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NEW REPORT: A single fishing corporation could be jeopardising the food Antarctic wildlife depends on. A new WePlanet analysis estimates that Aker QRILL’s 2025 krill catch alone could have fed ~20 million Adélie penguin chicks. Krill are the foundation of the Antarctic food web. Penguins, whales, seals and seabirds all rely on them - and climate change is already putting on their populations. Yet the @MSCecolabel looks set to recertify this fishery as “sustainable.” When the stakes are this high, certification must reflect ecological reality. Read the full report ⬇️ weplanet.org/_files/ugd/dcc…

How do we unlock the resources which enable the key technologies that are driving the transition to a cleaner, more efficient global economy? In our recent webinar we spoke with experts about how governments and industry can streamline approvals while safeguarding our environment and securing social licence. youtu.be/Vez6GRJ5K0E

Nearly 2,000 people took a stand for Antarctica. They filed objections to the @MSCecolabel’s proposed recertification of krill fishing giant Aker QRILL. The assessment process is effectively closed-door - so we crashed it. 📬 WePlanet rallied citizens to submit objections - because decisions about our shared global commons should not be shaped by corporate interests. And the MSC-commissioned assessment fails to confront reality: ⛔️ Climate crisis worsening ⛔️ Weakened safeguards ⛔️ Growing scientific concern Krill are not just another resource. They are the foundation of the Antarctic food web, sustaining whales, penguins, seals, and more. 🐋🐧🦭 Nearly 2,000 people sent a clear message: this matters. And it’s not over. A formal dispute has now been triggered by @AntarcticaSouth and @WWF. You can still be part of what comes next 👇 ✍️ Add your name: act.weplanet.org/p/stop-krill-g… #StopThePlunder #OceanConservation #WildSouthRising

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“Ultra-processed food” panic is shaping food policy in all the wrong ways. In this episode, Mark Lynas speaks with food scientist Nesli Sözer about why processing is not the problem — poor nutrition is. From improving protein digestibility to creating sustainable alternatives to meat, food processing is essential to building a healthier, cleaner food system. The real danger is pseudoscience slowing down innovation when we need it most. Listen now: links below.

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Join us tomorrow! The global green transition—driven by climate goals, renewable energy, electrification, and nuclear power—requires both critical minerals (lithium, cobalt, rare earths) and uranium. These resources are essential for clean energy technologies, including batteries, solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles, and nuclear reactors. However, their extraction faces strong opposition in Western countries like Finland and Sweden due to environmental, social, and cultural concerns. Additionally, the uranium supply chain is highly vulnerable to geopolitical risks, particularly due to Russia’s dominant role as a global supplier of enriched uranium and nuclear fuel. The war in Ukraine and sanctions on Russia have exposed the fragility of this dependency, creating urgent challenges for energy security and the green transition. This webinar will explore: ✅The accelerating demand for critical minerals and uranium in the clean energy transition. ✅Public opposition to mining in Western democracies and the concept of social licenses to operate. ✅The geopolitical risks tied to uranium supply chains, particularly in relation to Russia’s role in enrichment and fuel services. ✅Practical pathways to secure sustainable, ethical, and geopolitically resilient sourcing.

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We recently published a report, What a Waste, where we calculated that if New York ran entirely on recycled nuclear fuel, it could power the city for over 87,000 years! We’re getting together to support clean nuclear energy for New York on Tuesday, 24 March with an attention-grabbing action in Times Square — and we would love for you to join us. We will supply the flyers and shirts — we just need you! RSVP: forms.gle/5JB94PzU2u86tZ…

We ❤️ nuclear waste! It's saved billions of tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions. And best of all, it can be recycled into fuel for the future. That's hundreds, if not thousands, of years of potential energy. Let's include nuclear to fix the climate crisis and let's not waste nuclear waste.

Why does this help? Marine Stewardship Council certification on krill products matters to consumers and retailers, so if it's removed, it hurts Aker QRILL commercially—better than trying to appeal to their better nature. Thank you for signing. act.weplanet.org/p/stop-krill-g…

#Krill A humpback whale lies fatally injured on a krill trawler. They threw the whale back into the ocean to die slowly as they resumed sucking the life out of the Antarctic Ocean. Krill fishing must be stopped. Like to help? Sign the petition in this thread👇

Dear @Greenpeace, it's time to drop your opposition to nuclear energy and join us in the real fight against fossil fuels and for a clean, more prosperous future.

Sign our petition calling on The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) to refuse to recertify Aker QRILL as sustainable. act.weplanet.org/p/stop-krill-g…

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Should we be fishing for krill in the Antarctic? In our latest episode, Mark Lynas connects via satellite with three researchers aboard a Sea Shepherd vessel in the Southern Ocean — one of the most remote and important whale feeding grounds on Earth. What they're finding is extraordinary. Aggregations of 200+ fin whales. Concentrations unseen since industrial whaling decimated 95% of Antarctic whales by 1970. And krill fishing vessels operating within rifle shot of feeding whales — each one taking as much krill daily as 100–500 whales need. The industry claims it only takes 1% of krill stocks. What they don't say: that figure is calculated across a Europe-sized ocean. The fishing concentrates in the exact wildlife hotspots where that 1% matters most. This episode covers the krill paradox, why whale poop is critical to ocean health, climate change shrinking krill habitat southward — and why the Marine Stewardship Council's sustainability certification is now facing formal objections from WePlanet, WWF and other major conservation groups.

The filmmakers who helped bring Antarctica’s frozen wilderness into our living rooms are speaking out on behalf of the region's precious wildlife. 🐋🐧🦭 Award-winning directors and cinematographers who worked with David Attenborough on Planet Earth II & III, Frozen Planet and Ocean are urging @MSCecolabel not to recertify Aker QRILL’s Antarctic krill fishery. ⚠️ Their warning: krill fishing is increasingly concentrated in wildlife feeding hotspots while climate change already threatens krill populations. ✍️ Sign our petition urging the Marine Stewardship Council not to recertify Aker QRILL’s Antarctic krill fishery: act.weplanet.org/p/stop-krill-g…

Back in the 19thC people used to boil penguins, harpoon whales and club seals to death. Thank goodness the days of exploitation are over. Except they aren't - trawlers took 620k tonnes of krill from the Antarctic last year, competing with whales for food. marklynas.substack.com/p/why-is-the-m…

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Did you know Chicken & Mushroom Pot Noodles, Roast Beef Monster Munch, and Smith's Bacon Fries contain no meat at all? They're classics and they could soon be forced to rename. This week, EU negotiators agreed to ban dozens of "meaty" terms from plant-based product labels. Whilst the UK has left the EU, trade talks between London and Brussels could bring UK food labelling closer to EU rules, meaning these beloved snacks might not be safe from the changes. "Joel Scott-Halkes, of the WePlanet NGO, said Sir Keir's deal threatened to choke off growth in emerging sectors which have boomed thanks to Britain being able to diverge from Brussels rules after Brexit, adding: 'By agreeing to sign up to the latest loopy rules from Brussels' food labelling police, the British government could end up kneecapping our promising biotech and food technology sector." WePlanet is leading a coalition of 600+ groups and businesses fighting back. We're calling on the UK government to push the EU to drop this loopy proposal or at the very least secure a clear exemption in the SPS trade deal, protecting plant-based and alternative protein products from this ban. British consumers know what they're buying. These labels aren't confusing anyone. Sign our petition linked below.