Posts By: Fiona Nicholls

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Plastic in every river we tested

In spring earlier this year, we took to the UK’s rivers to investigate microplastic pollution.   Each river was so different, from the Lord of the Rings-esqe River Wye which dances along the borders of Wales and England, to the River Aire in Leeds city… Read More

Fiona Nicholls - 19th June 2019

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Palm oil: what you need to know

In the last few months we’ve stepped up our campaign to make brands come clean about palm oil. Here’s everything you need to know.   What is palm oil? It’s made from the fruits of African oil palm trees, which are mainly grown… Read More

Fiona Nicholls - 22nd September 2018

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Real-life Rang-tan: baby orangutan found crying and alone

A few weeks ago, a baby orangutan was found crying and alone by workers on a palm oil plantation in Borneo, when I watched the footage of this little orangutan, I was reminded of a line I’d heard in a film you might’ve seen… Read More

Fiona Nicholls - 21st September 2018

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Holding Barclays to account

Toxic tar sands pipelines don’t just happen – they need funding, serious amounts of funding. And that money comes -in part at least- from banks, like Barclays… It’s kind of a simple story, really, big projects need big money – without finance from banks, it’s really tough for… Read More

Fiona Nicholls - 16th July 2018

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Happy World Oceans Day!

The theme for this year’s World Oceans Day is ocean plastics and on behalf of all sea creatures, every turtle, whale, seabird, zooplankton – too right. We’ve produced a whopping 8.3 billion metric tons of plastics since the 1950s, and with plastic production… Read More

Fiona Nicholls - 8th June 2018

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MPs ask the Government to wake up, smell the coffee and introduce a 25p ‘latte levy’

The government's environmental watchdog, the EAC (Environmental Audit Committee*) have today released a report recommending that a 25p charge is added to hot drinks served in disposable takeaway cups. This is a good thing for our oceans. … Read More

Fiona Nicholls - 5th January 2018

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