BREAKING: we are taking legal action against France for failing to protect seabirds from bycatch. 🎣🐦 With Sea Shepherd FR & Défense des Milieux Aquatiques, we want to ensure that they: a) Adequately collect data on bycatch. b) Implement required mitigation measures to reduce this hidden tragedy.

⚠️Today's unveiling of the new Envi #Omnibus & Grids Package confirms what we've been warning about for months: @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu Commission is dismantling decades of hard-won nature protections, putting air, water, and public health at risk in the name of competitiveness and streamlining.

This is the moment we either fight back or watch it all collapse. What we’ve built over the last decades to protect nature is being torn down fast. Pesticides back on our plates. Protections ripped away. Nature and water laws in danger. 👉 Go comment on @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu #HandsOffNature

We join over 100 businesses, investors & civil society voices with one message: implement the EU Deforestation Regulation now. No more delays. 📄 Read the joint statement here:

Europeans want #MPAs to be protected from destructive fishing like #BottomTrawling. The @ec.europa.eu must listen to citizens & ensure the upcoming Ocean Act delivers real protection. The ocean deserves more than lines on a map. More here: seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...

🌊Marine protected areas aren’t always as “protected” as they sound. Spain is still allowing destructive #BottomTrawling inside these sites, and that’s why we, together with @clienteartheur.bsky.social, are taking the Government to court. #ProtectedMeansProtected #30x30 Learn more📽️⤵️

BREAKING: The EU watchdog just replied to our complaints. And she stands with us. She has found that the @ec.europa.eu committed maladministration when it prepared its Omnibus I and 2024 CAP proposals to roll back key environmental protections. Here are the findings:⬇️

🌊 We’re taking action against #BottomTrawling in marine protected areas. Last year, we joined forces with @clientearth.bsky.social to take Spain to court for failing to protect their seas, but still nothing has changed. #ProtectedMeansProtected @clienteartheur.bsky.social

#AGRIFISH meets today to debate the post-2027 EU farm subsidies policy. We joined 30+ organisations - representing farmers, civil society & national coalitions - to share recommendations to #MakeCAPWork for farmers, people, nature & climate. ✍️👉 foodpolicycoalition.eu/wp-content/u...

🔴 Climate COPs get the spotlight – but the #AarhusConvention MOP (17–25 Nov) is key to the future of environmental democracy 🚨 With EU democracy under immense pressure, stakes are high for next week's meeting Find out what to expect @clienteartheur.bsky.social 👇 www.clientearth.org/projects/acc...

#COP30 begins - and we’re on the ground to demand real action: - Tackle climate disinformation & protect information integrity - Hold companies accountable across their supply chainss - Turn climate pledges into law No more delay. Justice must take root. 🌱 Follow this thread.

This year’s #COP30 is historic - the first since the ICJ confirmed that governments and corps have legal duties to protect people & planet from climate harm. Yet, some leaders are backtracking on the same laws that could take us forward. We're going to Belém to make sure #JusticeTakesRoot. ⬇️

📢Days before #COP30, EU environment ministers have decided to weaken the EU Climate Law📢 Offsets have been added to the law, going against what the @esabcc.bsky.social advises & undermining the bloc's legal duty to deliver science-based emissions cuts.🧵 www.clientearth.org/latest/press...

👉The pesticide-related safeguards that we currently have are not just to be followed if people feel like it. They're constitutional obligations, which require a high level of environmental & health protection. 🧵

#EUOceanWeek is underway🐠 UNOC, Attenborough's 'Ocean', the High Seas Treaty and a wave of legal actions against destructive fishing in MPAs - they're some examples of why 2025 is the "Year of the Ocean". We still have time to protect it. Let's remind EU leaders that it's on them to make it happen

It's #EUOceanWeek! Check out what's on the cards and help us spread the word 💙 www.oceanweek.eu

🚌 Ready to roll! Our own OmniBus is hitting the streets today Citizens are speaking up against the deregulation of environmental laws, and we’re bringing their message @ec.europa.eu: don’t throw nature under the bus! #HandsOffNature

💥Our message is loud, clear, and rolling: STOP THE OMNIBUS. 🚍 We are making our tour around the EU institutions to make sure lawmakers can’t look away. We want clean air, safe water, and a future for all. Follow us 👉 handsoffnature.eu/the-campaign/ #HandsOffNature

The fight for nature just hit the streets. Our message is loud abd clear: STOP THE OMNIBUS. 🚌🌿 We made our tour around the EU institutions to make sure decision-makers can’t look away. No backroom deals. No rollbacks. Just clean air, safe water & a future for people and nature. #HandsOffNature

Erin’s legal victory over a utility co. in California that was poisoning local water with extremely toxic chemical chromium-6, led to a $333m settlement for affected communities & spotlit industrial chemical poisoning. ☠️ But the EU's proposed new ‘restriction’ on chromium-6 would undermine it all🧵

☠️ As we await the European Commission’s proposals for the Environmental Omnibus & Circular Economy Act, we’re sending letters along with 40 other concerned organisations, urging EU leaders to uphold their commitment to transparency & traceability around chemicals. ecostandard.org/publications...

After 5 years since the last assessment on the state of nature, it's clear that biodiversity loss & environmental damage are accelerating. Yet, the Commission thinks it's a good idea to roll back the very laws that protect our rivers, our forests, and our health. We say: #HandsOffNature.

BREAKING This would be funny if it wasn’t so tragic. The Commission is using its own inadequate IT system as an excuse to delay the world’s most important forest law for a second time in 12 months. But we can't hit pause on the climate crisis while they upgrade to a bigger CPU.

🌊🐟Great news for the ocean and all of us who depend on it🐟🌊 The High Seas Treaty (#BBNJ Agreement) to protect vulnerable ocean habitats can finally kick in! This is another powerful tool we can use to make sure we #TurnTheTide on ocean protection for people and nature. 🧵

⚠️We’re taking the EU Commission to EU's highest court - because their work should have no secrets. The Commission tweaked the definition of “documents” - excluding draft impact reports, SMS, and other key records. This goes against the right to access to documents, and breaches EU law.

🚨 Court action🚨 We’ve filed a case against Nestlé Poland for misleading recycling claims on plastic water bottles. Claims on bottles from one of its water brands including ‘I am recyclable’ and 'I am made from another bottle’ falsely portray plastic as circular & fully recyclable ⬇️

📢We’re suing the French government for inaction on the Dieselgate scandal📢 10 years after the Dieselgate scandal broke, the French govt has failed to hold carmakers accountable. Evidence shows millions of vehicles likely have emissions-cheating devices: www.clientearth.org/latest/press...

If you live in BXL, you know the struggle: the never-ending traffic jams at rush hour, the badly-insulated flats, and your weather app's air quality index always looming on "Moderate". This win means that the long-overdue clean-up of Brussels’ air can continue, protecting the health of everyone.

Our landmark case on livestock megapollution in Spain made history: it showed this isn't just a problem for the environment. It affects people's health and life - and authorities must act to protect them. This blueprint case tells communities around the world: you have the right to be protected.

🌍✍️ Nearly 200,000 messages sent to the EU in just 10 days: hands off our environmental laws. Citizens won’t let profit come before people + planet. #HandsOffNature See what we are fighting for: handsoffnature.eu/the-campaign/

🔥This summer has seen Greece sweltering in 43 °C temperatures and wildfires... and yet the Greek govt continues to offer fossil fuel companies access to its seabed to drill for oil and gas.   We're calling on the EU Commission to finally do something about it. 🧵 www.clientearth.org/latest/press...

Portugal broke international law in the licensing process of Europe’s largest lithium mine without transparency. Now a UN ruling confirms what the locals said all along. The Barroso mine still threatens water, biodiversity, and heritage. This fight isn’t just about lithium - it’s about democracy.

Just 6 days left to speak up for nature! The European Commission wants to roll back vital environmental protections – and they’re asking for your opinion. Tell them loud and clear to keep their #HandsOffNature 🙅 Send your message here:

Thank you Commissioner Kadis for meeting with us to discuss the next steps following the release of the Ocean Pact. Photo credits: @ec.europa.eu @seasatrisk.bsky.social @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social @clienteartheur.bsky.social @oceanaeurope.bsky.social @wwf.eu @tobiastroll.bsky.social (1/5)

Civil society is the backbone of Europe’s democracy - driving participation, protecting rights, and pushing for climate and social justice. The EU Civil Society Strategy is a unique chance to strengthen CSOs and democracy. The D4T Coalition’s position paper shows how 👉 eeb.org/wp-content/u...

EU laws are there to protect nature. By doing so, they protect us - our health, quality of life, economic resilience. Now, the European Commission wants to weaken these very laws - and they're asking you what you think: Tell them to keep their #HandsOffNature ➡️ handsoffnature.eu/take-action/...

Don’t let the EU tear down nature protection! The European Commission is quietly trying to dismantle the laws that safeguard what we cherish most: our nature. They think we wouldn’t notice or care. But we do. Tell them to keep their #HandsOffNature 👉 You've got until September 10th.

📢It's deeply concerning that @echa.europa.eu has said it will not assess parts of the PFAS restriction dossier. This undermines the process' credibility, opens the door to dangerous loopholes & means people & the environment could be exposed to toxic PFAS for years.

⚖️ A French court has ruled the state must compensate the family of a man who died from toxic #algae fumes. And it's not the only case ruling this summer in favour of our right to a healthy #environment [1/3]

💄The EU Commission is about to make it easier for toxic chemicals to end up in cosmetics and everyday products - and they only held industry-skewed "Reality Check" workshops about this instead of consulting the public. Our reaction: ➡️ www.clientearth.org/latest/press...

⚗️La Ciencia primero y ahora la Justicia, dan la razón la gente de #AsConchas, y a Amigas de la Tierra, @clienteartheur.bsky.social y @cecuconsumo.bsky.social que le hemos estado apoyando en el tribunal 🔬Escucha la voz del perito y conoce mejor el caso #DerechoaRespirar www.tierra.org/sentencia-hi...

"No deep-sea mining approved as ISA Council ends, despite continued push to start a failing industry." See below the DSCC's press release for the closing of the International Seabed Authority's Council Meeting. deep-sea-conservation.org/media-releas... #DefendTheDeep #StopTheMachines

What do companies need to strive in their environmental ambitions? ✔️ clear and harmonised rules ✔️ legal certainty ✔️ level playing field Companies need the #GreenClaimsDirective to bridge the gap between something we think is green and something we know is green.

Claiming that the green transition threatens growth and competitiveness is nonsense - and many businesses know it. That's why they're joining forces with us to remind the EU that scrapping the anti-greenwashing law would increase uncertainty and harm consumer trust.

Today's #EUbudget sacrifices nature, undermining long-term European security and competitiveness 🚨 Our lawyers have expressed deep concern over the @ec.europa.eu new #MFF for 2028–2034, which proposes cuts to dedicated environmental spending. Our full statement👇 www.clientearth.org/latest/press...

‼️The EU imported €273m of sanctioned ‘blood-stained birch’ from Russia and Belarus between November '24-April '25 - laundered through China, Kazakhstan, Turkey & Georgia. Proposed changes to the #EUDR would create a loophole for smuggling this wood into Europe. Weakening the EUDR is not an option.

🚨 We're deeply alarmed by the EU Commission's decision to stand by controversial changes of its transparency rules, in violation of EU law & binding court decisions. 1/3

The @europarl.europa.eu has just voted on a motion to repeal the EUDR’s country benchmarking, a vital tool to track deforestation risks in supply chains. This means delaying, once again, the application of the EUDR, but forests cannot wait any longer to be protected.🍃 Read our full comment below👇

☠️The fact that everyday chemical products may contain ingredients that cause cancer is already problematic. The bare minimum would be to have labelling & packaging that clearly states any hazardous substance – so that we can protect ourselves. But the Chemicals #Omnibus would do the exact opposite.

🌊 Deep-sea protections under threat - again. Despite a clear ruling from the European Court of Justice upholding the closure of 87 vulnerable deep-sea areas last month, the Spanish fishing industry and some Members of the European Parliament continue to push for a rollback 🧵👇