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Ending short flights would cut EU imports of Russian oil by €2 billion
Russia is the largest single supplier of oil to the EU, accounting for around 27% of oil imports to the bloc, meaning one flight in every four is powered by Russian oil
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EU must phase-out gas, not shop around for more
Seeking new sources of fossil gas imports or alternative combustible fuels would still leave Europe vulnerable to energy shocks and accelerate climate breakdown
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Ads for cars and flights could cause twice as much CO2 as Spain
Additional greenhouse gas emissions due to advertising for cars and flights around the world could be as high as double Spain’s annual emissions, according to new research.
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Taxonomy: inclusion of nuclear and gas is “attempted robbery” – Greenpeace
The plan would cause billions of euro to flow away from clean energy like renewables and instead go to nuclear energy and fossil gas, accelerating the climate crisis.
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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 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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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.