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Big oil is playing games with our ocean New research from Oceana reveals 22 new oil fields could be approved by the government. Eight are INSIDE or next to protected areas. Rosebank's pipeline cuts straight through one. The deck's stacked ...

Fossil fuel projects like the Glendronach oil field leak mercury into our seas, which ends up in the ocean, and in our marine wildlife 🐬

Big Oil isn't just driving climate breakdown. They’re poisoning our seas ❌🌊

📩 Demand an end to new oil and gas: act.oceana.org/page/171529/...

Mercury pollution in marine mammals is increasing – new study Three decades of data from UK harbour porpoises show mercury is still increasing despite a global treaty to reduce it.

🚨 Mercury pollution in UK seas is STILL rising, and porpoises with higher mercury levels are more likely to die from infectious disease, a new study shows ⚠️
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Hidden vessel traffic threatens life in Scotland’s MPAs - Oceanographic A study finds two-thirds of vessels in Scotland’s MPAs aren’t using tracking system, exposing major gaps in protection for marine species.

🚢 Hidden vessels are threatening marine life in Scotland's protected waters 🚨

Nearly 2/3 of ships entering Scottish marine havens go undetected as they don’t use AIS, an identification system ❌
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Big oil is playing games with our ocean New research from Oceana reveals 22 new oil fields could be approved by the government. Eight are INSIDE or next to protected areas. Rosebank's pipeline cuts straight through one. The deck's stacked ...

Starting by ending ALL new oil & gas in UK seas 🌊🛑

Agree? Take action with us ✍️💪
👉 act.oceana.org/page/171529/...

#ClimateAction

COP30: UN climate talks fail to secure new fossil fuel promises Nearly 200 countries attended COP30, which aimed to commit the world to take more action on climate change.

No mention of fossil fuels in the final #COP30 agreement 🌍❌… hugely disappointing. A weak text won’t save our seas from the climate crisis 🌊

There's now more urgency needed than ever to do all we can in home waters ⚠️🔽
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

149 species at risk 🐬
900 MILLION tonnes of CO2 🔥

1 email from you 📩

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#OilFieldFiles

This isn't a game. It's a guaranteed environmental disaster.

But every field stopped is a victory. And we're going to win.

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🚨 Half the UK’s top 10 fish stocks are being overexploited. Overfishing is emptying our seas, & it’s a political choice ⚠️

📩Today on #WorldFisheriesDay, tell the Prime Minister to act: https://bit.ly/3LUP1Zk

🚨 The UK has REFUSED to back a plan to save collapsing mackerel stocks 🐟

By ignoring scientific advice, the UK is fuelling overfishing.

This isn’t complicated. It’s a political choice.

📩 This #WorldFisheriesDay, tell the PM to stop overfishing: act.oceana.org/page/178303/...

This is where we make our stand. On the beach.

Learn more about our Oil Field Files and inform you MP of the Oil Field Files - 22 new oil and gas fields awaiting approval with huge environmental impact.

Take Action → https://bit.ly/490ZLPq

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This is what's at stake...

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This card = protected area destroyed

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Sussex Wildlife Trust claims victory in Brighton dredging battle The Trust challenged the plan to dredge a million tonnes and dump it on a marine conservation area.

🎉 Incredible ocean win from our friends at @sussexwildlife.bsky.social in a battle to stop dredging taking place in a conservation zone. Plans involved one million tonnes of sediment being dumped over 10 years on "important, internationally rare habitat"
https://bbc.in/4p4bOQG

Puffins: Isle of Muck comeback 'proves restoration works' Puffins have been seen on the Isle of Muck off Antrim for the first time in at least 25 years

🎉 Puffins spotted on Ireland’s Isle of Muck for the first time in years, after major conservation efforts to remove invasive rats. With most seabird species at risk, this is huge - proof that restoration works!

🤞 Here’s hoping for pufflings next year! #OceanWin
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Fisherman films 'magical' humpback whale off Norfolk coast The fisherman is surprised by the size of the whale as it swims near his boat.

🐋 SPOTTED! Humpback whale off the Norfolk coast 🎉

"It made me feel so emotional. When you see these creatures it's usually on TV watching David Attenborough. It was just magical," said Andrew, who spotted the ocean giant from his boat. Watch below 🔽
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cvg7mn0359ro

This is where we make our stand. On the beach.

Learn more about our Oil Field Files and inform you MP of the Oil Field Files - 22 new oil and gas fields awaiting approval with huge environmental impact.

Take Action → https://bit.ly/490ZLPq

#OilFieldFiles

Big oil is playing games with our ocean New research from Oceana reveals 22 new oil fields could be approved by the government. Eight are INSIDE or next to protected areas. Rosebank's pipeline cuts straight through one. The deck's stacked ...

That means one in every 25 participants at the 2025 UN climate summit is a representative of Big Oil - the industry driving the climate crisis 😡

Enough is enough. It's time to make our voices heard.

Help us end new oil and gas in our waters: act.oceana.org/page/171529/...

Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out

🚨 1,600+ fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the #COP30 climate summit in Brazil, outnumbering every single country’s delegation except Brazil, new analysis shows 🔽
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The hidden deforestation beneath the waves | Euractiv Tackling the carbon emissions of bottom trawling is a fast and effective way to forestall climate change while protecting our precious marine ecosystems. But despite the minimal returns, governments across Europe keep subsidising the practice

Bottom trawling isn’t just an ocean issue, it’s a climate one too. It destroys carbon-rich seabeds & weakens the ocean's resilience. Banning it in marine protected areas is vital for our seas & in the fight against climate breakdown ✊🌎 #COP30

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Abandoned pipelines could release poisons into North Sea, scientists warn Researchers say toxic chemicals pose a pollution risk as oil and gas companies are allowed to leave pipelines to rot

Even when all the oil has been extracted, abandoned pipelines may continue to release neurotoxic mercury - which can bioaccumulate in sea creatures including fish, shellfish + marine mammals.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Big oil is playing games with our ocean New research from Oceana reveals 22 new oil fields could be approved by the government. Eight are INSIDE or next to protected areas. Rosebank's pipeline cuts straight through one. The deck's stacked ...

This trend is alarming 🚨

🌊 Oil lobbyists also attended the UN Ocean Conference in France

🇬🇧 In the UK, Gov has held 500 meetings with them in last year alone

Enough is enough. It's time to make our voices heard.

📢 Speak up against new oil & gas: act.oceana.org/page/171529/...

Fossil fuel lobbyists = Big Oil's representatives. The very industry driving the climate crisis!

So WHY are they being invited in droves to #COP30?! Where the goal is to come together to fight climate breakdown. Not rub shoulders with the ones causing it 😡🔽

How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action

🌍 The UN’s climate summit #COP30 may be in full swing, but did you know 5,000+ fossil fuel lobbyists have been given access to these climate summits over the years? 🤯👇🧵
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

8 of the new fields proposed could operate in or next to marine protected areas 🚨

That's not protection - it's exploitation.

Your email can stop this → act.oceana.org/page/171529/...

#ActNow #NoNewOil

Next in the deck: GLENDRONACH

Leaking mercury contamination that builds up in the food chain. Those seals off our shores? They're part of that chain.

First card: ROSEBANK

Pipeline through protected area ❌
Maximum wildlife impact ❌
Already controversial ❌
Still pending approval ✓

This is Naomi, our campaign lead.

She's holding 22 reasons why our seas are in danger ⚠️

Each card = an oil field disaster waiting to happen.

Thread below shows you exactly what Big Oil's planning 🧵

#OilFieldFiles

"It's just 22 more oil fields"

No.

It's 900 million tonnes of CO2 🌍
It's 149+ species at risk 🦈
It's 95% of them drilling through wildlife nurseries 🐟
It's our entire ocean ecosystem 🌊

This game's rigged. Time to change the rules. ✊

📧 Email your MP → https://bit.ly/490ZLPq

Oceana UK made a Top Trumps of planned oil sites. The numbers are shocking:

🦭 149 wildlife species at risk (likely an underestimate)
🐟 36 commercially important fish species also threatened
🛢️ over 900 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent projected to be released

Email your MP: link in this post ⬇️

Marine wildlife threatened by North Sea oil fields despite pledges - Oceanographic Oceana UK warns that allowing North Sea oil and gas plans to proceed would cause severe harm to UK seas and marine life.

Big Oil is pushing through 22 new oil fields in but we've exposed the true ocean impact of each one 🌊⚠️

Big Oil is playing games with our seas & "allowing any of these fields to proceed makes losers of us all" ❌

@oceanographicmag.bsky.social 🔽
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/marine-...