Emma Howard

Nov 20, 2024 | unearthed.greenpeace.org | Zach Boren |Emma Howard

Leading members of a high-profile industry initiative aiming to “end plastic waste” have produced over 1,000 times more plastic than the scheme has cleaned up, according to an Unearthed investigation. The Alliance to End Plastic Waste was launched in 2019 by a major oil and chemical trade group, pledging to invest $1.5 billion in clean-up initiatives that would remove millions of tonnes of plastic from the environment.

Oct 28, 2024 | truepublica.org.uk | Emma Howard |Mark Otto |Jacob Thornton

By Emma Howard: Less than a quarter of England’s most important habitats inspected in the last six years are in good condition, a new Unearthed analysis of nature reveals. Sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs) are areas that are legally protected for their rare or endangered plants or animals, rare ecosystems or geological features. England has more than a million hectares of SSSI land.

Jun 26, 2024 | unearthed.greenpeace.org | Emma Howard

Less than a quarter of England’s most important habitats inspected in the last six years are in good condition, a new Unearthed analysis reveals. Sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs) are areas that are legally protected for their rare or endangered plants or animals, rare ecosystems or geological features. England has more than a million hectares of SSSI land.

Apr 26, 2024 | unearthed.greenpeace.org | Emma Howard |Ellie O'Donnell |Tonggo Simangunsong

A plastic offsetting project backed by the food and drink giant Danone has been suspended, following allegations that a recycling facility was built illegally close to a Balinese community and without proper consultation, an Unearthed investigation has found. Danone’s project was set up as an attempt by the French multinational to offset its enormous plastic footprint in Indonesia, and part of its promise to recover more plastic than it uses in the country by 2025.

Jan 14, 2024 | unearthed.greenpeace.org | Emma Howard

South West Water was inadequately prepared for the record-breaking heatwave that hit England in 2022 and was “not honest” with regulators about the risk a drought posed to the company’s water supplies, according to an Environment Agency (EA) assessment obtained by Unearthed. The environmental regulator told counterparts at Ofwat that South West Water (SWW) had shown “complacency” prior to the drought and “a lack of understanding of their own supply system”.