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Giant sticker on Commission HQ highlights conflict risk of EU fossil fuel projects
A group of 20 Greenpeace Belgium activists placed giant stickers depicting a gas pipeline on the headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels as a new report by Greenpeace Italy exposes the geopolitical and climate threat of the planned EU-backed EastMed gas pipeline.
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EU-Mercosur: a nightmare for nature
For more than 20 years, the European Union and the Mercosur countries struggled to negotiate over a trade agreement. Finally, while Brazil was under the leadership of Bolsonaro
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A year after invasion, EU still buys Russian nuclear fuel
A year after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian nuclear weapons and energy company, Rosatom, and its leading employees have escaped the EU’s list of sanctions
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EU must publish sustainable food system plan
286 organisations urge European Commission president to stick to Sustainable Food System law timeline
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Greenpeace to take European Commission to court over controversial gas and nuclear greenwashing
Greenpeace will take the European Commission to the European Court of Justice over the inclusion of fossil gas and nuclear energy in the EU’s Taxonomy
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Media briefing: Greenpeace’s legal arguments against including gas and nuclear in the EU Taxonomy
This briefing provides a short outline of Greenpeace’s request for internal review, sent to the European Commission on 8 September 2022, on the inclusion of nuclear energy and fossil gas in the EU Taxonomy
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EU Parliament lets fossil gas industry write hydrogen rules
Brussels – MEPs voting in the European Parliament’s energy and industry committee (ITRE) on rules for the EU market in fossil gas and rules for the fossil gas transmission network…
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The EU’s gas package must support people, not polluters
Thirty environment and climate groups wrote to MEPs ahead of a key vote on fossil gas in the European Parliament.
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EU failure to protect oceans exposed in projections on Commission HQ
Vast projections of ocean life lit up the European Commission headquarters in Brussels on Monday. Greenpeace called on Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and environment commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius to deliver on their, so far empty, promises to protect the oceans.
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Private jet emissions quadrupled during 2022 World Economic Forum
Brussels – New analysis commissioned by Greenpeace International shows that 1,040 private jets flew in and out of airports serving the Swiss mountain resort of Davos
