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By Iona Macdonald, a former oil and gas worker with 25 years’ experience in both onshore and offshore operations. As the scrum of the Aberdeen South byelection subsides, a clear victor has emerged: the PR offices of the oil and gas companies. They have worked to present this as a clear dichotomy: on the one ... Read more The post Good, bad or ugly: Let’s make the right choice for the oil and gas…
George Morris is a documentary filmmaker who has worked across a diverse range of subjects, from crime and miscarriages of justice, to wildlife and the people that work to protect our natural world. One of his most recent projects has been to work with Oceana UK, documenting the start of our research to trace the ... Read more The post “Then there’s a breath – guttural and deep” appeared first on…
For most of us, the impacts of overfishing happen out of sight. Beneath the waves, marine habitats are changing in ways many of us don’t get to regularly witness firsthand. But for Cornwall-based freediver Kayleigh Slowey, those changes are impossible to ignore. Through her time diving in UK seas, Kayleigh has seen both the pressures ... Read more The post Freediver Kayleigh Slowey: “Underwater,…
We find ourselves at a historic moment for energy and the health of UK seas. Yesterday, the King introduced to Parliament the government’s flagship Energy Independence Bill. This is a once in a generation opportunity for the UK to hold its course on pioneering and truly progressive leadership to protect our seas from big oil ... Read more The post There is nothing secure about more North Sea oil…
Over 50 coastal businesses, ocean sports groups and athletes have united to urge the UK Government to hold the line on its commitment to end new exploration for oil and gas. National sports governing bodies have joined professional athletes and coastal businesses to highlight the marine impacts of oil and gas developments – and the ... Read more The post Sports and tourism groups call for end to…
Oil and gas prices are skyrocketing as global supplies are squeezed by international war. Here in the UK, we are feeling this sharply: gas prices have almost doubled in less than a week and global oil prices have jumped by around 18% since the start of the conflict. Our dependence on fossil fuels is to ... Read more The post The government’s right: we need to exit the fossil fuel casino appeared…
Following the news that Waitrose has stepped up in the fight to safeguard UK seas by suspending its sales of mackerel from the end of April, Oceana UK has sent a letter to UK supermarket retailers (including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Coop, Lidl, M&S, Aldi and Asda) urging them to follow suit. Scientists now urge a 70% ... Read more The post Oceana UK urges supermarkets to take mackerel off the shelves…
The High Seas Treaty – which the UK is now on its way to ratifying – is a leap forward for humanity and our blue planet. It recognises our ocean as the life support system it is – absorbing the worst of our climate excesses, feeding multitudes, and providing us all with every second breath. ... Read more The post Save the High Seas – And UK waters too appeared first on Oceana UK .
2025 was a year of making waves for Oceana UK, from the depths of our seas, to the corridors of power in Westminster. The team helped protect 53,000 km2 of UK seas from destructive bottom trawling and are on the cusp of delivering another 30,000 km2 this year. Combined, that’s an area of seabed larger than Scotland’s entire landmass. Protected wildlife ... Read more The post What is on the ocean…
Big Oil’s had 500 meetings with government in the last year. So we’re exposing their game – 22 new oil fields proposed, each one an environmental disaster. Rosebank’s pipeline running through protected waters. Glendronach’s mercury poisoning our food chain. The deck’s stacked against our ocean. It’s time to flip the table 🌊 📧 Email your ... Read more The post WATCH: This isn’t a game. It’s a…
