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Don’t Look Up, climate anxiety, and the lies that are fueling the climate crisis
Don't Look Up shows us how powerful corporations work to delay meaningful political action. Greenpeace and others are fighting back against fossil fuel industry lies, says Georgia Whitaker.
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Taxonomy greenwashing: activists cover Macron portraits in oil ahead of speech to MEPs
Activists at the European Parliament plunged official portraits of Emmanuel Macron in fake crude oil to denounce the French president’s “climate sabotage.”
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EU Commission’s taxonomy plan is “licence to greenwash”
The European Commission intends to label certain fossil gas and nuclear activities as “sustainable” investments in the EU’s taxonomy of green economic activities, according to a draft communication released late on 31 December 2021.
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EU Commission plans carbon offset scheme for big polluters
The European Commission’s ‘sustainable carbon cycles’ plan, announced today, risks becoming an excuse for big polluters to stall their own climate action, Greenpeace has warned.
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EU must face up to gas phase-out
Brussels – The EU Commission’s proposed update of the EU’s gas market rules fails to acknowledge the need to phase out gas in order to tackle the climate crisis, warned…
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EU Commission going full steam ahead for rail
The European Commission’s rail plan is extremely promising for a shift away from polluting flights to more climate-friendly travel
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Two-thirds of EU’s military missions help secure oil and gas imports, research
Almost two-thirds of all EU military missions monitor and secure the production and transport of oil and gas to Europe. Italy, Spain and Germany have invested more than €4 billion to protect climate-damaging fossil fuels since 2018, according to research by Greenpeace Italy, Greenpeace Spain and Greenpeace Germany.
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Letter to EU Commission on upcoming hydrogen and gas package
NGOs call for revisions to the proposed gas market reform to bring it into line with the EU's climate and energy commitments.
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‘Taxonosaurus’ wrecks EU plans for green investment guidelines
Greenpeace Belgium activists protest against the inclusion of fossil gas and nuclear energy in the EU's list of sustainable investments.
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Letter to EU Commission on sustainable carbon cycles
Carbon removals cannot replace real cuts to actual greenhouse gas emissions.
