Executive Director @oceanaUK Former CEO @sascampaigns Columnist @Oceano_mag Fellow @edoceanleaders Alum @uniofexeter | views own |
Cornwall & London
- Tweets 22,539
- Following 11,532
- Followers 24,924
- Likes 58,338
Pinned Tweet
It’s completely incomprehensible that one of the most destructive ways of fishing is permitted in Marine Protected Areas. What exactly are these areas protected from? Please contact @SteveReedMP to urge action on this crucial issue to protect & restore our seas. @OceanaUK
13
156
309
43,404
That is one big sewage slick at St Agnes! 🤮😡✊ #EndSewagePollution
@CarveMag @GoodLawProject @JolyonMaugham @sascampaigns @AmySlack_SAS
CARVE Surfing Magazine
921
5,691
9,975
Keeping fossil fuels underground is the best ever carbon capture & storage system. We’ll never design better.
148
1,060
6,476
Private water companies were given a clean, debt free slate to start with.
The rack up £56 billion in debt.
They chronically underinvest.
They pollute massively.
The extract £72 billion in dividends.
Now that they want the tax payers to bail them out.
What a scam.
@GoodLawProject @JolyonMaugham @Feargal_Sharkey
122
1,526
5,388
494,094
The sewage scandal grows by the day. Water companies have presided over industrial scale environmental vandalism & taken vast profits since privatisation. I’m at the High Court next week with @GoodLawProject demanding government takes urgent action to #EndSewagePollution
81
1,266
3,552
196,631
Leaked figures from a government report show that the actual cost of progressively eliminating the worst & most damaging #sewage 💩 pollution is £3.9 - £62.7billion. Completely affordable from water company profits💰
Why the misinformation campaign on £660 billion? 🚨🆘⚠️
121
1,455
3,337
Brace yourselves for excuses from MPs that they couldn’t vote to hold water companies to account on raw sewage pollution as ‘costs would be passed on to bill payers’. Bear in mind the industry makes billions in profits annually & often avoids paying taxes. #EndSewagePollution
74
882
2,019
The #SewageScandal has shown just how much public anger there is about water companies making huge profits whilst dumping vast amounts of sewage into our rivers & ocean
This MUST change - MPs must take strong action tomorrow to #EndSewagePollution @sascampaigns @SOSWhitstable
56
967
2,035
The moat of shit is almost complete. A feacal fortress created by Brexit, water companies, government negligence & deregulation. 💩💩💩💩#sewagescandal @sascampaigns @RiverActionUK
92
950
1,969
221,454
The Ocean Cleanup
The most effective carbon capture & storage ever invented is leaving fossil fuels in the ground.
67
414
1,954
68,377
The world needs to stop fucking around and put an end to destroying nature like we are. Fully protect massive areas of land and sea. Prevent the industrialisation of wild habitats. And end fossil fuels. We all depend on massive interventions that put nature not money first.
159
419
1,959
Just let this sink in….
The Director of the Environment Agency told @ITVTonight that England’s rivers should not be swum in.
#SewageScandal #Sewage
💩🦠🤮
66
913
1,871
81% of the British public support a ban on bottom trawling in the UK's Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).
64% of respondents thought bottom trawling was already banned in MPAs.
@OceanaUK @oceana
Trawler Bycatch Tracker 🦀
75
798
1,770
348,631
Taking the sewage scandal to the High Court with @GoodLawProject ✊Water companies have been putting their profits above protecting people or planet for 30 years. Sewage pollution blights our rivers & coastlines. It’s time for a serious action! @JolyonMaugham
32
464
1,543
88,391
Time to ban industrial super trawlers. Possibly the biggest single killers of marine life.
Shock in France after giant trawler sheds 100,000 dead fish off coast theguardian.com/environment/…
35
566
1,549
It will soon be illegal in France to wrap fruit & vegetables in plastic.
Bans work. When will the UK follow suit?
#EndPlasticPollution 🛑
@sascampaigns @GreenpeaceUK
reuters.com/business/environ…
18
203
1,542
Japan’s new whaling ‘mother ship’ being built to travel as far as Antarctica.
This madness must be stopped.
theguardian.com/environment/…
41
528
1,498
198,892
Incredible encounter with a humpback whale in St Ives Bay, Cornwall 🐋🐋🐋 #WildOcean @CF_Conf @BBCCornwall #CoastalFutures23
BBC Cornwall
23
146
1,601
150,507
Things to remember if you’re out and about in the Easter sunshine this weekend.
🛑The ocean is not a bin.
🛑The beach is not a bin.
🛑The park is not a bin.
🛑The countryside is not a bin.
🛑The street is not a bin.
🙏🌱🌏♻️☀️🌊
#MillionMileBeachClean #MillionMileClean
40
714
1,558
Kudos to all the campaigners protesting @SouthernWater today in Hastings! ✊💩✊💩✊
@SOSWhitstable @sascampaigns
Maxine Gilmore
33
315
1,421
Oh by the way, there are now 60 live sewage pollution warnings on the @sascampaigns map. 💩💩 #SewageScandal
81
1,047
1,436
Sewage pollution at one of my favourite surf spots today. One of many polluted beaches around the southwest today 😡 #SewageScandal @GoodLawProject @JolyonMaugham @GreenJennyJones @Feargal_Sharkey @sascampaigns
83
858
1,368
335,630
🆘 Why would you vote against making illegal for water companies to dump sewage into rivers & seas.
🚨If protesters dumped one bucket of raw sewage at Defra HQ there would be swift police action.
⚠️ Water companies dumped 3.1 million hours of sewage into rivers & seas in 2020.
35
445
1,349
The Government’s Plan for Water isn’t good enough. It will only lead to a reduction of 10,000 sewage discharges each year. Water companies were responsible for 300,000 sewage spills in 2022. I’ve teamed up @GoodLawProject to take legal action. ✊💩
goodlawproject.org/the-sewag…
10
471
1,292
75,201
NCI St Ives
The growing sewage pollution scandal of rivers & seas has been regular headline news this year. Leaving you with another live 2021 map of sewage polluting amazing beaches today. Where people swim, surf & play. 🚨❌💩🌊🌍 #SewageScandal
45
706
1,215
The shitstorm after the calm. 💩💩💩🛑🛑🛑 Many south coast beaches off limits due to @SouthernWater sewage discharges. #EndSewagePollution @sascampaigns @Feargal_Sharkey @SOSWhitstable @sewageuk
69
816
1,227
For 30 years water companies have hidden ‘continuous’ raw sewage discharges in less publicly visible places, allowing them to over-claim progress & make vast profits. The truth is now out. MPs must now vote to make it a legal obligation for water companies to #EndSewagePollution
15
316
1,175
Water companies: “Nobody told us we couldn’t dump sewage into our rivers & seas.” #nobodytoldme
14
158
1,134
Fresh wave of sewage pollution hits Britain's beaches
"Do they think this is a joke? Do they not realise how much anger there is about their profiteering and pollution?"
@sascampaigns @BBCMarshall @Feargal_Sharkey bbc.co.uk/news/science-envir…
38
579
1,079
The more nature we have, the more carbon we’ll lock away. More forests, more fish, more animals, more insects, more seaweed. We need it all. Restoring nature is our biggest opportunity to stabilize the climate. 🐋🐟🦈🦭🌳 🌱🦎🌲 #ClimateSolutions
8
253
1,035
The government’s new security strategy is to protect the UK with a moat of sewage.
22
345
1,046
77,633
Anti littering campaigns consistently fail stop this shocking behaviour. Society must deal w/ root cause of the pollution - disposable, single-use culture & breakdown of recycling systems. The terrifying amount of packaging & plastic produced globally is choking our ocean.
63
443
1,059
Whilst the country is focused on illegal parties & double standards, the government is trying to push through the obscene #PoliceBill that will stop protesters, activists & demonstrators standing up for people & planet. @GreenJennyJones @CarolineLucas @ChrisGPackham
13
402
1,003
The state of UK railways. Run into the ground by privatisation in the 1990s. 7hours36mins Truro to Liverpool. 4 changes. £214. Corporate thievery & neglect. Our country has been systematically asset stripped. Time for radical change.
44
183
915
95,811
After 14 amazing years leading @sascampaigns I’m stoked to announce that I’m taking up a new role to lead @oceana in the UK in November. Stoked to be joining such an incredible organisation to campaign on new issues to protect & restore our seas. 🙏🤙✊🌎🌊
99
72
971
Surely the Prime Minister of just 45 days shouldn’t qualify for the annual payment of £115,000 for life. This would be a terrible injustice given the economic turmoil she triggered for the country. #StopThePayoff
19
180
914
It’s the hottest day of the year and @SouthernWater are dumping sewage at beaches again…. @GreenJennyJones @Feargal_Sharkey @sascampaigns @sewageuk @DeborahMeaden
#EndSewagePollution
44
721
874
On #WorldRiversDay let’s not forget the dirty face of defunding, deregulation and ‘cutting red tape for big business’ - Profiteering water companies spewing millions of hours of sewage pollution into rivers & coastlines. #EndSewagePollution
10
284
801
Incredible footage of a basking shark & blue fin tuna in Scotland. The seas around the UK are packed with wonder. @BaskingSharkSco @OceanaUK @oceana
BaskingSharkScotland
19
153
811
58,654
There we have it. The customer is bailing out the privatised water industry for the work they failed to do with the money we gave them before.
@Feargal_Sharkey @GreenJennyJones @MattStaniek
49
387
960
61,180
It’s absolutely disgrace to hear politicians talking of dropping green commitments & pledges.
In this they show they are dropping commitments to the future of our children, grandchildren and all beyond them.
Cowards avoiding what society, people & the environment urgently need.
37
178
754
113,491
Water industry investigated for dumping sewage
Environmental regulators investigated for allowing water companies to dump sewage
Financial regulators investigated for allowing water companies to make huge profits whilst dumping sewage
Government investigated on all of above
11
195
775
So they want the tax payer to wipe the debt slate clean so they can start raking in the private profits again. Nationalise the debt. Privatise the profit. Charlatans.
theguardian.com/business/202…
35
393
891
36,649
Water company pollutionof our beaches & surf spots has to stop.
This is why I was in the High Court with the @GoodLawProject this month challenging the government over the #SewageScandal ✊❌ 💩 🌊❌ @JolyonMaugham
9
252
726
74,077
Just a reminder of live sewage pollution & water quality warnings today, 30th October….. #SewageScandal #sewage #EnvironmentBill @sascampaigns @CarveMag @GeorgeMonbiot @Feargal_Sharkey @frannyarmstrong @rivercide_live @SOSWhitstable
23
448
744
Amazing! Giant bluefin tuna seen chasing mackerel off Devon coast telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09…
23
95
760
26,700
People power is working. Do not let up. The water industry needs to be placed under maximum pressure until they #EndSewagePollution Investigations should leave no stone unturned & drive the reforms necessary to protect & restore our precious blue spaces.
7
245
746
This is what makes English water companies so profitable. Polluting at will. It has to stop. 💩💩💩 nitter.app/BBCSussex/status/15605… @sascampaigns
BBC Sussex
23
302
738
The privatisation of the water industry has been a financial & environmental catastrophe. Stripping the public of £billions & the country of biodiversity & healthy blue spaces. A well engineered financial trick for a badly engineered & regulated sector.
Greenpeace UK
12
379
744
67,202
No Prime Minister at @COP27P
No King at @COP27P
What sort of message are we sending to the world about the #ClimateEmergency and the crystal clear need to take action now?
@fossiltreaty @tessakhan @WCL_News
48
152
696
Fury as ‘two billion litres of sewage dumped into Thames in two days’ standard.co.uk/news/london/t… @sascampaigns #EndSewagePollution #SewageScandal
36
353
685
Omed Ahmad
What an incredible photo of a tuna off Watergate Bay, Cornwall this weekend. Let’s hope we see more of these & other apex predators return in numbers as we create highly protected marine areas. #oceanrecovery @sascampaigns 💙🌊🌍🌱
📸: Megan Hemsworth:@surfsistas
17
130
742
Even the most moderate environmental NGOs are slamming the government’s deregulation agenda that threatens the very natural world we all depend on. We’re in the midst of a nature, biodiversity & climate crisis. We must protect and enhance laws to truly rebuild our wild world.
13
144
676
What’s the plan when there’s no more trees, no more fish, no more wild animals, no more clean water, no more resources, no safe places left to live?What are governments & billionaires going to do with that? #ClimateEmergency
103
203
690
It’s a big day of voting in Parliament today to end the #SewageScandal. MPs must do the right thing to stop polluting water companies & finally hold them to account. Bravo @GoodLawProject @Feargal_Sharkey @RiverActionUK @SOSWhitstable @sascampaigns ✊✊✊
8
234
678
52,260
Shocking yet unsurprising news. Governments continue to let Big Fishing devastate our ocean with impunity. A small number of powerful & profiteering companies are intent on taking everything for short term gains. Propped up by a coalition of those unwilling to accept the science. All fishing is not equal. #EndOverfishing
Worrying new findings in @ScienceMagazine: 'Investigation reveals global #fisheries are in far worse shape than we thought – and many have already collapsed' theconversation.com/investig… I look forward to reading this in more depth #overfishing 🐟
19
372
686
31,014
I’m still suffering trauma from Brexit campaigns like this. Please not this fake populist nonsense again. Where has honesty gone? Where have the facts gone? How is this even allowed? A commercial brand would not be allowed to advertise like this. Ever.
New polling shows Britain backs new UK oil & gas
That’s because the choice is simple:
Growth or mass unemployment, keeping the lights on or turning your heating off, security or vulnerability, funding our NHS or taking funds away, following the data or surrendering to the mob
33
158
617
76,206
People who grew up before throwaway plastic often say ‘it wasn’t like this in my day’. Of course not: ‘plastic rush’ hadn’t started; ‘fast food’ wasn’t a thing; corporate plastic wasn’t produced in alarming volumes. We’re swamped. Vive la reduction & circular revolution ✊
41
244
712
In my lifetime humans have destroyed 70% of the world's biodiversity - driving climate change, habitat loss, pollution & overfishing.
We haven’t ’lost it’ - we have killed it.
Our current trajectory is unsustainable. Our politicians must act now.
@COP16Oficial
24
254
658
25,541
Do you think disposables vapes should be banned?
#plasticpollution
theguardian.com/society/2023…
306
54
649
225,106
Storms should be named after fossil fuel companies.
What a brilliant idea - linking the destruction polluting industries are causing to the ever growing wave of storms, floods, & climate change impacts.
theguardian.com/environment/…
33
164
608
22,603
House of Lords votes 213 - 60 to support the amendment to legally oblige water companies to take action to #EndSewagePollution. Amendment now back to the House of Commons. @amyslack84 @HSwithinbank @sascampaigns #Sewage #EnvironmentBill
15
135
637
Just had a great surf…. 🌊💩🏄♂️
#sewagescandal #environmentbill #surfersagainstsewage @CarveMag @SOSWhitstable @sascampaigns
5
199
612
It’s incredible how quickly new laws can be imposed on individuals during the health crisis, yet new laws to prevent industry from destroying the planet & driving the environmental crisis are glacially slow (although, even glaciers now seem to be faster....)
15
164
655
Greedy water companies stole the money they should have invested to protect the environment from pollution.
They now want you to pay it back.
10
147
595
26,228
Amazing job by the brilliant campaigners @SOSWhitstable ✊👏🙏🤙💩❌
Thank you to everybody who turned out today, all of our incredible guests and @EvolutionDrone for this incredible footage 😲
WHAT A TURNOUT!
Are you you listening @SouthernWater?
#EndSewagePollution
4
109
597
Keep up the pressure @AmySlack_SAS @sascampaigns ✊✊✊
🚨 24h after making national news, another discharge has been captured in St Agnes...
If this is just run-off, we challenge any @SouthWestWater director to pop in for a dip, the next time we see this "brown discoloration" 💩
We'll even rent you our gasmasks.
#SewageScandal
4
206
611
When a big company plans to dump chemicals in the beautiful St Ives Bay with no environmental impact assessment, it’s time for the community to take a stand. ✊🌊🌎
Check out "KEEP OUR SEA CHEMICAL FREE - Save St.Ives Bay" eventbrite.co.uk/e/keep-our-…
8
309
565
21,262
It’s my last day at @sascampaigns HQ. It has been quite a ride and I’d like to say a huge THANK YOU to all the activists, campaigners, volunteers, members, donors, supporters, collaborators, staff & trustees. I’m so proud of what we have achieved for the ocean together! 🤙🌊🌎✊
44
40
626
The plastic pollution crisis continues. ⚠️ Production accelerating, recycling systems failing & behaviours of people & huge corporations. ⚠️ We urgently need a radical new approach to turn off the plastic pollution tap. 😤✊
Urban Pictures
41
265
605
Huge congrats & kudos to @RiverActionUK & the @MarchforWater allies for the amazing action in Westminster today. Massive turnout demanding that @Keir_Starmer & @SteveReedMP put an end to sewage pollution once & for all. 👏💪✊🌎🌊
9
142
582
25,174
I think water companies got the memo that they can dump sewage with impunity now. 💩💩💩 #sewagedcandal #LegalTill2050 @Feargal_Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey @SOSWhitstable @DeborahMeaden
22
357
546
I want public services that get properly funded - schools, roads, hospitals, street lights, councils, care…. This is what holds society & communities together.
Not a 2p cut in National Insurance.
10
128
547
18,428
Maybe the UK plans to solve the health threat to swimmers from water company sewage pollution with signs simply banning swimming…? #SewagePollution @Feargal_Sharkey @GreenJennyJones @sascampaigns
39
220
541
The UK banned industrial sand-eel fishing in our seas to protect seabirds & whales that depend on them & ensure thriving seas.
The EU is challenging this so the Danish fleet can exploit for intensive aquaculture, salmon farms, and feed to pigs.
@DefraGovUK keep the ban.
15
214
576
83,769
What an incredible #SurfersAgainstSewage Ocean & Climate Emergency #G7 Paddle Protest! @sascampaigns 🤙💥✊☀️🌊🌱🌏🐋
12
125
560
Stoked to make @guardian front page news talking sewage pollution & obscene industry profits/fat cat payments to water company executives. #SewageScandal @sascampaigns
17
114
562
Government defeated over axing pollution rules ✊✊✊
Congratulations to @GreenJennyJones & the House of Lords.
Protecting the environment is something people care about deeply. 🌎
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-6…
6
125
545
23,532
SharkmanDan 🦈
10
99
563
19,127
Huge news that Cornwall has been chosen to host the #G7Summit in June. World leaders to descend on Carbis Bay. A great opportunity to embed environmental & sustainability at the heart of discussions, and set a truly green & blue recovery as the world emerges from the pandemic.
26
106
568
Of course, it’s completely unfashionable and off trend to want a liveable planet. What were they thinking?!
97
86
472
189,857
“Water companies have lost control of their sewage systems. Year after year we see a deluge of pollution seeping and spewing into our waters. Discharged into places we want to enjoy - our rivers & coastline. Enough is enough.” @GoodLawProject @JolyonMaugham
21
173
507
66,838
I’m almost expecting the government to announce the return of commercial whaling soon. To light our streets, grease the engines of industry, feed the destitute and ‘max out’ the exploitation of homegrown whale ‘reserves’.
31
95
481
24,217
This government is at war with nature, the ocean & our children’s futures.
#StopRosebank @OceanaUK
@StopCambo bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-sco…
14
168
468
61,675
It’s quite literally a sea of shit today! Sewage alerts nationwide. 💩🦠🤮🤢 #SurfersAgainstSewage @sascampaigns @Feargal_Sharkey @DrAlexFord @amyslack84
51
355
495
Rebecca Herbert
