Big Oil is literally burning the planet for profit. We are not mad enough. Governments must finally make big polluters pay for the damage they are causing. #MakePollutersPay
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Dr Susan Reid www.oceanjustice.com.au #oceanjustice, Critical ocean studies, ocean ontologies, #oceanlaw, #envhum, ocean governance, #ocean #sea #extractivism, #deepseamining #multibeing #multispecies 🧜🪸🌊🐠🐋🦑🦈🌊🦀🐚🪸🐡
Environmentalists fear bird flu could devastate Phillip Island little penguin population
Fears bird flu could have 'devastating' effect on Phillip Island penguins
Conservationists say they fear the arrival of H5 bird flu in Australia could have a devastating impact on Phillip Island's penguin population.
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Billionaires & Trillionaires junk the moon, junk the ocean, junk the rivers, junk the forests, junk the air, junk the soils and rocks, junk beings with a pulse, beings with lungs, beings with gills, feathers and fur… www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
A drifting part of a SpaceX rocket is about to crash into the Moon
Part of a SpaceX rocket will crash into the Moon, with the impact likely to be seen from Earth.
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Fears shared on Australia reaching bleak milestone in spread of H5 bird flu
There are fears Australia has reached a bleak milestone in the spread of H5 bird flu, following the discovery of a large group of dead and sick birds off South Australia's coast on Friday.
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On May 28th, Samoan and Pacific Islander communities showed up outside Coca-Cola's AGM in London and handed executives a message in a bottle. Sign the petition: http://breakfreefromplastic.org/2026-coca-cola-petition #BreakFreeFromPlastic #FalseSolutions #CocaCola
41 % of Earth’s amphibians and reptiles face extinction. BC industries were permitted to relocate over 5 million reptiles and amphibians to make way for pipeline and culvert developments…with no requirement to monitor survival outcome. #MultibeingJustice #Multibeing thenarwhal.ca/bc-frog-tran...
5 million frogs displaced by industry in B.C. How many survived? | The Narwhal
Displacing animals in B.C. is legal with a permit, with no data or tracking measures to see if the animals survive
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At #ISA31, delegates continue their negotiations on the draft exploitation regulations for deep-sea #mining, addressing annexes related to the environmental impact statement, and the emergency response and contingency plan. #seabed #OceanGovernance #DeepSeabedNeedsRules
With some ready to begin mining #criticalminerals on the ocean floor, the International Seabed Authority Council faces growing pressure to advance draft exploitation rules while ensuring environmental protection, fair benefit-sharing and legal certainty #ISA31 Summary ➡️ enb.iisd.org/internationa...
As delegates gather in Kingston, Jamaica for #ISA31 this month, a new DOSI Information Sheet sets out why chemical contamination is one of the least-understood risks of #DeepSeaMining. 📄 Read the Info Sheet on our website: buff.ly/593AfgW
“waters off Whyalla usually teem with tens of thousands of cephalopoda, as they make their annual migration. This season, however, only dozens have been reported” Algal bloom? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
No-show cuttlefish result in million-dollar loss for regional SA town
Whyalla has been forced to wind back services and let staff let go as its tourism industry suffers million-dollar losses from cuttlefish not making their usual migration.
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"shark culls "don't reduce" the long-term risks of shark attacks.” Instead, “the issue of warming waters needed to be addressed.” There’s *not more sharks in the water*, …they're just “in different places at different times than they have [been] historically," www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
'Highly migratory': Shark cull won't improve beach safety, expert says
Culling sharks would not reduce the risk of attacks, a marine biologist says, as the family of Sydney shark attack victim Leah Stewart says she has a "long road to recovery" ahead of her.
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Over 60,000 public comments opposed federal seabed mining leases near the Marianas. In response to the federal push, Guam just enacted a law deep-sea mining locally and restricting port access. Read more on how the community is fighting back: tinyurl.com/yckcrrca
Governor signs ban on deep-sea mining, violators face $50K fines
Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero signed a bill into law banning deep-sea mining from Guam and its nearshore waters under threat of fines of up to $50,000 per day and barring
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A new investigation by @ejfoundation.org reveals widespread illegal #fishing, environmental destruction and severe human rights abuses across the global squid industry, one of the world's most poorly governed #seafood sectors. ejfoundation.org/news-media/g...
Global squid fleets exposed: new investigation reveals rampant forced…
The Environmental Justice Foundation exists to protect the natural world and defend our basic human right to a secure environment.
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Papua New Guinea has detailed its plans to protect approximately 200,000 km² of Pacific Ocean waters from fishing and all other destructive human activity. Papua New Guinea sits within the Coral Triangle, the global epicentre of marine biodiversity. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/papua-n...
Papua New Guinea announces largest MPA in its history - Oceanographic
Papua New Guinea has announced the Western Manus Marine Protected Area - a no-take zone covering 200,000 km² of the Pacific Ocean.
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Big fishing ships can stay at sea for over a YEAR. But they don't do it alone: fuel suppliers, insurers & crew agencies all help keep them running. And that means that all these services? They can be powerful allies to combat illegal fishing. Read: https://oceana.ly/4uqehra
'Deep frustration with the federal budget has led more than 400 scientists, young people, Indigenous leaders, & conservation experts to write collectively to the Prime Minister & Treasurer, pleading for adequate funding to stop rapid nature loss'. biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/scienti...
Scientists and young people send joint letter to PM about intergenerational failure of the budget on nature | Biodiversity Council Australia
Deep frustration with the budget has led more than 400 scientists, young people, Indigenous leaders, and conservation experts to write collectively to the Prime Minister and Treasurer, pleading for ad...
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14km from salmon pens. The interests of foreign owned corporations taking precedence over local commercial fisheries. #politas
Antibiotic found in wild seafood 14 kilometres from salmon farm
Tasmania's Natural Resources and Environment Department has confirmed the antibiotic florfenicol was detected at a 'low level' in wild seafood 14 kilometres from where the drug was administered.
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We can’t recycle our way out of the plastic crisis. As long as companies keep ramping up plastic production, recycling will always be too little, too late. 🎨: Famous paintings reimagined by artist Juha Hansen in collaboration with Greenpeace, no AI used ✌️
I joined Pew Trusts’ "After the Fact" podcast to talk about the deep sea—and why so much about it is still unknown. We explore what’s at stake as interest in #DeepSeaMining grows, and what we still need to understand before moving forward. 🦑 🎧here: pewtrsts.org/42OPvFG
What Does a Barbie Pig Have to Do With Seabed Mining?
Meet the “barbie pig,” “gummy squirrel,” and “headless chicken monster”: These fantastical-sounding nicknames belong to real creatures living in the deep sea—one of the most extreme environments on Earth. And taxonomists, the scientists who discover and name new species, are finding new life in the ocean with every expedition to its depths. In fact, the deep sea makes up 90% of the marine environment, yet recent science suggests we've seen less than 1% of it.
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Dear Germany, this is outrageous! ⚠️ At whatever $$$ cost go collect your toxic waste 😡 🦑🦀🇩🇪 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...
Giant iceberg with shipping containers spotted off Antarctica
Details of how the shipping containers ended up on a giant iceberg have been revealed in one of the more unusual reports tabled at the annual meeting of Antarctic Treaty nations.
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Love IOTC claiming credit for rebuilding fish stocks-nothing to do with the labour of tuna 🙄 New catch levels proposed exceed scientists’ recommendations “possibly jeopardizing the health of the recently recovered [Indian Ocean] yellowfin tuna stock” #oceanjustice news.mongabay.com/2026/05/indi...
Indian Ocean tuna regulator eases yellowfin fishing curbs amid sustainability concerns
An annual meeting of the regulatory body overseeing the tuna fishery across the Indian Ocean has agreed to update the rules governing one of the region’s most iconic species: yellowfin tuna. The easin...
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Deep seabed mining: a poster industry for blue capitalism[i] Extractivism’s latest frontier has reached the remote, deep seabed. Corporations and their state sponsors are gearing up to mine manganese nodule fields in a nine million km2 region of the Eastern Pacific seafloor, known as the Clarion…
Deep seabed mining: a poster industry for blue capitalism[i]
Extractivism’s latest frontier has reached the remote, deep seabed. Corporations and their state sponsors are gearing up to mine manganese nodule fields in a nine million km2 region of the Eastern Pacific seafloor, known as the Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ). Some of earth’s most diverse ecosystems are associated with nodule fields,[1] such as those found in the CCZ. Deep-living beings of the CCZ are particularly vulnerable to disturbances due to their slow growth rates, maturation at a relatively old age, long life expectancies, and low or unpredict- able recruitment.
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While the impacts on humans, forests and the animals that live in them are the most observable effects, wildfires also have devastating impacts on aquatic life, especially #fish. theconversation.com/new-research...
New research highlights how wildfires are harming fish
Research shows that wildfires are causing more debris, sediment and chemicals to enter waterways, harming fish and other aquatic life.
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