Emma Howard
@emmahoward.bsky.social
Reporter at Unearthed, the investigative journalism outfit backed by Greenpeace. Mostly plastics, water, biodiversity
Find us @unearthednews.bsky.social
Previously at the Guardian.
Find us @unearthednews.bsky.social
Previously at the Guardian.
Reposted by Emma Howard
A quarter of Britain’s native plants are now at risk of extinction
The first update in two decades to a “red list” of plants found a substantial increase in the number of threatened species
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
The first update in two decades to a “red list” of plants found a substantial increase in the number of threatened species
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
November 5, 2025 at 9:38 AM
A quarter of Britain’s native plants are now at risk of extinction
The first update in two decades to a “red list” of plants found a substantial increase in the number of threatened species
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
The first update in two decades to a “red list” of plants found a substantial increase in the number of threatened species
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
“We need to be honest with ourselves that travel is not sustainable in its current format and anything suggesting otherwise is greenwashing.”
Refreshing honesty from a global travel company
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Refreshing honesty from a global travel company
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Tour operator Intrepid drops carbon offsets and emissions targets
Firm will instead invest A$2m a year in ‘climate impact fund’ supporting renewables and switching to EVs
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
“We need to be honest with ourselves that travel is not sustainable in its current format and anything suggesting otherwise is greenwashing.”
Refreshing honesty from a global travel company
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Refreshing honesty from a global travel company
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
This is a rare and amazing environmental success story & we really should be shouting more about it.
In 2019, KCL estimated that without action, it would take 193 years for London to meet the legal limit.
Birmingham, Manchester & Liverpool all recorded worse results.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
In 2019, KCL estimated that without action, it would take 193 years for London to meet the legal limit.
Birmingham, Manchester & Liverpool all recorded worse results.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
London Ulez reduced nitrogen dioxide to legal limit, mayor says
The mayor of London says the fall in airborne toxins is due to the Ultra low emission zone expansion.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 8:01 AM
This is a rare and amazing environmental success story & we really should be shouting more about it.
In 2019, KCL estimated that without action, it would take 193 years for London to meet the legal limit.
Birmingham, Manchester & Liverpool all recorded worse results.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
In 2019, KCL estimated that without action, it would take 193 years for London to meet the legal limit.
Birmingham, Manchester & Liverpool all recorded worse results.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Great (read scary) investigation into the Tony Blair Institute, its relationship with a US tech billionaire & efforts to get NHS health data opened up for AI
I also had no idea TBI was so big: 900 staff!
HT @petergeoghegan.bsky.social @maybulman.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
I also had no idea TBI was so big: 900 staff!
HT @petergeoghegan.bsky.social @maybulman.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
Inside the Tony Blair Institute
Who really benefits from the former PM’s tech evangelism?
www.newstatesman.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Great (read scary) investigation into the Tony Blair Institute, its relationship with a US tech billionaire & efforts to get NHS health data opened up for AI
I also had no idea TBI was so big: 900 staff!
HT @petergeoghegan.bsky.social @maybulman.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
I also had no idea TBI was so big: 900 staff!
HT @petergeoghegan.bsky.social @maybulman.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
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...
Reposted by Emma Howard
Environment minister Mary Creagh has announced the government will make it harder for farmers to apply for emergency authorisations of a group of bee-killing pesticides known as neonics
Says guidance today will require applications to take full account of the risks pesticides pose to pollinators
Says guidance today will require applications to take full account of the risks pesticides pose to pollinators
September 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Environment minister Mary Creagh has announced the government will make it harder for farmers to apply for emergency authorisations of a group of bee-killing pesticides known as neonics
Says guidance today will require applications to take full account of the risks pesticides pose to pollinators
Says guidance today will require applications to take full account of the risks pesticides pose to pollinators
Lush setting for a conference I must say - by the capital's only chalk stream, the River Wandle
At UK River Summit - lots of talk about the government's review of the water sector, in coming weeks and about the unfolding drought.
Hmu if you're hear & want to chat!
#UKRiverSummit
At UK River Summit - lots of talk about the government's review of the water sector, in coming weeks and about the unfolding drought.
Hmu if you're hear & want to chat!
#UKRiverSummit
July 8, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Lush setting for a conference I must say - by the capital's only chalk stream, the River Wandle
At UK River Summit - lots of talk about the government's review of the water sector, in coming weeks and about the unfolding drought.
Hmu if you're hear & want to chat!
#UKRiverSummit
At UK River Summit - lots of talk about the government's review of the water sector, in coming weeks and about the unfolding drought.
Hmu if you're hear & want to chat!
#UKRiverSummit
@mcivillini.bsky.social Hi Matteo, I don't think we've connected before but I work for Unearthed. Got a quick q for you about one of your stories - would you mind following so I can DM you? Thank you
July 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
@mcivillini.bsky.social Hi Matteo, I don't think we've connected before but I work for Unearthed. Got a quick q for you about one of your stories - would you mind following so I can DM you? Thank you
Britain's datacentres are already consuming close to 10 billion litres of water per year - and that's before any AI boom
by @adamvaughan.bsky.social
@foxglovelegal.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
by @adamvaughan.bsky.social
@foxglovelegal.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Thirsty data centres are sucking up Britain’s scarce water supplies
The tech industry faces scrutiny as secrecy clouds the true cost of cooling servers and the country braces for shortages and hosepipe bans
www.thetimes.com
June 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Britain's datacentres are already consuming close to 10 billion litres of water per year - and that's before any AI boom
by @adamvaughan.bsky.social
@foxglovelegal.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
by @adamvaughan.bsky.social
@foxglovelegal.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
The gap between how much water England has and how much it will need in future just got bigger again
By @shoshaadie.bsky.social
www.endsreport.com/article/1922...
By @shoshaadie.bsky.social
www.endsreport.com/article/1922...
England water demand-supply gap widens to five billion litres by 2055
The gap between public water supply and demand is expected to reach five billion litres by 2055 if urgent action isn’t taken, according to the Environment Agency (EA).
www.endsreport.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The gap between how much water England has and how much it will need in future just got bigger again
By @shoshaadie.bsky.social
www.endsreport.com/article/1922...
By @shoshaadie.bsky.social
www.endsreport.com/article/1922...
Reposted by Emma Howard
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...
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...
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.
unearthed.greenpeace.org
June 18, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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...
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...
Reposted by Emma Howard
📢Good news: The 200-year-old Vagrancy Act is finally to be repealed, meaning rough sleeping will no longer be treated as a crime in England & Wales.
CIH have long called for an approach that tackles the root causes of homelessness—not punishes people for it. This is a welcome & long overdue change🧵⬇️
CIH have long called for an approach that tackles the root causes of homelessness—not punishes people for it. This is a welcome & long overdue change🧵⬇️
Rough sleeping to be decriminalised after 200 years
The Government has confirmed it will repeal the outdated Vagrancy Act 1824 by Spring next year, to ensure rough sleeping is no longer a criminal offence.
www.gov.uk
June 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
📢Good news: The 200-year-old Vagrancy Act is finally to be repealed, meaning rough sleeping will no longer be treated as a crime in England & Wales.
CIH have long called for an approach that tackles the root causes of homelessness—not punishes people for it. This is a welcome & long overdue change🧵⬇️
CIH have long called for an approach that tackles the root causes of homelessness—not punishes people for it. This is a welcome & long overdue change🧵⬇️
That's "3.4 million wet tonnes" of literally toxic sh*t with "nowhere to go" to be exact.
Folks at home in the Shire will also be interested to know that the Midlands is where the landfill space is, so if there's a sudden shortfall of land, it's likely coming your way....
Folks at home in the Shire will also be interested to know that the Midlands is where the landfill space is, so if there's a sudden shortfall of land, it's likely coming your way....
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 1:49 PM
That's "3.4 million wet tonnes" of literally toxic sh*t with "nowhere to go" to be exact.
Folks at home in the Shire will also be interested to know that the Midlands is where the landfill space is, so if there's a sudden shortfall of land, it's likely coming your way....
Folks at home in the Shire will also be interested to know that the Midlands is where the landfill space is, so if there's a sudden shortfall of land, it's likely coming your way....
Really enjoying nature getting one over on Big Tech here...
One source familiar with the construction told the Guardian "it had been a rolling three-year saga & said some foxes had begun to dig burrows in the perfectly manicured grounds."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
One source familiar with the construction told the Guardian "it had been a rolling three-year saga & said some foxes had begun to dig burrows in the perfectly manicured grounds."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Google battling ‘fox infestation’ on roof of £1bn London office
Foxes have ‘begun to dig burrows’ in soil of rooftop garden at the as yet unopened King’s Cross headquarters
www.theguardian.com
June 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Really enjoying nature getting one over on Big Tech here...
One source familiar with the construction told the Guardian "it had been a rolling three-year saga & said some foxes had begun to dig burrows in the perfectly manicured grounds."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
One source familiar with the construction told the Guardian "it had been a rolling three-year saga & said some foxes had begun to dig burrows in the perfectly manicured grounds."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Reposted by Emma Howard
This happened for decades with asbestos: industry lobbied to deem certain types safer than others, delaying a ban that would have saved countless lives
The chemical industry is deploying every weapon in its arsenal to fight efforts to regulate harmful forever chemicals, including calling into question the very definition of what PFAS are, writes Watershed's @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Scientists warn against attempts to change definition of ‘forever chemicals’
Move to narrow classification of Pfas and weaken regulation is ‘politically and/or economically motivated’
www.theguardian.com
June 10, 2025 at 7:43 AM
This happened for decades with asbestos: industry lobbied to deem certain types safer than others, delaying a ban that would have saved countless lives
This is a really important & quite shocking, investigation.
The water industry is worried that in just 3 years time it may have nowhere to send millions of tonnes of sludge.
Sludge is spread on farms but there are now concerning levels of PFAS in it.
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/06/09/s...
The water industry is worried that in just 3 years time it may have nowhere to send millions of tonnes of sludge.
Sludge is spread on farms but there are now concerning levels of PFAS in it.
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 8:01 AM
This is a really important & quite shocking, investigation.
The water industry is worried that in just 3 years time it may have nowhere to send millions of tonnes of sludge.
Sludge is spread on farms but there are now concerning levels of PFAS in it.
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/06/09/s...
The water industry is worried that in just 3 years time it may have nowhere to send millions of tonnes of sludge.
Sludge is spread on farms but there are now concerning levels of PFAS in it.
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/06/09/s...
Three years after our investigation into Total's huge carbon offsetting project in the Congo, the oil giant is abandoning it - @reporterre.net reports.
It's reportedly stopped funding the project & pulled staff out the country. It planted 12.5% of the intended trees.
reporterre.net/TotalEnergie...
It's reportedly stopped funding the project & pulled staff out the country. It planted 12.5% of the intended trees.
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, ...
reporterre.net
May 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Three years after our investigation into Total's huge carbon offsetting project in the Congo, the oil giant is abandoning it - @reporterre.net reports.
It's reportedly stopped funding the project & pulled staff out the country. It planted 12.5% of the intended trees.
reporterre.net/TotalEnergie...
It's reportedly stopped funding the project & pulled staff out the country. It planted 12.5% of the intended trees.
reporterre.net/TotalEnergie...
Reposted by Emma Howard
NEW from me: China's CO2 emissions fell ~1.6% in the first quarter and have now been flat or down for more than a year. This is the first time on record that emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand.
NEW – Analysis: Clean energy just put China’s CO2 emissions into reverse for first time | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/6eAcjRU
Read here: buff.ly/6eAcjRU
May 15, 2025 at 5:45 AM
NEW from me: China's CO2 emissions fell ~1.6% in the first quarter and have now been flat or down for more than a year. This is the first time on record that emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand.
"[It's] largely underground, changes in volume depending on whether it’s rained recently & tries to swallow you up every time you set foot in it"
The government wants you to know that mapping the biggest carbon store on UK land was not easy - & it's not healthy.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The government wants you to know that mapping the biggest carbon store on UK land was not easy - & it's not healthy.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Eighty percent of England’s peatlands are dry and degraded, mapping shows
Healthy peatlands can help tackle the climate crisis but degraded peat emits carbon and contributes to global heating
www.theguardian.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
"[It's] largely underground, changes in volume depending on whether it’s rained recently & tries to swallow you up every time you set foot in it"
The government wants you to know that mapping the biggest carbon store on UK land was not easy - & it's not healthy.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The government wants you to know that mapping the biggest carbon store on UK land was not easy - & it's not healthy.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Emma Howard
The same Tony Blair has been paid to advise oil rich autocratic states including Azerbaijan, UAE and Kazakhstan
This should be included in *every* story about his net zero comments
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
This should be included in *every* story about his net zero comments
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Tony Blair calls for radical reset of climate change policies in major intervention
Former PM warns climate policy has become disconnected from ‘political, public, and economic reality’ and claims COP is struggling to ‘deliver change at the speed required’
www.independent.co.uk
April 30, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The same Tony Blair has been paid to advise oil rich autocratic states including Azerbaijan, UAE and Kazakhstan
This should be included in *every* story about his net zero comments
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
This should be included in *every* story about his net zero comments
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Reposted by Emma Howard
BREAKING: Brazil meat giant JBS has received approval from the SEC for its plan to list on the New York Stock Exchange.
The new comes days after we revealed its pledge to rid its vast Amazon beef supply chain of deforestation by January is likely to be broken
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The new comes days after we revealed its pledge to rid its vast Amazon beef supply chain of deforestation by January is likely to be broken
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Brazilian Meat Giant JBS Gets SEC Approval for New York Listing
Brazil’s JBS SA has received approval from the US Securities Exchange Commission for its proposed share listing in New York, clearing another hurdle in the meatpacker’s pursuit to boost its market val...
www.bloomberg.com
April 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
BREAKING: Brazil meat giant JBS has received approval from the SEC for its plan to list on the New York Stock Exchange.
The new comes days after we revealed its pledge to rid its vast Amazon beef supply chain of deforestation by January is likely to be broken
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The new comes days after we revealed its pledge to rid its vast Amazon beef supply chain of deforestation by January is likely to be broken
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Reposted by Emma Howard
project 2025 comes to london. kudos to desmog for snagging the guestlist
www.desmog.com/2025/02/16/l...
www.desmog.com/2025/02/16/l...
LEAKED: Oil Execs and Trump Allies Attend Jordan Peterson’s ARC Conference
Executives from some of the world’s biggest oil and gas firms are listed as attendees at a conservative conference in London whose keynote speakers include the leader of the Heritage Foundation – the ...
www.desmog.com
February 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
project 2025 comes to london. kudos to desmog for snagging the guestlist
www.desmog.com/2025/02/16/l...
www.desmog.com/2025/02/16/l...
Reposted by Emma Howard
This is a nuclear-powered icebreaker, operated by a state-owned Russian company called Atomflot.
Atomflot has been sanctioned by the EU, UK and US since 2023.
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Atomflot has been sanctioned by the EU, UK and US since 2023.
🧵
February 10, 2025 at 9:28 AM
This is a nuclear-powered icebreaker, operated by a state-owned Russian company called Atomflot.
Atomflot has been sanctioned by the EU, UK and US since 2023.
🧵
Atomflot has been sanctioned by the EU, UK and US since 2023.
🧵