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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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Activists rebrand EIB as European Greenwashing Bank
Activists rebranded the headquarters of the European Investment Bank (EIB) in Luxembourg today, ahead of a meeting of the bank’s board of directors. The activists, who placed a 3x7-meter sign on the building that reads: “European Greenwashing Bank”, are denouncing EIB hypocrisy and greenwash, as the bank continues to fund climate-killing projects and companies, while…
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Greenpeace blocks Spanish gas tanker as EU ministers meet on energy crisis
Greenpeace calls for protection of vulnerable households as winter approaches
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Greenpeace blocks Shell refinery in Rotterdam port
More than 80 activists from 12 EU countries used fossil fuel ads from all over Europe to block the entrance to Shell’s refinery in the port of Rotterdam, calling for an EU ban on fossil fuel advertising
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Households to lose out as European Parliament looks set to back volatile gas
The European Parliament is set to prolong fossil gas subsidies until almost the end of the decade, locking in climate-wrecking emissions and exposing energy bills to more price volatility.
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Open letter: NGOs to refuse invitations to speak at fossil-fuel sponsored media events
Sixteen European civil society organisations will no longer accept invitations to speak at media events on EU policy sponsored by fossil fuel companies.
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Invisible methane leakages all over Europe fuelling the climate crisis
Alarming new images of significant and unaddressed methane leaks taken in seven European countries reveal industry negligence, regulatory ignorance, and a hidden climate disaster, writes Silvia Pastorelli.
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Romania’s top polluter seeks €1.3 billion EU bailout for more coal & gas
The Romanian government’s proposal for CE Oltenia’s restructuring is a test of the European Commission’s commitment to align state aid with the European Green Deal. Approving CE Oltenia’s current restructuring plan would lock Romania into fossil fuels for decades and hinder a meaningful just transition plan for the communities in Gorj County.
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EU must protect journalists from legal intimidation
The 3rd of May is World Press Freedom Day. Greenpeace and 20 other environmental and press-freedom organisations wrote to Commissioner Jourová, asking for an EU law to protect journalists and activists from legal harassment for their work.
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EU must not label gas as green
Along with 225 scientists, finance experts and NGOs, we wrote to the European Commission to criticise their draft rulebook for sustainable finance, which suggests that fossil gas does no harm to the environment