Oil pollution often remains out of sight, but its impacts are increasingly undeniable.

We’ve started work with ZSL and Cefas scientists to lift the lid on the industry’s hidden harms, using robust science to reveal how marine mammals are affected by oil spills. 

Until we stop all new oil and gas developments for good, UK seas remain at risk.

In November 2025, the government finally confirmed it will introduce laws to ban all new exploration for fossil fuels. This is a huge victory, but so far, no legislation has been published.  

We urgently need watertight legislation to ensure oil and gas exploration becomes a thing of the past. 

But the harm won’t stop by ending new exploration alone. Oil and gas developments already in the pipeline mean Big Oil will continue to wreck our seas, and marine wildlife will suffer.  

For the sake of our seas, we must make sure new oil and gas is off the table.

Let’s keep fighting until our seas are protected: join our calls for no new oil and gas.