearthed.greenpeace.org
June 10, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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...
my latest for @unearthednews.bsky.social
with @ellieodonnell.bsky.social
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/06/09/s...
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Opposite Day Alien vs Predator: Whoever Loses, We Win
June 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Opposite Day Alien vs Predator: Whoever Loses, We Win
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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...
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...
April 26, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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...
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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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?
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?
April 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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?
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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The decision regarding Energy Transfer v Greenpeace about the activism against the Dakota Access Pipeline is out. Not only will the decision likely bankrupt Greenpeace US, but it will set a precedent that could limit free speech by climate groups & other NGOs.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Greenpeace ordered to pay Dakota Access Pipeline operator hundreds of millions in defamation suit
A North Dakota jury awarded damages to Energy Transfer, the company that runs the Dakota Access Pipeline, after finding Greenpeace liable in a high-stakes defamation case.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The decision regarding Energy Transfer v Greenpeace about the activism against the Dakota Access Pipeline is out. Not only will the decision likely bankrupt Greenpeace US, but it will set a precedent that could limit free speech by climate groups & other NGOs.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
This is quite something 📉
📢ANALYSIS: UK emissions fell 3.6% in 2024 to lowest since 1872
🏭Coal lowest since 1666, when Great Fire ravaged London
🚗EVs pushed oil down despite more traffic, saving £1.7bn
🌇Gas down on "cleanest ever" power
📈📉Since 1990, CO2 -54% / GDP +84%
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/9
🏭Coal lowest since 1666, when Great Fire ravaged London
🚗EVs pushed oil down despite more traffic, saving £1.7bn
🌇Gas down on "cleanest ever" power
📈📉Since 1990, CO2 -54% / GDP +84%
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/9
March 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This is quite something 📉
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Elon Musk’s shift to far-right alliances is fuelling climate denial across the U.S. and Europe, undermining climate action while boosting extremist parties like Germany’s AfD. Read
@desmog.bsky.social deep dive into this troubling trend:
@desmog.bsky.social deep dive into this troubling trend:
Elon Musk’s Embrace of Far-Right Energizes Transatlantic Climate Denial
In December, a Chicago-based organization called the Heartland Institute, which for decades has attempted to undermine the scientific consensus on climate change, devoted an episode of its daily…
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February 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Elon Musk’s shift to far-right alliances is fuelling climate denial across the U.S. and Europe, undermining climate action while boosting extremist parties like Germany’s AfD. Read
@desmog.bsky.social deep dive into this troubling trend:
@desmog.bsky.social deep dive into this troubling trend:
Here's a 🧵 on my latest story, out today with The i inews.co.uk/news/shell-g...
February 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Here's a 🧵 on my latest story, out today with The i inews.co.uk/news/shell-g...
I've been staring at a lot of ship tracking videos lately.
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 🚢
🚢 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 🚢
Sanctioned nuclear icebreakers helped export gas from the Russian Arctic bought by Shell
unearthed.greenpeace.org
February 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I've been staring at a lot of ship tracking videos lately.
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We joined Bluesky one month ago today 🐋 Thanks to everyone who has followed and engaged with our climate and nature investigations so far.
In case you missed them, we've published 3 stories since we got here...
In case you missed them, we've published 3 stories since we got here...
December 19, 2024 at 10:06 AM
We joined Bluesky one month ago today 🐋 Thanks to everyone who has followed and engaged with our climate and nature investigations so far.
In case you missed them, we've published 3 stories since we got here...
In case you missed them, we've published 3 stories since we got here...
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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...
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...
December 8, 2024 at 7:46 AM
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...
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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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/...
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/...
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
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 3:36 PM
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/...
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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listen. I do not report on Korean politics. I'm out here because my (drunk) freelancer requests received a "can't do" so I just set off on my own. this is genuinely the most clumsy scene report possible. I really want to be honest about that.
Is an impeachment vote likely?
December 3, 2024 at 4:33 PM
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There's an otter living behind the Big Tesco in Barking, @londoncentric.media reports
(warning: much of the rest of the newsletter is a horrific indictment of London's housing crisis, also very much worth reading) www.londoncentric.media/p/i-was-cove...
(warning: much of the rest of the newsletter is a horrific indictment of London's housing crisis, also very much worth reading) www.londoncentric.media/p/i-was-cove...
"I was covered in human poo": One family's shocking story of London's housing crisis
Plus: Otters are getting closer to the centre of London.
www.londoncentric.media
November 27, 2024 at 3:13 PM
There's an otter living behind the Big Tesco in Barking, @londoncentric.media reports
(warning: much of the rest of the newsletter is a horrific indictment of London's housing crisis, also very much worth reading) www.londoncentric.media/p/i-was-cove...
(warning: much of the rest of the newsletter is a horrific indictment of London's housing crisis, also very much worth reading) www.londoncentric.media/p/i-was-cove...
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Earlier this month, I wrote about Amazon Haul, the company's Temu-alike. As I wrote here, I suspect Amazon would prefer to get to the point where they can disclaim any implied promise of quality or fitness, and make it hard or impossible to return such goods too.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Amazon Haul Is an Omen
Welcome to the slop era of online shopping.
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Earlier this month, I wrote about Amazon Haul, the company's Temu-alike. As I wrote here, I suspect Amazon would prefer to get to the point where they can disclaim any implied promise of quality or fitness, and make it hard or impossible to return such goods too.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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💣NEW/FOIA Files: EXCLUSIVE: After nearly 8 yrs of painstaking public records work, ODNI declassified a closely guarded memorandum in response to my request related to the targeted assassinations of Vladimir Putin’s political foes. It’s a HUGE score
Click to read
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Click to read
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November 22, 2024 at 3:34 PM
💣NEW/FOIA Files: EXCLUSIVE: After nearly 8 yrs of painstaking public records work, ODNI declassified a closely guarded memorandum in response to my request related to the targeted assassinations of Vladimir Putin’s political foes. It’s a HUGE score
Click to read
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Click to read
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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November 22, 2024 at 12:17 PM
I'd missed the extent to which Jeremy Clarkson has really gone off the deep end (again).
Reeves and Starmer “want to carpet bomb our farmland with new towns for immigrants and net zero windfarms", apparently.
Yikes
www.desmog.com/2024/11/21/c...
Reeves and Starmer “want to carpet bomb our farmland with new towns for immigrants and net zero windfarms", apparently.
Yikes
www.desmog.com/2024/11/21/c...
Climate Science Deniers Use Farmers’ Protests to Attack Net Zero
A network of conspiracy theorists has jumped on the inheritance tax debate to fuel an anti-green “culture war”, experts say. Thousands of farmers demonstrated in Westminster on Tuesday against the Lab...
www.desmog.com
November 22, 2024 at 2:30 PM
I'd missed the extent to which Jeremy Clarkson has really gone off the deep end (again).
Reeves and Starmer “want to carpet bomb our farmland with new towns for immigrants and net zero windfarms", apparently.
Yikes
www.desmog.com/2024/11/21/c...
Reeves and Starmer “want to carpet bomb our farmland with new towns for immigrants and net zero windfarms", apparently.
Yikes
www.desmog.com/2024/11/21/c...
Even the most basic court records can be inexplicably hard to get hold of if you weren't in the room - @georgegreenwood.bsky.social is right that the UK needs a US PACER-style system
Reform MP James McMurdock was jailed for repeatedly kicking his girlfriend.
He had told the media he was jailed for "pushing" his former partner in 2006.
Court records obtained by The Times say the sentence was given because of "the serious nature of the offence”.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
He had told the media he was jailed for "pushing" his former partner in 2006.
Court records obtained by The Times say the sentence was given because of "the serious nature of the offence”.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Reform MP James McMurdock was jailed for repeatedly kicking girlfriend
The MP had told the media he had been jailed for ‘pushing’ former partner in 2006, when the court records say he repeatedly kicked her on a night out
www.thetimes.com
November 22, 2024 at 10:28 AM
Even the most basic court records can be inexplicably hard to get hold of if you weren't in the room - @georgegreenwood.bsky.social is right that the UK needs a US PACER-style system
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Five years ago, as campaigners fought to get a global plastic treaty off the ground, 30 companies involved in plastic – from Exxon to Veolia – got together to launch a $1.5 billion organisation to “end plastic waste”.
So how have they been doing? 🧵
#INC5
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2024/11/20/a...
So how have they been doing? 🧵
#INC5
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2024/11/20/a...
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
unearthed.greenpeace.org
November 20, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Five years ago, as campaigners fought to get a global plastic treaty off the ground, 30 companies involved in plastic – from Exxon to Veolia – got together to launch a $1.5 billion organisation to “end plastic waste”.
So how have they been doing? 🧵
#INC5
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2024/11/20/a...
So how have they been doing? 🧵
#INC5
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2024/11/20/a...
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The big petro companies have been running a high-profile campaign to "end plastic waste." A new investigation shows that, during the campaign, these companies have produced 1000X more plastic than they have cleaned up. unearthed.greenpeace.org/2024/11/20/a...
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
unearthed.greenpeace.org
November 20, 2024 at 11:46 PM
The big petro companies have been running a high-profile campaign to "end plastic waste." A new investigation shows that, during the campaign, these companies have produced 1000X more plastic than they have cleaned up. unearthed.greenpeace.org/2024/11/20/a...
Just some oil industry execs explaining to their peers that climate change was a massive threat in 1984 and then doubling down for the next 40 years, nothing to see here
November 20, 2024 at 11:59 PM
Just some oil industry execs explaining to their peers that climate change was a massive threat in 1984 and then doubling down for the next 40 years, nothing to see here
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The Alliance to End Plastic Waste was set up by industry, aiming to spend $1.5bn on tackling plastic pollution. @zdboren.bsky.social and @emmahoward.bsky.social found that just five of its members produced 1,000 times more plastic than it's cleaned up unearthed.greenpeace.org/2024/11/20/a...
November 20, 2024 at 10:38 AM
The Alliance to End Plastic Waste was set up by industry, aiming to spend $1.5bn on tackling plastic pollution. @zdboren.bsky.social and @emmahoward.bsky.social found that just five of its members produced 1,000 times more plastic than it's cleaned up unearthed.greenpeace.org/2024/11/20/a...