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Leaked European Green Deal is not up to the task, Greenpeace
Brussels, 29 November 2019 – Draft plans for a European Green Deal would have minimal impact on the worsening climate and ecological emergencies, warned Greenpeace. Greenpeace has obtained a recent…
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Declaring a climate emergency is not enough – our house is on fire
Today the European Parliament is expected to adopt a resolution declaring a climate emergency. The move is likely to be approved by all political groups, the EPP, S&D, Renew Europe, the Greens and GUE, with the latter two objecting to the lack of substance in the declaration.
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Our house is on fire – time for the EU to step up
As the climate emergency escalates and world leaders assemble for another global climate conference in Madrid in December, all eyes will be on Brussels.
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12 points for an EU climate law
Forests are burning, glaciers are melting and the window for stopping catastrophic climate change is closing. Incoming European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has promised a climate law. To tackle the climate crisis and implement the Paris climate agreement, Greenpeace and WWF call on the new EU climate law to do twelve things.
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Gas slips through as EIB slashes fossil fuel funding
Luxembourg/Brussels – The European Investment Bank (EIB) will limit funding for new fossil fuel projects starting at the end of 2021, but some gas infrastructure will continue to be eligible…
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Brazilian indigenous leaders ask Timmermans to stop forest destruction
Protest with flaming tree trunk brings Amazon fires to Brussels Brussels, 5 November 2019 – Leaders of indigenous communities in Brazil are in Brussels to ask European Commission vice-president Frans…
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Report: Big Oil and gas buying influence in Brussels
With money and meetings, subsidies and sponsorships, the oil and gas lobby is fuelling the climate disaster Read the full report here Since 2010, just five oil and gas corporations…
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Big oil spent over €250 lobbying the EU
Brussels – The world’s five big oil and gas majors and their lobbyists have spent at least 251 million euro lobbying the EU since 2010, new research reveals [1] –…
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189 civil society organisations call for fossil-free politics
189 civil society organisations support a statement declaring “we need a firewall that protects our democratic institutions and our decision-making from fossil fuel industry interference: no more private lobby meetings,…
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European Parliament backs new protections for bees
Brussels – The European Parliament has backed new protections for bees, thwarting a move by the EU Commission and national governments to maintain outdated guidelines for how to evaluate the dangers…
