For months, ~40 journos across Asia, LatAm & EU delved into the environmental impact of data centers w. the Environmental Reporting Collective.
I reported from Thailand, but as a whole, the project shows how unsustainable (and opaque) the AI data center boom's starting to look.
www.dirtydata.earth
NEW from me: Pesticides that are banned in the EU because of links to health risks like infertility are still in 'major' use in Britain
Now they could be banned here under a planned deal with the EU, but the pesticide lobby is fighting back
Full list here:
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2026/02/18/e...
On Saturday, The Guardian published a report on the “Ulez bomber” case, where a man was found guilty of blowing up a Ulez camera with a homemade bomb. They cited our 2024 story, which revealed how opposition to Ulez became radicalised inside online groups.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Water companies have borrowed over £10bn in 'green' bonds - and keep borrowing more.
We analysed Bloomberg data & found that the industry issued a third of the UK corporate green bonds so far this year.
And still the sewage crisis goes on.
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/11/30/w...
NEW from Unearthed:
England's water companies have borrowed over £10bn in 'green' bonds, while failing to tackle the sewage crisis
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/11/30/w...
NEW: The "Agrizone" at COP30 is supposed to be a showcase for sustainable agriculture 🌳
But its sponsors are powerful agribusiness interests linked to deforestation and anti-conservation lobbying who have paid for visibility and "image gain"
Read more 👇:
The image shows a map of Europe's export trade in domestically banned pesticides. In 2024, companies in the EU issued export notifications for 122,000 tonnes of pesticides that are banned from use on the EU's own farms. The exports were destined for 93 different nations, most of them low- or middle-income countries.
Revealed: The EU's export trade in banned pesticides has expanded dramatically in the past half-decade, despite the European Commission's promises to put an end to it
New investigation from Unearthed and Public Eye:
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/09/23/e...
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...
As President Trump visits the king at Windsor Castle, our new investigation reveals his golf course in Scotland has repeatedly breached sewage contamination limits
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/09/17/t...
Map shows constituencies in England and Wales where fracking licences were issued before the current ban. It highlights 34 in the north west, Yorkshire and the east midlands where Reform came first or second in the 2024 election.
Reform's promise of a fracking bonanza if they win power could cost them in the north. Smart bit of mapping from
@zdboren.bsky.social
and
@richasyal.bsky.social
shows dozens of the constituencies most likely to be fracked are prime Reform targets
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/09/05/r...
NEW | Mapping analysis and fresh polling show that Reform UK's pro-fracking stance is a headache for winning over swing voters
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/09/05/r...
The Environment Agency has dropped 10,000 water quality tests that track the health of rivers and lakes due to staff shortages at their main lab. Latest from me and
@clarecarlile.bsky.social
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...
Water companies are worried about a “backlash” to sludge fertiliser akin to the public outrage they have faced over sewage released into rivers and seas
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/06/09/s...
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...
No question misinformation in the social media space is problematic
But there's also misinformation coming from leading consumer brands like Virgin and Renault
They continuing to advertise using green claims the Advertising Standards Authority told them not to
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...
Firms still greenwashing in adverts after being censured, UK investigation finds
I’ve repeatedly challenged the Mayor on TfL advertising policies, and this new research leaves no room for doubt that companies that mislead the public about their environmental records have no business having access to prime advertising space in our city.
Out today with @theguardian.com:
Campaigners like @badvertising.bsky.social warn that the “system seems broken”
@doctorvive.bsky.social tells me it's "clear that consumers care about sustainability, or else companies would not even mention the environment"
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...
What’s the point of banning greenwashing if big brands can just carry on?
Our latest investigation has found major brands have continued to promote green claims, months or even years after they were ruled “misleading” by the UK ad watchdog:
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/05/14/m...
Sharp investigative work here by @richasyal.bsky.social
A Virgin Atlantic plane lands in New York; the company is one of five that have apparently continued to promote environmental claims that were ruled "misleading" by the Advertising Standards Authority. Photo: Charly Triballeau / AFP via Getty Images
🚨 REVEALED: An Unearthed investigation has found major brands continued to promote environmental claims months or years after they were ruled “misleading” by the UK ad watchdog: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/05/14/m...
Old landfills can contain all kinds of nasties like industrial waste, persistent pollutants and pharmaceuticals.
Our research reveals that 100+ dump sites with potentially hazardous contents flooded across England since 2000.
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/04/26/h...
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...
New investigation with @theguardian.com and @reporterbrasil.org.br 👇
reporterbrasil.org.br/2025/04/jbs-...
When huge Brazilian beef producer JBS broke its first zero-deforestation promise, it had 14 slaughterhouses in the Amazon. Today, it has 22 operating, with the capacity to slaughter more than 19,000 cattle daily.
We asked ranchers about its latest pledge to clean up its supply chain, by Jan 2026.
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?
My first story as a journalist-in-residence at University of Miami's Climate Accountability Lab: drilled.media/news/bp-univ...
Shell bought at least five 70,000-tonne cargoes of gas from the Russian Arctic that were escorted through frozen Siberian waters by sanctioned icebreakers, Unearthed has found unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/02/09/s...
