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EU climate science advisors call for end to fossil fuels
Brussels – The European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change made a series of recommendations for changes to EU policy needed to cut carbon emissions and avoid catastrophic climate breakdown.
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New EU debt rules agreement slams brakes on green investments
EU finance ministers have agreed new national debt and deficit rules that would heavily impact governments’ ability to pay for the transition to clean energy and transport, sustainable farming and nature restoration, Greenpeace has warned.
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EU dodges conflict of interest in new hydrogen grid
Brussels – The fossil gas industry will not be handed control of a future European hydrogen network, according to a deal concluded today on updated rules for the EU’s gas…
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Commission funds fossil fuels industry through controversial infrastructure projects
Brussels - The Commission’s list of Projects of Common Interest (PCI) includes a number of projects that, under the pretence of facilitating the development of hydrogen technology, risk being just…
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EU handing future hydrogen grid to fossil gas industry
The planning and management of much of Europe’s future hydrogen infrastructure could be left in the hands of the fossil gas industry, after the European…
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European Central Bank fails at own climate action plan
Brussels/Frankfurt, 26 July 2023 - The European Central Bank (ECB) did not meet its commitments to decarbonise its corporate bond portfolio in line with the 2015 Paris Agreement and abandoned reinvestments by the end of June 2023
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Zero-energy buildings beat fossil gas in new study of seven Central and Eastern European countries’ energy plans
As the EU prepares to update energy regulations for buildings and national climate and energy plans, a new study commissioned by Greenpeace Central and Eastern Europe shows the benefits of investing in energy efficient homes instead of expanding climate-wrecking fossil gas infrastructure.
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Energy is a human right and should be treated as such!
It's time to ban energy disconnections. People need more than a winter truce. Access to energy shouldn't be a battle in the first place.
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Greenpeace files lawsuit against the European Commission to end gas and nuclear greenwashing
We are challenging the European Commission over the inclusion of fossil gas and nuclear energy in the EU taxonomy.
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No phase-out date for fossil gas in revised EU rules
Brussels – EU energy ministers meeting in Brussels today failed to agree a date for the phase-out of fossil gas ahead of negotiations with the European Parliament